23/11/2019 – 04/10/2020

History holds many puzzles. What do we actually know about Freiburg’s past? Who founded the city and who lived here? What kind of jobs did they have? And what did they do in their free time? Were the famous Bächle always a popular place for children to play? Or what were they originally used for?

26/10/2019 – 16/02/2020

Augustinermuseum – Haus der Graphischen Sammlung / by Museum für Neue Kunst

Pulsating nightlife, garish music halls and bizarre funfair scenes – the city was an inexhaustible source of inspiration for Max Beckmann (1884–1950). He created his major graphic works in Frankfurt am Main against the backdrop of the impact of the First World War and the glamour of the 1920s. With radical objectivity, he gives expression to the spectacle of life. These works are unique, caricaturing and critical of their time.