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Welcome to the press pages of the Pinakothek der Moderne. Here we provide you with text and image material for current reporting.
Please note: All images may only be used free of charge and without permission in the course of current reporting on the exhibitions (according to § 50 UrhG) from 3 months before the start of the exhibition and up to 6 weeks after the end of the exhibition and with full credit information. The images may only be published unchanged and without trimming or overprinting.

ZEN 49. ON ITS 75TH ANNIVERSARY
MEDIA CONFERENCE | June 06, 2024, 11.00 | ROOM 22 | With Collection+, the Sammlung Moderne Kunst (Modern Art Collection) in the Pinakothek der Moderne has been presenting works from its holdings since 2019. New acquisitions, discoveries and thematic focuses show the diversity of the holdings in collaboration with partners and foundations. In July 1949, […]
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Exhibition views | SOCIAL SEATING | ROTUNDA PROJECT NO. 9
26.4.2024 – 11.5.2025 | In the Rotunda of the Pinakothek der Moderne If you have any questions, please contact presse@pinakothek-der-moderne.de.
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Social Seating
APRIL 26, 2024 – MAY 11, 2025 | For Rotunda Project no. 9, Die Neue Sammlung – The Design Museum is addressing a topic that relates to the idea of “sitting as a collective experience” and “sitting as a form of communication”. For a whole year, visitors to Pinakothek der Moderne will be greeted by […]
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ABSTRACT HORIZONS. PHOTOGRAPHS BY GERALDINE FRISCH, MAGDALENA JETELOVÁ AND HIROSHI SUGIMOTO
PRESS CONFERENCE | 6/6/24, 11.00 AM | ROOM 26 | With Collection+, the Sammlung Moderne Kunst (Modern Art Collection) in the Pinakothek der Moderne has been presenting works from its holdings since 2019. New acquisitions, discoveries and thematic focuses show the diversity of the holdings in collaboration with partners and foundations. Photographs hold a special place in […]
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GUTAI. COLLECTION+GOETZ
PRESS CONFERENCE | 6/6/24, 11.00 AM | ROOM 23 | With Collection+, the Sammlung Moderne Kunst (Modern Art Collection) in the Pinakothek der Moderne has been presenting works from its holdings since 2019. New acquisitions, discoveries and thematic focuses show the diversity of the holdings in collaboration with partners and foundations. Works from the Sammlung Goetz […]
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DRIFT – Shylight, 2006 Aluminium, polierter rostfreier Stahl, Seide, LEDs, Robotik
Aluminum, polished stainless steel, silk, LEDs, robotics
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SIGURD BRONGER - WEARABLES
02.03.2024 – 02.06.2024 | Hollow goose eggs, natural sponges, packaging and balloons with a smiley face – soles of shoes, scientific measuring instruments and his mother’s gallstones: For Norwegian artist Sigurd Bronger, the repertoire of things elevated to jewelry objects knows no bounds. The items are rendered wearable through the artful mechanisms on which they […]
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MAXIMILIAN KIRMSE
08 FEBRUARY 2024 – 05 MAY 2024 | Clearly, the phrase Berlin Mon Amour cannot be understood as a light-hearted declaration of love to a big city whose harsh reality is scarcely something to boast about. It is a paradox that carries a provocative contradiction which only makes sense on closer inspection. Berlin Mon Amour […]
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THE GIFT: STORIES OF GENEROSITY AND VIOLENCE IN ARCHITECTURE
29 FEBRUARY TO 8 SEPTEMBER 2024 | Architectural gifts are everywhere: libraries funded by wealthy philanthropists, shelters donated by humanitarian organizations, farms paid for with development grants, mosques financed by Islamic foundations, and stadiums handed over as part of diplomatic charm offensives. Embedded in religious and imperial traditions of gift-giving, architectural gifts shape the urbanization […]
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100 POSTER BATTLE
13. DECEMBER 2023 – 18. FEBRUARY> 2024 | “100 Days, 100 Posters” – taking this as their motto, some 50 students from Dortmund and Cairo spent a semester exploring the potential of poster design. For them, “The 100 Poster Battle” meant designing a new poster every day, inspired by current events and social debates. The […]
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