Museum Reinhard Ernst
The Museum Reinhard Ernst is an abstract art museum in Wiesbaden, Germany, situated on the corner of Wilhelmstraße and Rheinstraße, to the north of the Hesse Ministry of Finance building and Hesse Museum of Natural History.
The museum features around 60 works collected by entrepreneur Reinhard Ernst, from his extensive collection of some 960 works.[1] It was opened in June 2024 by the Reinhard & Sonja Ernst Foundation, which Ernst runs with his wife Sonja.[2][3] The founding director is Oliver Kornhoff.[4]
Architecture
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The 9,700 square metres (104,000 sq ft) three-storey museum was designed by the late Japanese architect Fumihiko Maki with a distinctive white granite cube-shaped facade. There are approximately 2,500 square metres (27,000 sq ft) available for exhibition space, with rooms up to 13 metres (43 ft) high.[2]
Collection and features
[edit]The museum is named after entrepreneur Reinhard Ernst exhibiting abstract paintings and sculptures which are part of his art collection. Artwork featured in the collection includes around 60 works from artists such as Tony Cragg, Helen Frankenthaler, Karl Otto Götz, Hans Hartung, Damien Hirst, Yuichi Inoue, Morris Louis, Jackson Pollock, Neo Rauch, Judit Reigl, Pierre Soulages, Toko Shinoda, Frank Stella Atsuko Tanaka and Wolfgang Tillmans.[1][3] There is an extensive collection of paintings in particular by American artist Helen Frankenthaler; Ernst owns the largest collection of hers in the world with 43 paintings.[2]
Glass works by Katharina Grosse, MadC, Karl-Martin Hartmann and Bettina Pousttchiand are in the museum's foyer,[3] and there are also sculptures by Eduardo Chillida in the inner courtyard.[4]
The museum also hosts numerous events, exhibitions and educational activities for children.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "Reinhard Ernst Museum". Wiesbaden.de. Retrieved 15 December 2024.
- ^ a b c Geier, Barbara. "Museum Reinhard Ernst: A white cube full of colour". Discovergermany.com. Retrieved 15 December 2024.
- ^ a b c "Collector Reinhard Ernst's abstract art gets a new home in Germany". The Art Newspaper. 20 June 2024. Retrieved 15 December 2024.
- ^ a b "Museum Reinhard Ernst by late architect Fumihiko Maki revealed in Dezeen video". Dezeen.com. 20 June 2024. Retrieved 30 November 2024.