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Maria Lassnig and Edvard Munch
Flow of Paint = Flow of Life
27 March 2026 – 30 August 2026 | Special exhibition
Exhibition catalogue | Language: English
For the first time, Maria Lassnig (1919–2014) and Edvard Munch (1863–1944) are being shown together in a major double exhibition. At first glance, more than half a century separates the Austrian artist – whose works were purchased early on by the Hamburger Kunsthalle, the first German museum to do so – and the Norwegian painter – of whom the Kunsthalle owns a large collection of paintings and works on paper. And yet there are astonishing parallels between their works and biographies. The thematic juxtaposition allows their work to be read in a new light.
Both artists share a unique approach to colour as a creative medium and a powerful means of expressing inner emotions such as grief, love, loneliness, fear, joy and pain. At the same time, it is often overlooked physical sensations and levels of perception that come into focus here, are reflected artistically and thus give rise to idiosyncratic images.
For both Lassnig and Munch, painting was more than just an artistic technique. It was a form of self-questioning and questioning of the world. Their works show inner and outer states that have an immediate emotional impact. The subtitle of the exhibition, ‘Malfluss = Lebensfluss’ (Painting Flow = Life Flow), comes from a painting by Maria Lassnig. It illustrates the inseparable connection between art and life.
The exhibition comprises over 180 works, including various major works, but also rarely shown paintings, impressive works on paper, films, photographs and a sculpture.
An exhibition by the Hamburger Kunsthalle and the Kunsthaus Zürich.
Curators: Dr Brigitte Kölle, Prof. Dr Hans Dieter Huber, Dr Sandra Gianfreda
Assistant curators: Noura Persephone Johnson and Dr Johanna Hornauer | Published for the Hamburger Kunsthalle and the Zürcher Kunstgesellschaft/Kunsthaus Zürich by Brigitte Kölle and Sandra Gianfreda | With an interview with Siri Hustvedt | With artist statements by: Andreas Eriksson, Sheela Gowda, Ulrike Ottinger, Ashley Hans Scheirl and Luc Tuymans | 304 pages | 214 illustrations | Hardcover
Flow of Paint = Flow of Life
27 March 2026 – 30 August 2026 | Special exhibition
Exhibition catalogue | Language: English
For the first time, Maria Lassnig (1919–2014) and Edvard Munch (1863–1944) are being shown together in a major double exhibition. At first glance, more than half a century separates the Austrian artist – whose works were purchased early on by the Hamburger Kunsthalle, the first German museum to do so – and the Norwegian painter – of whom the Kunsthalle owns a large collection of paintings and works on paper. And yet there are astonishing parallels between their works and biographies. The thematic juxtaposition allows their work to be read in a new light.
Both artists share a unique approach to colour as a creative medium and a powerful means of expressing inner emotions such as grief, love, loneliness, fear, joy and pain. At the same time, it is often overlooked physical sensations and levels of perception that come into focus here, are reflected artistically and thus give rise to idiosyncratic images.
For both Lassnig and Munch, painting was more than just an artistic technique. It was a form of self-questioning and questioning of the world. Their works show inner and outer states that have an immediate emotional impact. The subtitle of the exhibition, ‘Malfluss = Lebensfluss’ (Painting Flow = Life Flow), comes from a painting by Maria Lassnig. It illustrates the inseparable connection between art and life.
The exhibition comprises over 180 works, including various major works, but also rarely shown paintings, impressive works on paper, films, photographs and a sculpture.
An exhibition by the Hamburger Kunsthalle and the Kunsthaus Zürich.
Curators: Dr Brigitte Kölle, Prof. Dr Hans Dieter Huber, Dr Sandra Gianfreda
Assistant curators: Noura Persephone Johnson and Dr Johanna Hornauer | Published for the Hamburger Kunsthalle and the Zürcher Kunstgesellschaft/Kunsthaus Zürich by Brigitte Kölle and Sandra Gianfreda | With an interview with Siri Hustvedt | With artist statements by: Andreas Eriksson, Sheela Gowda, Ulrike Ottinger, Ashley Hans Scheirl and Luc Tuymans | 304 pages | 214 illustrations | Hardcover
