In the summer of 2025, the Berlinische Galerie will be immersing visitors in the ‘Golden Twenties’. The retrospective of the photographer Marta Astfalck-Vietz (1901 - 1994) shows her dazzling work, which includes portraits, nudes and dance photographs as well as conceptual series.
Image gallery
Selbstportrait der Künstlerin Marta-Astfalck-Vietz als Schwarz-Weiß-Fotografie. Sie sitzt in einem glänzenden Kleid mit Pelzbesatz auf einem Sofa. Auf ihrem Schoß sitzt ein Hund mit hellem Fell. Im Hintergrund sind Gemälde und dekorative Elemente zu
For these she not only took the pictures, but also arranged the setting, directed and posed.
Astfalck-Vietz slips here into a range of characters, challenges female stereotypes, alludes critically to social transformations of the period and in so doing anticipates visual strategies of the 1970s.
Playing with fabric and texture, Marta Astfalck-Vietz generates an almost haptic quality in her work. The innovative images composed under shared copyright with photographer Heinz Hajek-Halke (1898–1983) achieve dreamy, often surreal effects by experimenting with techniques like distortion, double exposure and shadow play.
About the exhibition:
This substantial solo exhibition with accompanying catalogue (German/English) features about 130 works to celebrate the bold and multi-faceted œuvre of Marta Astfalck-Vietz. Her estate, held by the Berlinische Galerie since 1991, was digitised and in part restored in 2022/2023 under a programme established by the Land of Berlin for the digitisation of cultural assets.
Additional information
Price info: Tickets can be booked online here.
Free admission for under 18s
Free admission for refugees
The reduced admission price of 6,00 € applies to all visitors until 7 November 2024!
Price: €10.00
Reduced price: €6.00
Reduced price info: Reduced admission for visitors with severe disabilities + Free admission for one recognized accompanying person
Upon presenting a ticket from the Jewish Museum Berlin, we will grant you an admission discount. The same offer applies in reverse to temporary exhibitions at the Jewish Museum. Its permanent exhibition can be visited free of charge.
