DRESDEN.- After thorough-going restoration
and
refurbishment, the new Albertinum now presents itself as a centre of art
from
the Romantic period to the present day. 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. Huge glass-fronted display storerooms provide
visitors
with unprecedented insights into the internal workings of the museum and
will
open previously hidden works to view on a permanent basis. Within the
Staatliche
Kunstsammlungen Dresden the new Albertinum constitutes a bridge between
the past
and the future.