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« Previous EntriesThe Danner Rotunda – Jewelry Arts in the Pinakothek der Moderne in Munich curated by Karl Fritsch
Monday, March 15th, 2010The Danner-Rotunda at Die Neue Sammlung – The International Design Museum Munich presents contemporary works from over hundred international goldsmiths. The exhibition is to a large extend drawn from the international collection of the Danner Foundation (Danner-Stiftung). The collection reflects the broad creative spectrum of modern jewelry arts, starting with the avant-garde artists of the 60’s [...]
Giampaolo Babetto: L’Italianita dei Gioielli / Die Neue Sammlung – The International Design Museum Munich
Monday, March 15th, 2010For his solo show “L’Italianita dei Gioielli” at Die Neue Sammlung – The International Design Museum Munich italian jewelry artist Giampaolo Babetto created an exhibition tailor-made to the circular, light-filled gallery space on the second floor of the rotunda in the Pinakothek der Moderne. In this video we have a look at the exhibition and [...]
Monica Bonvicini and Tom Burr at Lenbachhaus Kunstbau, Munich
Monday, June 15th, 2009Lenbachhaus Kunstbau presents an exhibition with works by Monica Bonvicini and Tom Burr. Monica Bonvicini (*1965 in Venice, lives in Berlin) and Tom Burr (*1963 in New Haven, Connecticut, lives in New York) share an interest in the functional purposes of social spaces and their psychological, social and gender-specific conventions. This mutual interest manifests itself [...]
Museum Brandhorst Opening in Munich
Monday, May 25th, 2009With the opening of the Museum Brandhorst in Munich’s “Kunstareal”, the Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen gain an institution with an impressive collection of works of modern and contemporary art. The Museum Brandhorst is the new home of the Udo and Anette Brandhorst Collection.
Two focal points of emphasis give the Brandhorst Collection its character. With more than sixty [...]
Zoe Leonard. Photographs / Retrospective at Pinakothek der Moderne, Munich
Thursday, April 16th, 2009The Pinakothek der Moderne is staging Zoe Leonard’s first retrospective in Germany. The exhibition has been initiated by the Fotomuseum Wintherthur, Switzerland, and comprises some 90 works. The focus is being placed on Zoe Leonard’s photographic work of the past twenty years, their subtle, visual look at the relationship between the sexes, the ambivalence between [...]
Mike Kelley at Goetz Collection, Munich
Wednesday, April 15th, 2009In a comprehensive exhibition The Goetz Collection is showing more than 40 works by American artist Mike Kelley. The spectrum ranges from early paintings from 1976 to large installations from his Kandors series of 2007, and shows the wide variety of the artist’s media through selected individual projects. Several large installations, in some cases with [...]
Apichatpong Weerasethakul – Primitive / Haus der Kunst, Munich / Interview
Monday, April 13th, 2009Apichatpong Weerasethakul is a Thai independent film director, screenwriter, and film producer. Weerasethakul’s narratives are based on myths and memories. Several of his films received international prizes such as the jury prize at the 2004 Cannes Film Festival for his feature film Tropical Malady.
Haus der Kunst in Munich, Germany presents Apichatpong Weerasethakul’s current project [...]
Jeff Wall / Galerie Rüdiger Schöttle, Munich
Monday, December 29th, 2008In 2008, Rüdiger Schöttle Gallery celebrated its 40th anniversary. An exhibition with works by Jeff Wall is rounding off a series of exhibitions the gallery has conceived to mark this occasion. The very first joint project between the Rüdiger Schöttle Gallery and Jeff Wall was a contribution to the exhibition “Westkunst”, which took place in [...]
Heimo Zobernig / Galerie Christine Mayer, Munich
Wednesday, November 12th, 2008The current exhibition at Galerie Christiane Mayer in Munich, Germany presents new works by the Austrian artist Heimo Zobernig. Heimo Zobernig was born in 1958 in Mauthen, Austria, he lives and works in Vienna. In this video he talks about his new works.
Video by Gürsoy Dogtas.
Galerie Christine Mayer, Munich. November 6, 2008.
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Liam Gillick at Kunstverein München / Interview
Wednesday, October 1st, 2008Liam Gillick’s exhibition “Three Perspectives and a Short Scenario* Work 1988 – 2008 Mirrored Image: A ‘Volvo’ bar” at Kunstverein München is the third act of the large mid-career retrospective, that the four institutions Witte de With, Kunsthalle Zürich, Kunstverein München and the Museum of Contemporary Art in Chicago conceived.
Instead of simply exhibiting previous works [...]
