Current exhibition
1966. Spain’s awakening – An artists’ museum of the future
02.09.2023 – 11.02.2024
Audio SWR2 about the exhibition (German) here Audio contribution by Deutschlandfunkkultur on the exhibition can be found here. Interview with Prof. Dr. Beate Reifenscheid (Film in German Language) here The Museo de Arte Abstracto Español in the Spanish city of Cuenca opened on July 1, 1966. Its founder, the Spanish artist Fernando Zóbel (1924-1984), knew […]
Current exhibition
SACRED PLANET. Rita Sabo
18.11.2023 – 07.01.2024
For the artist Rita Sabo, who grew up in the North Caucasus, the preservation of planet Earth is at the center of her work. In a comprehensive concept, she develops the idea of the “Sacred Planet”, based on the ancient wisdom and myths with which humanity has understood itself to be in harmony with nature […]
Future exhibition
Koen van den Broek – Of(f) Road
25.02.2024 – 21.04.2024
House facades, street canyons, vehicles and sidewalks. Since the early 2000s, the Belgian artist Koen van den Broek has made his urban present the subject of his paintings. He moves with ease along the boundaries of abstraction and representation of reality. His works depict very unique excerpts from initially inconspicuous, deserted places: abstract surfaces become […]
Future exhibition
Sean Scully. Géographies
28.04.2024 – 16.06.2024
The Passerelle Center d’art contemporain is currently presenting the first solo exhibition by Sean Scully (1945, Ireland) in Brittany. Since the 1970s, Sean Scully has developed into one of the most important abstract artists with an individual painting style that went against the grain of the minimal and conceptual art that was popular at the […]
Future exhibition
Insights – Outsights: Important artistic positions from the collection of the National Bank Essen
23.06.2024 – 01.09.2024
Under the programmatic title “Insights – Outsights”, the Ludwig Museum will present around 80 works by artists from the National Bank collection from June 11th to August 22nd, 2024. Over decades, the National Bank has built up a high-quality collection, which it now presents in museums with selected items. The reason for this is the […]
Future exhibition
Arne Quinze – The secret garden (Arbeitstitel)
15.09.2024 – 24.11.2024
Arne Quinze is one of those contemporary artists who engage intensively with nature. In one of his statements he says: “Since I have been living on this planet, 30 percent of the natural and animal world has already been destroyed.” In his art, he is interested in the lost ecosystem that is increasingly threatened by […]
Past exhibition
Dieter Nuhr. Surrounded by afar
08.10.2023 – 12.11.2023
Dieter Nuhr, the well-known cabaret artist, comedian, author and TV presenter, who completed his studies in art and history at the University of Essen to become a teacher, has been thinking more about his artistic roots in recent years. During his travels and in his homeland, the cultural region of the Ruhr, he has been […]
Past exhibition
Mohammed Kazem – Directions
18.06.2023 – 20.08.2023
Mohammed Kazem is considered to be one of the most prominent artist in the Emirate of Dubai and its neighboring Emirates. A true ambassador of Arab art, he has presented exhibitions around the world, from the Guggenheim Museum in New York to the Arab World Institute in Paris. Following his participation in the first group […]
Past exhibition
Toyen – Surreal/ Radical
07.05.2023 – 06.08.2023
Marie Čermínová/ Toyen (1902-1980) is considered the most important Czech female artist of the 20th century. In her almost 60 active years, the multifaceted painter, draftswoman, graphic artist and poet was part of many currents, ranging from Czech “Poetismus” to “Devětsil” and from Cubism to Surrealism. Born in Prague in 1902, she left home at […]
Past exhibition
Tatjana Valsang – Riverbanks
16.04.2023 – 11.06.2023
Tatjana Valsang (born 1963 in St. Tönis) studied at the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf with Klaus Rinke and Dieter Krieg and then worked for a long time without public presentations. During this time she developed her own artistic language. Her paintings show biomorphic structures, which she stages in a complex interplay of colour, form and pictorial space […]