Installation View of Complex Meshes by Miguel Chevalier © Miguel Chevalier, VG Bild-Kunst 2025, Foto: Thomas Granovsky

Digital by Nature

The Art of Miguel Chevalier
At Europe's largest solo exhibition by the French media artist, visitors can become active themselves.
until 01.03.2026Today: 10:00 - 20:00  

Exhibition
Kunsthalle München

Since the 1980s, Miguel Chevalier has used the computer as an artistic medium and experimented with new technologies such as artificial intelligence. His work is in dialogue with art and cultural history and, despite its digital roots, remains closely linked to the sensory experience in real space. Around 120 works – sculptures, drawings, videos and installations – invite interactive participation. Together with natural history objects, a multi-layered experience between nature, technology and art is created.

The artist Miguel Chevalier has been working closely with the composer Jacopo Baboni Schilingi for many years. For the exhibition, Schilingi created two generative soundscapes that refer to works by Johann Sebastian Bach. The music for "Complex Meshes" takes the "Agnus Dei" from the Mass in B minor (BWV 232) and four organ fugues as its starting point. From this, a computer develops endlessly varying electronic melodies: motifs are recombined, fugue elements are interwoven with synthesised sounds. In the absence of visitors, a gentle mood is created, while the interaction of the audience intensifies the rhythm. Image changes in the projection are accentuated by low tones.

"Meta-Nature AI" is also based on Bach's music – this time on the cantata BWV 106. Schilingi's score is realised completely digitally: A generative programme translates the movement and growth of the virtual plants into sound accents that are constantly changing and thus musically reflect the liveliness of digital nature.

Venue

Kunsthalle München

Theatinerstr. 8
80333 München

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Prices:

18 €

0–14 € (reduced price)

On Tuesdays (except on bank holidays) 50% discount on all admission fees – please see the separate category in the ticket overview.

Advance booking:

Start: 25.08.25

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  • Period:

    12.09.2025 – 01.03.2026

  • Opening hours:

    Monday until Sunday: 10:00 – 20:00

  • Note on access:

    Each 3rd Wednesday of the month, the exhibition is open during AfterworkKH until 10 pm. For Digital by Nature: The Art of Miguel Chevalier :  15.10., 19.11.2025, 21.1., and 18.2.2026. December 31, 2025 (New Year’s Eve): 10 am – 5 pm

  • In which language:

    German

Installation View of Complex Meshes by Miguel Chevalier
Miguel Chevalier, Complex Meshes, 2023, generative and interactive Installation, Software: Claude Micheli, Antoine Villeret, Installation view: Kunsthalle München 2025 © Miguel Chevalier, VG Bild-Kunst 2025, Foto: Thomas Granovsky
Installation view Meta Nature at Kunsthalle München
Miguel Chevalier, Meta-Nature AI, since 2023, generative and interactive Installation, Software: Claude Micheli, Antoine Villeret, Installation view: Kunsthalle München, 2025 © Miguel Chevalier, VG Bild-Kunst 2025, Foto: Thomas Granovsky

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Kunsthalle München

With around 300,000 visitors every year, the Kunsthalle Munich is one of Germany's most popular exhibition venues. Located in Munich’s city center, the Kunsthalle stages three large art exhibitions a year on a variety of themes. From painting, sculpture, graphic art, photography and crafts to fashion and design, the elaborate visual displays bring art and cultures from all over the globe to life.

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The exhibition with its popular format will also be open four times into the evening as part of the Bachfest Munich.
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