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The Kunstmuseum Bonn or Bonn Museum of Modern Art is an art museum in Bonn, Germany, founded in 1947.[1] The Kunstmuseum exhibits both temporary exhibitions and its collection. Its collection is focused on Rhenish Expressionism and post-war German art. It is part of Bonn's "Museum Mile".

Architecture

The present building, which opened in 1992,[2] was created by the BJSS firm (Axel Schultes) and Jürgen Pleuser at a cost of about DM-100 million. It has three entrances, symbolising openness. The design of the staircase has been described as a "precise geometry, cut like jewellery. The conception of light brings the collection to life."[3] The total exhibition area is around 4,000 square metres (43,000 sq ft).[4]

Rhenish Expressionism and art since 1945

The collections of the Kunstmuseum focus on three strong points: Rhenish Expressionism (the largest collection in the world), post-war German art (particularly the 1960s to the early 1990s), and an international collection of post-war prints. German artists on display include Georg Baselitz, Joseph Beuys, Hanne Darboven, Anselm Kiefer, August Macke, Blinky Palermo and Wolf Vostell. Selected non-German artists are integrated into the display, such as Robert Delaunay in the Macke section, Richard Long in combination with Palermo, Lucio Fontana with Beuys, and Jannis Kounellis with Gerhard Merz.

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  Self Portrait (1909)
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  Vegetable Fields (1911)
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  Houses with a Chimney (1911)
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  The Tightrope Walker (1914)

Prints collection and video art

The prints collection, featuring around 5,000 works from the 20th and 21st centuries,[5] includes so-called "multiples" by Beuys, illustrated books by Max Ernst, and printed graphics from the Bolliger Collection.

The Oppenheim Collection of video art includes works by Dennis Oppenheim, Joan Jonas, Klaus vom Bruch, Marcel Odenbach and Julian Rosefeldt.[6]

The Videonale festival of contemporary video art, now based at the Kunstmuseum, has taken place biennially in Bonn since 1984.[7]

New direction

In 2005, the museum sold the former Grothe Collection to a married pair of collectors, the Ströhers, for €50m.[8][9] This triggered a wide-ranging set of changes to the permanent exhibition, beginning in 2007, described by the incoming director Stephan Berg as a "certain rejuvenation".[10] The works on the way out included Degenerate Art by Sigmar Polke and Assisi Cycle by Gotthard Graubner. Their place was taken by the work of younger artists. Some of the sculptures in front of the building were also acquired by the Ströhers.

See also

• List of art museums
• List of museums in Germany

Further reading

• Kunstmuseum Bonn (editor): Deutsche Dokumente – Arbeiten auf Papier im Kunstmuseum Bonn. Die Sammlung. Bonn, 1992; no ISBN. (in German)

External links

• Home page in English

Notes

На других языках

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[de] Kunstmuseum Bonn

Das Kunstmuseum Bonn (bis 1992 Städtisches Kunstmuseum Bonn[1]) gehört zu den großen, bundesweit beachteten Museen für Gegenwartskunst. Das Gebäude wurde von dem Berliner Architekten Axel Schultes entworfen und 1992 eröffnet. Die rund 7500 Werke umfassende Sammlung des Kunstmuseum Bonn zeichnet sich durch das zentrale Werkkonvolut zu August Macke und der Kunst der Rheinischen Expressionisten aus. Bedeutend ist vor allem auch die Sammlung zur deutschen Kunst nach 1945 mit Schwerpunkt auf der Malerei und ihren erweiterten, bildbezogenen Ausdrucksformen. Das Museum gehört zur Museumsmeile in Bonn.

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- [en] Kunstmuseum Bonn

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[fr] Kunstmuseum Bonn

Le Kunstmuseum Bonn fait partie de la Museumsmeile (appelé en français : boulevard des Musées) de Bonn et expose depuis 1992 principalement des œuvres de la période d'après 1945. Le musée est situé au numéro 2 de la Friedrich-Ebert-Allee à Bonn. Il a trois entrées et comprend une surface d'exposition de 4 700 m2.

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[ru] Художественный музей Бонна

Художественный музей Бонна[2][3] (нем. Kunstmuseum Bonn, ранее нем. Städtisches Kunstmuseum Bonn) — художественный музей в городе Бонн (земля Северный Рейн-Вестфалия), открытый в 1989—1992 годах и расположенный на городской «Музейной миле», рядом с Федеральным выставочным залом; один из крупнейших музеев современного искусства в Германии, с коллекцией в 7500 произведений; здание было спроектировано берлинским архитектором Акселем Шультесом. Известен собрание работ художника Августа Макке и рейнских экспрессионистов, а также — коллекцией немецкого искусства, созданного после 1945 года (в особенности, произведениями Йозефа Бойса).

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