Beautiful and vulnerable. The human figure in the Garnerus Collection

Opening: THU 15.06.2023 | 7 p.m. | Admission free
The exhibition rooms are open from 6 p.m.

Few collectors have fixed their gaze on the compelling and manifold depiction of the human figure with such steadfastness as the art historian Hartwig Garnerus (b. 1943), particularly when it comes to the art of the interwar years, from late Expressionism to the New Objectivity. The representative selection of 70 works from his collection juxtaposes painting and sculpture, including works by such painters as Helmut Kolle, Karl Hofer, and Carl Lohse as well as by the sculptors Marg Moll, Emy Roeder, and Gerhard Marcks.

Under the title Collection+, the Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungene (Bavarian State Painting Collections) in the Pinakothek der Moderne will be presenting studio exhibitions within the context of the collection. Presentations of new acquisitions, loans and artist rooms reveal the laborious work involved in gathering, maintaining and researching the collections, shining a light on the scholarly investigations into them and their contemporary relevance.