14.06 -27.07.2026
Harald Gallasch, Wolfgang Opitz, A.R. Penck, Steffen Terk
From 1971 to 1976, the artist group “Lücke” formed around A.R. Penck outside the usual artistic career path in the GDR and sought to make a name for itself as a band and through collaborative artistic works. However, the all-male group disbanded after five years. We are exhibiting individual works by four of the five members from the artist group.
12.04 -31.05.2026
Gero Gries, Gerhard Manz, Michael Takeo Magruder, Manfred Mohr, Vera Molnar, Frieder Nake
The transition from analog to digital in art was initially fluid: Starting with geometric abstraction, a few artists and computer scientists with exclusive access to computers began experimenting artistically with the new digital possibilities in the early 1960s. The collection brings together works by pioneers and younger artists we know personally who dedicated themselves to digital art very early on.
15.02 -29.03.2026
Joseph Beuys, Henri Chopin, Harald Gallasch, Eckhard Siepmann, Antoni Tàpies, Rosemarie Trockel, Jorinde Voigt, Wolf Vostell, Annett Zinsmeister
Following the statement by the renowned psychologist and communication scientist Paul Watzlawick, “One cannot not communicate,” the exhibition presents selected works from the collection along the representational boundaries of communication, writing, and text, and poses the question: To what degree of abstraction of writing and language or fragmentation of texts is communication still possible?
12.12.2025 -1.02.2026
Lisa Brice, Will Mc Bride, Douglas Gordon, Piero Manzoni, Lászlo Moholy-Nagy, A.R. Penck, Bill Viola, Wolf Vostell, Keyston Talbott
The representation of bodies has been a central theme in art since its beginnings. From documentation to idealization to abstraction, the depiction of bodies reveals contemporary society and social conventions, artistic and technical skill, as well as various forms of rebellion and protest.
18.10. – 30.11.2025
Annett Zinsmeister
Compression or condensation can be achieved through a variety of techniques: superimposition, linking, duplication, collage, etc. Whether condensation leads to thematic depth, an insight or relevant statements, or merely creates confusion through chaos, depends on the components and their composition. Annett Zinsmeister is a master of condensation, creating expressive yet subtle works of aesthetic and thematic depth through complexity, thanks to her research and experimentation with representational techniques.
05.09. – 12.10.2025
K.O. Götz, Hans Hartung, Heinz Kreutz, K.R.H Sonderborg, Emil Schumacher, Antoni Tàpies, Wolf Vostell
The notion informal refers to formless and easy and in Art history to a unique style with free, expressive compositions and experimental, gestural painting, developed as a counterposition to rational geometric abstraction in Paris and gained importance in Germany from the 1950s. In addition to works by important representatives of the Informel, this exhibition also shows that there are two personalities behind the collection, each of whom sets different and even contradictory accents but knows how to unite them harmoniously under one roof.
28.06. – 10.08.2025
Franz Bucher, Werner Casty, Monika Ebner, Alfred Ehrhardt, Horst Jansen, Jeewi Lee, László Moholy-Nagy, Wilhelm Kuhnert, Hans Schreiner, Herman de Vries
The human relationship with nature is existential, even if this understanding seems to be increasingly lost sight of. We see nature as life and a resource, as beauty but also as a threat, as an ever-surprising wonder but unfortunately also as a mere product. The artists in the exhibition show a very different view of nature—fascinated, observant, inquiring, material… But they all share a respect for nature and a careful approach to it.
10.05. – 15.06.2025
Max Bill, James Brown, Günther Förg, Eugenio Carmi, Thomas Lohmann, Andrei Roiter, Martin Ross, Hans Schreiner, Anton Stankowski, Gert & Uwe Tobias, Bernd Vossmerbäumer
Color pigments dissolved in water are at the beginning of art, and it is time to dedicate an exhibition to this increasingly rare technique. Working with watercolors is challenging, and their material-specific expression is unique: the representation of transparencies and layers, the flow of color that evaporates or condenses at the edges, the delicacy and/or power of the colors… The multifaceted use of the works on display from the 20th and 21st centuries is astonishing.
05.04. – 04.05.2025
Hans Kotter
The innovative spectrum of the light artist Hans Kotter seems inexhaustible in its diversity of expression and form: in recent years he has increasingly explored the combination of sculpture and light and has developed spectacular free-standing sculptures as well as mysterious relief works that seem to spread out and emerge from the wall.
02.03. – 30.03.2025
Boris Becker, Alfred Ehrhardt, Wiebke Folkerts, Jochen Gerz, Bernd + Hilla Becher, Tim Hölscher, Charlotte Jansen, Mike Kelly, Willi Mögele, László Moholy-Nagy, Michael Najjar, Jörg Sasse, Annett Zinsmeister
On the occasion of the European Month of Photography in March 2025, we are therefore showing a selection of photographs from the collection from the 20th and 21st centuries with a focus on space and structure.