Landmark exhibition of Anselm Kiefer opens at the Van Gogh Museum and Stedelijk Museum AmsterdamEmilie Gordenker (director of the Van Gogh Museum), Anselm Kiefer, Rein Wolfs (director of the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam). Photo: Maarten Nauw
Anselm Kiefer, one of the world's leading artists, is the subject of the first major exhibition to ever be jointly presented by the Van Gogh Museum and the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam. Opening to the public on 7 March 2025, Anselm Kiefer - Sag mir wo die Blumen sind will run until 9 June 2025.
The exhibition brings together twenty-five works by Anselm Kiefer, including a major new work Sag mir wo die Blumen sind, together with paintings, installations, film and works on paper, across the two museums. The presentation at the Van Gogh Museum demonstrates the enduring influence of Vincent van Gogh on Kiefer's work. In 1963,  Kiefer won a travel scholarship and chose to follow the route taken by Van Gogh, from the Netherlands to Belgium and France. Van Gogh and his work have remained a vital source of inspiration for him. The exhibition presents seven new works in the Van Gogh Museum alongside previously unseen paintings and thirteen early drawings by Kiefer. Paintings, such as Van Gogh's Wheatfield With Crows (1890) are juxtaposed in the same space as Kiefer's monumental works of the same theme.
'Anselm Kiefer has been engaged with Van Gogh's work from his early years. Sometimes the inspiration is almost literal, as in the use of sunflowers and the composition of his landscapes. Kiefer's recent work – displayed here for the first time – shows how Van Gogh continues to make his mark on his work today.'
For ticket sales:Emilie Gordenker, Director, Van Gogh Museum