Cologne — Archive

Harald Naegeli in Cologne – Sprayer and Draughtsman

Street art pioneer Naegeli: spray work meets fine drawing.

2024 Wolfgang Hahn Prize: Anna Boghiguian

A solo show honouring the 2024 Wolfgang Hahn Prize winner

Fluxus and Beyond: Ursula Burghardt, Benjamin Patterson

Two Fluxus pioneers reunited at Museum Ludwig

Chargesheimer

Retrospective of a landmark 20th-century photographer

Roni Horn. Give Me Paradox or Give Me Death

Roni Horn's multidisciplinary solo show at Museum Ludwig

Paris 1863–1874: Revolution in Art

From the Salon des Refusés to the first Impressionist show.

2023 Wolfgang Hahn Prize: Francis Alÿs

Solo show celebrating Alÿs's 2023 Wolfgang Hahn Prize

Collection Presentation: Pablo Picasso Suite 156 with Kubra Khademi

Picasso's Suite 156 in dialogue with Kubra Khademi

Walde Huth. Material and Fashion

Postwar fashion and material photography by Walde Huth.

Füsun Onur: Retrospective

A major retrospective of Turkish artist Füsun Onur at Museum Ludwig, Cologne, surveying decades of her poetic, installation-based practice.

HERE AND NOW at Museum Ludwig: Modernism in Ukraine 1900–1930 & Daria Koltsova

Ukrainian modernism meets Koltsova's contemporary vision.

Image/Counterimage: Tarrah Krajnak, VALIE EXPORT, Sanja Iveković, Ana Mendieta, Carrie Mae Weems

Five artists subvert the image through body, gender, and identity.

2022 Wolfgang Hahn Prize: Frank Bowling

Solo show honoring Frank Bowling, 2022 Hahn Prize winner

Raghubir Singh. Kolkata

Raghubir Singh's colour vision of Kolkata's streets

Isamu Noguchi

Noguchi's sculptures, designs, and stage sets in Cologne

Voiceover: Felice Beato in Japan

Beato's 19th-century Japan, reframed as constructed narrative

Presentation of the Gerhard Richter Collection

A focused look at Museum Ludwig's Richter collection

2021 Wolfgang-Hahn-Prize: Marcel Odenbach

A retrospective survey of video and installation works by Marcel Odenbach, winner of the prestigious Wolfgang-Hahn-Prize at Museum Ludwig.

Schultze Projects #3: Minerva Cuevas

Minerva Cuevas challenges capitalism at Museum Ludwig

August & Marta: How August Sander Photographed the Painter Marta Hegemann (and Her Children's Room!)

Sander's portraits of painter Marta Hegemann at Museum Ludwig

Picasso Shared and Divided: The Artist and His Image in East and West Germany

Museum Ludwig explores how Picasso's legacy was claimed, contested, and shaped differently on either side of the Iron Curtain in a compelling temporary exhibition.

2020 Wolfgang Hahn Prize: Betye Saar

Betye Saar wins the 2020 Wolfgang Hahn Prize

RESIST! The Art of Resistance

An exhibition exploring how artists have used their work to challenge power, resist oppression, and advocate for social change throughout history.

1000 … miles to the edge – Kasper König Donation

A landmark curatorial collection at Museum Ludwig, Cologne.

Ursula — That's Me. So What?

Ursula's solo show on identity and artistic legacy

Green Modernism. The New View of Plants

Modern art's radical new gaze on the plant kingdom

Boaz Kaizman: Green Area

Immersive solo show by Israeli artist Boaz Kaizman.

HERE AND NOW at Museum Ludwig. And Yesterday and Tomorrow

Past, present, and future collide at Museum Ludwig.

Kiss, kiss. In memoriam Lady Renate Gruber

A tribute to Lady Renate Gruber at Museum Ludwig

HERE AND NOW at Museum Ludwig. Anti-colonial Interventions

Anti-colonial interventions reshape Museum Ludwig's collection.