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Udo and Anette Brandhorst

Udo and Anette Brandhorst collected contemporary art from the 1970s, moving from classic modernism to Cy Twombly, the Cologne scene and American art. Their collection is shown at Museum Brandhorst in Munich, run by the Bavarian State Painting Collections.

Artists named in the collection

Cy Twombly, Andy Warhol, Joseph Beuys, Gerhard Richter, Sigmar Polke, Georg Baselitz, Bruce Nauman, Mike Kelley, Cady Noland, Damien Hirst

On record

  • The Udo and Anette Brandhorst Foundation was set up in 1993.
  • A 1999 agreement with Bavaria led to the museum, which opened on 21 May 2009 in a building by Sauerbruch Hutton.
  • The holdings include more than 60 works by Twombly and over 100 by Warhol.
  • Anette Brandhorst died in 1999.

Questions

What does Udo and Anette Brandhorst collect?Udo and Anette Brandhorst collected contemporary art from the 1970s, moving from classic modernism to Cy Twombly, the Cologne scene and American art. Their collection is shown at Museum Brandhorst in Munich, run by the Bavarian State Painting Collections.

Which artists are in the Udo and Anette Brandhorst collection?Cited sources name works by Cy Twombly, Andy Warhol, Joseph Beuys, Gerhard Richter, Sigmar Polke, Georg Baselitz, Bruce Nauman, Mike Kelley.

Can the public see the collection of Udo and Anette Brandhorst?Yes. Works are shown at Museum Brandhorst in Munich, Germany.

Sources

  1. Museum Brandhorst, Wikipedia
  2. How the Brandhorst Collection found its way into the museum, Museum Brandhorst
  3. Brandhorst, Flash Art

Last verified 2026-10-31.

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