Overview

    The Sammlung Goetz is an internationally significant and renown collection of contemporary art with its own exhibition building in Munich-Oberföhring. It was founded in 1993 by the collector Ingvild Goetz and today includes more than 5000 works from nearly all artistic genres. Focal points include Arte Povera, American painting of the 1980s, Young British Artists, media art, photography and works on paper. In addition, it includes an outstanding collection of works by important individual artists such as Rosemarie Trockel, Thomas Schütte, Mike Kelley and Peter Fischli/David Weiss.

    In 2014, Ingvild Goetz donated part of her collection and the exhibition building to the State of Bavaria, which has since continued to operate it as a state-owned institution.

    An important task of the Sammlung Goetz is the storage, care, academic oversight and presentation of the artworks. The latter is achieved through the in-house presentation of curated exhibitions, engagement in international cooperation projects and intensive lending activities. With its focus on contemporary art, the Sammlung Goetz is continually being expanded to include new artistic positions; in addition, existing groups of works by artists are supplemented with new acquisitions.

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    The Sammlung Goetz grew out of the collector’s early days as a gallery owner in the 1960s and 1970s. A look back at that time can be found in the catalogue Happy Birthday. 20 years Sammlung Goetz, which was published in 2013 on the occasion of the collect
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    Highlights

    In the 1960s, Arte Povera in Italy constituted one of the most significant 20th century art movements. Its protagonists included the artists Alighiero Boetti, Luciano Fabro, Jannis Kounellis, Pino Pascali, Giulio Paolini and Emilio Prini, who created poet

    The collector Ingvild Goetz

    The Sammlung Goetz was founded in 1993 by Ingvild Goetz, the year the collector opened her private museum in Munich-Oberföhring; the commissioned building was designed by the Swiss architectural firm Herzog & de Meuron in 1989/90 and realized by Meier-Scu