The Facts
Galerie Max Hetzler announced that a major painting and four complementary works on paper by André Butzer are now part of the permanent collection of the Busch-Reisinger Museum, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, MA. Additionally, four works by Butzer have entered the collection of the Staatsgalerie Stuttgart, and his painting 'Untitled', 2019, is now in the permanent collection of the University of California, Merced. A recent reiteration of Butzer's 'Frauenbildnisse' has been added to the Städel Museum in Frankfurt am Main. Butzer's work is also featured in numerous group exhibitions, including 'What Remains: Abstraction in the Roux Collection' at Fundación Casa Santa Ana, Panama City, and the inaugural exhibition at MUZEU in Braga, Portugal. His sculpture 'Untitled [Leben ist Tod ... und der Tod ist auch ein Leben]', 2024, was permanently installed at the Bibliothek Günther Förg, Hauptstraße 7, on view from 2 August 2025.
The Signal
The flurry of acquisitions and exhibitions signals Butzer's growing institutional recognition across Europe and the United States, placing him among the most internationally recognized painters of his generation. The inclusion of his work in the Städel Museum, which spans 700 years of art history, and the Busch-Reisinger Museum, a leading university museum, underscores his standing as a significant contemporary artist whose practice engages with expressionist and modernist traditions. The simultaneous publication of multiple monographs and collected writings, including 'Die Jahreszeiten / The Seasons' and 'See The Vision', further cements his market and scholarly presence, offering collectors and curators a comprehensive view of his evolving oeuvre from 1999 to 2025.
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- Artists: André Butzer
- People: Sarah Ganz Blythe, Alexander Linn, Hans Werner Holzwarth, Lars Eidinger, Guillermo Solana, Blanca Thyssen-Bornemisza, Borja Thyssen-Bornemisza
- Galleries: Galerie Max Hetzler
- Museums: Busch-Reisinger Museum, Harvard Art Museums, Staatsgalerie Stuttgart, Städel Museum, Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza, Hamburger Kunsthalle, Museum der bildenden Künste, Leipzig, Paula Modersohn-Becker Museum, Rubbell Museum, Fundación Casa Santa Ana, MUZEU, University of California, Merced
- Locations: Cambridge, Stuttgart, Frankfurt am Main, Madrid, Hamburg, Leipzig, Bremen, Miami, Panama City, Braga, Merced, Berlin, London, Paris
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