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March 6, 2024 — June 17, 2024

Tübke and Italy: exhibition at the Museum der bildenden Künste Leipzig, 7.3.-16.6.2024

Flügel eines Diptychons mit der Krönung Mariens, Köln, um 1350, Elfenbein, Leihgabe der Peter und Irene Ludwig Stiftung, erworben 2023 für das Museum Schnütgen Support
January 26, 2024 — July 7, 2024

Newly acquired ivory carvings from the time of the Gothic cathedrals

Johann Friedrich August Tischbein, Iris, nach 1800, Hessen Kassel Heritage. Foto: Ute Brunzel Support
December 15, 2023 — March 24, 2024

Old Masters interpreted from a queer Perspective - Exhibition at Schloss Wilhelmshöhe of the Hessen Kessel Heritage

Ausstellungsplakat mit This Way Up Restricted with Melinda Napurrurla Wilson, Polly Anne Napangardi Dixon, Kirsten Nangala Egan and Delena Napaljarri Turner Support
December 8, 2023 — April 7, 2024

REVISIONS made by the Warlpiri of Central Australia and Patrick Warehouse - Exhibition at Rautenstrauch-Joest-Museum, Cologne

Press release
December 05, 2023

Collector Carolin Scharpff-Striebich is the new Chair of the Board of Trustees

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Ludwig Collection: A Selection

Jean Tinguely, Mes Roues, 1960, © VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2023

Jean Tinguely

Mes Roues, 1960–1961

Ludwig Múzeum of Contemporary Art Budapest

Jean Tinguely

Mes Roues
1960–1961



Permanent Loan

© VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2023

Unidentified artist, Chalice crater from Attica, 440 BC,

Unidentified artist

Chalice crater from Attica, 440 BC

Hessen Kassel Heritage – Antikensammlung Schloss Wilhelmshöhe

Unidentified artist

Chalice crater from Attica
440 BC



Permanent Loan

Belkis Ayón, Sin título (Sikán, Nasakó y Espíritu Santo), 1993, © Belkis Ayón Estate. Photo: Carl Brunn, Aachen

Belkis Ayón

Sin título (Sikán, Nasakó y Espíritu Santo), 1993

Ludwig Forum for International Art

Belkis Ayón

Sin título (Sikán, Nasakó y Espíritu Santo)
1993



Permanent Loan

© Belkis Ayón Estate. Photo: Carl Brunn, Aachen

Chicart Bailly, Memento Mori in the form of a tomb, 1520, Photo: DZ-Imagery

Chicart Bailly

Memento Mori in the form of a tomb, 1520–1530

Museum Schnütgen

Chicart Bailly

Memento Mori in the form of a tomb
1520–1530



Permanent Loan

Photo: DZ-Imagery

Gu Gan, Die Labyrinthstadt von Loulan, 1992, © Gu Gan. Photo: Rheinisches Bildarchiv, Cologne, Sabine Walz, rba_d038549

Gu Gan

Die Labyrinthstadt von Loulan, 1992

Museum of East Asian Art

Gu Gan

Die Labyrinthstadt von Loulan
1992



Permanent Loan

© Gu Gan. Photo: Rheinisches Bildarchiv, Cologne, Sabine Walz, rba_d038549

Unidentified artist, Head of Athena of Velletri, 430 BC, Photo: Andreas F. Voegelin, Basel

Unidentified artist

Head of Athena of Velletri, 430 BC

Antikenmuseum Basel und Sammlung Ludwig

Unidentified artist

Head of Athena of Velletri
430 BC



Donation

Photo: Andreas F. Voegelin, Basel

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Peter and Irene Ludwig – Collect Art, Change the World

Collect art, change the world: Beginning in the 1950s, Irene (née Monheim, 1927–2010) and Peter Ludwig (1925–1996) amassed one of the most important art collections of the second half of the twentieth century

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1977: Das Ehepaar an Irene Ludwigs 50. Geburtstag. Statt August Mackes 'Im Garten', 1912, das sich als Dauerleihgabe im Museum Ludwig befindet, ziert dieses Foto die Wand im Salon der Stiftung, zu Ehren der Stifter