13/02/2026 - 31/05/2026

Reflexion Light Mirrors Transparency

About the exhibition

A joint exhibition by the four museums in the Pinakothek der Moderne to mark Die Neue Sammlung’s 100th anniversary

OPENING: 12. FEBRUARY 2026, 19.00

The second jointly curated exhibition by the four museums that come under the single roof of Munich’s Pinakothek der Moderne focuses on the topic of reflection. The term ‘reflection’ is used here in both the literal and metaphorical senses, as an optical phenomenon, as a symbol of careful consideration, and as a means of artistic expression. While the first jubilee exhibition concentrated on the founding years of Die Neue Sammlung, namely the Modernism of the 1920s and 1930s, “REFLECTION” will have a broader reach in time and run through to the present day. Items from the fields of the fine arts, architecture, graphics, and design will be juxtaposed to one another in terms of the three overarching ideas of light, mirrors, and transparency.

Isa Genzken, Untitled (More Light Research), undatiert / not dated [ca. 1992]
Staatliche Graphische Sammlung München Dauerleihgabe PIN. Freunde der Pinakothek der Moderne e. V., München / On permanent loan from PIN. Freunde der Pinakothek der Moderne e. V., München
© VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2025
Photo: Staatliche Graphische Sammlung München

Sep Ruf und Egon Eiermann, Deutscher Pavillon, Brüssel, 1958
Photo: Georg Pollich, 1958
Architekturmuseum der TUM

Special exhibition architecture has been purpose-developed that subdivides each of the two galleries into a white and a black half. This sets the tone for light and shadow, day and night, visibility and invisibility – topics that recur in the works and objects on display.

The presentation will include not only the exhibition spaces on the ground floor and the second floor, but also “satellites” such as the glass piece at the entrance to the Pinakothek der Moderne or the window at the upper end of the large East staircase, which will be transformed into an artwork.

With works by Nikolai Aarre, Will Alsop, Otmar Alt, Daniel Arsham, Gregor Baer, Aldo Ballo, Frank Barkow, Herbert Bayer, Markus Benesch, Jan Benthem, Joseph Beuys, A. Bianchi, Onno Boekhoudt, Beatrice Brovia, Ivan da Silva Bruhns, John Cage, Fernando and Humberto Campana, Cesare Casati, Livio Castiglioni, Achille Castiglioni, Alex Da Corte, Simon Cottrell, Matali Crasset, Mels Crouwel, Tom Dixon, Egon Eiermann, Olafur Eliasson, Stefanie Flaubert, Dan Flavin, Lee Friedlander, Shigeo Fukuda, Rupprecht Geiger, Isa Genzken, Hermann Glöckner, Rody Graumans, Walter Gropius, Hermann Grub, Bernard Heesen, Florence Henri, David Hockney, Rudolf Horn, Louisa Hutton, Inkyoung Hwang, Jonathan Ive, Jiro Kamata, Veronika Kellndorfer, Uwe Kiessler, Jeff Koons, Henning Koppel, Janos Korban, Harri Koskinen, Yonel Lebovici, Helena Lehtinen, Regine Leibinger, Petra Lejeune, Zoe Leonard, Roy Lichtenstein, Gino Marotta, Hans Maurer, Ingo Maurer, Carlo Mollino, François Morellet, Luc Morroni, Karl Moser, Moritz Basil Mungenast, Alex Mustonen, Kazumasa Nagai, Patrick Norguet, Vratislav Karel Novak, Irena Lagator Pejović, Sigmar Polke, Emanuele Ponzio, Carl Protzen, Karim Rashid, Albert Renger-Patzsch, Gerhard Richter, Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, Sep Ruf, Matthias Sauerbruch, Erich Schubert, Maarten Van Severen, Peter Skubic, Werner Sobek, Ettore Sottsass, Vladimir Spacek, Slavs and Tatars, Bruno Taut, Wolfgang Tillmans, Rosemarie Trockel, Luc Tuymans, Lella Vignelli, August von Voit, Wolf Vostell, Ursula Wagner, Franz West, Fritz Winter, Eberhard Wüstner, Heimo Zobernig, Sabine Haubitz & Stefanie Zoche, Piet Zwart.

CURATED BY: Dr.-Ing. Andjelka Badnjar Gojnić, Dr. Caroline Fuchs, Dr. Michael Hering, Dr. Franziska Kunze, Dr.-Ing. Irene Meissner, Prof. Dr. Angelika Nollert, Prof. Dr. Bernhart Schwenk.

EXHIBITION ARCHITECTURE: Martin Kinzlmaier

SUPPORTED BY: Allianz and PIN. Freunde der Pinakothek der Moderne e. V.