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  • 3/24/2023
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Installation at the TUM Architecture Museum to open on March 28

Alfredo Jaar project on immigration policy

How can the pressing issues of our day, such as immigration policy, war, identity questions and refugee movements be represented artistically? Visual artist Alfredo Jaar has an answer. He addresses the debate in his new art installation for the Technical University of Munich (TUM) Architecture Museum.

Alfredo Jaar
Walking, 1994 - Rwanda - Democratic Republic of the Congo Border

The installation by Jaar, a native of Chile, will open on March 28 with an event featuring talks by Andres Lepik, Director of the TUM Architecture Museum, Dorothée Wahl of PIN. Freunde der Pinakothek der Moderne (Friends of the Pinakothek der Moderne) as well as by the artist himself. Another opportunity to hear Alfredo Jaar speak will be his lecture on Wednesday, March 29, 2023 at 7:00 pm in the Pinakothek der Moderne's Ernst von Siemens Auditorium.

The exhibition in the Rotunda of the Pinakothek der Moderne will last five months, ending on August 27, and is open daily (except Monday) from 10 am – 6:00 pm, Thursdays from 10 am – 8:00 pm.

Those interested are cordially invited to participate in the opening ceremonies and the lecture by Alfredo Jaar on the following day, and to visit the art installation during the upcoming months.

Time: Tuesday, March 28, 2023, 7:00 pm and Wednesday, March 29, 7:00 pm (lecture by the artist)

Location: Rotunda of the Pinakothek der Moderne; Ernst von Siemens Auditorium (Barer Str. 40, 80333 Munich)

Admission to the events is free. There is no need to register in advance.

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