Von Mensch zu Mensch (From one human being to another):Wilhelm Leibl & August Sander.
4.8.2012 – 31.8.2013
Museum für Angewandte Kunst Köln
Ein Museum im Glück (a museum in clover). Masterpieces of applied art from the collection of the Overstolzengesellschaft
18 May to 29 September 2013
The roughly 125 high quality exhibits from 125 years of collecting activity by the museum’s patrons include impressive, unique items and design classics and reflect the policy of acquisitions and donations by the Overstolzengesellschaft which spans various different epochs and cosmopolitan in character. The objects on show include fittings and furnishings, works in glass and porcelain, fashion and bookbinding – in short, all the important groups of objects from the realm of applied art. Volunteers from the workgroup of the Overstolzengesellschaft have actively participated in the creation of this exhibition and will present their personal favourites. Thus the exhibition will include – alongside major works – a fascinating and unusual selection of objects which reflect the sensibility, taste and professionalism of the museum’s patrons.
Guided Tours (german language)
Mittwoch, 22. Mai , 11:00 Uhr
Sonntag, 2. Juni , 11:00 Uhr
Dienstag, 4. Juni , 14:30 Uhr
Samstag, 15. Juni , 14:30 Uhr
Sonntag, 16. Juni , 14:30 Uhr
Dienstag, 25. Juni , 14:30 Uhr
Mittwoch, 26. Juni , 11:00 Uhr
Donnerstag, 11. Juli , 15:00 Uhr
Dienstag, 6. August , 14:30 Uhr
Dienstag, 27. August , 14:30 Uhr
Participation in the public tours is free, solely the price of admission will be charged.
Kölnisches Stadtmuseum
...earthly bread and heavenly food...
18 May to 30 June 2013
Cabinet exhibition on the occasion of the Eucharistic Congress in Cologne The Catholic Church venerates the consecrated host as a symbol of the presence of Christ resurrected. In the Middle Ages Cologne was among the first cities in which on the feast day of Corpus Christi the body of Christ was carried through the city in a procession. For this occasion splendid monstrances were created, one of which is at the heart of this exhibition. Paintings and prints from Cologne from the Middle Ages to the modern era illustrate the veneration of the consecrated host through the ages. Today, as in the past, the celebration of the First Communion is at the centre of Eucharistic devotion.
Guided Tours (german language)
Donnerstag, 6. Juni , 17:30 Uhr
Participation in the public tours is free, solely the price of admission will be charged.
Wallraf-Richartz-Museum & Fondation Corboud
Von Mensch zu Mensch (From one human being to another):Wilhelm Leibl & August Sander
17 May to 11 August 2013
This show continues the series of exhibitions at the Wallraf in which in the most varied of ways photography and painting were confronted with each other: “Hotel California” (2007) and “Auf Leben und Tod” (2010/2011). In co-operation with the Photographische Sammlung/SK Stiftung Kultur in Cologne a dialogue was created between two masters of the human portrait - Wilhelm Leibl (1844-1900) and August Sander (1876-1964), whose biographies are closely linked with Cologne. There are many different points of contact and links between the work of these two artists in their motifs and in aspects of technique and aesthetics.
Guided Tours (german language)
Mittwoch, 22. Mai , 16:30 Uhr
Sonntag, 26. Mai , 11:30 Uhr
Sonntag, 26. Mai , 15:00 Uhr
Donnerstag, 6. Juni , 19:00 Uhr
Mittwoch, 19. Juni , 16:30 Uhr
Donnerstag, 20. Juni , 19:00 Uhr
Sonntag, 23. Juni , 11:30 Uhr
Sonntag, 23. Juni , 15:00 Uhr
Mittwoch, 26. Juni , 16:30 Uhr
Sonntag, 30. Juni , 11:30 Uhr
Mittwoch, 3. Juli , 16:30 Uhr
Donnerstag, 4. Juli , 19:00 Uhr
Sonntag, 7. Juli , 11:30 Uhr
Mittwoch, 10. Juli , 16:30 Uhr
Sonntag, 14. Juli , 11:30 Uhr
Donnerstag, 18. Juli , 19:00 Uhr
Mittwoch, 24. Juli , 16:30 Uhr
Sonntag, 28. Juli , 11:30 Uhr
Sonntag, 28. Juli , 15:00 Uhr
Donnerstag, 1. August , 19:00 Uhr
Sonntag, 4. August , 11:30 Uhr
Participation in the public tours is free, solely the price of admission will be charged.
artothek - Raum für junge Kunst
René J Goffin
9 May to 22 June 2013
only available in german
Die artothek zeigt Arbeiten des in Kiel lebenden Künstlers René J Goffin. Und vielleicht hat es sein Gutes, dass die Ausstellung wegen der langen Umbauzeit des Hauses Saaleck, das die artothek beherbergt, erst jetzt zustande kommt. Denn nur so konnte sich exakt diese Präsentation ausschließlich mit Werken aus der jüngsten Zeit ergeben. Goffin zeigt nicht gegenständliche Malerei in Acryl, der kein konkretes Konzept zu Grunde liegt. Vielmehr scheinen sich die Farben im Verlauf des Malprozesses wie absichtslos zu wunderbar leichten Verdichtungen formiert zu haben. In mehreren Schichten lasierend aufgetragen wirken sie beinahe wie Aquarelle. René J Goffin, 1951 geboren in Kiel, studierte von 1972-1976 an der FH Düsseldorf Produktdesign, 1976-1979 an der Kunstakademie Düsseldorf und an der Universität Düsseldorf Philosophie und Literaturwissenschaft, 1992-1997 an der Universität Hamburg Ethnologie und Austronesistik.
Wallraf-Richartz-Museum & Fondation Corboud
Titian and Tintoretto in print graphics – art, business strategy, commerce
3 May to 28 July 2013
The two most famous painters of Venice in the 16th century – Titian and Tintoretto – deliberately used print graphics for the purpose of reproducing their painting motifs. Like local woodcutters such as Niccolò Boldrini Titian was in close contact with the copperplate engraver Cornelis Cort, who reproduced a large number of his works, among them “The Martyrdom of St Lawrence”, with great skill. However, the paintings of Tintoretto were made famous beyond Venice in masterly prints by Agostino Carracci. The woodcuts and copperplate engravings shown in the exhibition are evidence of the calculated strategy designed to spread the fame of the two artists more widely by means of the artistic quality of the print reproductions and thus guarantee their market value.
Guided Tours (german language)
Sonntag, 2. Juni , 15:00 Uhr
Participation in the public tours is free, solely the price of admission will be charged.
Wallraf-Richartz-Museum & Fondation Corboud
The diplomat from Venice. Tintoretto’s portrait of Paolo Tiepolo
3 May to 15 September 2013
The cabinet presentation in the first room of the Baroque Section presents a new permanent loan from the Federal Government; the hitherto unknown life-size portrait of the important Venetian statesman Paolo Tiepolo (1523-1585). This recently restored work by Jacopo Tintoretto (1519-1594) is shown in the context of other Venetian Renaissance paintings from the collection of the Wallraf. Other exhibits illumine the one-time function of the sumptuously framed painting as decoration in the office of Federal Chancellor Willy Brandt. A smaller copy of the painting from a private collection will also be on loan. It probably served as a bridge between the official state portrait and several other portraits of Paolo Tiepolo.
Rautenstrauch-Joest-Museum - Kulturen der Welt
Albert Watson: 14 Days in Benin
28 April to 28 July 2013
In December 2011 celebrity photographer Albert Watson photographed cotton farmers and their environment in the west African country of Benin for the initiative Cotton made in Africa (CmiA). Watson, who made himself a name with his legendary fashion and celebrity photographs, has created impressive portraits which provide an insight into the life and environment of the farmers and the field of work of CmiA. The initiative supports the cultivation of sustainably produced cotton in Africa and thus helps improve the living conditions of currently 430,000 smallholders. The photographs visualize the social objectives of CmiA without having recourse to stereotypical depictions of rural Africa. Apart from the cotton fields which he photographed when the harvest had just been completed, Watson visited traditional markets and a local king in a two-week tour of the country in order to get a wide variety of impressions of the people in Benin.
Guided Tours (german language)
Sonntag, 26. Mai , 15:30 Uhr
Sonntag, 2. Juni , 15:30 Uhr
Sonntag, 9. Juni , 15:30 Uhr
Sonntag, 16. Juni , 15:30 Uhr
Sonntag, 23. Juni , 15:30 Uhr
Sonntag, 30. Juni , 15:30 Uhr
Participation in the public tours is free, solely the price of admission will be charged.
Museum Ludwig
Wolfgang Hahn Award 2013: Andrea Fraser
21 April to 21 July 2013
The winner elect of this year’s Wolfgang Hahn Award is the artist Andrea Fraser who was born in Billings, Montana, in 1965, and now lives in Los Angeles. She will be presented with the Wolfgang Hahn Award of the Society of Modern Art at the Museum Ludwig on 20 April 2013 at the museum. An exhibition giving an overview of her work will open on the same evening. After Fraser’s last European exhibition of this kind at the Hamburger Kunstverein in 2003, the large-scale presentation at the Museum Ludwig will focus on the artist’s critical reorientation. Her realignment in more recent works will be highlighted alongside her early work. In addition, the show will present Andrea Fraser in her role as a performance artist. Her latest full-feature performance “Men on the Line” which premiered in Los Angeles in 2012 will be shown for the first time in Europe.
Guided Tours (german language)
Sonntag, 2. Juni , 16:30 Uhr
Sonntag, 9. Juni , 16:30 Uhr
Sonntag, 16. Juni , 16:30 Uhr
Sonntag, 23. Juni , 16:30 Uhr
Sonntag, 30. Juni , 16:30 Uhr
Sonntag, 7. Juli , 16:30 Uhr
Sonntag, 14. Juli , 16:30 Uhr
Sonntag, 21. Juli , 16:30 Uhr
Participation in the public tours is free, solely the price of admission will be charged.
Museum Ludwig
Phil Collins
18 April to 21 July 2013
As a comment on the instrumentalization of pop culture, low-budget TV and the entertainment industry, Phil Collins (*1970 in Runcorn, UK) demonstrates how strategies of popular media can be utilised critically in a different context. At the centre of his work is always the direct contact with people who become the protagonists in his films, photographs or sound creations. Collins travels to far-flung places that have aroused his interest – often places that are in a state of transition as a result of political conflicts. He then puts adverts in local papers and organises auditions to reach people and motivate them to participate in his works. This process, often highly emotionally charged, can be seen as an end in itself. A new work will be created in Cologne for his exhibition at the Museum Ludwig for which Collins will rely on the participation of Cologne’s citizens and the collaboration of various different musicians from all over Germany.
Museum Ludwig
Saul Steinberg: the Americans
23 March to 23 June 2013
The Museum Ludwig will show Saul Steinberg’s (1914-1999) monumental work “The Americans”, large-scale wall panels he created for the EXPO 1958 in Brussels and which have never been exhibited before. This presentation will be complemented by thematically linked 1950s drawings and numerous magazine illustrations by the artist. For the American Pavilion at EXPO 1958 in Brussels – the first world fair since World War II – Steinberg created a large-scale work of collaged, free-standing wall panels. The eight panels, which have a total length of 70 metres, are a critical, yet humorous, panorama of American everyday life, from hectic, metropolitan bustle to the seemingly idyllic countryside.
Guided Tours (german language)
Sonntag, 26. Mai , 15:00 Uhr
Sonntag, 2. Juni , 15:00 Uhr
Mittwoch, 5. Juni , 16:30 Uhr
Sonntag, 9. Juni , 11:30 Uhr
Sonntag, 9. Juni , 15:00 Uhr
Sonntag, 16. Juni , 11:30 Uhr
Sonntag, 16. Juni , 15:00 Uhr
Sonntag, 23. Juni , 11:30 Uhr
Sonntag, 23. Juni , 15:00 Uhr
Participation in the public tours is free, solely the price of admission will be charged.
Rautenstrauch-Joest-Museum - Kulturen der Welt
Andere Kinderwelten. Different children’s worlds – 60th anniversary of UNICEF Germany
14 March to 21 July 2013
(An exhibition at the JuniorMuseum inthe Rautenstrauch-Joest Museum in collaboration with the Museumsdienst Cologne). The journalist Manfred Kutsch from Aachen and his wife Silke Fock-Kutsch have brought back everyday objects and finds from their more than 20 UNICEF-project journeys to Africa, Central and South America, Asia and Eastern Europe. These objects will be shown for the first time in Cologne. On the occasion of the 60th anniversary of UNICEF Germany, the JuniorMuseum in the Rautenstrauch-Joest Museum presents the exhibition “Andere Kinderwelten” - a documentation of childhoods between war and flight, poverty and the struggle for survival. Each of the roughly 80 exhibits from areas of conflict worldwide tells a moving story of hardship and hope. The exhibits will be complemented by photos which show the objects on display in the original environment.
Guided Tours (german language)
Mittwoch, 22. Mai , 15:00 Uhr
Mittwoch, 19. Juni , 15:00 Uhr
Mittwoch, 17. Juli , 15:00 Uhr
Participation in the public tours is free, solely the price of admission will be charged.
Museum Ludwig
Gerhard Richter: Elbe, November u.a.
12 March to 8 September 2013
only available in german
Anlässlich einer großen Retrospektive in London, Berlin und Paris waren einige Werke von Gerhard Richter (*1932 Dresden) aus der Sammlung des Museum Ludwig lange Zeit auf Reisen. Nun zeigt das Museum seine Bestände wieder, darunter sein berühmtes Bild Ema - Akt auf einer Treppe und 48 Porträts, mit denen Richter 1972 im Deutschen Pavillon auf der Biennale in Venedig vertreten war. Ergänzt werden die Werke der Sammlung durch die zwei grafischen Zyklen Elbe und November und weiteren Leihgaben des Künstlers und von Privatsammlern. In der Druckserie Elbe verdichten sich die Bildebenen durch mehrfachen Farbauftrag mit der Gummiwalze. So entsteht der Eindruck von unergründlicher Tiefe. Als der Künstler 1961 die DDR verließ, vertraute er die Blätter einem Freund an. Als sie nach dem Mauerfall wieder auftauchten, war er berührt, dass er manches, was sich dort angedeutet hatte, inzwischen in seinen Abstrakten Bildern der 1980er Jahre fortgeführt hatte.
Guided Tours (german language)
Mittwoch, 17. Juli , 16:30 Uhr
Sonntag, 21. Juli , 11:30 Uhr
Participation in the public tours is free, solely the price of admission will be charged.
Kölnisches Stadtmuseum
An explorer from Cologne in Egypt. The adventurous Orient expedition of Franz Christian Gau (1818-1820)
9 March to 26 May 2013
As a result of Napoleon’s Egypt expedition between 1798 and 1801, Europe was gripped by a veritable “Egyptomania”. The young architect Franz Christian Gau (1790-1853) from Cologne was among those who went to explore the Orient. His watercolours from the Kupferstichkabinett in Vienna will be complemented by works on loan from Cologne collections. These will include early photographs.
Kölnisches Stadtmuseum
BORDERLINES. Jasmina Metwaly: Video Installation 2013
9 March to 26 May 2013
This recent video installation by the young Egyptian artist Jasmina Metwaly from the media collective Mosireen in Cairo complements the exhibition on the history of Gau’s Egypt expedition and highlights the current situation and political conflicts in Egypt. Jasmina Metwaly was born in Warsaw in 1982. She grew up partly in the Polish capital, partly in Cairo where she is living today. Metwaly studied at the art academy in Poznan (Poland) and at the Byam Shaw School of Art in London.
Römisch-Germanisches Museum
Time tunnel. 2000 years of Cologne history
9 November to 7 July 2013
The archaeological excavations associated with the construction of the north-south metro line in Cologne between 2004 and 2011 were the biggest engineering operation in the history of the city. Thanks to the largely sub-surface construction methods used in the excavation of the tunnel, earth-moving operations were restricted to the sites of the stations and supply and access shafts for the four kilometers of track. Between the future stations the original sediment was moved a long way beneath the levels affected by human occupation. The volume of earth examined amounts to 150,000 cubic meters. The archaeological investigations represent a unique cross-section through the more than two-thousand-year history of Cologne. Roughly two and a half million finds from all the periods of the city’s history were recovered – early Roman military objects at Breslauerplatz, Roman harbour artifacts in the Old Town, huge temple foundations near St Maria im Kapitol, settlement and grave finds in the southern Roman suburb, early medieval craftsman and merchant quarters in the Old Town, impressive fortifications from the Middle Ages and Prussian earthworks in the New Town. The exhibition throws new light on many facets of the history of the city of Cologne. A book with c. 260 pages and 180 coloured illustrations will be published to accompany the exhibition – a book on the history of Cologne.
Guided Tours (german language)
Dienstag, 28. Mai , 15:30 Uhr
Dienstag, 4. Juni , 15:30 Uhr
Dienstag, 11. Juni , 15:30 Uhr
Dienstag, 18. Juni , 15:30 Uhr
Dienstag, 25. Juni , 15:30 Uhr
Dienstag, 2. Juli , 15:30 Uhr
Participation in the public tours is free, solely the price of admission will be charged.
Museum Ludwig
Masterpieces of Modernism. The Haubrich Collection at Museum Ludwig
4 August to 31 August 2013
For the citizens of Cologne it was like the tidings of a better world when in 1946, Josef Haubrich entrusted his treasures to the city. A world of art that everyone had thought was lost; but now it toured in triumph round Germany and Europe in a travelling exhibition. Today the collection is in the keeping of Museum Ludwig. It is considered one of the greatest in Europe for Expressionism, but it also extends to the New Sobriety and other currents in Classic Modernism. Haubrich (1889–1961) was a lawyer and a proper Cologne “character”, gregarious and generous in equal part. And he had something that not everyone possessed in the Third Reich: courage. The collection mirrors his personality, and his love of life and the new. Already during the First World war he began to collect works by contemporary artists, above all from Germany, including such pièces de résistance as Otto Dix’s Portrait of Doctor Hans Koch, the very first modernist painting to enter the collection, or Dreamers by Emil Nolde, and the celebrated Half-Length Nude with Hat by Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, which was exhibited as early as 1925 at the Venice Biennale and is now a shining example of the collection. Among the other masterpieces are works by Marc Chagall, Karl Hofer, Heinrich Hoerle, Wilhelm Lehmbruck and Paula Modersohn-Becker. Watercolours form here the basic stock and oils the substance, while sculptures are in the minority. Haubrich was loathe to cross the boundary to abstraction, and avoided Constructivism and the Blue Rider, just as he did Dada and the November Group. Not until 1946 - when the collection was further expanded in consultation with the director at that time of the Wallraf-Richarz Museum, Dr. Leopold Reidemeister - were works by the Blue Rider, Bauhaus and Cubism included. The collection can once again be marvelled at in its original constellation. While preparing the exhibition and the catalogue, the painted rear sides of three works were re-discovered, two of which - Ernst-Ludwig Kirchner’s Fränzi in Wiesen and Alexej von Jawlensky’s Variation – have never been shown. The new presentation will highlight these twin-sided paintings. An extensive catalogue – the first publication since 1959 on the paintings and sculptures in the Haubrich Collection – brings together the best from the holdings, along with new photographs and astute essays, carefully gleaned information on the collection’s origins, and the current state of the research into the provenances. With the help of a specially-created position for provenance research, it is now possible to show the often circuitous routes by which the over 140 works came to be in the Museum Ludwig. Hats off to a man whom Cologne, a city of art, has much to thank.
Locations
special presentations
Half-year exhibition preview March bo September 2013
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