Art and Alchemy

What has driven people throughout history to try to make gold? The answe may seem obvious, but was it really only the dream of infinite wealth? If we look more closely, we discover a multi-layered realm of exploration and ambitions. Through the eyes of artists we can gain insight into the power of alchemy to inspire, a quality it continues to exert to this day With works by: Joseph Beuys, Victor Brauner, Jorg Breu the Elder, Jan Brueghel the Younger, Lucas Cranach the Elder, Marcel Duchamp, Albrecht Durer, Max Ernst, Luca Giordano, Hendrick Goltzius, Rebecca Horn, Anish Kapoor, Anselm Kiefer, Yves Klein Jannis Kounellis, Alicja Kwade, Adriaen van Ostade, Sigmar Polke, Neo Rauch, Man Ray, Rembrandt van Rijn, Peter Paul Rubens, Steiner Lenzlinger, David Teniers the Younger, Remedios Varo et al.