ART OF MUSEUMS: Katharina Grosse and the Alte Nationalgalerie in Berlin

The celebrated painter Katharina Grosse traces the German soul in the Old National Gallery. She describes her impressions of paintings such as "Monk by the Sea" and "In the Winter Garden" by Edouard Manet. Grosse also tells of the museum's history, which also reflects the highs and lows of German history. During the Nazi era, more than 500 of the museum's works were denounced as "degenerate art"; during the war, the building was severely damaged. After the division of Berlin as a result of World War 2, the house was located in the eastern part of the city. This resulted in the establishment of the New National Gallery in West Berlin. The reunification finally brought the Old and the New National Gallery together. Today, other museums in Berlin belong to the Nationalgalerie, including the Hamburger Bahnhof as a museum of the present.