As the source of warmth and light, a symbol of fertility, and a guarantor of life and growth, the sun is a universal theme. It played a central role in European art from earliest times, whether as the personification of divine powers, a protagonist in mythological narratives, an atmospheric element in landscape painting, or an intensifier of color in modern art. The Sun: Source of Light in Art is the first exhibition to explore representations of the sun in European art from antiquity to the present and showcase the ever-changing ways in which the sun has been perceived, studied, and interpreted for over 2,500 years.

The exhibition comprises 130 objects, with paintings, sculptures, manuscripts, prints, photographs, and videos by artists such as Sonia Delaunay, Otto Dix, Albrecht Dürer, Olafur Eliasson, Adam Elsheimer, Max Ernst, Caspar David Friedrich, Joan Miró, Claude Monet, Edvard Munch, Odilon Redon, Peter Paul Rubens, Katharina Sieverding, and William Turner.

An exhibition of the Museum Barberini, Potsdam, and the Musée Marmottan Monet, Paris.