When does the exhibition take place?

The exhibition runs from 07.07.2026 to 27.09.2026. The date mentioned here is 11.08.2026.

What is the admission fee?

The regular museum admission is 8 euros. Discounts are also possible according to the price list.

Are there guided tours for the exhibition?

Yes, there is a curator's tour with Steffen Mensch. It is advisable to register at the museum for selected dates.

Where is the museum located?

The Diocesan Museum Freising is located at Domberg 21 in 85354 Freising.

Is the museum accessible?

Yes, the Diocesan Museum Freising is barrier-free accessible. Current information about paths and parking should be checked before the visit.

When is the museum open?

The museum is open from Tuesday to Sunday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. It is closed on Mondays.

Ruth Kohler in Freising: Colors become a vibrant artistic experience here

Name: A Life in Colors – The Painter Ruth Kohler
Start: 2026-08-11T02:00:00+02:00
End: 2026-08-11T02:00:00+02:00
Location: Diözesanmuseum Freising

An artistic experience full of color, memory, and quiet intensity

At the Diocesan Museum Freising, A Life in Colors – The Painter Ruth Kohler opens an exhibition that understands painting as a sensual and spiritual experience. At the center is an artist who has made the intrinsic value of color her theme over decades and developed a body of work of remarkable range.

Color as Language of Inner Experience

Ruth Kohler's painting unfolds not through subject matter, but through color bodies, swirls, and layers. This visual language has an immediate effect while being reflective: strength, delicacy, hope, fear, and sadness do not appear as abstractions of a feeling but as visibly condensed painting. Those who view the works experience an exhibition where color does not merely adorn, but supports, organizes, and condenses.

From Church Spaces to Expressive Abstraction

The artist, born in Fürth in 1929, studied at the Munich Art Academy and was a master student of Franz Nagel. Early on, she created frescoes, stained glass windows, and paintings for church spaces. This background in sacred art continues to shape her work today: space, light, and transparency remain central reference points, even where the visual language increasingly detaches from representationalness. South Africa, the USA, and later the intensive engagement with expressive abstraction opened new horizons without blurring the character of her painting.

A Museum as a Resonance Space

The Diocesan Museum Freising provides a particularly fitting framework for this presentation. Its atmosphere combines art historical depth with a quiet concentration on the individual work. The exhibition invites visitors to experience painting as work contemplation in the best sense: not hurriedly, but with time for nuances, color tones, transitions, and effects of light. It is precisely in this calm that the aesthetic experience unfolds, making Kohler's works so compelling.

Curatorial Perspective and Mediation

The exhibition was conceived by the museum with regard to Kohler's life path and artistic development. It traces the journey from church art through figurative experiments to increasingly decisive abstraction. In addition, guided tours deepen the art historical context and show how closely biography, materiality, and form are interlinked. Thus, for visitors, it creates not just a visit to an exhibition, but cultural education at a high level.

Anyone interested in modern painting, color composition, and the connection between spirituality and abstraction will find here a quiet, intense artistic experience. A Life in Colors presents Ruth Kohler as a distinctive voice of contemporary art and invites one to experience the power of color in its original form. A visit is particularly worthwhile for those who want to not only see painting but also feel it in space.