Profile
Dear Visitor,
there are a number of reasons why the Kunstmuseum Bonn enjoys a unique position within Germany's museum landscape.
With one of the internationally most important collections of German art, the Kunstmuseum - based on the seminal inventory of works by August Macke - disposes over a collection profile that is unparalleled throughout the country. What is more, its relevance has been steadily growing over the past decades. In this development, one of the special features of Bonn's collecting policies has been to refrain from attempts to document German art with a claim to encyclopedic scope, but rather concentrate on a manageable number of eminent artists, and then purchase from them entire groups of works and ensembles.
One emphasis our Museum has established in this undertaking is to explore the potentials for development in painting. Our current activities are largely geared towards expanding previous research on the immanent and self-referential features of the picture with a focus on the social context and the social-political reality. As far as the museum's exhibitions and collections are concerned, additional special emphasis has been put on presentations and purchases in the field of photography and media art. Furthermore, we pay special attention to crossovers in media art and to the interfaces between the individual media.
As a Museum focusing on the development of German art before the backdrop perspective of international exhibition programs, all of our endeavors aim at defining the Kunstmuseum Bonn as a location where, on a regional, national, and international level, important artistic issues and positions are highlighted, reflected upon, and with respect to future developments, anticipated as well so that this Museum is firmly established in the public consciousness as one of the major museums and exhibition locations in the Federal Republic of Germany.
represented artists
Exhibitions
| DAS POLYPHONE BILD: ERNST - WILHELM... |
Ernst Wilhelm Nay |
20/09/2012 - 03/02/2013 |
| Franz M. Jansen Rheinische Expressi... |
Franz M. Jansen |
20/04/2012 - 20/12/2012 |
| David Reed - Heart of Glass |
David Reed |
28/06/2012 - 07/10/2012 |
| Franz Erhard Walther - Raum durch H... |
Franz Erhard Walther |
25/05/2011 - 09/09/2012 |
| Lewis Baltz |
Lewis Baltz |
10/05/2012 - 02/09/2012 |
| Asta Gröting |
Asta Gröting |
23/05/2011 - 15/07/2012 |
| Kunstpreis Start 2011 - Max Frising... |
Max Frisinger |
22/11/2011 - 01/07/2012 |
| Kropfitsch |
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15/05/2011 - 15/06/2012 |
| Albert Oehlen |
Albert Oehlen |
29/02/2012 - 03/06/2012 |
| Kris Martin |
Kris Martin |
02/02/2012 - 22/04/2012 |
| Thomas Rentmeister - Objects. Food.... |
Thomas Rentmeister |
19/10/2011 - 05/02/2012 |
| Gefühl ist Privatsache |
Otto Dix, George Grosz, ... |
27/11/2011 - 05/01/2012 |
| Stefanie Gerhardt: Inside - Ausstel... |
Stefanie Gerhardt |
15/05/2011 - 11/09/2011 |
| Rosemarie Trockel Zeichnungen, Coll... |
Rosemarie Trockel |
15/06/2011 - 19/06/2011 |
| Videonale 13. |
Katleen Vermeir, Rachel Perry Welty, ... |
14/04/2011 - 29/05/2011 |
| Rheinische Expressionisten, Teil 2... |
Paul Adolf Seehaus |
15/09/2010 - 31/03/2011 |
| Dorothea von Stetten-Kunstpreis 201... |
Tina Schulz, Alexandra Leykauf, ... |
08/12/2010 - 06/03/2011 |
| Mitch Epstein: STATE OF THE UNION |
Mitch Epstein |
11/11/2010 - 23/01/2011 |
| Bonner Kunstpreis 2009 - Alexander ... |
Alexander Braun |
18/11/2010 - 08/01/2011 |
| THROUGH THE LOOKING BRAIN |
John Baldessari, Bernd & Hilla Becher, ... |
23/06/2010 - 25/09/2010 |
| Der Westen leuchtet |
Joseph Beuys, Tony Cragg, ... |
01/06/2010 - 09/07/2010 |
| Erwin Wurm: Liquid Reality |
Erwin Wurm |
25/03/2010 - 06/06/2010 |
| LINIE LINE LINEA |
Irina Baschlakow, Marc Brandenburg, ... |
11/02/2010 - 16/05/2010 |
| Franz Ackermann |
Franz Ackermann |
17/12/2009 - 21/02/2010 |
| Julian Rosefeldt |
Julian Rosefeldt |
12/11/2009 - 17/01/2010 |
| FERNE NÄHE >NATUR< IN DE... |
Sonja Braas, Marie José Burki, ... |
10/09/2009 - 15/11/2009 |
| REMOTE PROXIMITY >NATURE< IN ... |
Marie José Burki, Mark Dion, ... |
10/09/2009 - 15/11/2009 |
| Raoul De Keyser: REPLAY |
Raoul De Keyser |
28/08/2009 - 18/10/2009 |
| WASSILY KANDINSKY DAS DRUCKGRAFISCH... |
Wassily Kandinsky |
02/04/2009 - 12/07/2009 |
| VIDEONALE 2009 |
Ulu Braun, Susanne Bürner, ... |
26/03/2009 - 26/04/2009 |
| PETER PILLER PERIPHERIEWANDERUNG BO... |
Peter Piller |
22/01/2009 - 01/03/2009 |
| DANIEL ROTH CAR GWYLLT |
Daniel Roth |
27/11/2008 - 01/03/2009 |
| Nedko Solakov: EMOTIONS |
Nedko Solakov |
20/09/2008 - 16/11/2008 |
| Jürgen Partenheimer - DISCONTI... |
Jürgen Partenheimer |
21/08/2008 - 09/11/2008 |
| Georg Baselitz: WER KENNT ANNA SELB... |
Georg Baselitz |
20/04/2008 - 31/08/2008 |
| Christoph Rütimann: VERDACHT |
Christoph Rütimann |
18/06/2008 - 24/08/2008 |
| Gülsün Karamustafa |
Gülsün Karamustafa |
14/06/2008 - 03/08/2008 |
| Cornelia Genschow: STREUNER / TRAMP... |
Cornelia Genschow |
08/05/2008 - 08/06/2008 |
| Gert und Uwe Tobias |
Gert & Uwe Tobias |
05/03/2008 - 12/05/2008 |
| GEHEN BLEIBEN |
Marina Abramovic, Ulay, ... |
28/11/2007 - 17/02/2008 |
| ZEICHNUNG HEUTE V |
Katja Eckert, Karim Noureldin, ... |
13/09/2007 - 11/11/2007 |
| John Baldessari: MUSIC |
John Baldessari |
12/05/2007 - 29/07/2007 |
| Videonale 11 |
Christoph Brech, Jeanne Faust, ... |
15/03/2007 - 15/04/2007 |
| Dorothea von Stetten Kunstpreis 200... |
Yael Bartana, Benjamin Bergmann, ... |
20/01/2005 - |
| Markus Lüpertz |
Markus Lüpertz |
14/05/2003 - |
| Gerhard Wittner |
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20/03/2003 - |
| Lee Ufan |
Lee Ufan |
17/06/2001 - |
| Robert Zandvliet |
Robert Zandvliet |
05/06/2005 - |
| Luis Gordillo: ICEBERG TROPICAL |
Luis Gordillo |
14/03/2008 - |
| Babak Saed "EIN GANZ SCHLIMMER... |
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06/09/2001 - |
| Breaking the Ice |
Eija-Liisa Ahtila, Veli Granö, ... |
16/03/2006 - |
| THE GUGGENHEIM |
David Altmejd, Matthew Barney, ... |
21/07/2006 - |
| Von Kandinsky bis Tatlin |
Josef Albers, Otto Freundlich, ... |
24/08/2006 - |
| Wörtliche Malerei |
Dieter Krieg, Rolf-Gunter Dienst, ... |
20/12/2006 - |
| KunstFrühlingKirche |
Joseph Beuys, Michael Buthe, ... |
24/04/2004 - |
| Ins Licht gerückt |
Georg Baselitz, Eric Lanz, ... |
01/04/2004 - |
| Beat Zoderer |
Beat Zoderer |
06/07/2003 - |
| Dieter Mammel |
Dieter Mammel |
11/09/2003 - |
| Arnold Schönberg |
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19/09/2003 - |
| Olav Christopher Jenssen |
Olav Christopher Jenssen |
02/10/2003 - |
| Thomas Florschuetz - Fotografie |
Thomas Florschuetz |
18/03/2004 - |
| Chiara Dynys - Installations |
Chiara Dynys |
25/03/2004 - |
| Gerhard Richter: Printed! Druckgrap... |
Gerhard Richter |
17/06/2004 - |
| Mona Hatoum |
Mona Hatoum |
29/08/2004 - |
| Kunstpreis der Stadt Bonn 2003 |
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07/10/2004 - |
| kunstbegegnet - Die Antike trifft a... |
Felix Droese, Anselm Kiefer, ... |
09/11/2004 - |
| Wolfgang Laib DIE ESSENZ DES WIRKLI... |
Wolfgang Laib |
30/01/2005 - |
| MIOON - Menschenstrom |
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08/05/2005 - |
| Marc Desgrandchamps |
Marc Desgrandchamps |
01/09/2005 - |
| Jan Verbeek |
Jan Verbeek |
25/11/2005 - |
| Jörg Sasse |
Jörg Sasse |
01/12/2005 - |
| Zeichen aus dem Braunraum |
Joseph Beuys |
14/12/2005 - |
| Thomas Steffl |
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23/02/2006 - |
| Jean Tinguely - Es bewegt sich alle... |
Jean Tinguely |
07/05/2006 - |
| Mats Eriksson / Biennale Bonn |
Mats Eriksson |
13/05/2006 - |
| Olafur Eliasson |
Olafur Eliasson |
25/05/2006 - |
| Bernardi Roig |
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22/06/2006 - |
| Dorothea von Stetten Kunstpreis 200... |
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21/09/2006 - |
| John Baldessari |
John Baldessari |
29/10/2006 - |
| Videonale 11 |
Christoph Brech, Jeanne Faust, ... |
15/03/2007 - |
| RAIMUND KUMMER FOR YOUR EYES ONLY |
Raimund Kummer |
28/05/2009 - |
| Dorothea von Stetten-Kunstpreis 200... |
Benjamin Bergmann, Christian Hahn, ... |
20/01/2005 - |
| Sich selbst bei Laune halten |
Klaus vom Bruch, Jürgen Klauke, ... |
30/04/2005 - |
| Zeichen des Glaubens |
Stephan Balkenhol, Joseph Beuys, ... |
09/08/2005 - |
| Auswahl 1 - Die Sammlung der Provin... |
Peter Doig, Stan Douglas, ... |
06/04/2006 - |
| STILL MAPPING THE MOON |
Herbert Brandl, Stephan Baumkötter, ... |
16/09/2004 - |
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Kunstmuseum Bonn
Friedrich-Ebert-Allee 2
53113 Bonn (Germany)
Opening Time: Tu-Su 11-18h, We - 21h
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