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Must-See Art Guide: Cologne
This week's guide includes Michael Krebber, Santiago Sierra, Pieter Hugo, and more.
Judith Probst
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Today, the world’s oldest and most important art fair for modern and contemporary art of the 20th and 21th centuries is opening its doors to art lovers and specialists. At the 49th edition of Art Cologne, you can view, buy, and discover art. Around 200 international galleries will showcase selected and curated top-quality artworks, such as Aurel Scheibler, LEVY Galerie, and Lullin + Ferrari, just to name a few. The Art Cologne Prize 2015 was given to gallery owner Hans Mayer, a founding member of Kunstmarkt Köln, the precursor to Art Cologne.
During this yearly art fair, a lot of art happenings take place in Germany’s fourth-largest city. The city has more than 40 museums and 110 galleries and art dealers. Many of the museums are world renowned, such as the Wallraf-Richartz-Museum and the Museum Ludwig. The latter annually awards the Wolfgang Hahn Prize around the time of Art Cologne. This year, the prize, named after well-known collector and Cologne native Wolfgang Hahn, was given to artists Michael Krebber and R.H. Quaytman, marking the first time in the award’s 20-year history that two artists were honored at the same time. Parallel to Art Cologne, the second edition of the Kölner Liste, the ‘discovery fair’ for contemporary art, will be held at Mülheimer harbor.
On the occasion of Art Cologne, a number of galleries have special exhibitions. Galerie Thomas Zander presents artworks by the Spanish artist Santiago Sierra in his first solo exhibition, with a four-by-four-by-four-meter black concrete cube, which will be on view in Cologne-Deutz in front of the fair building, opposite the south entrance.
After being one of the 60,000 visitors at Art Cologne, join the thousands of other tourists who climb the 509 steps to the impressive cathedral every year, and visit the home of renowned artists such as Gerhard Richter or Rosemarie Trockel.
Exhibition: “Cologne 1914. Metropolis in the West”
When: November 22, 2014–April 19, 2015
Where: makk, Museum für Angewandte Kunst Köln, An der Rechtschule, Cologne, Germany
Exhibition: “Karin Kneffel – Fallstudien, Works on Paper”
When: January 16–April 19, 2015
Where: Käthe Kollwitz Museum Köln, Neumarkt 18 – 24, Cologne, Germany
Exhibition: “Pieter Hugo: Corporeality”
When: January 29–April 25, 2015
Where: | PRISKA PASQUER, Albertusstraße 9 – 11, Cologne, Germany
Exhibition: “Julia Bünnagel”
When: March 5–April 25, 2015
Where: artothek, Am Hof 50, Cologne, Germany
Exhibition: “Joan Hernández Pijuan: Gelebte Landschaften. Arbeiten von 1987 bis 2005”
When: March 18–April 25, 2015
Where: Galerie Boisserée, J. & W. Boisserée GmbH, Drususgasse 7 – 11, Cologne, Germany
Art Fair: “Art Cologne”
When: April 13–19, 2015
Where: Koelnmesse, Messeplatz 1, Cologne, Germany
Exhibition: “COLIN PENNO”
When: April 14–May 30, 2015
Where: Berthold Pott, An der Schanz 1 a, Cologne, Germany
Exhibition: “Nucleo: Nuove Arti”
When: April 14–June 12, 2015
Where: gabrielle ammann // gallery, Teutoburger Straße 27, Cologne, Germany
Exhibition: “ANDREAS BREUNIG, Shut Down”
When: April 15–May 30, 2015
Where: Warhus Rottershaus, An der Schanz 1 a, Cologne, Germany
Exhibition: “Sherrie Levine: African Masks after Walker Evans”
When: April 15–June 5, 2015
Where: Jablonka Galerie, Lindenstraße 19, Cologne, Germany
Exhibition: “Wolfgang Hahn Prize 2015”
When: April 15–August 30, 2015
Where: Museum Ludwig, Heinrich-Böll-Platz, Cologne, Germany
Art Fair: “Kölner Liste 2015”
When: April 16–19, 2015
Where: DOCK.ONE, Hafenstraße 1, Cologne, Germany
Exhibition: “William Anastasi”
When: April 16–May 23, 2015
Where: Thomas Rehbein Galerie, Aachener Straße 5, Cologne, Germany
Exhibition: “Kelly Walker”
When: April 16–May 23, 2015
Where: Galerie Gisela Capitain, St. Apern Straße 26, Cologne, Germany
Exhibition: “HOUSE OF PAIN”
When: April 16–May 29, 2015
Where: Galerie Martinetz, Moltkestraße 81, Cologne, Germany
Exhibition: “Petrit Halilaj, ABETARE”
When: April 16–June 7, 2015
Where: Kölnischer Kunstverein, Hahnenstraße 6, Cologne, Germany
Exhibition: “Arno Beck, Malte Bruns and Bas Louter”
When: April 17–May 23, 2015
Where: Galerie ampersand, Venloer Straße 24, Cologne, Germany
Exhibition: “Hubert Kiecol”
When: April 17–May 30, 2015
Where: Galerie Christian Lethert, Antwerpener Straße 4, Cologne, Germany
Exhibition: “Danny Lyon, Conversations with the Dead”
When: April 17–May 31, 2015
Where: Forum für Fotografie, Schönhauser Straße 8, Cologne, Germany
Exhibition: “SIDSEL MEINECHE HANSEN: ONE-self”
When: April 17–June 28, 2015
Where: Temporary Gallery, Zentrum für zeitgenössische Kunst, Mauritiuswall 35, Cologne, Germany
Exhibition: “Santiago Sierra”
When: April 17–June 6, 2015
Where: Galerie Thomas Zander, Schönhauser Straße 8, Cologne, Germany
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