Frankfurt, Germany, "INNENLEBEN ", Die Kunst des interieurs, Vermeer bis Kabakov, 24 sep. 98 to 10 jan. 1999. The Staedel - Stadelsches Kunstinstitute.

The Staedel, an old fashion Museum one of a line of beautiful old and contemporary museums on the river Main, has a magnificent collection of German Expressionism plus a collection of Medieval and Renaissance Art. The Painting " The Geograph by Johannes Vermeer, 1669 ", belongs to the Museum. Vermeer didn't produce a lot of painting, most of them are small scale, they are very rare and considered to be the jewel of every collection. Most of Vermeer's paintings are interiors, every painting describes a special surrounding with a lot of meanings.

Johannes Vermeer van Delft, 1632 - 1675, " The Geograph ", 1669, oil on canvas, 51,6 x 45,4 cm.

In the exhibition around 150 works of art from the 17th century till the present days - Ilya Kabakov with two works from 1998. " The Cupboard and The Toilette in the corner ", It's allays a pleasure and a lot of fun to look at Kabakov's art works, every work has a funny story, Kabakov also write these stories to accompany the works.

Ilya Kabakov, born 1933, " The toilette in the corner ", 1998, instellation with music.

Among the artists Pieter de Hooch, Jan Steen, Chardin, Caspar David Friedrich, Eugene Delacroix, Paul Cezanne, Claude Monet, Edgar Degas, James Ensor, Paul Gauguin, Pierre Bonnard, Henri Matisse,Kees Van Dongen, Raul Dufy, George Braque, Pablo Picasso, Paul Klee, Giorgio De Chirico, Balthus, Eduard hopper, Richard Hamilton, Joseph Beuys, David Hockney, Tom Wesselmann, to remind few, all interior ( Inner and physical spaces ) paintings.

I think that this is the most important exhibition these days.

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