A Berlin museum goes through the long history of dogs in art. They're even invited to comment on it themselves.
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An exhibition about dogs, for dogs
A Berlin museum goes through the long history of dogs in art. They're even invited to comment on it themselves.
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Dogs welcome!
The Berlin museum Kupferstichkabinett prepared a special exhibition for the summer focusing on man's best friend. "Gone to the Dogs!" shows works spanning over 10 centuries.
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Unpredictable behavior
In some works, the dog was used to create an unexpected disruption: Rembrandt even painted a dog defecating right in the middle of a biblical scene. A few drawings hang right at the dogs' eye level at the exhibition.
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At the beginning was the dog
From beast of burden to faithful companion, the dog has been around since Adam and Eve - at least according to artistic representations. The exhibition shows around 100 works: drawings, prints, oil sketches, and watercolors by artists such as Agostino Carracci, Albrecht Dürer, Rembrandt, Adolph Menzel, Otto Dix, and Dieter Roth.
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Pricey motif
The most expensive art work in the world is a representation of a dog: Jeff Koons orange "Balloon Dog" sold for $58.4 million. But for a true dog lover, a picture of their own pet is priceless.
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Film celebrities
The exhibition makes the dogs feel like stars, just like the famous Palm Dog Award winner Uggie from the film "The Artist" or Youtube superstar Tucker, the piano-playing dog. Discover more about them and other art-inspiring companions in the Euromaxx video below.
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Man's best friend has been an inspiration to artists for centuries, and now a new art exhibition all about dogs has opened up in Berlin. And if your dog also happens to be an art-aficionado then it is welcome to come along.
