Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen

As the Freunde der Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen e.V., we have been accompanying the Kunstsammlung since 1969. Our support is primarily aimed at fulfilling the wishes of the museum's management with regard to the acquisition of works of art. This has enabled us to purchase a number of high-caliber works in recent decades. In addition, the Friends support the exhibition program of the Kunstsammlung and raise special donations for social projects run by their education department. Since 2023, the Friends have been awarding the K21 Global Art Award in cooperation with the Kunstsammlung and thanks to generous financial support from the Reydan + Roger Weiss Foundation, a purchase prize of € 100,000, which is one of the highest endowed art purchase prizes internationally.

In order to be able to better meet the financial requirements, which have become significantly greater in the meantime, we warmly welcome all individuals and companies who are happy to support this internationally highly respected museum of modern and contemporary art. A membership of the Freunde der Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen e.V. has a lot to offer! Meet like-minded people at over 40 exclusive events a year as well as excursions and trips to which we invite our friends. Our young members also enjoy an additional program as part of Klub21. There are many good reasons to become a member of the Friends and support the “State Gallery” of North Rhine-Westphalia with its public mission.

Advisory Board

Dr. Friderike Bagel
Sabine Crasemann
Gewa Gieseler (Klub21)
Jan Rüggeberg
Thomas Sauter
Kurt von Storch
Michael Zimmer

Board

Leopold Freiherr von Diergardt (Chairman)
Robert Rademacher (Honorary Chairman)

Dr. Hedda im Brahm-Droege
Prof. Dr. Susanne Gaensheimer (Director)
Beate Hoffmann-Becking
Anna-Alexandra Pfau (Klub21)
Dr. Tilman Steinert (Treasurer) (Klub21)
Gabriel Sulkowski

After Work Tour: Hilma af Klint & Wassily Kandinsky. Dreams of the Future, K20, 2024
Preview: Mike Kelley. Ghost and Spirit, K21, 2024
Special Tour: K21 Global Art Award, K21, 2024
Art Break: Nevin Aladağ, K20, 2023
Preview: Isaac Julien. What Freedom Is To Me, K21, 2023
Tour: JENNY HOLZER, K21, 2023
After Work Tour: Etel Adnan. Poetry of Colors , K20, 2023
Tour: K21 Global Art Award 2023, Senzeni Marasela, K21
Art Trip to Den Haag and Rotterdam, 2023
After Work: Mondrian. Evolution, 2022
Preview: Lygia Pape. The Skin of ALL, 2022
Tour: K20 Collection, 2022
After Work: Pablo Picasso Kriegsjahre, 2020, Photo: Friends of the Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen

Events and Art Excursions

Flipbook current monthly program

January

TUE 1/13 19.30 – 20.30

K20

After work tour: "Queer Modernism. 1900 to 1950" with curator Dr. Isabelle Malz

FRI 1/16 18 – 19.30

Neighborhood visit to Essen: Visit to the exhibition "William Kentridge. Listen to the Echo" at Museum Folkwang with the curator Dr. Tobias Burg

TUE 1/20 18.30 – 19.30

Studio visit at Mikołaj Sobczak

SAT 1/24 15 – 16

Klub21: Studio visit at Sophie Esslinger

February

TUE 2/10 19.30 – 20.30

K21

After work tour: “Land and Soil. How We Live Together“ with curator Kolja Reichert

WED 2/11 18 – 19.30

Klub21: Visit to the private collection of Leopold and Erika von Diergardt

SAT 2/21 15 – 16.30

K21

Guided tour with kids (3-7 years): "Land and Soil. How We Live Together" with Dr. Karin Mohr

TUE 2/24 18 – 19

Visit to the Droege Group "Encounter: Thomas Schütte"

THU 2/26 13 – 13.30

K20

Art break with the curator Dr. Susanne Meyer-Büser

March

SUN 3/1 15 – 16

Klub21: Visit to the private collection of Alexander Köser in Cologne

TUE 3/10 19.30 – 20.30

K20

After work tour: Making-of "Anne Truitt" with the curator Dr. Vivien Trommer

SAT 3/14 11 – 19