Exhibitions 26.03.2012 – 12.08.2012

«... die Grenzen überfliegen». Hermann Hesse the Painter

The Poet as Painter

Together with the Hermann Hesse Museum in Montagnola, the Kunstmuseum Bern is presenting the first retrospective of Hermann Hesse’s paintings to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the artist and famous author’s decease.

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Exhibitions 09.03.2012 – 24.06.2012

Sean Scully. «Grey Wolf» – Retrospective

Large-format Atmospheric Abstraction

The Kunstmuseum Bern is showing a retrospective of Irish-American artist Sean Scully (b. 1945), a leading representative of abstract art. The exhibition is a joint production of the Kunstmuseum Bern and Lentos Kunstmuseum Linz, and was planned in close collaboration with the artist himself. This enables the Kunstmuseum Bern to provide an overview of Sean Scully’s key paintings from all phases in his creative development. 

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Exhibitions 11.05.2012 – 30.06.2012

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Kotscha Reist: Echoes. Paintings

Works from the Collection

In conjunction with the publication of Kotscha Reist’s new monography, the Kunstmuseum Bern is presenting works by the Bernese artist from its own collection together with an additional selection of paintings.

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