• March 29, 2024

Munich: A weekend with art

Glittering flakes trickling, crunching steps, winter mist lies over the Isarauen in the bluish shimmering English Garden - it's only painted more beautiful. But painted and even more art can be found everywhere in Munich. If you go looking for it, you will not only see old masters, not just design, architecture and video installations - but also some of the city's nicest hidden cafés and warm-up areas. There is, for example, the Glyptothek on Königsplatz, home to the Antikensammlung. On the tour we meet Marius, Augustus and Nero - and submerged art students who draw these gentlemen of history. Half way through the institute, a cake bar with a view of the courtyard slows down our art trip. There is a risk that the outside will come a bit short today, because it is only a stone's throw from the Glyptothek to the Lenbachhaus, from there one falls from one Pinakothek to the other, moving from the old masters to modern times.



"Kunstareal" is the name of this corner in the district of Maxvorstadt. And the only thing that helps to get out into the winter is courage to fill the gap. Because the art area is just the beginning, from there it goes through the lined by endless splendid facades Ludwigstraße and the courtyard garden in the Maximilianstraße. Here the ladies wear fur and their breed dog Loden. Overloaded windows distract the view from the nondescript galleries. Well, now we have room: for the classic expressionists in the "Galerie Thomas" for example. At Maximiliansplatz it is worth taking a detour to the underground station, where the "ZKMax" shows exhibitions of young artists and university graduates (www.zkmax.de). Young artists also exhibit in the Glockenbachviertel. It is much more relaxed than in Munich's Schickmicki zones, and the art is not so concentrated and expensive. Although winter is less expensive, art here lives next door to countless jewelery and clothing boutiques and cafés with organic labels.



Do not miss: Gerhard Richter at Haus der Kunst

As of February 27, the abstract pictures, large-format color spectacles hang in the spacious halls of the Kunstpalast at the English Garden. The museum attendants will have a lot to do to protect them from the hands of the visitors: the temptation is great to touch the almost relief-like surfaces. But even looking at it is something very special, because the many layers, the small abstract details are only really recognizable live (until May 17, Prinzregentenstraße 1, Tel. 089/21 12 71 13, www.hausderkunst.de).

Gallery tips for Munich

From the Haus der Kunst you can walk through the courtyard garden to Odeonsplatz. Daniel Blau, the son of Georg Baselitz, operates a gallery there (Odeonsplatz 12, Tel. 089/29 73 42, www.danielblau.de). Then it is not far to the art area in Maxvorstadt, to the Pinakotheken and the many small Schwabinger galleries. But you can also walk in the other direction, to the Opera Square and then the Maximilianstraße along. There you will find Galerie Thomas (Maximilianstr. 25, Tel. 089/290 00 80, www.galerie-thomas.de), specialized in classical expressionism but also very well in the selection of contemporary artists. A good overview of the Munich galleries is the Munich cultural seducer (Editor Helmut Metz Verlag, 232 pages, 14.80 euros).



ART WEEKEND MUNICH 2011 // KUNSTWOCHENENDE MÜNCHEN 2011 (March 2024).



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