The Kunstverein München (km) is a non-profit art association located in the Hofgarten in Munich, Germany. It was founded in 1823 and is one of the oldest German art associations.
The Kunstverein, a privately sponsored association with almost 1,300 members, focuses on solo and group exhibitions by international artists. It belongs to the (ADKV), an umbrella organization for non-profit art associations.
Since July 2019, Maurin Dietrich is the director of Kunstverein München. In October 2019, Gloria Hasnay joined the institution as curator.
History
Directors (selection) 1978–1985: Wolfgang Jean Stock 1986–1991: Zdenek Felix 1992–1995: Helmut Draxler 1996–2001: Dirk Snauwaert 2002–2004: Maria Lind 2004–2009: Stefan Kalmár 2010–2015: Bart van der Heide 2015–2019: Chris Fitzpatrick since 2019: Maurin Dietrich
Partial list of exhibitions
30 Jahre Kunst (2017), Jos de Gruyter and Harald Thys
A rock that keeps tigers away (2017), nine artists including Simon Dybbroe Møller Serving Compressed Energy With Vacuum (2015), Anne-Mie van Kerckhoven Works by Ger van Elk (2014) Door Between Either And Or Part 1 (2013), twelve artists including Isa Genzken, Jeanne Mammen, Josephine Pryde, Carol Rama, and Amy Sillman 4 projects in Mexico (2013), various artists The Li vi ng (2013), Rebecca Warren