Have you always wanted to know what it actually means when we call something ‘abstract art’? Then let’s get to the bottom of this!
Our guided tours of the museum’s permanent collection and our temporary exhibitions offer a great opportunity to take a closer look at the works of art. We can embark on an adventure to discover Abstraction together and find new ways of looking at art.
Take a closer look at the architecture of the ‘sugar cube’ and find out what art has to do with the body by delving deeper into the collection’s individual rooms and our temporary exhibition.


Experience the monumental and colourful work of the exceptional painter and master of precise condensation and reduction – Wolfgang Hollegha.
Taking nature and everyday motifs as his starting point, the artist transforms the visible into abstract pictorial spaces full of movement, depth and rhythm. A tour of the special exhibition by Austrian painter Wolfgang Hollegha invites you to marvel and pause for thought. Don’t think, look!

Close your eyes, breathe, perceive – look!
mre Brave Wednesday invites you to a very special experience with the temporary exhibition Wolfgang Hollegha. Don’t think, look! On a tour featuring mindfulness-based elements, we learn to take in the painter’s intense colour spectacle with our eyes in a sensual way – entirely in keeping with the spirit of this exceptional Austrian painter, who placed seeing at the beginning of all creative possibilities.

Experience Wolfgang Hollegha’s colourful works accompanied by expert insight.
Our mre curator, Lea Schäfer, will introduce you to Hollegha’s approach to close observation. Discover the remarkable story of this exceptional painter and learn how his works made their way from Rechberg in Styria to Wiesbaden.

Let’s take a closer look at the ‘sugar cube’. Together we will go on a journey of discovery through the museum building and learn exciting facts about the origins of the mre.

The best of all? Art, of course! Enjoy the abundance of abstract art on this overview tour of the current exhibitions at the Museum Reinhard Ernst.
Together we will discover the highlights of our temporary exhibition Helen Frankenthaler moves Jenny Brosinski, Ina Gerken, Adrian Schiess and the permanent exhibition Colour is Everything!

mre pur! On this tour, we explore the multifaceted theme of abstraction – from the canvas to the museum space.
Experience highlights from our temporary and permanent exhibition, and discover the concept behind the design elements of Fumihiko Maki’s architecture, which was created specifically for this high-calibre collection of abstract art.