Amongst the outstanding collection of museums in Munich’s art district – Kunstareal – are the three Pinakothek museums. All are within walking distance of one another and are part of the Bayerische ...

The Alte Pinakothek in Munich is one of the most important art galleries in the world. Its significant collection encompasses over 700 artworks from the 14th to the 18th century. Ich möchte ...

To plan or to improvise? This was, in broad strokes, a vital question facing 16th-century Italian painters. Florentine artists favored careful design, a process that began with disegno, drawing. Their ...

Rachel Ruysch may be the most famous artist you have never heard of. Sprung into stardom at the tail end of the 17th century when Dutch art was at its peak, Ruysch (1664-1750) made her name painting ...

The Alte Pinakothek houses one of the world’s most important collections. On display are more than 800 paintings, masterpieces of European 14th to 18th Century painting. Precise, delicate early ...

The plan was to drive to London, drop off a painting at the restorer, fly to Munich to visit the Alte Pinakothek, and then return to London to view the Old Master sales, before driving home—perhaps, ...

The Alte Pinakothek unlike anyone knows it now. The Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen owns a vast photographic archive of glass negatives which are up to 100 years old. These do not just include ...

Exhibition view of “Ei Arakawa-Nash. Mega Please Draw Freely”, at Haus der Kunst, 2025. Photo by Milena Wojhan. Despite being Germany’s third-largest city with a population of 1.6 million, Munich is ...