"Das letzte Quartal meines Lebens soll wie der Anfang sein"
Armin Mueller-Stahl, the 95-year-old German actor and painter, opens his solo exhibition "Nacht und Tag auf der Erde" (Night and Day on Earth) at Museum Schloss Moyland. The show features a graphic cycle inspired by Jim Jarmusch's film "Night on Earth," in which Mueller-Stahl played a New York taxi driver. In an interview, he reflects on his dual careers in film and painting, his life between Hollywood, East Germany, and the present, and themes of loss and memory.
The exhibition matters because it presents Mueller-Stahl as a serious visual artist, not merely a celebrity dabbler, and connects his painting practice to his storied film career. At 95, the show offers a rare, intimate look at how a major cultural figure synthesizes decades of creative experience across media, bridging East German, Hollywood, and contemporary German art contexts.