Exhibition of the Century

4 April - 19 July 1998 in the Entire Gallery
This major international exhibition is the highlight of City Gallery Wellington's 1998 exhibitions programme. The paintings and sculptures were drawn from the collection of the prestigious Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam, one of the leading institutions for modern art in the world. City Gallery Wellington is the sole venue for this show.

The exhibition includes significant works by masters such as Van Gogh, Cezanne and Picasso through to Pollock and Judd and acclaimed contemporary artsists, including Julian Schnabel and Jeff Koons. 

This was the second project which has involved a collaboration between City Gallery Wellington and the Stedelijk Museum, following Under Capricorn: The World Over in 1996. The relationship between City Gallery Wellington and the Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam was further enhanced by the late addition of Colin McCahon’s painting North Otago Landscape to the exhibition. Gifted to the Stedelijk by prominent arts patron Jenny Gibbs, the inclusion of the work in this prestigious collection has prompted a major retrospective of McCahon’s work to be scheduled at the Stedelijk.

Exhibiting Artists: Karel Appel, Georg Baselitz, Max Beckmann, Georges Braque, Jean Brusselmans, Paul Cezanne, Marc Chagall, Sandro Chia, Francesco Clemente, Constant, Enzo Cucchi, Willem de Kooning, Maurice de Vlaminck, Robert Delaunay, Jan Dibbets, Jean Dubuffett, Luciano Fabro, Lucio Fontana, Gilbert & George, Philip Guston, Asger Jorn, Donald Judd, Wassily Kandinsky, Dick Ket, Anselm Kiefer, Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, Pyke Koch, Jeff Koons, Jannis Kounellis, Herman Kruyder, Henri Laurens, Roy Lichtenstein, Morris Louis, Kazimir Malevich, Robert Mangold, Brice Marden, Piet Mondrian, Barnett Newman, Claes Oldenburg, Giuseppe Penone, Pablo Picasso, Jackson Pollack, James Rosenquist, Mark Rothko, Robert Ryman, David Salle, Karl Schmidt-Rottluff, Julian Schnabel, Gino Severini, Frank Stella, Charley Toorop, Ger van Elk, Vincent van Gogh, Jan Wiegers and Carel Willink.

The Exhibition of the Century is sponsored by Telecom, Ernst & Young and Saatchi & Saatchi.