Exhibitions

Installationsansicht Prometheus Bound

Installationsansicht Prometheus Bound
Werke: Barnett Newman, Auguste Rodin, Max Beckmann

Foto: Jens Nober, Museum Folkwang

21. Jun 2019
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30. Jun 2026

NEW WORLDS

Discovering the Collection
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 …
Paula Rego, Love, 1995, Privatsammlung

Paula Rego
Love, 1995
Private collection

© Estate of Paula Rego. Courtesy Estate of Paula Rego and Victoria Miro
16. May 2025
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07. Sep 2025

Paula Rego

The Personal and The Political
Paula Rego’s (1935–2022) paintings have an explosive impact that only few artists can achieve. In her adopted country of England, Rego ranks among the greats of figurative painting such as Lucian Freud and David Hockney. In her home country of Portugal, she has changed the political reality with her uncompromising art. Based on around 130 works, the exhibition traces Rego’s artistic development after her studies at the Slade …
Aimée Portioli | Grand River, Symphony for Endangered Birds, 2025

Aimée Portioli | Grand River
Symphony for Endangered Birds, 2025
© Aimée Portioli

15. Aug 2025
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28. Sep 2025

6 ½ Weeks: Aimée Portioli | Grand River

Symphony for Endangered Birds
Symphony for Endangered Birds is a new 7-channel sound installation by composer and sound artist Aimée Portioli, known in the electronic music scene as Grand River. The 28-minute looped piece merges field recordings, spatial sound design, and musical composition to create a deep listening experience that is both meditative and urgent. At its core are the voices of seven endangered bird species—each representing a different …

Upcoming

William Kentridge, Drawing for Self-Portrait as a Coffee-Pot (2 Private Thoughts), 2021 Tusche, Buntstift, Kohle, Pastellkreide und Collage auf Papier 152 x 208 cm © William Kentridge, 2024

William Kentridge
Drawing for Self-Portrait as a Coffee-Pot (2 Private Thoughts)ts), 2021
© William Kentridge, 2025

04. Sep 2025
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18. Jan 2026

William Kentridge

Listen to the Echo
Anonym, Tonaufnahmen mit Otto Steinert, Seminarraum Folkwangschule für Gestaltung, Essen-Werden, 1966

Anonym
Sound recordings with Otto Steinert, seminar room Folkwangschule für Gestaltung, Essen-Werden, 1966

© Museum Folkwang
10. Oct 2025
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04. Jan 2026

Stimmen der Zeit

An Oral-History
Malte Uchtmann, ANThology: Debug- ging the Cultural History of Ants, 2024 © Malte Uchtmann, 2024

Malte Uchtmann
ANThology: Debugging the Cultural History of Ants, 2024
© Malte Uchtmann, 2024

10. Oct 2025
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04. Jan 2026

Dokumentarfotografie Förderpreise 15

der Wüstenrot Stiftung with Nazanin Hafez, Alex Simon Klug & Kristina Lenz, Malte Uchtmann, Hannah Wolf

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