Exhibitions

29 rooms – 29 stories of new beginnings and rediscoveries, of similarities and contrasts, of humankind and art. The Museum Folkwang collection offers new insights into developments and connections within art history, with altering displays spanning different eras and media. Recent acquisitions and rarely exhibited works engage in exciting dialogues with the collection’s masterpieces. Painting, photography, poster art …

Australian artist Rudi Williams presents photographs and photographic artefacts – some of which she has created herself, others she has found. Williams' motifs are quiet spaces full of traces that evoke a wealth of associations. In this exhibition, she focuses on camera-less images and silhouettes that revolve around the tension between presence and absence and address the theme of loss. Her practice reflects both the history …

Museum Folkwang has housed the photographer Germaine Krull’s estate since 1995. In addition to prints, negatives and publications, it also includes an extensive journalistic oeuvre. This includes (auto) biographical and (auto)fictional texts, (photo)books and maquettes, letters and political reports or reportages. As an extended approach to Germaine Krull’s artistic legacy, this journalistic oeuvre is now becoming visible in …