Maurizio Cattelan. Night

Neue Nationalgalerie, Potsdamer Straße 50, 10785, Berlin

September 10, 2026 – March 7, 2027

With Night, the Neue Nationalgalerie presents the first major solo exhibition of the Italian artist Maurizio Cattelan in Germany. The show takes place as part of the Nationalgalerie 2026 Prize and combines key historical works such as ‘Him’ (2001), ‘Novecento’ (1997), ‘La Rivoluzione Siamo Noi’ (2000) and ‘Untitled’ (2003), inspired by Günter Grass’ ‘Die Blechtrommel’, with new works. Cattelan's works pick up familiar images anchored in collective memory and shift their meaning through minimal, irritating interventions. They negotiate religion, childhood, authority, identity, the boundary between innocence and violence, and historical memory. The focus is on a site-specific installation specially developed for the building, which intervenes in the spatial order and redefines the relationships between work, audience and architecture.