No mental state has so occupied the Western mind as melancholy; going to the heart of the problems that preoccupy us today – from history to philosophy, from medicine to psychiatry, from religion to theology, from literature to art.


The exhibition will offer the public a glimpse of these little-known riches by showing over 250 works divided into eight themes.
From Attic stele to contemporary works, from Dürer to Ron Mueck via La Tour, Füssli, Goya, Friedrich, Delacroix, Rodin, Van Gogh, Munch, De Chirico, Picasso and others this exhibition emphasises the vital role played by melancholy on the different forms of artistic creation throughout Europe.

Melancholy, Genius and Insanity