A visitor stands in front of paintings by Georg Baselitz during the reopening of the Albertinum, a museum of the Dresden State Art Collection (SKD). The Albertinum is dedicated to art from the last 200 years. Originally built in 1559, the Albertinum was badly damaged by bombs in 1945 and again by flooding in 2002. The €51 million renovation took more than five years to complete. The new exhibition halls are shared by the Galerie Neue Meister and the Skulpturensammlung. The holdings of both museums, with paintings ranging from Caspar David Friedrich to Gerhard Richter and sculptures ranging from Rodin to the 21st century, have an outstanding worldwide reputation.

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