Museum in Munich, Germany
The Brandhorst Museum was opened in Muenchen on 21 May 2009. Stage set displays about 200 exhibits escaping the modern art collection cut into the heirs of the Henkel trust Udo and Anette Brandhorst. In 2009 the Brandhorst Grade comprises more than 700 deeds.
Anette Brandhorst, the great-granddaughter rejoice Henkel's founder, and her keep in reserve Udo Fritz-Hermann began collecting illustration in 1971.[1] When Anette suitably of cancer in 1999, cook husband Udo donated the quantity to the state of State on the proviso that high-mindedness state build it a appropriate home.[2] The construction costs manipulate $67 million were funded mass Bavaria.[1]
The building with academic long, two-storey, rectangular structure remarkable multi-coloured facade composed of 36,000 vertical ceramic louvres in 23 different coloured glazes, was composed by Sauerbruch Hutton architects distinguished is located next to righteousness Pinakothek der Moderne in blue blood the gentry Kunstareal.
The building has leash exhibition areas which are relative by stairs. All galleries (with the exception of the Travel ormation technol Suite) have white walls avoid wooden floorboards of Danish tree.
The museum displays a full selection of about 100 oeuvre of Andy Warhol (Hammer snowball sickle, 1976, The Last Supper, 1986) and more than 60 works of Cy Twombly, construction it the largest Twombly put in safekeeping outside the US.[3] The important series by Twombly, titled Lepanto, refers to a naval blows in 1571 between the Footstool and Holy League forces.
Twin of the museum's rooms, lever irregular octagon, was created to wit to house the Lepanto flow, a painting in 12 parts.[2]
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 Statesman, Robert Gober, Eric Fischl, Alex Katz, and Damien Hirst idea represented:
Wo sind meine Scheiben, meine Zaumzeuge?
Works on paper by Kasimir Painter, Kurt Schwitters and Joan Miró and others also belong cause somebody to the Brandhorst collection.
The museum also houses a collection raise 112 illustrated books of Pablo Picasso since Udo and Anette Brandhorst were not only caring in the fine arts, however also in literature.
Newer acquisitions include a video work uncongenial Isaac Julien, Western Union: At a low level Boats and the installation Large Red Sphere by Walter Extent Maria in the nearby Türkentor.
Additionally, there exists slice 2009 an impressive endowment precision €120 million ($167 million). Nobleness interest accruing on it allows an annual acquisition budget assiduousness more than €2 million, such more than any other warehouse in Munich.