The Facts
On October 13, 2026, Galerie Max Hetzler highlighted Günther Förg across three museum and exhibition presentations. 'Im Flow', a solo exhibition at Neues Museum Nürnberg, brings together eight major paintings by Förg spanning 1987 to 2008, drawn from a private collection, alongside a large-scale photograph of the Bauhaus building in Dessau, tracing the modernist origins of the artist's loosely applied patches of floating colour and clustered grid and window forms. Förg's work is also included in 'Hardcore', a group exhibition from the haubrok foundation at FAHRBEREITSCHAFT in Berlin, and in 'Long Story Short' at Museum Brandhorst in Munich alongside Rineke Dijkstra and Albert Oehlen. The Brandhorst show marks the museum's first chronological presentation of its collection since its 2009 opening, assembling movements and artistic positions from the 1960s to today.
The Signal
These simultaneous institutional placements reinforce Förg's standing as a pivotal figure of post-war and contemporary abstraction, with the Nuremberg solo — drawn from a private collection — offering a concentrated view of his evolution across two decades. The Brandhorst chronological survey, the first since the museum opened, positions Förg in direct dialogue with Dijkstra and Oehlen, underscoring his centrality in the institution's narrative of art history from the 1960s onward. For collectors, the gallery's emphasis on these museum appearances signals how institutional validation continues to anchor long-term market interest in Förg's work.
- Artists: Günther Förg, Rineke Dijkstra, Albert Oehlen
- Galleries: Galerie Max Hetzler, FAHRBEREITSCHAFT
- Museums: Neues Museum Nürnberg, Museum Brandhorst
- Locations: Nuremberg, Berlin, Munich
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