Add This To Your Art Itinerary in Munich: The Brandhorst Museum

Andy's in the basement, and Cy Twombly is on top, in a room designed specially for him. Fitting, I suppose, given Warhol's condition.

Just kidding. On my way back to New York from Salzburg last week, I stopped for a day (well, most of a day) in Munich, where among other things I made a visit to its newest art attraction: The Brandhorst Museum. Situated near the three Pinokotheks -- Alte, Neue and Moderne -- it's where I learned about the above arrangement.

The Brandhorst opened last May, and adds a hefty collection of some 700 contempory art works to Munich's art scene.

Like many new museums -- this one founded by Udo Brandhorst and his late wife Anette, who gave their collection to Bavaria provided the state erected galleries for it -- the building is a big part of the attraction. Designed by Sauerbruch Hutton architects, it's adorned with three sets of vertical ceramic rods, glazed in 23 colors, from light pink and yellow to deep violet and blue. It's meant to look like an abstract painting. While it's definitely different from its environment -- there's no other colored building in sight -- the box structure fits in. No Denver-like statements here. 

And say what you will about the white-cube concept for galleries, it works well for this collection.