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title: "Thomas
Bayrle"
date: 2025-01-17
last_modified: 2026-02-13T15:05:41+01:00
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url: "https://www.schirn.de/en/exhibition/thomas-bayrle/"
description: "The SCHIRN is presenting a major solo exhibition of the Frankfurt-based artist. The central focus of the show lies on works from the past fifteen years of his career, together with complementary works from the 1960s and 1970s, which laid the innovative foundations for his characteristic \"Superforms\"."
image: "https://www.schirn.de/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/Schirn_Presse_Bayrle_Kim_Kardashian_XII_2021_c_Wolfgang_Guenzel-1-1632x1920.jpg"
language: "en-US"
---

# Thomas
Bayrle

![Artwork made of wavy lines and geometric patterns in red, black, and white, abstractly depicting a face.](https://www.schirn.de/en/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/Schirn_Presse_Bayrle_Kim_Kardashian_XII_2021_c_Wolfgang_Guenzel-1.jpg)

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- ![Artistic depiction of a face made of colored lines and shapes in red, black, and white.](https://www.schirn.de/en/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Schirn_Presse_Bayrle_Kim_Kardashian_XII_2021_c_Wolfgang_Guenzel-2.jpg)

Thomas Bayrle, Kim Kardashian XII, 2021 fine art pigment print on paper, 98 x 87 cm

© Thomas Bayrle, VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2025, Courtesy the artist and Gladstone Gallery, New York, Photo: Wolfgang Günzel
- ![Two people examine an artistic image featuring several sketched smartphones and colorful accents.](https://www.schirn.de/en/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/4.jpg)

Thomas Bayrle: Be Happy!, 2026, installation view

© Schirn Kunsthalle Frankfurt 2026, Photo: Norbert Miguletz
- ![A woman observes a geometric wool artwork in a modern gallery with neutral design.](https://www.schirn.de/en/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Schirn_Presse_Bayrle_Ausstellungsansicht_iPhone_Pieta_c_Norbert_Miguletz.jpg)

Thomas Bayrle: Be happy!, 2026, installation view, iPhone Pietà (2017)

© Christina Chandris, Rome; Schirn Kunsthalle Frankfurt 2026, photo: Norbert Miguletz
- ![Two people hold newspapers while standing in a gallery. The newspapers feature colorful, artistic designs.](https://www.schirn.de/en/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/24.jpg)

Thomas Bayrle: Be Happy!, 2026, installation view

© Schirn Kunsthalle Frankfurt 2026, Photo: Tetyana Lux
- ![A person looks at two similar artworks with colorful, stacked elements on the wall.](https://www.schirn.de/en/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Schirn_Presse_Bayrle_Ausstellungsansicht_Pope_c_Norbert_Miguletz.jpg)

Thomas Bayrle: Be Happy!, 2026, installation view

© Schirn Kunsthalle Frankfurt 2026, photo: Norbert Miguletz
- ![Two silhouette-like figures made of colorful patterns, viewed by two people in an art space.](https://www.schirn.de/en/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/6.jpg)

Thomas Bayrle: Be Happy!, 2026, installation view

© Schirn Kunsthalle Frankfurt 2026, Photo: Norbert Miguletz
- ![](https://www.schirn.de/en/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Schirn_Presse_Bayrle_Roll_over_Smartfon_I_2019.jpg)

Thomas Bayrle, Roll over Smartfon I, 2019, acrylic and digital print on canvas, 200 x 200 x 2 cm

Städtische Galerie in the Lenbachhaus and Kunstbau München, Collection KiCo, © Thomas Bayrle, VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2025, Photo: Wolfgang Günzel
- ![A person is viewing artworks in a modern gallery featuring several displayed images.](https://www.schirn.de/en/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Schirn_Presse_Bayrle_Ausstellungsansicht_Himmelfahrt_Ascension_c_Norbert_Miguletz.jpg)

Thomas Bayrle: Be Happy!, 2026, installation view

© Schirn Kunsthalle Frankfurt 2026, photo: Norbert Miguletz
- ![Two viewers are looking at an artwork depicting a folded person with a camera and a colorful background.](https://www.schirn.de/en/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/19.jpg)

Thomas Bayrle: Be Happy!, 2026, installation view

© Schirn Kunsthalle Frankfurt 2026, Photo: Norbert Miguletz

## Plan my visit

All guided tours and events at a glance

## Gabriel-Riesser-Weg 3, 60325 Frankfurt am Main

### Get in the mood and prepare

- [![A person holds a smartphone displaying text about Thomas Bayrle and Caravaggio's painting "The Inspiration of Saint Matthew".](https://www.schirn.de/en/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/SCHIRN-L1110280.jpg)

### Video

The exhibition film provides a brief introduction to Bayrle's work](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zNMqpvKtlF8)
- [![Artistic depiction of a face made of colored lines and shapes in red, black, and white.](https://www.schirn.de/en/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Schirn_Presse_Bayrle_Kim_Kardashian_XII_2021_c_Wolfgang_Guenzel-2.jpg)

### Magazine

Discover more in our magazine](https://www.schirn.de/en/magazine/)
- [![A person holds a smartphone displaying text about Thomas Bayrle and Caravaggio's painting "The Inspiration of Saint Matthew".](https://www.schirn.de/en/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/SCHIRN-L1110280.jpg)

### Guidance System

"This Way" by Peter Schloss](https://www.schirn.de/en/event/bayrle-schloss-bodenleitsystem/)
- [![Two editions of the magazine "SCHIRN PAPER" on a yellow background, featuring colorful and graphic covers.](https://www.schirn.de/en/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Abo.jpg)

### SCHIRN PAPER

Subscribe to the new print magazine now](https://www.schirn.de/en/abo/)

- Supported by

Stadt Frankfurt
Hessische Kulturstiftung
- Media partners

Monopol
Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung
Journal Frankfurt