Haus der Kunst, München. Ein Ort und seine Geschichte im Nationalsozialismus [Haus der Kunst, Munich. A Place and Its History in National Socialism]

History of the air-raid shelter in Haus der Kunst

Pdf, Essay

Text on the history of the former air-raid shelter in Haus der Kunst by Munich historian Sabine Brantl. MORE

Histories in Conflict

In the press

Read a selection of the latest press reports, radio features, and reviews of the exhibition. MORE

Histories in Conflict

Exhibition 10.06.12 – 13.01.13

In 2012, Haus der Kunst opened its doors for its 75th year. At the same time, it looked back upon its 20-year existence as Stiftung Haus der Kunst München GmbH. MORE

Booklet „Histories in Conflict“

Booklet

The illustrated online tour guides you through the six stations of the exhibition "Histories in Conflict", which takes a critical look at Haus der Kunst's historical heritage. MORE

75/20

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Art in the "Third Reich": Hitler's 'Brush Worker'

SPIEGEL ONLINE article on Adolf Ziegler, painter and president of the Reich's Chamber of Visual Arts, whose painting "The Four Elements" was on view in the exhibition "Histories in Conflict" MORE

Renovation of Haus der Kunst

On July 3, 2012, the renovation of Haus der Kunst was approved. MORE

The Confiscation of "Degenerate Art" 1937–38

Database on all works of “degenerate art” confiscated from German museums in 1937/38. Project by the Freie Universität Berlin MORE

Nic Hess

Exhibition 26.03 – 06.06.04

Installation drawing is what Nic Hess calls the result of his artistic endeavors. Whereas trademarks were easily recognizable in Nic Hess’s earlier works, in his installation for Haus der Kunst they serve as a kind of foil on which he makes his own individual marks. Here he deals with these "models" more freely than in the past and uses their wide range of meaning to his fullest advantage. MORE

Christoph Schlingensief

Exhibition 25.05 – 16.09.07

The film, theater director and artist Christoph Schlingensief presents his installation "18 Images a Second", a work created especially for the central Middle Hall of the museum. Two filmic work complexes are embedded in the Haus der Kunst installation, which is dominated by an over-sized scene of the Lord's Supper with Mohammed. MORE

Withholding Images

Essay

Withholding Images MORE

Luc Tuymans

Exhibition 02.03 – 12.05.08

The Belgian artist Luc Tuymans’s (*1958) paintings are unique in their intangibility, their mysteriousness and stillness. The exhibition brings together the artist’s paintings from the last 30 years, as well as a wall drawing, which he created especially for this exhibition. MORE

Konstantin Grcic

Exhibition 16.03 – 30.07.06

Konstantin Grcic creates industrial designs together with companies such as Krups, Magis, Plank, Flos, Nymphenburg and Classicon. The exhibition in Haus der Kunst' Middle Hall offers Konstantin Grcic the opportunity to present his works as he sees them – very subjective and free. MORE

Allora & Calzadilla

Exhibition 13.06 – 14.09.08

Based in Puerto Rico, Jennifer Allora (b. 1974, USA) and Guillermo Calzadilla (b. 1971, Cuba) work in the most diverse artistic mediums. Allora & Calzadilla now present a new work in the museum's former "Ehrenhalle" [Hall of Honour] addressing the history of this space, where Hitler used to hold his notorious speeches on culture. MORE