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The Bauhaus – Moving forward.
Joint statement from Berlin, Dessau and Weimar

1/9/26

The directors of the three Bauhaus institutions in Berlin, Dessau and Weimar, Prof Dr Brigitte Franzen, Dr Barbara Steiner and Dr Annette Ludwig, affirm their mutual goal of promoting artistic freedom, openness and international responsibility.

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  • Three women stand in a bright room with yellow ceiling paint and minimalist decor.
    The directors of the three Bauhaus institutions, from left to right: Prof Dr Brigitte Franzen (Bauhaus Archive / Museum für Gestaltung), Dr Annette Ludwig (Klassik Stiftung Weimar), Dr Barbara Steiner (Stiftung Bauhaus Dessau)
    © Stiftung Bauhaus Dessau
  • A woman in a black striped blouse stands in front of a shop window with colorful chairs and abstract design.
    Prof Dr Brigitte Franzen, Director of the Bauhaus Archive / Museum of Design
    Photo: Pauline Ruther
  • Modern architecture with slim white pillars, large windows, and an adjacent green tree.
    New building for the Bauhaus-Archiv / Museum für Gestaltung
    Photo: Markus Ebener
  • A woman sits alone at a long table, surrounded by shadows and light play in a minimalist room.
    Gertrud Arndt, Otti Berger in the canteen on the last day before the Bauhaus closed, stool by Marcel Breuer, 1932
    Bauhaus-Archiv Berlin, For Gertrud Arndt: © VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2026
  • Historic newspaper page about a raid at the Bauhaus Steglitz on April 12, 1933; communist materials were found.
    Newspaper article on the search of the Bauhaus Berlin, in: Berliner Lokal-Anzeiger, Berlin, 12 April 1933
    Bauhaus-Archiv Berlin
  • Modernist building with balconies and a flag featuring a swastika, in black and white.
    Bauhaus building in Dessau with a swastika flag flying over the studio block, 1933
    Bauhaus-Archiv Berlin, Photo: unknown, For Walter Gropius: © VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2026
  • View of a group of people at a construction site with modern architecture and ongoing construction work in the background.
    Architectural tour of the new museum complex in Berlin
    Photo: Pauline Ruther
  • A group of children and adults walks through the city with a cart to visit a booth or sale.
    Outreach project in Gropiusstadt
    Photo: Catrin Schmitt
  • Two children experiment with an overhead projector, creating colorful shadows on the wall.
    Educational programme for the “Come to the Building Site” festival
    Photo: Pauline Ruther
  • A person is viewing photographs in a gallery titled "People and Countries."
    Exhibition “New Woman. New Vision. The Bauhaus Women Photographers”
    Photo: Pauline Ruther