The Kunstverein München (km) is a non-profit art association located in the Hofgarten in

Munich, Germany Munich ( ; german: München ; bar, Minga ) is the capital and most populous city of the German state of Bavaria. With a population of 1,558,395 inhabitants as of 31 July 2020, it is the third-largest city in Germany, after Berlin and Ha ...

. It was founded in 1823 and is one of the oldest German art associations. The Kunstverein, a privately sponsored association with almost 1,300 members, focuses on solo and group exhibitions by international artists. It belongs to the (ADKV), an umbrella organization for non-profit art associations. Since July 2019, Maurin Dietrich is the director of Kunstverein München. In October 2019, Gloria Hasnay joined the institution as curator.

History

Directors (selection)

* 1978–1985: Wolfgang Jean Stock * 1986–1991: Zdenek Felix * 1992–1995: Helmut Draxler * 1996–2001: Dirk Snauwaert * 2002–2004: Maria Lind * 2004–2009: Stefan Kalmár * 2010–2015: Bart van der Heide * 2015–2019: Chris Fitzpatrick * since 2019: Maurin Dietrich

Partial list of exhibitions

* ''30 Jahre Kunst'' (2017), Jos de Gruyter and Harald Thys * ''A rock that keeps tigers away'' (2017), nine artists including Simon Dybbroe Møller * ''Serving Compressed Energy With Vacuum'' (2015),

Anne-Mie van Kerckhoven Anne-Mie Van Kerckhoven (born 5 December, 1951) is a Belgian artist whose work involves painting, drawing, computer art and video art. Biography Anne-Mie Van Kerckhoven (also known as ''AMVK'') was born in Antwerp and lives in Antwerp and Berl ...

* Works by Ger van Elk (2014) * ''Door Between Either And Or Part 1'' (2013), twelve artists including

Isa Genzken Isa Genzken (born 27 November 1948) is a German artist who lives and works in Berlin. Her primary media are sculpture and installation, using a wide variety of materials, including concrete, plaster, wood and textile. She also works with photograp ...

Jeanne Mammen Jeanne Mammen (21 November 1890 – 22 April 1976) was a German painter and illustrator of the German art#Weimar period, Weimar period. Her work is associated with the New Objectivity and Symbolism (arts), Symbolism movements. She is best known ...

Josephine Pryde Josephine Pryde (born 1967 in Alnwick, Northumberland) is an English artist. In 2010, reviewing a show of Pryde's work which featured "seven colour photographs of extreme close-ups of clothing on a body, and four sculptures made from half-finish ...

Carol Rama Carol Rama (born Olga Carolina Rama; 17 April 1918 – 25 September 2015) was an Italian self-taught artist. Her painting encompassed an erotic, and sexual identity with specific references to female sensuality. She began to paint around the m ...

, and

Amy Sillman Amy Sillman (born 1955) is a New York-based artist, known for process-based paintings that move between abstraction and figuration, and engage nontraditional media including animation, zines and installation.Farago, Jason''The New York Times'', ...

* ''4 projects in Mexico'' (2013), various artists * ''The Li vi ng'' (2013),

Rebecca Warren Rebecca Jane Warren (born 1965) is a British visual artist and sculptor,"Rebecca Warren RA"
Royal Aca ...

References

{{Authority control Arts organisations based in Germany Museums in Munich