When does the exhibition take place?

The exhibition runs from July 7, 2026, to September 27, 2026, at the Diocesan Museum Freising.

What is the admission fee?

The regular admission is 8 Euro. There are also discounts for certain visitor groups.

Are there guided tours or educational offerings?

The Diocesan Museum Freising offers mediation formats and programs. For current tours, it is recommended to check the museum program.

What are the opening hours of the museum?

The Diocesan Museum Freising is open from Tuesday to Sunday from 9 AM to 5 PM, closed on Mondays.

Is the museum accessible for people with disabilities?

The museum is generally barrier-free. However, due to ongoing construction work, the barrier-free access route is currently restricted.

How do I get to the museum?

The address is Domberg 21 in 85354 Freising. Information on how to get there and visiting is available on the museum's website.

Ruth Kohler's Color Explosion at the Diocesan Museum Freising Unfolds Quiet Power and Great Presence

Name: A LIFE IN COLORS – THE PAINTER RUTH KOHLER
Start: 2026-08-14T11:00:00+02:00
End: 2026-09-27T19:00:00+02:00
Location: Diözesanmuseum Freising

A space of colors full of intensity: Ruth Kohler at the Diocesan Museum Freising

At the Diocesan Museum Freising, the special exhibition A Life in Colors places the painter Ruth Kohler in the spotlight. The exhibition invites a concentrated examination of her work, in which painting as pure color art unfolds: not the object, but the color itself shapes the aesthetic experience.

The power of color as an artistic principle

Ruth Kohler, born in 1929, began her artistic career many decades ago and increasingly detached herself from representational art in her painting. The exhibition emphasizes this development with a visual language that relies on intensity, calm, and inner movement. Color appears here as an expression of power, tenderness, hope, fear, and sorrow at the same time. This opens a broad art-historical horizon extending to abstract expressionism.

An international body of work with great range

The Diocesan Museum refers to international exhibitions in London, Paris, Milan, and Rome. Kohler's work thus possesses a clear artistic authority beyond the regional framework. Her painting works with energy, transparency, and heightened presence; the canvas becomes a resonance space for emotional density and formal freedom. Anyone interested in modern painting, color field effects, and expressive abstraction will find a precisely curated approach here.

Museum experience on the Freising Cathedral Hill

The Diocesan Museum Freising sees itself as a place in the tension between faith, art, and society. Its spaces provide a calm exhibition atmosphere that sharpens the view of materiality, color sound, and spatial effect. The clear structure of the house also speaks for the visit: opening hours from Tuesday to Sunday, media accompaniment through the DIMU Media Guide, and barrier-free access to the museum. However, the barrier-free access route via the Cathedral Hill train is currently impaired due to construction work.

Education, learning, and in-depth museum visits

The exhibition includes the museum pedagogical and cultural mediation offerings of the house, which direct attention to artistic processes and art-historical contexts. Tours and other programs of the Diocesan Museum complement the visit and make the exhibition attractive even for an audience with a deeper interest in cultural education. Thus, an art experience is created that seeks to be understood rather than just observed.

Conclusion

A Life in Colors promises a focused encounter with a painter who makes color an emotional and aesthetic force palpable. Anyone wishing to experience modern abstract painting in a sensitively curated museum setting should definitely visit this exhibition live on the Freising Cathedral Hill.