Architects often tell you they don't like color. Black, white, and shades of gray only please. This doesn't hold true for the team over at the Sauerbruch Hutton firm in Berlin. Their latest building, Munich's Museum Brandhorst is a dazzling modern structure, adorned with 23 different hues. Ceramic rods in shades of red, yellow, blue, and green comprise the eye-catching facade of the city's stunning new art museum. Inside, the colors are equally vibrant. Walls are of course stark white, but the works that hang upon them pop with shiny new vibrance. There's the the magenta mass of Christopher Wool's "Kidnapped," the the ruby loops of Cy Twombly's "Untitled VIII (Baccus)," and the pastel ovals of Andy Warhol's "Eggs." For those who tend to shy away from the color spectrum, there's Gerhard Richter's "Family After Old Master," the soft, flesh-hued mound of Mario Merz's "Mai Alzato Pietra Su Pietra," and "The Black Dress," by Alex Katz. Like any good contemporary art museum, the Brandhurst has its fair share of conceptual art. Damien Hirst's "Waste (Twice)" is a pair of cabinets filled with cloth and paper remnants, while Robert Gober's "Untitled Leg" is, well, a leg.

Housing about 200 works from the collection of Udo and Anette Brandhorst, the Brandhorst Museum is Germany's latest hot spot for new art. A 30 minute walk from Le Méridien Munich, it's part of Munich's museum quarter (the Kunstreal), and located just beside the fabulous Pinakothek der Moderne.