Cuckoo's Eggs
25 members of the Neue Münchner Künstlergenossenschaft place contemporary sculpture and video art among the museum's historic galleries, sparking dialogue between old and new.
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In the Kanonenhof courtyard, under a big round tracery window, stands a lumpy, bright green, tree-like sculpture. It is Olaf Probst's Dat Uschi - Katastrophäe, one of 25 cuckoo's eggs laid around the museum.
Twenty-five members of the Bavarian artists' association Neue Münchner Künstlergenossenschaft have slipped present-day work, from classical sculpture to video, into the permanent galleries on the main floor, rooms 9 to 44. You walk into a room of Baroque paintings and find an open steel-and-brass ring frame, or a small waving man in a suit lined up with old bronzes. It's a museum-sized game of spot the difference, and the museum publishes the answer sheet as a PDF floor plan.
The works are scattered, so download that plan first. It's included in regular admission: €7, €1 on Sundays, free under 18, and open until 8pm on Thursdays. Artists lead free German-language tours on 15 October and 5 November at 6:30pm and 1 November at 11:30am. It closes 15 November.
Look for
Blanche by Susanne Thiemann, Room 27
A tall white sculpture, twisting and finely ribbed from top to bottom, stands against the dark carved wood panelling of a historic room.
Lucy by Martin Kargruber, Room 16
A standing wooden nude, her surface left in rough splintered chips, stands in front of a late Gothic female figure covered in carved hair and ringed by angels.
Selbst als rechter Populist by Thomas Sterna, Room 25
A small figure of a man in a dark suit, one hand raised in a wave, stands in a vitrine among older bronze statuettes.
Quadrolog by Cosima Strähhuber, Room 44
Three thin rings on black rods, the top one in brass, form an open cylinder on the floor of a gallery hung with Baroque paintings.
Good for
- Cheap Culture
- Evening Visits
- Locals Who've Seen It All
Skip if
You want a self-contained show: the 25 works are scattered through the permanent galleries.
With kids
Under-18s get in free.
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Image credits
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- Stonehenge. Ancient Discoveries, New MysteriesCourtesy of Bavarian State Archaeological Collection
- Steina: PlaybackCourtesy of Haus der Kunst
- Exhibition of ExhibitionsPhoto: Judith Buss.
- Bavarian National MuseumRufus46, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Bavarian State Archaeological CollectionBurkhard Mücke / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 4.0
- Haus der KunstAvda / www.avda-foto.de, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Museum Villa StuckWikiolo, CC BY-SA 4.0