Connections between individual works and groups of works emerge at times immediately and overtly, at other times subtly and understatedly. Alongside objects from the museum’s own collection – such as the chantournés (from the French chantourner, ‘to saw out’) by Georg David Matthieu and ‘Cutouts’ by Alex Katz (b. 1927) – outstanding loans are presented to reveal both formal and thematic continuities and ruptures. These juxtapositions demonstrate how historical works reflect the ideas and ideals of their time, while also offering impulses for contemporary art-making. What relevance does the art of the past hold for the present? How do tradition and innovation intersect in these works? And what new interpretations emerge from their encounter? _ SaS Georg David Matthieu (1737–1778) Ulrike Sophie, Duchess of Mecklenburg- Schwerin, 1769 Oil on panel 145 × 94 × 14 cm Inv. no. G 211 34
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