iPinakothek der ModerneKunstareal, Maxvorstadt
Georg Baselitz (1938–2026)
This exhibition has ended.
Commemorative presentation of eleven works tracing Baselitz's seven-decade career, from early 1960s paintings through the "Remix" series to his late works.
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The man in Der Mann am Baum (1969) hangs upside down. It is one of the first canvases where Baselitz turned a figure on its head, the inversion that became his trademark. Munich bought its first Baselitz in 1972 and gave him a solo show at the Haus der Kunst four years later, when he was 38.
Baselitz died this year, and this is the Pinakothek's memorial: eleven of the 31 works it owns, from the early 1960s through the Remix series, where he repainted his own old motifs, to the late work. You'll tip your head back for Avignon ade (2017), a canvas 4.8 metres tall with a figure floating in empty space.
It is a single room, Room 28, drawn from the house collection: a short stop, not a retrospective. Entry is the standard ticket (€10, €7 reduced, €1 on Sundays, free under 18), with late opening until 8pm on Thursdays. The Museum Brandhorst marks his death too, with the 2019 work Manopola (Fausthandschuh) in its stairwell.
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Eleven works mark Baselitz's death and span seven decades, from early 1960s paintings through the Remix series to his late work.
Look for
Der Mann am Baum (1969)
Look for the man beside a tree, painted upside down: one of the first canvases where Baselitz inverted his figure.
Avignon ade (2017)
Look up at a 4.8-metre canvas from the late period, its single figure floating in a space with no ground or horizon.
Fingermalerei: Adler (1972)
Look for an eagle painted without a brush, pushed onto the canvas with his fingers and the ball of his hand.
Good for
- An Hour Or Less
- Evening Visits
- Out-Of-Town Guests
Skip if
You want a full retrospective: this is eleven works in one room, all from Munich's own collection.
With kids
Under-18s get in free.
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- Pinakothek der ModerneRufus46, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Museum BrandhorstMartin Falbisoner, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Alte PinakothekChronox-A / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0
- State Museum of Egyptian ArtFred Romero / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.0
- Munich Documentation Centre for the History of National SocialismRaimond Spekking, CC BY-SA 4.0