The Collection

The art of the twentieth and twenty-first century is represented at Museum Kunstpalast with a comprehensive stock of more than 3000 works as well as numerous permanent loans. The art of contemporaries has been a collecting subject ever since the museum’s foundation in 1913; but it is only since 1969 that a Department of Modern Art has existed in its own right.

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Stephan BalkenholGroßer Kopf mit kleinem Mann, 2010 Wawaholz, bemalt

News from the Collection

A New Permanent Loan

Coinciding with the inaugural show of our newly-hung collection, the Museum is proud to present as a new permanent loan by a private lender, Stephan Balkenhol’s sculpture, Grosser Kopf mit kleinem Mann (Large Head with Little Man), of 2010.

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Erika Kiffl, Karlsbad, 1939 – lebt in Düsseldorf; Ulrike Rosenbach; Performance Meine Macht ist meine Ohnmacht; Kunstmuseum Düsseldorf, 1978; S/W-Fotografie, Gelatinesilberabzug; Archiv künstlerischer Fotografie der rheinischen Kunstszene; © Erika Kiffl

AFORK

Photographic Archive of the Rhine Art Scene

The photo archive has initially concentrated on the work of three renowned protagonists of event photography: Benjamin Katz, Erika Kiffl and Manfred Leve.

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