In view of the planned Cultural Protection Act of the Federal Government of the painter Georg Baselitz has withdrawn all permanent loan from German museums. In order for the Pinakothek der Moderne in Munich, the Albertinum Dresden and the Kunstsammlungen Chemnitz lose important groups of works from the private collection of the painter and sculptor. So Dresden will lose, among other things, the group of portraits from the late 60s, where it is the first upside-down images of the artist. Munich will lose, among other more “hero” images from the mid sixties. Georg Baselitz shared his decision last Friday to museum directors concerned with.
Hartwig Fischer, Director General of the Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden, expressed horror. “We are dismayed by the withdrawal of numerous works that we were able to show on loan from Georg Baselitz in Albertinum so far. This is a very great loss, especially for the presence of contemporary art in Dresden and for the presence of this artist in the Staatliche Kunstsammlungen, which he supports with particular benevolence in recent years. “
The controversial amendment to the Cultural Protection Act is a project of the State Minister of Culture Monika Grütters (CDU). As one of the last countries Germany will introduce legislation to control the import and export of art in the EU. In the future, the authorities plan to also determine what needs to stay in the country as a valuable national treasure. Dealers, collectors and artists criticize sharply. Collectors threaten to bring their art abroad. Several German auctioneers speak openly of the local art trade is done with this law. Private collectors like the Berlin lawyer Peter Raue see in the bill “the worst blow to the art market in the history of the Federal Republic”.
The Minister has defended the law against it. The law shall, depending on the course of the parliamentary procedure, enter into force in the first half of 2016.
(BM)
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