Spring 2024
Altdorf at Easter: 11 March - 5 April 2024 - University of Glasgow Memorial Chapel
Tuesday 26 March 2024, 6:10 pm - Taize Service, with a reflection on Altdorf's work by Revd Canon Prof David Jasper
Autumn 2023
Egon Altdorf: Into the Light Exhibition - 11 October - 17 November 2023 - University of Glasgow Memorial Chapel
A programme of musical events and seminars accompanying the exhibition, "Into the Light: The Art of Egon Altdorf", in the UoG Memorial Chapel
Wednesday 1 November - Seminar with Professor Graham Ward and Professor David Jasper
Wednesday 8 November Seminar with Dr Mia Spiro and Dr Deborah Lewer
Autumn 2023
Event - Egon Altdorf: Dorian Crone and Catherine Croft in Conversation
This in-conversation is programmed alongside our current exhibition Egon Altdorf. It will focus on the fascinating narrative of Altdorf’s son Dorian Crone’s rediscovery of a significant amount of his father’s oeuvre and archive, as well as Altdorf’s history of architectural collaborations.
Wednesday 8 November 2023 - Henry Moore Institute, Leeds
Dorian Crone (left) with Egon Altdorf - Henry Moore Institute
Spring - Autunm 2023
Exhibition Egon Altdorf at the Henry Moore Institute, Leeds
The exhibition focuses on the work Altdorf produced immediately following his entry to the competition to design the Monument to the Unknown Political Prisoner in 1952 and his subsequent visit to the UK in 1953, which he described as the most important event in his creative development.
The display features three of Altdorf’s steel sculptures, along with a selection of his woodcuts and prints. These show both the strength of Altdorf’s design and printmaking skills, and the clear influence of the British artists he met during his time in the UK.
17 June - 26 November 2023
Autumn 2022
Centenary exhibition at Kunstarche, Wiesbaden, curated by Felicitas Reusch
Spring 2022
First showing of a new film by Patrick Bäuml about Altdorf’s designs for the new synagogue in Wiesbaden (1966)
Summer 2020
The centenary of Altdorf’s birth will be celebrated in 2022 by a series of exhibitions in Germany and the UK and a book of essays exploring his work in context.
In preparation for these exhibitions, the Altdorf Estate would be interested to locate the following works:
Sitzender Mann (1952), bronze, 30 cm
Adam und Eva (1950), woodcut, dimensions unknown
Pflugfigur mit 7 Augen und Kronenmotiv (1960), steel, 280 cm