It is undeniable that the dialog between the visual arts and literature is at least as old as their establishment as independent art forms themselves. Far removed from the competition over hierarchies and values of art forms, there have always been writers who use the potential for pictorial and spatial expression that is characteristic of painting and sculpture, as well as visual artists for whom epic and poetry become the inspiration and basis of their subject matter. The exhibition “Art and Literature” now turns its attention to works of art that make use of a literary model not only to illustrate it, but also to transcend and think further on a pictorial level and according to their own possibilities. Reflecting the great literary figures of world literature, modern and contemporary positions will be on display that enter into a union with these writings at the limits of linguistic expression.