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The Brandhorst Museum was opened in Munich on 21 May 2009. It displays about 200 exhibits from collection of modern art of the heirs of the Henkel trust Udo and Anette Brandhorst. In 2009 the Brandhorst Collection comprises more than 700 works.

Museum Brandhorst
Museum Brandhorst in Munich, 2014
General information
Type	Modern Art Museum
Location	Munich, Germany
Address	Theresienstraße 35a D 80333 München
Coordinates	48°8′53″N 11°34′27″E
Design and construction
Architecture firm	Sauerbruch Hutton

History

Anette Brandhorst, the great-granddaughter of Henkel's founder, and her husband Udo Fritz-Hermann began collecting art in 1971.[1] 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.[2] The construction costs of $67 million were funded by Bavaria.[1]

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.[3] 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.[2]

• Cy Twombly: Bacchus; Summer Madness; Untitled (Roses)
• Andy Warhol: Self-Portrait; Eggs; Knives; Marilyn; Natalie Wood; "Mustard Race Riot (1963)[4]

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

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  North Entrance
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  Facade Detail
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References

External links

• Museum Brandhorst
• Museum Brandhorst review by a+t architecture publishers

На других языках

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[de] Museum Brandhorst

Das Museum Brandhorst im Kunstareal in der Maxvorstadt in München beherbergt die Sammlung von Udo und Anette Brandhorst für moderne und zeitgenössische Kunst. Das Gebäude befindet sich nördlich im Anschluss an das Türkentor und die Pinakothek der Moderne. Es wurde am 18. Mai 2009 mit einem Staatsakt eingeweiht und am 21. Mai 2009 eröffnet. Betrieben wird das Museum von den Bayerischen Staatsgemäldesammlungen. Direktor der Sammlung ist seit 1. November 2013 Achim Hochdörfer. Er ist der Nachfolger von Armin Zweite.[1]

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- [en] Museum Brandhorst

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[fr] Museum Brandhorst

Le Museum Brandhorst est un musée situé à Munich (Kunstareal) en Allemagne, ouvert depuis le 21 mai 2009.

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[it] Museo Brandhorst

Il museo Brandhorst è situato nel quartiere Maxvorstadt a Monaco di Baviera. Fa parte dei grandi musei del Kunstareal (zona musei) di cui fanno parte anche la Pinacoteca Vecchia, la Pinacoteca Nuova, la Pinacoteca dell'Arte Moderna e Museo Egizio di Monaco di Baviera. Il museo fu inaugurato il 18 maggio 2009 e ospita la raccolta di arte moderna e contemporanea dei coniugi Brandhorst. Il direttore del museo è Armin Zweite.

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[ru] Музей Брандхорста

Музей Брандхорста (нем. Museum Brandhorst) — новый художественный музей в столице Баварии. Торжественное открытие музея состоялось 18 мая 2009 года, для посетителей музей открылся 21 мая 2009 года. Здание музея располагается в мюнхенском районе Максфорштадт недалеко от Турецких ворот и Пинакотеки современности. В музее представлена коллекция современного искусства наследника Henkel Удо Брандхорста и его супруги Анетты Брандхорст.

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