Krazy for Koons: Dual Exhibits in Frankfurt

Jul 6, 2012

Jeff Koons at a Frankfurt press conference on June 19, 2012. Enlarge image Jeff Koons at a Frankfurt press conference on June 19, 2012. (© picture-alliance/dpa) Frankfurt is celebrating Jeff Koons, and Jeff Koons is celebrating a world premiere in Frankfurt: the Schirn Kunsthalle and the Liebieghaus Skulpturensammlung are each devoting an exhibition to this exceptional American artist and his new series entitled "Antiquity".

Some of his classic works are also on view. The Schirn is focusing on Koons' structural development as a painter with 45 monumental pictures; at the Liebieghaus, Koons' sculptures enter into a dialogue with the historical collection.

Both exhibitions run through September 23, 2012.

Jeff Koons

Schirn Kunsthalle Frankfurt

Liebighaus Skulpturensammlung

"Jawlensky and Werefkin" (1908/1909) by Gabriele Münter

Expressionist Redux: Remembering the Great Gabriele Münter

The German Expressionists influenced the cultural landscape of Europe in a language of color that produced some of the finest artworks of the 20th century.

Gabriele Münter

Albrecht Dürer (1471-1528)

Nuremberg Museum Showcases Albrecht Dürer's Early Works

A new exhibit that opened on May 24 in Albrecht Dürer's hometown of Nuremberg showcases works by the great German Renaissance artist with a focus on his formative years.

Albrecht Dürer

August Macke: Rotes Haus im Park (Red House in a Park), 1914

"As Clear and Bright as Was His Entire Being"

August Macke produced paintings that enchant viewers with vibrant hues atomized into angular abstractions of pleasant scenes including lush parks, families and urban flaneurs bursting forth like love letters to life's little pleasures.

August Macke

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Jeff Koons

Jeff Koons Gallery

"Metallic Venus" by Jeff Koons is on display at the Liebighaus in Frankfurt. © picture-alliance/dpa

"Metallic Venus" by Jeff Koons is on display at the Liebighaus in Frankfurt.

"Popeye" by Jeff Koons is on display at the Liebighaus in Frankfurt. © picture-alliance/dpa

"Popeye" by Jeff Koons is on display at the Liebighaus in Frankfurt.

Jeff Koons at a Frankfurt press conference on June 19, 2012. © picture-alliance/dpa

Jeff Koons at a Frankfurt press conference on June 19, 2012.

"Fait d'hiver" by Jeff Koons on display in Frankfurt. © picture-alliance/dpa

"Fait d'hiver" by Jeff Koons on display in Frankfurt.

Jeff Koons in front of his work "Hanging Heart" in Frankfurt's Schirn Kunsthalle on June 19. © picture-alliance/dpa

Jeff Koons - "Hanging Heart"

"Antiquity 3" by Jeff Koons is on display in Frankfurt's Schirn Kunsthalle. © picture-alliance/dpa

"Antiquity 3" by Jeff Koons is on display in Frankfurt's Schirn Kunsthalle.

Gallery: Jeff Koons

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Vitra Design Museum in Weil am Rhein © picture-alliance / HB-Verlag

From Renaissance master Albrecht Dürer and 19th-century romantic painter Caspar David Friedrich to the expressionists of the early 20th century and the multi-faceted approach to the arts initiated by the legendary Bauhaus, Germany has an extraordinarily rich artistic tradition. It doesn't, however, end there!

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