Museumsportal Berlin

The Daimler Art Collection was started in 1977 and currently includes about 1300 works by German and international artists. The collection focuses on abstract and geometrical pictorial concepts, from which it derives its distinctive character.

The Daimler Art Collection moved into its exhibition galleries in Haus Huth at the Potsdamer Platz in October 1999. Approximately 600 sq m are available for presentations, which take place about four times a year. New acquisitions are on show in Daimler Contemporary - this is the name of the loft-like exhibition gallery - where various key features of the collection are introduced, complemented by smaller works by individual artists and special exhibitions.

The starting-point is fundamental tendencies in 20th century Modernism in southwest Germany. This basic direction has been expanded in the 90s by adding exemplary works by European and American artists.

One future policy will be to acquire a representative selection of photography and media art. A changing selection from the collection is accessible to Daimler employees and the public at the company´s various locations. In addition, the Daimler Art Collection started to acquire high-calibre sculptures by contemporary artists as early as the 1980s, which has become a striking feature of the company´s Stuttgart, Sindelfingen, Ulm and Berlin premises.