Since its inception, the Deutsche Guggenheim has presented a dynamic annual schedule of four exhibitions complemented by educational programming and commemorated by a limited edition item produced and sold in conjunction with every show. Each year Deutsche Bank’s curators organize one presentation drawn from its extensive art holdings, and the Guggenheim prepares three exhibitions of modern and contemporary art—some focus on the Guggenheim Foundation’s permanent collection and others are loan shows, such as Amazons of the Avant-Garde (1999), which presented the pioneering work of Russian women artists in the early 20th century. Some exhibitions have been co-organized with other global partners. Robert Mapplethorpe and the Classical Tradition (2004), for example, was jointly curated by the Guggenheim Museum and the State Hermitage Museum. Many Deutsche Guggenheim exhibitions travel to other museums in the global Guggenheim network.

Dr. Beate Zimmermann explaining the work by Asli Sungu during a guided tour for children in the exhibition Freisteller: Villa Romana Fellows 2008. Photo: Mathias Schormann, Berlin