Exhibitions

Frida Kahlo - "Pain and Passion"
Since February 28th 2009
Kunstmuseum Gehrke-Remund, Industriestraße 9a

Since February 28th 2009 the “Kunstmuseum Gehrke-Remund” shows over 100 paintings (li-censed replicas) by Frieda Kahlo. The exhibition, with an exhibition surface over 600 sqm, is situated in an old Baden-Baden factory. In addition to paintings, dresses and jewellery, the museum shows the focus of the life of Frieda Kahlo, the “Casa Azul” (Blue House). Frieda Kahlo, already a legend in lifetime: Paintress – Wife of Diego Rivera – close friend with Picasso – mistress of Trotzki and Josephine Backer. She created 144 paintings during her short life. 		Kahlo

The pyramid from its inside. The discovery of the ancient Egypt in the 19th century.
27 March 2010 to 15 August 2010
Museum for Art and Technology of the 19th century LA8

From March 27th 2010, the Museum for Art and Technology of the 19th century presents its third exhibition: The pyramid from its inside. The discovery of the ancient Egypt in the 19th century. Adventuresomeness, fascination and inquisitiveness opened in the last century, the window to the past of the ancient Egypt. In 1908/09 Wilhelm Dieudonné Stieler visited the country and was fascinated by its ancient culture. He created a small collection with “Ägyptiaca”, which is today attended by the foundation of a swiss Orient Museum. The Collection of Wilhelm Dieu-donné Stieler is the central point of the new exhibition. 		Sakkara, Temple of Mena (Grab des Mereruka), Postkarte

© Stiftung für ein schweizerisches Orient-Museum, Basel


Miró. The Colours of Poetry
2 July 2010 to 4 November 2010
Museum Frieder Burda, Lichtentaler Allee 8b

With circa one hundred works from six decades, the Baden-Baden retrospective of the great Catalan presents Miró's fantastic versatility, an artist who had a profound influence on art of the twentieth century.
Inspired by van Gogh, Cézanne, Matisse, Picasso, and the Surrealists, Joan Miró achieved a quite unmistakable pictorial language.
His paintings comprise the focus of the exhibition, complemented by works on paper, ceramics, and sculptures. The loans stem from the great public and private collec-tions in Europe and the United States.
The retrospective is being curated by Jean-Louis Prat exclusively for the Museum Frieder Burda. 		Joan Miró, Femme espagnole

© 2010, Successió Miró / VG Bild-Kunst Bonn


Christopher Williams
12 June 2010 to 29 August 2010
State Art Gallery, Lichtentaler Allee 8a

Christopher Williams (b. Los Angeles 1956) pursues his artistic conception in the medium of photography. In contradistinction to the first generation of Conceptual artists, Williams ascribes decisive importance not only to the artistic idea, but also to the visual quality and the technical precision of its mise-en-scène and realization. He believes that as our society has come to be shaped by media, the question of the significance of the image has become paramount. The artist becomes the director, and the beholder is always caught between looking at “beautiful” photographs and an artist’s reflections on photography. 		Kunsthalle

„Jeder Künstler ist ein Mensch!“
11 September to 21 November 2010
State Art Gallery, Lichtentaler Allee 8a

Beginning in the 15th century, artists use the self-portrait to examine themselves and their role. In the history of art in the modern era, the format is inseparably tied to names such as Albrecht Dürer, Rembrandt van Rijn, and Max Beckmann. The development of artistic self-interrogation after 1945 has not been studied in depth. Showing works ranging from Pop Art to art of the late 1980s, this exhibition is designed to take a look at the selfportrait as an art-historical genre during those decades.