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Local painters represented in the exhibition include Carl Spitzweg and Wilhelm von
Kobell of the so-called Dachau School; and Munich society painters such as Wilhelm von
Kaulbach, Franz Lenbach and Karl von Piloty. Another focus is on the works by the
Deutschrömer (German Romans), a group of neoclassicists centred on Johann Koch, who
stuck mainly to Italian landscapes.
Museum Brandhorst
(
www.museum-brandhorst.de
;
Theresienstrasse 35a; adult/child €7/5, Sun €1;
10am-8pm Tue, to 6pm Wed-Sun; Maxvorstadt/Sammlung Brandhorst, Pinakothek-
en)
A big, bold and aptly abstract building, clad entirely in vividly multi-hued ceramic
tubes, the Brandhorst jostled its way into the Munich Kunstareal in a punky blaze of col-
our in mid-2009. Its walls, floor and occassionally ceiling provide space for some of the
most challenging works of art in the city, some of them instantly recognisable 20th-cen-
tury images by Andy Warhol who dominates the collection.
In fact it's Warhol who kick starts proceedings right at the entrance with his bolshie
Hammer and Sickle
(1976). Pop Art's 1960s poster boy pops up throughout and even has
an entire room dedicated to pieces such as his punkish
Self Portrait
(1986),
Marilyn
(1962) and
Triple Elvis
(1963).
The other prevailing artist at the Brandhorst is the lesser known Cy Wombly. His arrest-
ingly spectacular splash-and-dribble canvasses are a bit of an acquired taste, but this is the
place to acquire it if ever there was one.
Elsewhere Dan Flavin floodlights various corners with his eye-watering light installa-
tions and other big names such as Mario Merz, Alex Katz and Sigmar Polke also make an
appearance. Surprisingly Damian Hirst hardly gets a look in with just a single installation
called
Pill Wall
.
GALLERY
Museum Reich der Kristalle
( 2180 4312; Theresienstrasse 41; adult/concession €4/2; 1-5pm, closed Mon;
Maxvorstadt/Sammlung Brandhorst, Pinakotheken)
If diamonds are your best friends,
head to the Museum Reich der Kristalle, with its Fort Knox-worthy collection of gem-
stones and crystals, including a giant Russian emerald and meteorite fragments from Kan-
sas.
MUSEUM
Königsplatz
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