Museum Brandhorst
{{Short description|Museum in Munich, Germany}}
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The Brandhorst Museum was opened in Munich on 21 May 2009. It displays about 200 exhibits from the modern art collection of the heirs of the Henkel trust Udo and Anette Brandhorst. In 2009 the Brandhorst Collection comprises more than 700 works.
History
Anette Brandhorst, the great-granddaughter of Henkel's founder, and her husband Udo Fritz-Hermann began collecting art in 1971.Lindsay Pollock (10 November 2009), [https://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=newsarchive&sid=alQmEIzf2VtM Henkel Heir, Mistress Settle Suit on $48 Million in Two Hirsts] Bloomberg.{{dead link|date= June 2023 | fix-attempted= yes}} When Anette died of cancer in 1999, her husband Udo donated the collection to the state of Bavaria on the proviso that the state build it a fitting home.{{Cite news|last=Glancey|first=Jonathan|date=3 June 2009|title=Do not adjust your art gallery|language=en-GB|work=The Guardian|url=https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2009/jun/04/brandhorst-museum-modern-art-germany|access-date=21 February 2023|issn=0261-3077}} The construction costs of $67 million were funded by Bavaria.
The building
The building with its long, two-storey, rectangular structure and multi-coloured facade composed of 36,000 vertical ceramic louvres in 23 different coloured glazes, was created by Sauerbruch Hutton architects and is located next to the Pinakothek der Moderne in the Kunstareal. The building has three exhibition areas which are connected by stairs. All galleries (with the exception of the Media Suite) have white walls and wooden floorboards of Danish oak.
Collection
The museum displays a comprehensive selection of about 100 works of Andy Warhol (Hammer and sickle, 1976, The Last Supper, 1986) and more than 60 works of Cy Twombly, making it the largest Twombly collection outside the US.{{cite web | title=Museum für die Sammlung Brandhorst | website=Bayerisches Staatsministerium für Wissenschaft und Kunst | url=https://www.stmwk.bayern.de/kunst-und-kultur/museen/staatliche-museen/museum-fuer-die-sammlung-brandhorst.html | language=de | access-date=21 February 2023}} The monumental series by Twombly, titled Lepanto, refers to a naval battle in 1571 between the Ottoman and Holy League forces. One of the museum's rooms, an irregular octagon, was created specifically to house the Lepanto cycle, a painting in 12 parts.
- Cy Twombly: Bacchus; Summer Madness; Untitled (Roses)
- Andy Warhol: Self-Portrait; Eggs; Knives; Marilyn; Natalie Wood; "Mustard Race Riot (1963){{Cite news|last=Vogel|first=Carol|date=11 November 2004|title=A Second Night of Records in Contemporary Art Prices|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2004/11/11/arts/design/a-second-night-of-records-in-contemporary-art-prices.html|access-date=21 February 2023|issn=0362-4331}}
Also other modern artists like Joseph Beuys, Mario Merz, Jannis Kounellis, Georg Baselitz, Francesco Clemente, Gerhard Richter, Bruce Nauman, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Mike Kelley, Sigmar Polke, Brian Clarke, John Chamberlain, Robert Gober, Eric Fischl, Alex Katz, and Damien Hirst are represented:
- Joseph Beuys: Wo ist mein Schmuck? Wo sind meine Scheiben, meine Zaumzeuge?
- Damien Hirst: Waste; In this terrible moment we are victims clinging helplessly to an environment that refuses to acknowledge the soul; Looking Forward to a Complete Suppression of Pain
- Sigmar Polke: Die drei Lügen der Malerei; Liberté, Egalité, Fraternité
- John Chamberlain: Lord Suckfist
- Bruce Nauman: 2 Heads on Base #1; Mean Clown Welcome
- Eric Fischl: Living Room, Scene 3 (Spinning); Japanese Bath
Works on paper by Kasimir Malevich, Kurt Schwitters and Joan Miró and others also belong to the Brandhorst collection.
The museum also houses a collection of 112 illustrated books of Pablo Picasso since Udo and Anette Brandhorst were not only interested in the fine arts, but also in literature.
Newer acquisitions include a video work by Isaac Julien, Western Union: Small Boats and the installation Large Red Sphere by Walter De Maria in the nearby Türkentor.
Brandhorst foundation
Additionally, there exists in 2009 an impressive endowment of €120 million ($167 million). The interest accruing on it allows an annual acquisition budget of more than €2 million, much more than any other collection in Munich.
Gallery
File:Museum Brandhorst Muenchen 2008-12-28-3.jpg|North Entrance
File:Museum Brandhorst Fassadendetail 2.jpg|Facade Detail
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File:Museum Brandhorst München, südwestliche Seite-7625.jpg
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File:Museum Brandhorst June 2014 02.JPG
File:Museum Brandhorst June 2014 01.JPG
References
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External links
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- [http://www.museum-brandhorst.de/ Museum Brandhorst]
- [http://www.aplust.net/permalink.php?atajo=sauer_uch_hutton__andhorst_museum_munich&filtrado=cat Museum Brandhorst review by a+t architecture publishers]
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Category:Art museums and galleries in Munich
Category:Modern art museums in Germany