Museum Brandhorst is delighted to invite you to the opening of the exhibitions “Confrontations” and “Long Story Short”.
Both exhibitions offer new perspectives on the Brandhorst Collection.
“Confrontations” brings together pairs of works from the Brandhorst Collection that have no art-historical or formal relationship to each other. These pairings unfold a special tension precisely in their contrasts: they open up new spaces for thought, address our intuition and evoke emotions. Sometimes touching, sometimes subtle, sometimes funny and always ambiguous, they create a conversation about and between art.
“Long Story Short” tells a story of contemporary art from the 1960s to the present from the holdings of the Brandhorst Collection. Each room is an exhibition in its own right: from Arte Povera to monographic presentations, from formal-aesthetic discourses to socio-political topics. Works that have never been shown before and new acquisitions enter into a dialog with the museum’s icons and open up new perspectives on the collection, which now comprises over 2000 works.

Opening words
Anton Biebl | Director Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen
Achim Hochdörfer | Director Museum Brandhorst
Dr. Monika Bayer-Wermuth | Chief Curator Museum Brandhorst

All speeches will be translated into German Sign Language (DGS).

Followed by a party
Live: DJ Ipek