The contemporary art collection spans from 1945 to the present. Recently the museum has focused on major German artists such as Gerhard Richter, Sigmar Polke, and Anselm Kiefer, while simultaneously collecting the young artists of the time.
Jackson Pollock (American, 1912–1956)
Cathedral,1947
Jasper Johns (American, born 1930)
Device,
1961–1962
Gerhard Richter (German, born 1932) Stadtbild Mü, 1968
Chris Burden (American, born 1946) All the Submarines of the United States of America, 1987
Donald Judd (American, 1928–1994) Untitled, 1988
Sigmar Polke (German, born 1941)
Clouds (Wolken), 1989
Bill Viola (American, born 1951) The Crossing, 1996
Doug Aitken (American, born 1968) these restless minds, 1998
Tatsuo Miyajima (Japanese, born 1957)
Counter Ground, 1998–2000
Matthew Barney (American, born 1967) The Cloud Club, 2002
