until 6 November 2016 the Heumarkt are at the centre of this show Kölnisches GROSSES KINO! (THE BIG SCREEN) by the Cologne City Museum in collabora- 120 years of Cologne cinema history tion with the Romano-Germanic Museum Stadtmuseum This large-scale show, organised by the and is the third in a series of shows focusing Cologne City Museum Cologne City Museum and Köln im Film on a particular Cologne quarter. This show e.V., celebrates the first public cinematic covers a period from the time when the area performance in Germany which took was a dead arm of the river Rhine to the place in Cologne on 20 April 1896. square as a medieval trading hub and finally 6 (see city map below) The focal point of this show will be the to when it became the epicentre of Cologne Zeughausstraße 1–3, 50667 Köln 120-year history of cinema in Cologne, carnival. This square has always been busy, Tel.: +49 (0)221-221-22398 spanning the period from the first colourful, noisy and above all a typical www.museenkoeln.de/ksm projection room at 12 Augustinerplatz Cologne meeting point. limited wheelchair access to the glamorous movie theatres in the city centre, from the cinema boom in the Permanent cabinet exhibition at the Wed – Sun 10 am – 5 pm 1950s and the shoebox cinemas of the KUBUS Tue 10 am – 8 pm 1970s to the present-day mix of multiplex (in the permanent collection) 1st Thu of every month 10 am – 10 pm and arthouse cinemas. until 25 September 2017 The Kölnisches Stadtmuseum shows, 10 December 2016 to 1 May 2017 Carl Niessen and his collection of collects and preserves objects and works of DRUNTER UND DRÜBER (ABOVE AND theatralia from Schloss Wahn art on the history of Cologne from the Mid- BELOW): THE HEUMARKT dle Ages to the present. The permanent Under the horse’s tail – that was the fa- 7 October 2016 to 29 January 2017 collection in the impressive Zeughaus – the Excavation works “Ungerm Stätz” (under the horses’s tail); vourite meeting point for a romantic ren- Heinz Held: the Magic of the Banal city’s former armoury – provides insights photo: Römisch Germanisches Museum / Michael Wiesehöfer dezvous in the bustling Heumarkt square. Heinz Held (1918–1990) lived in Cologne into the history, economy, culture and Ever since this impressive equestrian as a photographer and writer of travelogues everyday life in Cologne. The museum also statue of Prussian king Friedrich Wilhelm from the early post-war period. His book focuses on the particularities of the city III was unveiled in 1878 it has been the “Magie des Banalen (magic of the banal) – and its inhabitants. The unique exhibits huge square’s most prominent landmark. the charm of everyday life”, published include a large-scale model of the city, The waving tail of the horse’s voluminous in 1961, is his attempt to demonstrate magnificent silver of the city council, behind was very much in evidence and his view of the art of photography. In his splendid knights‘ coats of armour and an impossible to overlook for anyone who photos we encounter our own life’s mystery automobile from 1901. had a tryst. This and other stories from rather than that of others. design, thus becoming an international role Museum für Ange- model for at least one generation of maga- zine and book designers, advertisers and pho- wandte Kunst Köln tographers. With this exhibition, MAKK will (MAKK) – Museum be presenting the first large museum show dedicated to Fleckhaus’ œuvre, featuring of Applied Arts Cologne magazines, photos, illustrations, books, book series and posters. until 9 October 2016 9 (see city map below) similar or different. 21 Artists – 5 Years – An der Rechtschule, 50667 Köln Gargonza Arts Tel.: +49 (0)221-221-23860 Introducing all artists from 2012 to 2016, Chair »404«, Stefan Diez, Thonet, 2007y www.makk.de the exhibition showcases the winners’ pieces © Courtesy Stefan Diez Office wheelchair access and projects from the fields of visual arts, literature, architecture and composition. work of Stefan Diez, one of the most Tue – Sun 11 am – 5 pm notable young German designers. 1st Sun of every month 10 am – 5 pm 17 September to 11 December 2016 Diez’s multi-facetted work provides an 1st Thu of every month 11 am – 10 pm “Delightful!”. Precious boxes and impressive perspective on the state of miniature portraits from two Cologne- the art. Addressing current challenges, The MAKK is the only museum of its kind based collections the exhibition shows how the seemingly in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia. twen, No. 12, 1966, photo: Sam Haskins, graphic design: The two Cologne-based collectors, Dr. Cläre impossible becomes possible and how On more than 5,000 square metres of Willy Fleckhaus, © Carsten Wolff, Fine German Design Pelzer and Günter Becker, share a love of new and fascinating products are exhibition space in a building designed by miniature art. The snuff and powder boxes, created. A paper travel bag, a sofa that Rudolf Schwarz, it shows treasures from the until 11 December 2016 the bonbonnières and the miniature portraits gets its characteristic shape through Middle Ages to the present. The thematic Willy Fleckhaus. Design, Revolt, Rainbow still fascinate contemporary audiences. the use of polystyrene beads blown into focal points are glass, ceramics, porcelain, There was a reason why Willy Fleckhaus interior chambers, a food processor or jewellery, furniture, textile art, as well as was nicknamed ‚Germany’s most expensive 17 January to 11 June 2017 light switch, delicate Japanese porcelain, architecture, photography and graphic art. pencil‘. Like no-one else, he defined the FULL HOUSE: Design by Stefan Diez bamboo furniture, luminaires, chairs or The section ‘Kunst + Design im Dialog’ is visual culture of the 1960s, 70s and 80s. Willy Parallel to imm cologne, the Cologne shelving systems: Diez always develops unique in Europe and presents international Fleckhaus amalgamated the rationale of Museum of Applied Arts will open the first his forms by playfully questioning pro- design classics in the context of visual art. Swiss graphic design with American editorial comprehensive exhibition featuring the duction processes and use. Museum für Ostasiatische Kunst Museum of East Asian Art = (see city map below) Universitätsstraße 100, 50674 Köln Tel.: +49 (0)221-221-28608 www.museenkoeln.de/mok wheelchair access Tue – Sun 11am – 5 pm 1st Thu of every month 11 am – 10 pm In 1909, the first museum for East Asian art in Europe was established in Cologne. The museum founders acquired superb works of Buddhist painting and wood sculpture from Asia, decorated screens, colour woodcuts and lacquer works from Kitagawa Utamaro, Lovers in front of a screen, Japan, 18th c., © MOK Cologne / Rheinisches Bildarchiv, Cologne (RBA), S. Walz Fudô Myôô, Japan, Edo period, dat. 1665, © MOK Cologne / Japan, as well as Chinese and Korean Rheinisches Bildarchiv, Cologne (RBA), S. Walz pottery. Other highlights from China include religious bronzes, painting and until 29 January 2017 yearning for freedom and a life in the midst tality; Confucian morality and love of virtue; calligraphy. The museum’s collection Passions in East Asian Art of nature, from the joy of erotic play all the pleasures and heartbreaks of love; is presented within the framework of the way to the overcoming of the passions games and other entertainments; Buddhism temporary exhibitions in the building by What would a life be like without passions? through Buddhism: Every aspect is there. and the liberation from all passions. In this the renowned Japanese architect Kunio In the art of East Asia, human passions play The exhibition is sub-divided into five exhibition, the museum presents the riches Maekawa which opened in 1977. a major role. From the love of the arts, the themes: Yearning for freedom and immor- of its collection. until 8 January 2017 5 to 27 November 2016 Bauhaus, Constructivism, with the Cologne Museum We Call It Ludwig (every Saturday and Sunday) Progressives, and ultimately with the The Museum Is Turning 40! HERE AND NOW at Museum Ludwig: abstractionists. There was no shortage of Ludwig The major group exhibition, which Home Visit mutual influences – yet Freundlich took his spans all media, is the high point of the Under the programmatic title Home Visit, own path with his paintings and sculptures, museum’s 2016 anniversary year. For the the second exhibition will not take place his mosaics and stained glass. exhibition, which was jointly conceived in the museum, but in private apartments The exhibition will follow the route de- by Director Yilmaz Dziewior and all the and houses in Cologne. Six international scribed by Otto Freundlich’s life and work, museum’s curators, twenty-five interna- artists and collectives have been invited and trace out the developments in his ! (see city map below) tional artists and collectives have been to develop new works for selected living artistic and philosophical ideas. Heinrich-Böll-Platz, 50667 Köln invited to engage with the museum and spaces and to show them there. Tel.: +49 (0)221-221-26165 develop new works or plan rooms in the www.museum-ludwig.de permanent collection. 9 February to 30 April 2017 wheelchair access Gerhard Richter until 8 January 2017 On 9 February 2017, Gerhard Richter, one Tue – Sun 10 am – 6 pm Master of Beauty: Karl Schenker’s of the most important artists of the 20th 1st Thu of every month 10 am – 10 pm Glamorous Images and 21st centuries and honorary citizen of In the turbulent 1910s and 1920s, the Cologne, will be 85 years old. On this occa- Museum Ludwig possesses the most photographer Karl Schenker (1886–1954) sion, the Museum Ludwig will honour the comprehensive Pop-Art collection was one of the most renowned portrait artist with this intimate cabinet exhibition.