Platon by Richard Mosse is on show in Denmark. Courtesy of the artist, Jack Shainman Gallery & carlier ǀ gebauer
Platon by Richard Mosse is on show in Denmark. Courtesy of the artist, Jack Shainman Gallery & carlier ǀ gebauer
Platon by Richard Mosse is on show in Denmark. Courtesy of the artist, Jack Shainman Gallery & carlier ǀ gebauer
Platon by Richard Mosse is on show in Denmark. Courtesy of the artist, Jack Shainman Gallery & carlier ǀ gebauer

Plus check out the double-sided paintings of a German Expressionist legend and discover how a museum coped under the Nazis.

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Two sides of a German Expressionist legend

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner was a German master, one of the founders of Die Brücke – “The Bridge” – a crucial artistic movement which led to the creation of expressionism. In 2009, when one of Kirchner’s paintings went for restoration, another work, The Moroccan, was found on the other side of the canvas. Inspired by this, 17 of these double-sided works are now on view in Mannheim. The exhibition also tries to examine the debate around these reverse-side images and the best way to display them for the public. The Double Kirchner runs at the Kunsthalle Mannheim until May 31. For more information visit www.kunsthalle-mannheim.de.

A museum shines a light on its complex past

Following the 70th anniversary of the Dresden bombing come commemorations of the liberation of Holland from Nazi occupation. This exhibition in Amsterdam sheds light on the Stedelijk’s complicated relationship with the Second World War, from its championing of art labelled by Hitler as “degenerate” in the 1930s, to the museum’s forced staging of propaganda shows during the war. Art from the museum’s collection, including works by Van Gogh and Matisse, will be on display, plus the results of the Stedelijk’s research into the provenance of its pieces and how it helped recover stolen art after 1945. The Stedelijk Museum and the Second World War runs in Amsterdam until May 31. For more information visit www.stedelijk.nl.

A nightmarish view of the Congolese civil war

Ethnic violence, sexual abuse and child soldiers. These have been the hallmarks of the brutal ongoing war in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Irish artist Richard Mosse used an old military camera, which picks up infrared light, to document the effect of this forgotten conflict on people, soldiers and civilians. These images are rendered by the camera in surreal pinks and purples and lend an even more disturbing air to the war. Mosse won the Deutsche Börse Photography Prize in 2014 for the work. Richard Mosse: The Enclave runs at the Louisiana Museum of Modern Art in Denmark until May 25. For more information visit www.louisiana.dk.

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