The Long View

This explains why "The Long View," our first presentation of high points in the Würth Collection at the new site, traces intrinsic paths through the collection that still may be unfamiliar. This is the result of extensive collecting activities in the context of modern art, as reflected in three main areas: aspects of abstraction, nature and landscape, and finally, metamorphoses of the figure. Many classical artists are represented, including Max Beckmann, Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, Pablo Picasso, down to Georg Baselitz, David Hockney, Anish Kapoor, and Anselm Kiefer amongst many more. They are all literally at the heart of the collection, and intimately link the collector with it. The extensive holdings in international sculpture of the past forty years extend from Anthony Caro through Eduardo Chillida, Tony Cragg, Antony Gormley, down to Niki de Saint Phalle, whose works are on view in the spacious sculpture park around Carmen Würth Forum and lining the path between Museum Würth at corporation headquarters and Museum Würth 2. These pieces in particular form one of the most marked features of the Würth Collection, and their multifarious aesthetic approaches have found a suitable home in the green setting. Vice versa, the more reserved, light-sensitive works, the collection's "gilding", from Horst Antes to Andy Warhol, are housed in a protective space on the lower floor.