An exhibition titled 'ART FROM WAR TO WAR: CHASING BUTTERFLIES OVER THE VERGE OF A CLIFF' is on view at Beck & Eggeling International Fine Art in Düsseldorf, Germany, from 28 May to 15 August 2026. Curated by Antonio Geusa and Kay Heymer, the show features selected works from the Valeria Rodnianski collection, spanning artists from Germany and the Soviet/post-Soviet space. It is structured around two historical turning points—the construction of the Berlin Wall in 1961 and Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022—and organized into three thematic sections: Topos, Anthropos, and Logos, exploring place, human experience, and language.
This exhibition matters because it creates a rare dialogue between artists from opposite sides of the Iron Curtain, many of whom worked under censorship and ideological pressure. By juxtaposing postwar German and Soviet/post-Soviet artists, it examines how historical trauma and political division persist even after the fall of the Berlin Wall and the dissolution of the USSR. The show offers a nuanced reflection on displacement, utopian failures, and the enduring psychological structures of Cold War division, making it a significant cultural intervention in contemporary art discourse.