Further exhibitions at Haus der Kunst (House of art)
The Psychonaut. Photographs by Stefan Seffrin
at the Bayerisches Nationalmuseum (Bavarian National Museum ) in Munich, until 2 February 2025
The Bayerisches Nationalmuseum (Bavarian National Museum) is dedicating its first major solo exhibition to the artist Stefan Seffrin and his Psychonaut project (2019-2024).
In more than 40 large-format photographic works, some of which have never been shown before, the artist allows the figure of the Psychonaut to travel through our present. The psychonaut, in his different appearance, breaks with the scenery captured by Stefan Seffrin and casts an emotionless gaze from his surroundings back at the viewer. As an alien figure, his cool detachment encourages us to reflect on the state of our world today. As a traveller, the psychonaut will ultimately leave our world just as unselfconsciously as he entered it, as a figure of light, a silent and yet meaningful memorial to our present.
Colourful words, rhymes and sayings by Marlene Reidel

at the Bezirksmuseum Dachau (Dachau District Museum), until 26 January 2025
Proverbs, sayings and idioms are part of our everyday speech. In early childhood, we learn to deal with them in a playful way through rhymes and pictures.
The Landshut artist Marlene Reidel (1923-2014) collected them and transformed them into large-format, colourful pictures. But which rhyme, which saying is hidden in her pictures?
The exhibition involves the entire building and so the question arises: Which winged words and words of wisdom are hidden behind the museum objects?
An exhibition for young and old to think, guess and play with.
Dieter Stein - "washing out the eyes". Retrospective

at the Museum im Kulturspeicher Würzburg (Museum the Culture Granary Würzburg), until 2 February 2025
Dieter Stein would have turned 100 years old in 2024 - an admittedly superficial occasion for a long overdue rediscovery of this great unknown artist personality of the post-war period in Germany.
Dieter Stein attracted attention in his home town of Würzburg as early as 1950 with the first abstract paintings ever to be shown here. He left a lasting mark on artistic life in Lower Franconia through his exhibition, mediation and teaching activities as well as his unconventional, even resistant position.
Over the decades, Dieter Stein continued to develop his abstract formal language from the colourful early paintings to his sparse, elegant and exciting late work. In addition to the abstract paintings, Stein's figurative drawings and etchings, which reveal an unusual point of view and an original creativity and vigour, are particularly noteworthy. The MiK owns several works by the painter and draughtsman. These will be shown in the exhibition together with works from the estate as well as loans from museum and private collections.
Bauhaus in Bavaria. A photographic journey through classical modernism
in the Pasinger Fabrik (Pasinger Factory) Munich, until 2 February 2025
Bavaria is also home to numerous modernist architectural buildings. In the 1920s and 1930s, housing estates, post offices, churches and other buildings were built in the new style. Numerous architects were committed to Neues Bauen, including Richard Riemerschmid, Robert Vorhoelzer, Otho Orlando Kurz, Hanna Löv, Walther Schmidt, Hans Döllgast, Theodor Fischer, Thomas Wechs, Fritz Landauer and Sep Ruf. The exhibition shows black and white architectural photographs by international photographer Jean Molitor with accompanying texts by Dr Kaija Voss.
Adventure Brazil - Johann Moritz Rugenda's picturesque journey

in the Grafisches Kabinett im Höhmannhaus in Augsburg, until 9 February 2025
The Augsburg artist Johann Moritz Rugendas (1802-1858) joined Georg Heinrich von Langsdorff's (1774-1852) expedition to Brazil as a draughtsman and painter in 1822 when he was barely twenty years old. He initially travelled the country for two years in the service of Langsdorff, but separated from him after a major dispute and continued to explore the country on his own, drawing and painting, until 1825. On his way home, he spent a few months in Paris and was able to inspire the explorer Alexander von Humboldt (1769-1859) with his landscape paintings, portraits and milieu studies to such an extent that he encouraged and promoted the publication of the "Malerische Reise in Brasilien". On the return journey from his second trip to America in 1846, Rugendas, who had become famous in South America in the meantime, stayed in Brazil for almost a year with old friends and new acquaintances to paint and draw.
The exhibition shows almost 30 drawings, watercolours and oil paintings on Brazil from the holdings of the Augsburg art collections, some loans from private collections and the original of the "Malerische Reise in Brasilien" published in 1835.
Pablo Picasso, Klewan Collection

at the Museum Lothar Fischer in Neumarkt in der Oberpfalz, until 16 February 2025
Pablo Picasso (1881-1973), who constantly reinvented himself as an artist, is considered one of the most important painters, draughtsmen, graphic artists and sculptors of the 20th century. He is without doubt the key figure of classical modern art. His stylistic diversity and creative development, which often appears erratic but is nevertheless consistent, is convincingly demonstrated in the special exhibition with 60 sheets and two ceramics. All works come from the private collection of former gallery owner Helmut Klewan, who now lives in Vienna and Munich.
The exhibition is a cooperation with the Gutshaus Steglitz-Zehlendorf in Berlin and is accompanied by a catalogue.
50 years of Playmobil - The company history behind the global success

at the Städtisches Museum Zirndorf (Municipal Museum Zirndorf), until 28 February 2025
When the first PLAYMOBIL figures saw the light of day in Zirndorf 50 years ago, nobody could have imagined that they would become absolute toy classics worldwide.
The 7.5 cm tall, always smiling figures create worlds in children's rooms in which reality and fantasy merge; true to the motto "Play what you experience".
Over the decades, they have become more colourful and more mobile, but the basic idea of their creators Hans Beck and Horst Brandstätter has remained the same.
The anniversary exhibition traces the rise of PLAYMOBIL to become a cult toy and at the same time invites you on a journey through the rich history of the Zirndorf-based company geobra Brandstätter. This goes back to the year 1876. Even before the invention of the legendary play system, colourful toys made of tin and plastic can be found in the product range.
Exhibits, catalogues and advertisements from the museum depot document the extensive toy production.
In the exhibition, however, the toys can not only be admired in the showcases. The current PLAYMOBIL range can be played with to your heart's content at the play tables!
Hello Nature. How do we want to live together?

at the Germanisches Nationalmuseum (Germanic National Museum) in Nuremberg, until 2 March 2025
What is the relationship between man and nature? What happens when people see themselves as the centre of the world and try to dominate nature? And what prospects do we have for overcoming the current ecological crisis? The exhibition shows the history of this relationship, which is characterised by exploitation, threats and efforts to preserve it. At the same time, it explores the future possibilities of coexistence.
The presentation is divided into three main chapters, which span an arc from the sedentary period to the present day. It shows how the interactions between humans and their environment have led to profound changes: The first chapter looks at the long history of the appropriation and exploitation of nature by humans. The second chapter focuses on the agency of nature and emphasises the realisation that humans cannot completely control nature. The third chapter is dedicated to new approaches and narratives that aim to overcome the opposition between nature and culture.
But living here? No thanks. Surrealism + anti-fascism

at the Lenbachhaus in Munich, until 2 March 2025
Surrealism was a political movement with international reach and an internationalist attitude. Surrealists denounced European colonial policy, organised themselves against fascist movements, fought in the Spanish Civil War, called on Wehrmacht soldiers to sabotage, were interned and persecuted, fled Europe and fell in the war. They wrote poetry, honed the deconstruction of a supposedly rational language in a supposedly rational world, worked on paintings and collective drawings, took photographs and collages, organised exhibitions.
Brilliance and transparency - reverse glass art from modern times to the present day
at the Museum Werdenfels (Werdenfels Regional Museum) in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, until 2 March 2025
The exhibition focuses on the innovative development of reverse glass painting since the beginning of the 20th century.
The multifaceted adaptations of the classical technique were pioneered by the "Der Blaue Reiter" movement, namely Wassily Kandinsky, Gabriele Münter and August Macke. Within a very short space of time, glass became an essential medium of expression, opening up far-reaching new possibilities for artists in Expressionism, the avant-garde and New Objectivity. After 1945, reverse glass art experienced a further upswing, which continues to this day.
"Brilliance and Transparency" illuminates the broad, colourful spectrum on around 600 square metres with around 80 loans right at the centre of traditional reverse glass painting. For the first time, the interrelationships between reverse glass painting and media such as film, photography and collage will be shown.
Delicatessen. Between art and cuisine
in the Kunsthalle im KunstKulturQuartier Nuremberg (Art Gallery in the KunstKulturQuartier Nuremberg), until 2 March 2025
Art & cuisine: cookery shows, bestselling cookbooks, gourmet festivals and street food markets, a flood of food photos on social networks and a growing awareness of healthy and sustainable nutrition? Food is playing an increasingly important role in our society and characterises many areas of our everyday lives. Today, food is no longer just a basic need, but a cultural phenomenon and political statement. Margarine sculptures, sugar installations and canteen art: 23 artists have explored food and food trends.
The exhibition is accompanied by a varied programme of culinary and artistic events! More on the homepage.
Rachel Ruysch - Nature into Art

at the Alte Pinakothek (Old Pinacoteca) in Munich, until 16 March 2025
Her magnificent, deceptively realistic floral still lifes with exotic plants and fruits, butterflies and insects were already considered sought-after and expensive collector's items during her lifetime. Demand was so great that the Amsterdam painter could only afford to produce a few pieces a year. As the daughter of the renowned professor of anatomy and botany, Frederik Ruysch, the first female member of the Confrerie Pictura, court painter in Düsseldorf, lottery winner and mother of eleven children, she was an exceptional figure of her time. From November 2024, the Alte Pinakothek (Old Pinacoteca) is dedicating the world's first major monographic exhibition to her. Discover the wondrous world of Rachel Ruysch (1664-1750) between art and natural science, perfected fine painting and artistic freedom amidst illustrious clients in Amsterdam, Düsseldorf and Florence.
An exhibition by Alte Pinakothek (Old Pinacoteca) (Munich), Toledo Museum of Art (Ohio) and Museum of Fine Arts (Boston).
Sacred places of the Sámi. Cults and rituals of an indigenous culture

at the Naturkunde-Museum Coburg (Natural History Museum Coburg), until 16 March 2025
The Sámi (formerly Lapps) are the last indigenous people in Europe. They live in Sápmiland, which stretches across the northern parts of Sweden, Norway and Finland and the Russian peninsula of Kola. In Sámi culture, everything in the landscape is considered sacred and therefore extremely worthy of protection. The Sámi tradition is characterised to a very special degree by deeply rooted immateriality, which can also be an example for us with a sustainable embedding of people in their habitat.
The photographer Monika Belting from Münster has regularly travelled to Sápmiland over many years and documented sacred places there. Her impressive images are shown for the first time in the special exhibition together with ethnographic-documentary objects and stagings of Sámi living environments.
The beliefs and rituals of the Sámi convey a feeling of security, solidarity, trust in mutual help and respect as well as identification and empathy with all living beings. It is no coincidence that 80 % of the world's remaining biodiversity can be found in the settlement areas of indigenous peoples such as the Sámi, as they have had a respectful relationship with plants and animals for thousands of years.
Art Nouveau. Made in Munich
at Kunsthalle München (Munich Art Gallery), until 23 March 2025
Around 1900, young visionary artists in Munich set out to revolutionise art and reform life. At a time of rapid scientific and technical innovation and social upheaval, they were involved in the search for a fairer and more sustainable way of life. Artists such as Richard Riemerschmid, Hermann Obrist and Margarethe von Brauchitsch turned away from historical models to find a new art that would permeate life down to the smallest detail. Their ideas and designs formed the basis for the art and design of modernism.
With over 400 objects from painting, graphic art, sculpture, photography, design and fashion, the exhibition sheds light on Munich's role as the cradle of Art Nouveau in Germany and shows how topical the issues of life discussed at the time still are today. "Art Nouveau. Made in Munich" presents in ten chapters the pioneering ideas and sources of inspiration from which the artists who trained or worked in Munich developed their respective styles. Aspects such as gender equality, a healthy life in harmony with nature and the democratisation of art and society form the background against which the trail unfolds.
Jonas Maria Ried: Enjoy the Silence

at the MEWO Kunsthalle (MEWO Art Gallery) in Memmingen, until 23 March 2025
A man, it is the artist, swings around a tree on a rope. The rope is attached high up and wrapped tightly around the tree trunk; the artist hangs from it secured with straps and the rest is done by gravity and centrifugal forces. Jonas Maria Ried circles the tree at ever greater distances, the wood creaks and crunches from the unusual lateral load. After a few seconds, the spectacle is over and calm returns.
In Waldrandfichte (2019), Ried fells a tree, which he reattaches to the original stump with a movable construction and then lets it circle around itself. Quite simply and beyond imagination.
Jonas Maria Ried's (*1989 in Munich) interventions in nature and the rural life of his surroundings are minimal - and yet they exude a great fascination and amaze the viewer. You don't want to stop looking at the meditative documentation of these actions.
Eccentric. Aesthetics of freedom
Pinakothek der Moderne (Modern Art Collection at the Pinakothek der Moderne) in Munich, from 25 October 2024 to 27 April 2025
The exhibition is dedicated to the potential of eccentricity as an aesthetic of freedom. With around 100 works by 50 international artists - from Pipilotti Rist to Jeff Koons - the focus of the show is on contemporary visual art across the entire genre spectrum with works from painting, sculpture, installation, performance and media art. With individual works from the late 19th and early 20th centuries, historical points of reference also become clear, while design objects expand the spectrum of the eccentric. "Eccentric. Aesthetics of Freedom" celebrates the diversity and complexity of fundamental aspects of human existence such as the body, identity, beauty and the environment.
The basic idea behind the exhibition is the conviction that eccentricity is an intellectual attitude that rejects ideologies of any kind. It is based on the freedom to think and create and thus stands up for the freedom of democracy and humanism. This freedom beyond ideologies releases energies of transformative power. It does not operate in the hierarchical, autocratic and binary structures of "either-or", but in the networked and non-binary structures of "both-and". Figures and forms celebrate diversity beyond rigid norms and clichés.
very concrete
at Kunstpalais Erlangen (Erlangen Art Palace), until 27 April 2025
Interlocking squares in different colour combinations, diagonal stripes in vibrant colours or an ever-shrinking black-on-white grid... what is concrete about concrete art? Why is it called concrete art if you can't see anything concrete? But what you see is concrete, without interpretation: colour, form, line, material and space. Often, the adherence to self-imposed rules for dealing with these elements is also at the centre of the works; it is about science, precise conception and the investigation of variations within a defined system. It is about rhythm, perception and structure - and about breaking free from the compulsion to create something representational, whether realistically depicted or abstract. For both the artists and the viewers, it means great freedom.
This exhibition also imposes no constraints on itself and combines works by strict Concretists such as Max Bill, Walter Dexel and Verena Loewensberg with those by artists who refer to this principle with a great deal of humour, such as Ad Minoliti, François Morellet and Alona Rodeh. Likewise Verena Issel and Edoardo Paolozzi, whose work focuses on the themes of form, colour, space and seriality, as well as Günther Fruhtrunk, Allan D'Arcangelo and Max Bill, who come from the fields of graphic and product design.
Elfriede Lohse-Wächtler. "Me as a madwoman"
at the Franz Marc Museum in Kochel am See, from 2 March to 8 June 2025
Suffering, lust, threat and loneliness: Elfriede Lohse-Wächtler (1899-1940) is considered one of the most important female voices of New Objectivity art, whose work is characterised by empathy and dynamism. During her creative period, which lasted just under two decades, she developed an independent and sensitive visual language.
With around 80 paintings and drawings from public and private collections, the show offers a multifaceted overview of all phases of the artist's work and sheds light on her eventful life story: atmospherically dense scenes from Hamburg's brothel and pub world, powerful works in which she also confidently penetrated traditionally male-dominated spaces such as the harbour or St. Pauli. Pauli.
Lohse-Wächtler left her parental home at the age of 16 and was active in the Dresden avant-garde from 1918 under the pseudonym "Nikolaus Wächtler". Her friends included prominent artists such as Otto Dix, Conrad Felixmüller and Otto Griebel. The Hamburg years marked an artistic heyday, but were also characterised by personal crises, which led to her first stay in hospital in 1929. Her powerful works were often created in the face of existential threats - a story of self-empowerment that ended tragically in 1940 with her murder as part of the National Socialist murder of the sick ("Aktion T4").
The exhibition is a cooperation with the Ernst Barlach Haus in Hamburg and the Kunsthalle Vogelmann in Heilbronn.
Titanic. Her time. Her fate. Her myth.

in the Lokschuppen Rosenheim (Engine shed Rosenheim), from 14 March 2025 to 1 January 2026
Welcome on board! Original artefacts, immersive multimedia installations and dramatic
passenger stories bring the sinking of the famous ship to life. Children and
parents can go on a family tour together with a TITANIC travel diary.
Daily guided tours offer an intensive experience. There are special
workshops and themed tours for all types of schools and daycare centres that bring learning to life.
The Titanic represents the lifestyle of an era full of adventure and freedom. Luxury, art,
literature and music characterise this era. As the largest ship of its time, it promised a safe and
luxurious journey until an iceberg changed everything in April 1912. The sinking became a
media spectacle, accompanied by eyewitness accounts and myths. The discovery of the wreck 40 years ago
reveals some secrets. But what has the world learnt from this tragedy?
Kataklump. Heinrich Campendonk, Paul van Ostaijen, Fritz Stuckenberg
at the Museum Penzberg - Campendonk Collection, from 15 March to 15 June 2025
The artist friends Heinrich Campendonk (1889-1957), Fritz Stuckenberg (1881-1944) and the poet Paul van Ostaijen (1896-1928) chose "Kataklump", the onomatopoeic Belgian word for galloping horses, as the title of their manifesto. Their artistic work and letters provide new, sometimes very private insights into their life plans, artistic ideas and the reality of life in nearby Seeshaupt. A kind of artists' colony had temporarily established itself there on Lake Starnberg, where artists exchanged ideas in the years between 1919 and 1922. In the young Weimar Republic, they searched for new artistic forms of modernism in order to provide an impetus for the movement following the "Blue Rider".
Trees, Time, Architecture!

at the Architekturmuseum der TUM in the Pinakothek der Moderne (Museum of Architecture in the Pinacotheca of the Modern), from 13 March to 14 September 2025
Trees are among the largest, oldest and most complex living things on earth. They grow slowly and often take decades or even centuries to reach their full size. As such, they exceed the standards of human life and their temporality contrasts with the constantly accelerating pace of social, technological and ecological change. At the same time, we need trees today more than ever to find answers to climate change. With their large crowns, they contribute significantly to lowering temperatures in urban heat islands and maintaining the quality of life of a growing urban population through shade and evaporation. But trees are also increasingly exposed to climate change, threatened by drought, storms, hail or the spread of new diseases.
The exhibition examines the potentials and contradictions of "building on trees" in architecture and landscape architecture. For the first time, an exhibition project addresses the thematic complex: tree - time - architecture from a holistic, multidimensional perspective. With concrete project examples from different cultural contexts and climate zones.
Auguste Herbin

at the Lenbachhaus in Munich, from 30 May to 19 October 2025
The French painter Auguste Herbin (1882-1960) is considered an important revolutionary of modernism and the founder of abstraction in France. Shortly after the turn of the century, he began painting late Impressionist landscapes, still lifes and portraits, already in bright, yet harmoniously handled colours, which became wild in the subsequent Fauvist phase and remained so for the rest of his life.
In 1908, he painted his first Cubist pictures, making him one of the inventors of this pictorial language. His Cubism is also strongly coloured. In 1909, he moved into a studio in the famous Bateau-Lavoir on Montmartre in Paris, in the immediate neighbourhood of Picasso and van Dongen.
Herbin painted in France, Belgium, in the port of Hamburg and on Corsica. Each change of location brings with it the perception of new forms and often triggers changes in his pictorial language.
As a socially committed artist and temporary member of the French Communist Party, he sees this as monumental art for all. After 1945, Herbin became a role model for representatives of concrete and kinetic art and Op Art, and his work was shown in numerous solo exhibitions. Until his death, he was committed to renewing French abstraction.
Our exhibition covers the most important stages in Herbin's oeuvre and shows around 40 important works with extensive documentation.
Dirndl - Tradition goes Fashion

at tim - Staatliches Textil- und Industriemuseum Augsburg (State Textile and Industry Museum Augsburg), from 4 April to 19 October 2025
A dirndl is more than just a dress. On the one hand, it stands for Bavarian tradition, history and craftsmanship. But today it is also a fashion statement - with innovative designs and accents. Tradition goes fashion - and the dirndl takes centre stage.
In an opulent exhibition, the tim invites you on a fashionable journey from the 19th century to the present day. On more than 1,000 square metres of exhibition space, visitors can immerse themselves in the eventful history of the dirndl, its origins, political appropriations and exciting new interpretations.
In addition to historical dirndls, you can also experience contemporary high-fashion models by young designers who are making completely new fashion statements with their impressive designs.
Pixi - the exhibition

at the Fränkisches Freilandmuseum Fladungen (Franconian Open Air Museum), from 6 April to 17 August 2025
Who doesn't know them, the square little books? Pixis are rewards, bedtime reading, contents of Advent calendars or birthday bags and coveted collector's items. For many children, a Pixi is the first book they have chosen for themselves.
With over 3,000 different titles since its launch and 14 million books sold every year, Pixi is the most comprehensive picture book series of all time. The first Pixi book was published in Germany in 1954 with the title Miezekatzen. The Danish publisher Per Hjald Carlsen founded his publishing house in Hamburg in the early 1950s. He wanted to offer high-quality picture books at the lowest possible price. His goal: to make people want to read books.
The anniversary exhibition 70 Years of Pixi Books, which has already enjoyed great success at the Altonaer Museum in Hamburg and the Literaturhaus München (House of Literature Munich), takes visitors on a nostalgic journey through the history of the famous mini-books.
The painter Olga Meerson (1882 - 1930). Pupil of Kandinsky - muse of Matisse

at the Schloßmuseum Murnau, from 11 April to 9 November 2025
The painter and Kandinsky pupil Olga Meerson (1882-1930) is at the centre of the research and exhibition project. Although Olga Meerson was a pupil of Wassily Kandinsky at the Phalanx School at the same time as Gabriele Münter, a pupil of Henri Matisse in France and later the wife of Heinz Pringsheim, the life and work of this artist have unfortunately been forgotten today.
The Schloßmuseum, with its focus on German Expressionist art and the life and work of Gabriele Münter, has embarked on meticulous research and in this exhibition provides an insight into the life and work of an artist who, like Gabriele Münter, had to find her way as a painting student in Munich. Meerson's traces lead via the painting school of Anton Ažbe, to the painting stays at the Phalanx School in Kochel and Kallmünz, to Murnau and to the Académie Matisse in Paris. After marrying Heinz Pringsheim in 1912, she went to Berlin with him. There, in 1922, she took part in an exhibition of Russian artists together with Wassily Kandinsky, Robert Genin, Nicolaus Iszelenov and Maria Lagorio. She took her own life there just eight years later.
Thin ice. Come with us on a climate expedition!
at the Deutsches Museum Verkehrszentrum (German Museum Traffic Center) in Munich, until 8 November 2025
Icy winds, freezing cold and months of darkness - the POLARSTERN's expedition to the Arctic was extreme. The research vessel drifted through the Arctic Ocean for over a year from 2019. The team collected information on the changing Arctic climate: a milestone for climate research.
Humanity is skating on very thin ice. Climate change is becoming increasingly noticeable even in our temperate latitudes. And even more so in the Arctic, where the climate has already changed significantly. This is the result of the "Polarstern" expedition, which started in 2019. How the researchers travelled, what exactly they did and what challenges they faced can now be experienced in the special exhibition "Thin Ice" in the Deutsches Museum Verkehrszentrum (German Museum Traffic Center).
The "Thin Ice" exhibition in the loading area of the Deutsches Museum (MAN Museum) takes visitors on a climate expedition. School classes and families experience what it's like to do research in the Arctic. They measure the thickness of the ice, search for microorganisms and find out how long there will still be multi-year ice. It becomes clear: The Arctic is our early warning system. And the warning is clear. There is little time left. We must act now to prevent a climate catastrophe.
Modernity at the zoo
at the Franz Marc Museum in Kochel am See, from 29 June to 9 November 2025
Tigers, lions, parrots and monkeys... What role did zoological gardens play as a source of inspiration for modern art? This exhibition explores this topic for the first time and presents more than 100 paintings, sculptures, prints, sketches and photographs by artists such as Franz Marc, August Gaul, Oskar Kokoschka, Paul Meyerheim, Renée Sintenis, Paul Klee and August Macke.
In the early 20th century, zoological gardens were not only tourist attractions, but also a central place of urban life. Here, the boundaries between nature and culture, wilderness and civilisation blurred, which attracted modern artists in a special way. They used animals as motifs for a new, experimental visual language that broke away from academic traditions and focussed on the essentials. Animals often appeared as motifs, as an expression of a longing for originality and authenticity. At the same time, themes such as colonialism and animal ethics were addressed, which are also closely linked to the history of zoological gardens.
Max Pechstein - Vision and work

at the Buchheim Museum in Bernried, from 19 July to 26 October 2025
Max Pechstein created icons of Expressionism with his intensely coloured paintings and expressive prints. His artistic vision can be experienced in a retrospective as part of an international world tour. Following the opening at the Kunsthal Rotterdam, the Buchheim Museum is the second stop. The diversity of Pechstein's oeuvre can be seen in a wide variety of genres. Paintings, drawings, watercolours and prints form the main part of the exhibition. They are complemented by sketches in letters and photographs, which offer insights into the artist's creative process. The chronological span ranges from his early work to examples from his time in the "Brücke" artists' group, the masterpieces of the 1910s to early 1930s and his late work.
Pechstein's artistic vision, which seeks harmony between man and the environment, manifests itself in his travels to places of longing, from the South Seas to the Baltic coast. He captured his impressions in his art and created an antithesis to the social upheavals and humanist crises in an era of war. In view of today's ecological and political challenges, his vision of harmony and closeness to nature is still relevant.
The exhibition recommendations are curated by Nathalie Schwaiger and Bianca Faletti, Infopoint Museums & Palaces in Bavaria. The exhibition texts are based on the press releases of the respective museums and exhibition centres.