"Dioscuri – The Given Day" presented in the staircase hall of the Neues Museum, offers a dialogue on the meaning of time, mortality and the connection between past and present. Contemporary art meets historical space, refers to ancient models and offers a modern adaptation of the classical reception of the myth of the Dioscuri, who walk eternally between death and life.
The location for the presentation of this monumental artwork was deliberately chosen. The story of the Dioscuri, with their love for each other that overcame mortality, not only inspired artists in the ancient times. Even the classicism of the 19th century could not resist its appeal. Monumental figures of twins taming their horses once stood in the staircase hall of the Neues Museum. They were casts of the originals from the Piazza dei Monte Cavallo in front of the Quirin Palace in Rome. Like large parts of the staircase itself, the sculptures were destroyed during the Second World War. Eighty years later, a modern adaptation brings this part of the building's history back to life.
A special exhibition of the Ägyptisches Museum und Papyrussammlung of the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, created and curated by @philipp_bollmann in collaboration with the Alien Athena Foundation for Art.
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