Guided Tours
We regularly offer guided tours in German and English exploring our current exhibitions as well as the permanent collection. There you can learn more about the artworks, the artistic positions and the collection.
Cy Twombly – Painting, Sculpture, Drawing (90 min.)
With over 170 works, the number of pieces by the US artist Cy Twombly held by the Brandhorst Collection is unique worldwide. This tour offers you the opportunity to immerse yourself in the artist’s incomparable oeuvre and gain an overview of his multifaceted work in the media of painting, sculpture and drawing. Highlights such as the Rose Room and the monumental “Lepanto” cycle (2001) naturally form part of the tour, which also focuses on Twombly’s lyrical combination of image and text.
Highlights of the Museum Brandhorst (90 min., max. 20 people)
“Future Bodies from a Recent Past” brings to life a hitherto little-noticed phenomenon in art and sculpture in particular: the mutual interpenetration of body and technology. After a brief visit of the special exhibition, we take a look at the museum’s high-tech architecture and examine the significance of the corporeal in Cy Twombly’s paintings.
La vie en rose. Breughel, Monet, Twombly (90 Min., max. 20 people)
Museum Brandhorst is participating in Munich’s Flower Power Festival with an exhibition inspired by Cy Twombly’s rose paintings. Twombly created the series "Untitled (Roses)" specifically for a gallery in the museum, where the six monumental paintings have been on show since its opening in 2009.
Nicole Eisenman. What Happened (90 min., max. 20 people)
Anarchic, ironic, affectionate and brilliantly executed: The works of Nicole Eisenman (*1965) invite us to engage with contemporary painting and sculpture without academic hurdles, directly and unmistakably. In this large show, we encounter an enormous creative range, from the beginnings in the New York art scene of the 1990s to the present day. The figures and scenes humorously and grippingly negotiate queerness and pop culture. They deconstruct ideal-typical body images and are critical homages to art history. Political-social developments since the turn of the millennium, especially in the USA, and the self-questioning of the artist’s status are further motifs that await us on the one-hour tour.
From Andy Warhol to Kara Walker. Scenes from the Collection ( 90 Min., max. 20 people)
In just a few years, the Brandhorst Collection has grown to become an important and extensive collection of contemporary art. The current presentation offers insights into its development. It is conceived as a series of modules that revolve around specific themes, historical events, and individual artists: for example, the relationship between painting and protest, or monographic presentations of the works of Alex Katz, Pope.L, Kara Walker and Andy Warhol. Classics from the collection are combined with more recent acquisitions. The tour provides an overview of the exhibition based on selected works by Jean-Michel Basquiat, Jana Euler, Jacqueline Humphries, Mike Kelley, Louise Lawler and Bruce Nauman, among others.
In 60 minutes you will get to know important, trend-setting positions. We introduce you to the most important concepts, answer your questions, and allow an open dialog to develop
Private Tours
Guided tours are avaliable for booking with for maximum of 15 or 25 participants plus guide in compliance with hygiene and protection measures. Please fill out the booking form to make a request. We kindly ask for your understanding that we can only process your booking request if it is made at least two weeks in advance. The booking of a guided tour is binding. We will forward your request to a team of independent art educators. You will receive a guide from us who will act on his own account. Cancellations must be made directly with the guide at least three working days before the agreed start of the tour. Otherwise the guide reserves the right to charge a cancellation fee.
Public Guided Tours
Below or in our calendar you can find out more about the dates and topics of the next public tours and when they are held in English. The meeting point is in the museum foyer. The tour is included in the entrance fee. There is a limited number of places. Participation wristbands are available from 30 minutes before the start of the tour at the information desk. Of course, you can book these formats at any time as private tours with us as well.
Guided Tours for schools
In addition to the 90-minute tours, it is possible to book short tours (60 minutes) exclusively for school classes. Please indicate the desired topic (analogous to the regular booking topics) in the comments field.
We would like to point out that these are standard guided tours and not offers specially tailored to the target group of young people / schools. (The Museumspädagogisches Zentrum Bayern offers guided tours and workshops for children and school groups).
