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

DIALOGUE OF THE ARTS
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 …
Autor:in unbekannt: Germaine Krull mit Contax, um 1932 © Nachlass Germaine Krull, Museum Folkwang, Essen

Unknown photographer
Germaine Krull with Contax, ca 1932
Gelatin silver print, 11.5 × 14.5 cm 
© Estate Germaine Krull, Museum Folkwang, Essen 

28. Nov 2025
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15. Mar 2026

Germaine Krull: Chien Fou

Writer and Photographer
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 …

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William Wegman, Dress Up Batty, Gestaltung: Empire Design Studio © Hyperion Books for Children, New York, 2004

William Wegman 
Dress Up Batty 
Gestaltung: Empire Design Studio 
© Hyperion Books for Children, New York, 2004

27. Feb 2026
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07. Jun 2026

L IS FOR lOOK

Photo books for children and young people
SAÂDANE AFIF_2026

Saâdane Afif
Au Wiels du 01/02/18 au 22/04/18 / l'orchestre fait le tableau. / “Studio Paroles” (Louis und Augustin), Brüssel, 2018
© Saâdane Afif

13. Mar 2026
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04. Oct 2026

SAÂDANE AFIF

Affiches / Plakate
100 Beste Plakate 25_2026

Daniel Peter
Hilfe, ich erbe!, 2024
© Studio Daniel Peter, Ill.: Alice Kolb / 100 Beste Plakate e. V.

03. Jul 2026
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02. Aug 2026

100 BEST POSTERS 25

Germany Austria Switzerland
LOCATION: UNESCO World Heritage Zollverein, SANAA building, 1st floor

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