Brigitte Meier-Denninghoff (1923–2011), one of the most successful women in post-war sculpture, was not only sought after in Germany. In the 1950s and 1960s, her innovative metal sculptures went on show, for example, at the Kassel documenta, the Biennale di Venezia and the World’s Fair in New York. The young artist garnered major awards, and seminal publications by art scholars featured her works.
Today she is perceived primarily as one half of the duo Matschinsky-Denninghoff, which she founded in 1970 with her husband Martin Matschinsky (1921–2020). The big metal sculptures made by the couple are still landmarks in the public space not least in Berlin on the central island in Tauentzienstrasse or outside the Berlinische Galerie. When the duo was founded, the couple retrospectively declared themselves joint authors of the early sculptures by Brigitte Meier-Denninghoff. From this point on, her works were only exhibited under the shared name Matschinsky-Denninghoff. Brigitte Meier-Denninghoff vanished from art history.
After a gap of 50 years, the sculptures which bore the mark “Brigitte Meier-Denninghoff” until the duo’s foundation are being honoured again as her independent contribution to modern art. Preparations for the exhibition entailed an evaluation of the couple’s documentary and artistic estate. Since 2021 it has been managed by a foundation, Stiftung Matschinsky-Denninghoff, under the roof of the Berlinische Galerie in collaboration with VAN HAM Art Estate.
- All the explanatory exhibition texts are available in German and English.
- There is no information in Simple German.
- There is no information in German Sign Language.
- Some outreach events are held in or with German Sign Language.
- The media station is operated by touch screen. It includes images as well as texts in German and English. The media console can enlarge print and adjust contrast. It has no audio output.
- There is step-free access to the exhibition.
- Most of the exhibits and explanatory texts can be seen and read from a seated position. The standard height of the display cases is 78 cm and they can be lowered.
- There are no seatings. Wheelchairs and folding stools can be borrowed free of charge from the cloakroom.
- To protect the works in the exhibition limited use is made of bright illumination. Most of the exhibition texts are designed with strong contrast.
- All german panel texts are available as a large-print brochure that you will find at the entrance to the exhibition.
- The exhibition contains no tactile floor guidance and no touch models.
Do you have any other questions about accessibility? Andreas Krüger, officer accessibility and inclusion, will be happy to answer them via e-mail krueger@berlinischegalerie.de or via phone +49 (0)30-789 02-832.
