Düsseldorf

Heavenly Stately Courtly  |  Old Masters, 09 20 2008 - 01 11 2009 Peter Paul Rubens, Jan Wellem und Anna Maria Luisa d'Medici: The works that remain in the museum's possession from the former Electoral collection, complemented by a selection of high-calibre loans, form the point of departure of the show; but surely its centrepiece is the monumental painting of the Assumption of the Virgin by Peter Paul Rubens, on permanent loan from the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf.  Image: Jan Frans van Douven: Der Kurfürst Johann Wilhelm von Pfalz-Neuburg und die Kurfürstin Anna Maria Luisa de’ Medici, 1708, Öl auf Leinwand, 243 x 182, Florenz, Uffizien, Vasari-Korridor, Inv. 1890, Nr. 2718 Museum Kunst Palast Stiftung museum kunst palast Ehrenhof 4-5 40479 Düsseldorf, Germany Hours: Tuesday to Sunday 11 am - 6 pm. Closed on Mondays Admission: 4,50 € /  concessions 2,50 € http://www.museum-kunst-palast.de

Lawrence Weiner - AS FAR AS THE EYE CAN SEE  |   Contemporary Art, 09 27 2008 - 01 11 2009 The exhibition is a retrospective on the oeuvre of one of the cofounders  of so-called Conceptual Art. There has not been a comparative show of this radical, complex, epoch-making and influential work since 1988. Image: Lawrence Weiner, A PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS ASAP, 2004, language + the materials referred to, dimensions variable, Collection of Glenn Fuhrman, Weiner holding Icelandic version before it was taken out to sea and thrown overboard for Material Time Work Time Life Time at Reykjavik Arts Festival, Reykjavik, 2004, photo by Kristian Hrafnarson, New York, artwork © 2008 Lawrence Weiner/ VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2008 K21 Kunstsammlung im Ständehaus Ständehausstraße 1 40217 Düsseldorf, Germany Opening Hours Tuesdays to Fridays 10.00 a.m. to 6.00 p.m. / Saturdays and Sundays 11.00 a.m. to 6.00 p.m. Closed on Mondays / 1st Wednesday in the month 10.00 a.m. to 10.00 p.m. Admissions: ask for the combine ticket Entrance fees 6,50 € / concessions 5€ http://www.kunstsammlung.de

Reiner Ruthenbeck  |  Sculptures, 10 12 2008 - 01 11 2009 In the autumn of 2008, the Kunsthalle Düsseldorf and the Stiftung Wilhelm Lehmbruck Museum, Duisburg are staging a retrospective exhibition of works by the sculptor Reiner Ruthenbeck (*1937) who is among the most important German sculptors of his generation. Image: Reiner Ruthebeck Wet cloth, 1988 cloth, water, tube, flexible tube 5,5 m x 4,5 m © VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2008 Kunsthalle Düsseldorf Grabbeplatz 4 D-40213 Düsseldorf. Germany Hours: Tue to Sat 12 pm - 7 pm Sundays and public holidays 11 am - 6 pm Admission: adults 5.50 € / concessions 3.50 € http://www.kunsthalle-duesseldorf.de

Diana and Actaeon The Forbidden Glimpse of the Naked Body  |  Old Masters, 10 25 2008 - 02 15 2009 Using works that relate directly to the mythical tale included in the  book "Metamorphoses" by Ovid, the exhibition seeks to cover a broad range of references using paintings from antiquity until the contemporary art. Works by Gustave Courbet, Auguste Rodin, Pierre Bonnard, Ferdinand Hodler, Gustav Klimt, Egon Schiele, Pablo Picasso, Marcel Duchamp,Balthus, Pierre Klossowski and Tom Wesselman as well as Robert Mapplethorpe, Markus Raetz, Balthasar Burkhard, Cindy Sherman, Nobuyoshi Araki, Noritoshi Hirakawa and Marlene Dumas. Image: Rembrandt van Rijn Diana mit Aktäon und Kallisto, 1634 Öl auf Leinwand, 73,5 x 93,5 cm Foto: Achim Kukulies, Düsseldorf Fürst zu Salm-Salm, Museum Wasserburg Anholt Museum Kunst Palast Stiftung museum kunst palast Ehrenhof 4-5 40479 Düsseldorf, Germany Hours: Tuesday to Sunday 11 am - 6 pm. Closed on Mondays Admission: 4,50 € /  concessions 2,50 € http://www.museum-kunst-palast.de

Ayşe Erkmen - Hausgenossen  |  Installation, 11 8 2008 - 01 14 2010 Turkish artist Ayşe Erkmen arranges a location-specific installation for the large area beneath K21's glass cupola Image:  Ayse Erkmen, Hausgenossen, 2008, Courtesy Galerie Barbara Weiss, Berlin, © Ayşe Erkmen, 2008, © Photo: Achim Kukulies, Düsseldorf 2008 K21 Kunstsammlung im Ständehaus Ständehausstraße 1 40217 Düsseldorf, Germany Opening Hours Tuesdays to Fridays 10.00 a.m. to 6.00 p.m. / Saturdays and Sundays 11.00 a.m. to 6.00 p.m. Closed on Mondays / 1st Wednesday in the month 10.00 a.m. to 10.00 p.m. Admissions: ask for the combine ticket Entrance fees 6,50 € / concessions 5€ http://www.kunstsammlung.de

Walking in many different directions  |   Contemporary Art, 11 9 2008 - 01 4 2009 Walking in many different directions demonstrates how art, fashion and design interact with and influence one another. Among the artists: A.F. Vandevorst, Louise Amstrup, Alexandra Bircken, c.neeon, Matali Crasset: Bernhard Willhelm, Kris Van Assche, Bruno Pieters, Hermès kuratiert von Andreas Hoyer & Andy Scherpereel (Heimat), Thea Djordjadze, and many others. Image: Alexandra Bircken, Ship, 2007 Äste, Wolle, Kupferdraht, getrocknete Pflanzen KIT Kunst im Tunnel Grabbeplatz 4 40213 Düsseldorf, Germany Opening hours: Tuesday - Saturday from 12 am - 7 pm / Sunday and holiday hours from 11 am - 6 pm Admission: € 4 / Concessions: € 3 http://www.kunst-im-tunnel.de

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