While Felix Krämer, General Director of the Düsseldorf Art Palace, As he and his team prepared to re-present the city’s collection, he and his team made a few surprising discoveries. So a rococo dress turned up in the depot that no one had had on the list and that now exudes pompadour glamor in a corner display case. The monumental gate, previously called the “Islam Gate”, will have to be classified differently in the future: material investigations have shown that the gate, which dates back to the 15th century, is largely made of American redwood, which could only have been added in the 20th century.
Düsseldorf Kunstpalast: Re-opening with a spectacular concept – culture
