Exhibitions-Overview – Käthe Kollwitz Museum Köln

Address

Käthe Kollwitz Museum Köln

Neumarkt 18-24 / Neumarkt Passage

50667 Köln

+49 (0)221 227 2899

+49 (0)221 227 2602

museum@dcb148b342404334885c28568b70ae05kollwitz.de

Opening hours

Tue - Sun

11 am – 6 pm

Public holidays

11 am – 6 pm

First Thu each month

11 am – 8 pm

Mon

closed

Please note

The Käthe Kollwitz Museum's exhibition rooms are temporarily closed due to extensive renovation work.

Coming soon

Our planned exhibition after the reopening of the museum

Hanna Nagel. Rediscovery of a pioneer of feminist art

Hanna Nagel

Rediscovery of a pioneer of feminist art

Louise Stomps. Sculptures and Drawings 1928—1988

Louise Stomps

Sculptures and Drawings
1928—1988

aRCHIVE

2023

While the exhibition rooms of the Käthe Kollwitz Museum Köln are closed for renovation work after almost 40 years of existence, we look forward to welcoming you to our pop-up space RAUM FÜR NEUES:

RAUM FÜR NEUES — Open due to construction

2.2.2023 - 16.3.2024

RAUM FÜR NEUES —
Discover our Pop-up Space

We are also presenting selected works by the artist in the series »Encounters — Käthe Kollwitz as a Guest ...« in various museums and exhibition venues in Cologne:

ENCOUNTERS — Käthe Kollwitz as a Guest in the Wallraf-Richartz-Museum Stomps. Sculptures and Drawings 1928—1988

18.8.- 16.11.2023
Prolonged until 18.2.2024

ENCOUNTERS —
Käthe Kollwitz as a Guest
at the Wallraf-Richartz-Museum

ENCOUNTERS — Käthe Kollwitz as a Guest in the Cologne Cathedral Treasury

18.5.– 10.9.2023

ENCOUNTERS —
Käthe Kollwitz as a Guest
in the Cologne Cathedral Treasury

ENCOUNTERS — Käthe Kollwitz as a Guest in the Museum Ludwig

28.2.– 4.6.2023

ENCOUNTERS —
Käthe Kollwitz as a Guest
in the Museum Ludwig

TRANSIT — Chorweiler x Kollwitz

6.6.2023 - 31.1.2024
Prolonged until 23.3.2024

TRANSIT —
Chorweiler x Kollwitz

2022

Transit - Chorweiler x Kollwitz

24 November - 11 December 2022

Transit

Chorweiler x Kollwitz

The new Simplicissimus. Satire for the Bonn Republic

1 July - 13 November 2022

The new Simplicissimus

Satire for the Bonn Republic

Kollwitz Context – The Oeuvre Behind the Masterpieces

11 March - 19 June 2022

Kollwitz Context –
The Oeuvre Behind the Masterpieces

The exhibition on the occasion of the publication of the new Kollwitz monograph

Maria Lassnig

1 October 2021 – 30 January 2022

Maria Lassnig

The Klewan Collection

2021

Käthe Kollwitz - Portraits in Focus

19 August - 26 September 2021

»The expression in his eyes –
a brooding glance into the distance«

Käthe Kollwitz - Portraits in Focus
The Cologne Kollwitz Collection

Earth and Fire. Jan Kollwitz – Japanese ceramics

19 - 29 August 2021

Earth and Fire
Jan Kollwitz – Japanese ceramics

The great-grandson of Käthe Kollwitz
as a guest at the Käthe Kollwitz Museum Köln

Friedrich Seidenstücker – Life in the City

21 May – 15 August 2021

Friedrich Seidenstücker –
Life in the City

Photographs from the 1920s to the 1940s
Ann and Jürgen Wilde Foundation,
Bavarian State Painting Collections,
Munich

Art Déco - Graphic Design from Paris

25 September 2020 - 10 January 2021
Prolonged until 16 May 2021

Art Déco

Graphic Design from Paris

2020

»Loving and letting go...«

4 February - 13 March 2020
9 June - 20 September 2020

»Loving and letting go...«

Personal Moments in the Work of Käthe Kollwitz

Berlin Realism - From Käthe Kollwitz to Otto Dix

11 October 2019 - 26 January 2020

Berlin Realism

From Käthe Kollwitz to Otto Dix

2019

Berlin Realism - From Käthe Kollwitz to Otto Dix

11 October 2019 - 26 January 2020

Berlin Realism

From Käthe Kollwitz to Otto Dix

Kollwitz in the Dining Room – Not an “easy meal” to digest

4 July – 29 September 2019

Kollwitz in the Dining Room –
Not an “easy meal” to digest

Insights into private Kollwitz collections

Anja Niedringhaus

29 March - 30 June 2019

Anja Niedringhaus

What remains....

Turning points

10 January – 24 March 2019

Turning points

Changes and new departures in the work of Käthe Kollwitz.

If you are interested in exhibitions in the Käthe Kollwitz Museum Köln that go back further in time, please have a look at the German version here.

Kollwitz on Tour

Works from the Cologne Kollwitz Collection on loan in special exhibitions all around the world

Käthe Kollwitz, Abschiedwinkende Soldatenfrauen, 2. Fassung, 1937/1938, Bronze, Seeler 32 I.B.1.2., Kölner Kollwitz Sammlung © Käthe Kollwitz Museum Köln, Foto: Goldberg / Fuis

25 February - 16 June 2024

MAESTRAS
Women Masters 1500–1900

With two loans from the
Käthe Kollwitz Museum Köln

Arp Museum
Bahnhof Rolandseck,
Remagen

Käthe Kollwitz, Selbstbildnis mit aufgestütztem Kopf, 1889-91, Feder und Pinsel in Sepia auf Bütten, 200 x 160 mm, NT 12, Käthe Kollwitz Museum Köln

20 March – 9 June 2024

KOLLWITZ

With 13 loans from the
Käthe Kollwitz Museum Köln
Städel Museum, Frankfurt a. M.

Käthe Kollwitz, Frauenkopf im Profil nach links, um 1905, NT 361, Kölner Kollwitz Sammlung, Käthe Kollwitz Museum Köln

23 March – 16 June 2024

TAKING A STAND –
KÄTHE KOLLWITZ
With interventions
by Mona Hatoum

With 34 loans from the
Käthe Kollwitz Museum Köln
Kunsthalle Bielefeld

Käthe Kollwitz, Woman with Dead Child, 1903, Brown and blue pastel on drawing paper, 481 x 584 mm, NT 234, Käthe Kollwitz Museum Köln

31 March – 20 July 2024

KÄTHE KOLLWITZ

With seven loans from the
Käthe Kollwitz Museum Köln
MoMA, New York

Käthe Kollwitz (1867-1945), Solidarität, 1931/32, Lithokreide auf weißem Karton, 635 x 877 mm, NT 1229, Käthe Kollwitz Museum Köln

7 November 2024 – 25 February 2025

KÄTHE KOLLWITZ

With 78 loans from the
Käthe Kollwitz Museum Köln
Statens Museum for Kunst,
Kopenhagen