Arts.21 | The Klee Universe – Crowd Pleaser at the Neue Nationalgalerie Berlin

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Channel: DW News · 2009 · People & Blogs

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Although an immensely popular artist, Paul Klee is also mysterious and puzzling. His paintings, half abstract and half fairy tale, are loved by both the cognoscenti and ordinary folks. A major retrospective in Berlin's Neue Nationalgalerie shows Paul Klee's work as a huge parallel universe, the genius seeking an artistic formula for the powers of nature while taking aim at society with clear-eyed derision. ARTS.21 looks back at an unprecidented show that is pulling in the crowds.

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