Press release from 04.11.2025
Press release on the exhibition
The special exhibition “Greek Temples. Black and White Photographs by Richard Berndt in the Glyptothek” will open on Tuesday, November 11, 2025, 19:00 at the Glyptothek Munich.
Welcome by Dr. Florian Knauß (Director of the State Collections of Antiquities and Glyptothek) and introduction by Dr. Wolfgang Urbanczik.
It has become a tradition to juxtapose the ancient originals in the Glyptothek with works of contemporary art at regular intervals. In the exhibition “Greek Temples”, Richard Berndt, an ambitious amateur, presents his black and white photographs of ancient sanctuaries and takes us back to Greece and lower Italy. Ancient sculpture thus meets ancient architecture, which usually provided the setting for its installation. In other respects, too, the location for the presentation of such photographs could hardly have been better chosen, with the neoclassical Glyptothek and its façade inspired by Greek temple architecture.
The temples of the Greeks, which have usually only survived as ruins, are among the most impressive images that remain in the memory of a trip to ancient Greek sites. Richard Berndt has captured some of them with his camera in a very unique way: The large-format images show details and thus draw the eye to the diverse details of Greek temple architecture. Some well-known temples can therefore only be identified at second or third glance. The detail that Richard Berndt literally brings out with his camera allows the viewer to discover both the new and the familiar in the selected temples – a very similar experience to the one that visitors can have on their hundredth visit to the Glyptothek when looking at a supposedly very familiar sculpture. In this way, the exhibition opens the eyes to the undiscovered in the familiar.
Exhibition duration: 12.11.2025 – 8.02.2026
The exhibition is accompanied by a brochure with background information on the temples depicted.
You can download this press release and printable, royalty-free images of the exhibition for editorial use here: https://t1p.de/9z3z9
Please note the information in the photo index enclosed.
Photos and films will be taken during the event for public relations purposes.
Exhibition venue:
Glyptothek
Königsplatz 3
80333 Munich
www.antike-am-koenigsplatz.mwn.de
Opening hours:
Tue to Sun: 10 am – 5 pm
Thu until 8 pm
Admission: € 6,- /4,-; up to 18 years free; Sun 1,-
Press contact:
Prof. Dr. Oliver Hülden
Staatliche Antikensammlungen und Glyptothek
Katharina-von-Bora-Str. 10
80333 Munich
huelden@antike-am-koenigsplatz.mwn.de