Filmpremiere „Die Entdeckung der Kindheit in der Kunst“

In the organizer's words:

Today, children play a central role in the family - but this was not always the case: for centuries, children were seen as small adults without their own needs or rights to protection and free development. This also fundamentally changed the way children were portrayed in art. It was not until the Enlightenment that they were recognized as individuals with their own needs and shown playing in their natural environment.

On the occasion of the exhibition Children, Children! the ARTE film "The Discovery of Childhood in Art" shows portraits of children from renowned European museums and the fundamental change in the understanding of childhood over the centuries. Director Nicola Graef accompanies Katrin Dyballa, curator of the Bucerius Kunst Forum, as she prepares the exhibition. Children also express their views on the pictures, compare today's world with the past and come to revealing conclusions in the film.

Together with ARTE, we are celebrating the premiere of "The Discovery of Childhood in Art", a documentary film by Nicola Graef (ARTE/ZDF 2025, 52 min) at the Abaton cinema.

Price information:

Free admission, registration via the Bucerius Kunst Forum website