Current exhibition
Reflections. Positions from the National-Bank Collection
29.06.2024 – 08.09.2024
By the title “Reflections”, the Ludwig Museum will present around 80 works by artists from the collection of the National-Bank Essen from June 29th to September 1st, 2024. Over several decades, the National Bank in Essen has built up a high-quality collection, which it now presents in museums with selected items. The reason for this […]
Future exhibition
Arne Quinze – Hidden Beauty
22.09.2024 – 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 […]
Future exhibition
Tan Ping. Body of Abstraction
01.12.2024 – 26.01.2025
Tan Ping (born 1960 in Chengde, Hebei, China) belongs to the generation of artists who played a decisive role in the reorientation of Chinese painting after the opening of China. His work is characterised by a confident abstract formal language in which he alternates between painterly and graphic gestures. Trained in the Chinese tradition and […]
Art and Architecture
Discover the Art and Artists, learn about the Collection and History of the Museum or the historic building in which the museum is located.
Ludwig, the movie
A short movie about our museum (german).