A close-up of a Playmobil figure in black and white. The outlines are very blurred, giving the photo the look of a romanticized portrait of the figure.

Deutsches Theatermuseum

Laurie Simmons. Dollhouse Photographs

June 25 – August 30, 2026

The American artist Laurie Simmons is known for her photographs featuring tiny dolls representing stereotypical female roles in domestic interiors. Her series In and Around the House (1978/79) is exemplary for this set-up photography. The series is the centerpiece of the exhibition, with 56 black-and-white images showing a doll occupied with the mundane chores of a housewife in the cozy environment of a dollhouse. The exhibition “Laurie Simmons: Dollhouse Photographs”, a collaboration of Sammlung Goetz, Deutsches Theatermuseum and FILMFEST MÜNCHEN, presents a selection of works by Simmons that cast a critical gaze at gender stereotypes in the American middle class.

Opening Hours

Tuesday to Sunday
11 a.m. - 5 p.m.

Admission €5 | reduced €4

Deutsches Theatermuseum
Galeriestr. 4a
80539 Munich

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Simmons is considered a key figure of The Pictures Generation, a loosely organized group of American artists that questioned the role of mass media and consumer culture, beginning in the 1970s. While artists Richard Prince or Sherrie Levine often worked with photographs of ads from magazines or art history books, Simmons built her own artificial miniature worlds as sets for deconstructing societal roles.

On the occasion of the FILMFEST MÜNCHEN, the exhibition also features Simmons’ first cinematic work Music of Regret (2005/6) with Meryl Streep, a three-part musical in which she brings her objects to life.

A special exhibition presented by the Deutsches Theatermuseum and the Sammlung Goetz. Program partner: FILMFEST MÜNCHEN 2026.

Cindy Sherman

March 17 – June 27, 2026 | Sammlung Goetz /Schaufenster

The staging of female role models in photographic self-portraits is the predominant theme in the work of American artist Cindy Sherman. To this end, Sherman references stereotypes of collective visual memory in a media-driven world. The exhibition at the Sammlung Goetz /Schaufenster highlights works from Sherman’s fashion series, created between 1983 and 1994. Thanks to her passion for costumes and masquerade, the world of fashion has been an expansive playing field for her artistic exploration.