ARTISTS
2025
From the Roaring Twenties to today, this season鈥檚 standouts feature some of photography鈥檚 most audacious artists.
William Kentridge (born in 1955 in Johannesburg) is one of the world鈥檚 most renowned contemporary artists.
Every month, Berlin Art Link shines a spotlight on international exhibitions and events with our list of Top Exhibitions.
As I approach the final room of 鈥楾he Personal and The Political鈥� at Museum Folkwang, the corridors begin to swell with sound.
Museum Folkwang is presenting the exhibition by Swedish artists Johanna Ehde and Elisabeth Rafstedt from Rietlanden Women鈥檚 Office (RWO) as part of the 6 陆 Weeks series.
With the exhibition Paula Rego. The Personal and The Political, from 16 May to 7 September 2025, Museum Folkwang is devoting an extensive retrospective to the British-Portuguese artist Paula Rego (1935-2022).
From May 16 to聽September 7, Museum Folkwang is presenting The Personal and The Political, an exhibition of around 130 works by the Portuguese-British artist Paula Rego.
Listen to the Echo 鈥� a joint project by Museum Folkwang and Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden | Online ticket sales for Essen and Dresden open at the end of April.
From March 20 to June 22, 2025, Museum Folkwang is dedicating an exhibition to two great figures in art history: Oskar Kokoschka, pioneer of expressionism, and Alma Mahler, composer, hostess of artistic salons, networker and confidante of many important artists.
Museum Folkwang is dedicating an exhibition to two great figures in art history: Oskar Kokoschka, pioneer of expressionism, and Alma Mahler, composer, hostess of artistic salons, networker and confidante of many important artists.
2024
Since October 7th, 2023, fault lines around Palestinian solidarity have changed the landscape of visual art.
What鈥檚 in a hairstyle? This is the question at the heart of Museum Folkwang鈥檚 Grow it, Show it!, a new multidisciplinary show subtitled 鈥渁 look at hair from Diane Arbus to TikTok.鈥�
On the occasion of Robert Frank鈥檚 100th birthday: With聽Be Happy, Museum Folkwang dedicates its own presentation to the exceptional photographer.
From 13 September 2024 to 12 January 2025, Museum Folkwang is presenting the exhibition Grow It, Show It! Hair through the eyes of Diane Arbus to TikTok.
2023
Curator Ana茂s Duplan said he was 鈥渟peechless鈥� when his section for an upcoming exhibition at the Museum Folkwang was abruptly withdrawn.