At the heart of the Museum Ludwig lies its extensive permanent collection, which boasts several distinctions: It contains the largest collection of Pop Art outside the United States, the world’s third-largest Picasso collection, major works of German Expressionism and New Objectivity, and some seventy thousand photographs chronicling the evolution of the medium from its earliest beginnings to the present day. Together, these form one of the most important collections of twentieth- and twenty-first-century art anywhere in the world. This selection of 146 artworks from the collection was guided by the museum’s efforts to expand the collection to include previously overlooked artists, namely those from non-European countries and women, who remain largely underrepresented in the museum’s holdings. The Museum Ludwig collection is continuously evolving, and this publication highlights specific aspects of it in its current form.
Text: Dominik Busch, llona Ciesielski, Stephan Diederich, Yilmaz Dziewior, Barbara Engelbach, Erich Franz, Julia Friedrich, Erec Gellautz, Barbara Hess, Silke Immenga, Christina Irrgang, Rita Kersting, Ania Kołyszko, Adelheid Komenda, Michael Krajewski, Helena Kuhlmann, Iris Maczollek, Christiane Meixner, Kathrin Michel, Janice Mitchell, Anne Niermann, Leonie Pfennig, Luise Pilz, Thomas Pöhler, Andreas Prinzing, Leonie Radine, Joanne Rodriguez, Katrin Sauerländer, Simone Schmahl, Leonore Spemann, Rainer Stamm, Miriam Szwast
Yilmaz Dziewior
Museum Ludwig, Köln Moderne Kunst Zeitgenössische Kunst Pop Art Deutscher Expressionismus Neue Sachlichkeit Sammlungskatalog