(9 Sep 2026)
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Berlin, Germany – 09 September 2026
1. Mid of Maurizio Cattelan posing for photographers outside the Neue Nationalgalerie
2. Close of “Never” (2003), artwork showing a child beating his drum on the roof
3. Mid of “Him” (2001), artwork showing a kneeling childlike figure with the face of Adolf Hitler
4. Close of “Him”, showing face of Adolf Hitler
5. Wide of “All” (2007), artwork showing nine bodies carved in white marble and covered after an unnamed event, “Him” in the background
6. Tilt up of “Him”
7. SOUNDBITE (English) Lisa Botti, Neue Nationalgalerie, curator of the exhibition:
“The sculpture is actually from 2001, so it’s not a recent one, but unfortunately it stays relevant in our times. And when he created it 20 years ago he wanted to make visible the absolute evil, so he chose this sculpture.”
8. Close of “Him”
9. Mid of “Him”
10. SOUNDBITE (English) Lisa Botti, Neue Nationalgalerie, curator of the exhibition:
“What I admire about the sculpture, is that you come close to it and you see a small boy praying. And then you turn around and then suddenly you see the face of an adult man and it’s Adolf Hitler. But you don’t really know if he’s praying for forgiveness or not. It stays in between. So it has this power that it shakes you, but it’s not certainty.”
11. Mid of “Charlie Don’t Surf” (1997), artwork showing child “fixed” to a school desk
12. Mid of “Charlie Don’t Surf”
13. Close of “Charlie Don’t Surf” – hands are pinned to desk with pencils
14. SOUNDBITE (English) Lisa Botti, Neue Nationalgalerie, curator of the exhibition:
“So, Night, the title (of the exhibition) he chose because it’s a time where one comes down to reflect, to think, to pause, but it’s also a time of celebration and it’s, of course, also in terms of day and night, it’s the dark time, but it also guarantees that there will be a morning after.”
15. Wide of “Purgatory” (2026), artwork showing a smaller Brandenburg Gate
16. Mid of Cattelan posing for photographers at “Purgatory”
17. Wide of “People” (2026), hundreds of pigeons occupying the ceiling above the visitors
18. Mid of “People”
19. Mid of “Novecento” (1997), artwork showing a horse hanging from the ceiling
20. SOUNDBITE (English) Lisa Botti, Neue Nationalgalerie, curator of the exhibition:
“It’s maybe you could say the symbol of the 20th century, because it was the rise of fascism, of power, of authority, and then it collapsed. So it’s on the one hand these, also a reference to artistry, I mean, horses are always the symbol for nobility, for military, for winning. We see them in the city all over. We see it in paintings. But here it’s the opposite. It’s weak. It’s exhausted.”
21. Wide of “Novecento”
22. SOUNDBITE (English) Lisa Botti, Neue Nationalgalerie, curator of the exhibition:
“On the one hand, it’s this emblem of the 20th century. But at the time when he created it, he also said it’s a self-portrait of himself, where he wanted to do everything he was in the age where he could do everything, but he simply couldn’t start the engine.”
23. Tilt up of “Dawn” (2007), artwork showing a female figure lying inside a coffin-like structure
24. Wide of exhibition
25. Mid of “Pentecost” (2002), artwork showing a donkey pulled up in the air by a heavily loaded wood cart
26. Close of donkey
27. Mid of “All” (2007)
28. Wide of “La Rivoluzione Siamo Noi” (2000), artwork showing a miniature figure of Cattelan, hung on a metal coat rack
29. Tilt up “La Rivoluzione Siamo Noi” (2000)
30. Mid of Cattelan posing for photographers
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