Weserburg - Museum für moderne Kunst

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The Weserburg, Bremen's museum of modern art-one of the largest museums in Germany with an international reputation-is located in the middle of the Weser River in the heart of the Hanseatic city. The institution does not only consider itself in the middle of the river geographically: constantly alternating presentations of works from famous private collections as well as special exhibitions show the dynamic development of modern art from the sixties to the present. A supporting program consisting of weekly guided tours, concerts, lectures, performances, discussions with artists, and film screenings make the Weserburg one of the liveliest places in town.
The First Collector's Museum in Europe

The idea for a collector's museum, an institution in which the collector is not only the lender but a committed mediator of modern art, was implemented for the first time in Europe in Bremen, A concept that clearly sets the Weserburg apart from traditional art museums. Various focuses have been selected from several German collections that provide insight in to the world of art that is as personal as it is diverse. The private collector's individual passion for art is combined with the scholarly eye of the museum in the special atmosphere of this historic building. In an impressive tour, visitors do not follow a path alongside art-historical developments, rather they follow dialogues between the individual works of art. The appeal lies in the interaction between the individual private collections. When strolling through the exhibition spaces, the juxtaposition and coexistence of different collection concepts under one roof enables experiencing contemporary art from ever new, in part surprising angles of vision.

On the 1st January 2007 the Museum was renamed in "Weserburg | Museum of Modern Art."

represented artists

Carl Andre      Armando      Martin Assig      Pidder Auberger      Georg Baselitz      Tilo Baumgärtel      Joseph Beuys      Barbara Bloom      Anna & Bernhard Blume      Christian Boltanski      James Lee Byars      Miriam Cahn      Alan Charlton      Carlfriedrich Claus      Christoph Dahlhausen      DENMARK (Marc Robbroeckx)      Madeleine Dietz      Felix Droese      Marianne Eigenheer      Ulrich Erben      Johannes Esper      Robert Filliou      Joel Fisher      Gaylen Gerber      Frank Gerritz      Jochen Gerz      Liam Gillick      Raimund Girke      Michael Gitlin      Gotthard Graubner      Gregory Green      Friedemann Hahn      Richard Hamilton      Al Hansen      Thomas Hartmann      Erwin Heerich      Dick Higgins      Gerhard Hoehme      Rebecca Horn      Stephan Huber      Jörg Immendorff      Raimer Jochims      Donald Judd      On Kawara      Edward Kienholz

Dieter Kiessling      Konrad Klapheck      Gustav Kluge      Willi Kopf      Wolfgang Laib      Tobias Lehner      Thomas Lehnerer      Sol LeWitt      John McCracken      Mario Merz      Olaf Metzel      François Morellet      Juan Muñoz      Ernesto Neto      Hermann Nitsch      Nam June Paik      Jürgen Partenheimer      A.R. Penck      Dan Peterman      Norbert Prangenberg      Robert Rauschenberg      Gerhard Richter      Rolf Rose      Dieter Roth      Christoph Ruckhäberle      Ulrich Rückriem      Reiner Ruthenbeck      Takako Saito      Fred Sandback      Karin Sander      Thomas Scheibitz      David Schnell      Yinka Shonibare      André Thomkins      Rosemarie Trockel      Alan Uglow      Ben Vautier      Wolf Vostell      Matthias Weischer      Emmett Williams      Johannes Wohnseifer      Erwin Wurm