Monika Baer

{{short description|German painter}}

Monika Baer (born 1964) is a German painter.

She was born in Freiburg and studied at the Düsseldorf Art Academy.{{Cite journal |last=Eggerer |first=Thomas |date=April 2016 |title=Painting: Monika Baer |url=https://www.artforum.com/columns/monika-baer-228313/ |url-status=live |journal=Artforum |volume=50 |issue=8 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190707235646/https://www.artforum.com/print/201604/monika-baer-58700 |archive-date=7 July 2019 |access-date=7 July 2019}}{{Cite web |last=Bruce |first=Laura |date=1 October 2010 |title=Artists on Artists: Monika Baer |url=https://bombmagazine.org/articles/monika-baer/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240717041457/https://bombmagazine.org/articles/2010/10/01/monika-baer/ |archive-date=17 July 2024 |access-date=16 July 2024 |website=BOMB |language=en}}

In 2014 the Chicago Art Institute held a survey exhibition of her work.{{Cite journal |last1=Armstrong |first1=Patrick |date=24 April 2014 |title=Monika Baer |url=https://frieze.com/article/monika-baer-0-de |url-status=live |journal=Frieze |issue=14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230605203613/https://www.frieze.com/article/monika-baer-0-de |archive-date=5 June 2023 |access-date=16 July 2024}} Her work is included in the collections of the Kunstmuseum Bonn,{{Cite web |date=2019 |title=Monika Baer - Award of the Dieter Krieg Foundation 2019 |url=https://www.kunstmuseum-bonn.de/nocache/en/exhibitions/current/info/monika-baer-3719/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190707234548/https://www.kunstmuseum-bonn.de/nocache/en/exhibitions/current/info/monika-baer-3719/ |archive-date=7 July 2019 |access-date=7 July 2019 |website=Kunstmuseum Bonn}} the Museum Brandhorst,{{Cite web |date=2013 |title=Monika Baer - In Pieces |url=https://www.museum-brandhorst.de/en/collection/in-pieces/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190707234849/https://www.museum-brandhorst.de/en/collection/in-pieces/ |archive-date=7 July 2019 |access-date=7 July 2019 |website=Museum Brandhorst}} the Barcelona Museum of Contemporary Art,{{Cite web |title=Artist: Monika Baer |url=https://www.macba.cat/en/monika-baer |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190708003405/https://www.macba.cat/en/monika-baer |archive-date=8 July 2019 |access-date=8 July 2019 |website=Museu d'Art Contemporani de Barcelona}} the Williams College Museum of Art,{{Cite web |title=Monika Baer |url=https://wcma.williams.edu/collection/featured-acquisitions/monika-baer/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190708002718/https://wcma.williams.edu/collection/featured-acquisitions/monika-baer/ |archive-date=8 July 2019 |access-date=8 July 2019 |website=Williams College Museum of Art |publisher=Williams College}} and the Museum of Modern Art, New York.{{Cite web |title=Artist: Monika Baer |url=https://www.moma.org/artists/28552 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190707234541/https://www.moma.org/artists/28552 |archive-date=7 July 2019 |access-date=7 July 2019 |website=Museum of Modern Art}}