This is the story of a crazy idea, the adventure of a Museum of Colours at the crossroads of disciplines, a space that presents them in all their diversity. For more than five years our association has been working on the creation of a permanent exhibition space to talk about colours, their perception, their use. After setting up a first cycle of exhibitions and numerous collaborations with artists and cultural institutions all over the world, we are working on the establishment of this permanent place in Berlin. A place open to all, to discover, to marvel and to be enhanced.
A space that will exist soon – thanks to you.
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Collection
Automne Berlinois
Classe de 5b (année 2017/2018), Judith-Kerr-Grundschule Berlin
2017
Paper, glue, tree leaves
This work is the result of the collective work by the students of Berlin’s Judith-Kerr Elementary School on the theme of the colours of nature. It was created in the framework of workshops, supervised by the cultural mediators of the Museum of the Colours and presented to the public in November 2017 within the exhibition « The Colours of and in the Nature ».
©Museum of Colours – David Klein
Green Earth of Prun
Ôkhra
Prun Green Earth is a natural mineral pigment extracted in Italy in the Verona region. Formed by weathering volcanic rocks, it has been used since antiquity, both in artistic and decorative painting.
The Prun Green Earth of the Museum of Colours is a gift from the Conservatory of Ocher and Colour: Ôkhra,, Roussillon..
©Museum of Colours – Pierre Renard
Mandala Arc-en-Ciel
Le Peuple Arc-en-Ciel
2018
Cotton, polyester
2.4 m
Carried by Hélène Raverdy and Gwenaël Baronnet, the Rainbow People creates Rainbow Mandalas in close cooperation with Mayan artists and craftsmen from Guatemala. These works are directly inspired by the legend of Quetzalcoatl, the Maya Rainbow Feathered God, and is based on the Golden Number.
The Rainbow Mandala is a joint acquisition of the Museum of Colours and Zach Dunton.
©Museum of Colours – Pierre Renard
THEY TALK ABOUT IT
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Ein Museum der Farben e.V.
In 2013 a group was formed around this idea: to create the first museum in the world dedicated to colours. It would be place to discover colours, their particularities and their meanings, and a place of exchange and dialogue between cultures, ages, disciplines. The association Ein Museum der Farben e.V. was born.
Based in Berlin, it was recognized as a general interest in 2015. The goal of the association is to set up an exhibition space dedicated to colours. Read more
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