Marianna Simnett

In the newly created painting series Headless, Marianna Simnett makes direct reference to Max Ernst's collage novel La Femme 100 têtes (The Hundred Headless Woman, 1929). In her dreamlike, at times nightmarish installation, she interweaves questions about gender social hierarchy, metamorphosis, vulnerability, control, and pain. Touching on ancient mythology, she connects past and present within her multidisciplinary practice and creates her own alter egos.

Madeleine Frey is an art historian and economist. Since 2022 she has been director of the Max Ernst Museum Brühl des LVR. Sarah Louisa Henn is an art historian and has been head of collections and curator at the Max Ernst Museum Brühl des LVR since March 2025.