Overview
- Museum director Andreas Henning reports sustained weekend crowds of Taylor Swift fans visiting the Jugendstil ‘Ophelia’.
- The themed event on Sunday, 2 November, sold all 200 tickets within hours of release.
- Staff are preparing lighting and music to create a bridge between Shakespeare’s Ophelia, Friedrich Heyser’s painting and Swift’s imagery, while securing the artwork.
- The museum notes the video strongly resembles Heyser’s ‘Ophelia’ but says the exact visual template has not been officially identified.
- Visitors have been leaving friendship bracelets at the painting, which remains on display in the permanent Jugendstil exhibition.