Exhibitions

Since the summer of 2019 Museum Folkwang has been presenting its collection in completely redesigned halls. Taking New Worlds as the overarching theme, the presentation is destined to enable visitors to experience the long-standing collection in a new form, and often from surprising angles. Now, painting is juxtaposed with photography, sculpture or prints, and enters into unprecedented and inspiring constellations with world …

Under the title “…even the expert marvels!”, the exhibition presents a selection of works from the Olbricht Collection that are juxtaposed to the walk-through Helm/Helmet/Yelmo display-case installation by Cuban artist duo Los Carpinteros. In this way, the show offers a contemporary interpretation of the collection-cum-exhibition principle underlying cabinets of wonders and stages it in a new form. The cabinet of wonders arose …

At two venues, online and in the cinema space (FilmBox) of Museum Folkwang, Visions of Ukraine presents works by: Jana Bachynska, Uli Golub, Yarema Malashchuk and Roman Himey, Dana Kavelina, Alina Kleytman, Daniil Revkovskiy and Andriy Rachinskiy, R.E.P., Mykola Ridnyi, Anna Scherbyna, Fantastic Little Splash, as well as one contribution that brings together a range of anonymous amateur videographers. Opening of Online …

Where do we stand – almost 100 years aft er the founding of the Museum Folkwang in Essen – with regard to the participation of society in art? And how does art address central social issues of integration, cultural diversity, sustainability, globalisation, digitality, urban life and development? Do people come to the museum to find answers, or does the museum have to approach people and meet them where the questions arise in …