Sammlung Goetz, Contemporary art gallery in Bogenhausen, Munich, Germany.
Sammlung Goetz is a contemporary art museum housed in a building by architects Herzog & de Meuron, located in the Bogenhausen neighborhood. The space displays rotating exhibitions of painting, sculpture, photography, and media art in generously proportioned galleries.
Ingvild Goetz, a former gallery dealer, built the collection from the 1960s onward, with an early focus on Arte Povera and later additions by young American and British artists. The museum opened in 1992, and since 1993 it has hosted temporary exhibitions. In September 2013 Goetz donated the museum and her sole-ownership share of the collection to the Free State of Bavaria.
The collection began with Ingvild Goetz's private holdings, first focused on 1960s Arte Povera and later expanded with works by young American and British artists. Exhibitions are thematic rather than encyclopedic, and since 1993 they have presented the collection's paintings, graphics, drawings, photographs, video and film works, multiple projections and room-related installations.
The museum stands at Oberföhringer Straße 103 in Oberföhring, within Bogenhausen, on a fenced, park-like plot; the building is a solitary structure set back from the street. The museum is currently closed for planned renovation, so check before travelling. The media rooms in the basement are reached through a dark airlock with steps, where lighting dims gradually.
The building's plan reverses the usual hierarchy: the largest exhibition hall sits in the basement, while three smaller rooms occupy the upper floor. Bands of frosted glass beneath the ceiling let daylight in evenly on both levels, so neither floor is brighter than the other. The media wing BASE103, added in 2004, is lined with dark felt and entered through a darkened airlock.
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