(Christmas) Glamour in Potsdam Art and Culture Tour goes beyond Berlin

How about, for example, the combi ticket of the Highlight Tour and instead of Sanssouci Palace, a visit to Neues Palais? It is not only the last palace that Frederick the Great had built in his park and where you can marvel at one of the most precious interiors in Europe in the former royal wing (the Lower Princely Quarter with the Press Room, Concert Room and Oval Cabinet have recently been restored) - on top of that you can now also experience the spectacularly sparkling Grotto Hall again, with which Frederick the Great wanted to impress his visitors. Let's just say, Frederick knew glamour!

We continue with the Museum Barberini. It is not only easy to reach and barrier-free, but also presents "Impressionism in Russia. Aufbruch zur Avantgarde" (Impressionism in Russia: The Dawn of the Avant-Garde), an exciting exhibition that illustrates in over 80 works how Russian artists around 1900 developed their painting from the Impressionist study of light.

And here we also meet the painter and main representative of the Russian avant-garde, Kazimir Malevich himself, the pioneer of Constructivism and founder of Suprematism, who is still influential today. (*1878 in Kiev / † 1935 Leningrad)

"Landscape painting became the first field of experimentation for artists such as Michael Larionov, Natalya Goncharova, and Kazimir Malevich. They saw themselves as Impressionists before founding Russian avant-garde art after 1910 with expressive Rayonism and non-representational Suprematism. In liberated color, the painters found an energy that stood for the dynamism and renewal of a new age. Impressionist observation was transformed into Cubist and Futurist dissection of surfaces, and in Malevich's White on White series, it was absolutized as light-filled nothingness."

We end our day in the fairy-tale-esque city center with art to touch and ponder in the historic building of the Ladentelier N. Conrad at Jägerstraße 39.

Artists and illustrators Nadine Conrad and Florentine Joop drew inspiration from the old Grimm's fairy tales in the exhibition "Mirror, Mirror, wood I wall I wolf." Although modernly understood in their realization, the works create a magical world of images.

"Nadine Conrad's painterly landscapes and Florentine Joop's enigmatic objects and illustrative concepts are an exciting juxtaposition in the redesigned interior of the landmarked building."

Thereby children are expressly and cordially invited to immerse themselves in the works, to experience the art. Who is still looking for a last minute artsy Christmas gift, is also right here: the exhibited embroidery frames, paintings and Polaroid collages can also be purchased.

*2G with FFP2 mask applies indoors for those over 16. Children over 6 wear a mask and stick to 3G.