“How Pictures Tell Stories” Exhibition Presents Narratives Beyond the Visible

The Alte Pinakothek in Munich hosts art enthusiasts from June 5, 2025, to July 5, 2026, with its comprehensive exhibition, How Pictures Tell Stories. Featuring works from Albrecht Altdorfer to Peter Paul Rubens, the exhibition reinterprets a collection of 16th- and 17th-century German, Dutch, and Flemish paintings.

The exhibition explores the core function of painting—storytelling—from various perspectives. It questions the intentions of artists and their patrons, the audiences they aimed to reach, and whether they deliberately misled viewers. Including rarely displayed works, this selection invites visitors to realize that not everything is as it seems and to uncover the hidden layers within the paintings.