Art & Exhibitions
Must-See Art Guide: Munich
This week’s guide includes Otto Piene, Oskar Kokoschka, and others.
Judith Probst
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Munich’s most famous event, Oktoberfest, is over, but this city in Bavaria, Germany has a lot to offer this week if you are interested in art. The third most populous city in Germany, home to Arnold Schwarzenegger and internationally successful soccer team Bayern Munich, is world renowned for its art collections, on display in public and private museums, as well as in its numerous galleries. The Münchner Stadtmuseum is showing a permanent exhibition titled “Typically Munich!” where you can explore the trials and tribulations of the city. Currently the museum has on view a special exhibition, “Rumford. Recipes for a better Bavaria,” about Sir Benjamin Thompson, also called Count Rumford, the creator of Munich’s famous park, the English Garden; be sure to take a long walk through this picturesque part of the city. In the immediate vicinity of Munich’s art collections, in the well-known Theresienstraße, the Barbara Gross Galerie has the first solo exhibition of Italian installation artist Sonia Leimer. Works by young contemporary artist Craig Yu can be found in the collection of another large museum in Munich, the Pinakothek der Moderne, and are also currently in the showrooms of Häusler Contemporary.
Art enthusiasts have the chance to see selected artworks of German and international artists at two art fairs. During the first weekend in November, the 59th edition of the Kunstmesse München is happening at the Postpalast. At Germany’s oldest art and antiques fair, 38 art dealers from Europe, such as Galerie Brockstedt and Galerie Koch, are showing works from their inventories. There is also HIGHLIGHTS—International Art Fair Munich, which was founded in 2009 by 19 international art dealers. Beck & Eggeling and Galerie Richard Ruberl are just a couple of the selected art dealers participating in this art fair, with masterpieces ranging from classical antiquity to modern art.
So enjoy the art and, if you have the time, the German Gemütlichkeit in one of the beer gardens during your stay in Munich.
Exhibition: “Leif Trenkler: Opal Colour Day”
When: September 11–October 31, 2014
Where: Galerie Karl Pfefferle, Reichenbachstraße 47 – 49, Munich, Germany
Exhibition: “Sonia Leimer: Lack of a Proper Word”
When: September 12–October 30, 2014
Where: Barbara Gross Galerie, Theresienstraße 56, Hof 1, Munich, Germany
Exhibition: “Craig Yu: Negative Form”
When: September 12–October 30, 2014
Where: Häusler Contemporary, Maximilianstraße 35, Munich, Germany
Exhibition: “eleni mylonas, the town crier”
When: September 12–October 31, 2014
Where: françoise heitsch, Amalienstraße 19, Munich, Germany
Exhibition: “CHRISTOPHER WINTER | Double Vision”
When: September 13–November 1, 2014
Where: Galerie Lichtpunkt, Lothstraße 78a, Munich, Germany
Exhibition: “5 Jahre Schellingstr. 48”
When: September 16–October 31, 2014
Where: Walter Storms Galerie, Schellingstraße 48, Munich, Germany
Exhibition: “Rumford. Recipes for a better Bavaria”
When: October 31, 2014–April 19, 2015
Where: Münchner Stadtmuseum, St.-Jakobs-Platz 1, Munich, Germany
Art fair: “59. Kunst-Messe München Postpalast”
When: November 1–November 9, 2014
Where: Postpalast, Wredestraße 10, Munich, Germany
Exhibition: “GERHARD MERZ | KÖNIGSWURF”
When: November 5, 2014–January 31, 2015
Where: Walter Storms Galerie, Schellingstraße 48, Munich, Germany
Art fair: “HIGHLIGHTS—International Art Fair Munich”
When: November 6–November 12, 2014
Where: Residenz Munich, Residenzstraße 1, Munich Germany
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