Museum Ludwig
The Museum Ludwig in Cologne, Germany, is a public museum created to foster civic engagement with modern and contemporary art.
The Museum Ludwig in Cologne, Germany, is a public museum created to foster civic engagement with modern and contemporary art. Thanks to its unique collection and exhibition program, the Museum Ludwig has enjoyed long-standing ties with the USA. With the largest Pop Art collection outside the United States, as well as a large collection of contemporary US American artists, the museum has always had a special relationship with the USA.
The International Society Museum Ludwig, which launched in 2018 as an affiliation of the Gesellschaft für Moderne Kunst am Museum Ludwig e.V., honors and furthers a tradition of exchange by helping the museum to expand its collection, supporting conservation projects, and special exhibitions. Since its inception, the International Society has supported many important projects and hosted multiple events in New York.
http://www.international-society-museum-ludwig.com
To date, projects include:
- support for the exhibition "Along the Color Line- Traces of a Transatlantic Modernism," which opens in October 2026
- a dance and performance component for the exhibition "Five Friends" with Robert Rauschenberg, Cy Twombly, Jasper Johns, John Cage, and Merce Cunningham in 2025
- a new educational program targeting underserved youth as part of the Roni Horn exhibition in 2024
- ongoing support for the maintenance of the Permanent Collection
- Support for the Isamu Noguchi exhibition in 2022
- the restoration of Brice Marden's seminal painting "Humiliatio"
- the ground-breaking Wade Guyton retrospective in 2019
- the rental of Cameron Rowland's important work "Out of Sight" from 2020
- support for the exhibition "On the Value of Time" on view until 2025
The Museum Ludwig is an actively collecting institution as well as a generator of new art. It maintains close ties to private collectors and foundations and also works closely with artists from around the world to forge new developments in contemporary culture. Generating new scholarly insights when organizing exhibitions of well-established artists or publishing catalogues raisonnés in connection with mid-career surveys of contemporary artists are among its priorities.
All donations are greatly appreciated. Full Single Membership is $5,000 and Full Family Membership is $7,500. Full membership benefits include:
- Invitations to exclusive events in New York
- Invitations to private events at the Museum Ludwig
- Unlimited free admission for you and your guests to the museum
- Invitations to the annual ceremony of the Wolfgang Hahn Prize, followed by a gala dinner
- Eligible to submit nominations for the Wolfgang Hahn Prize
- Access to exclusive artist editions
- Catalogues for special exhibitions at the Museum Ludwig
- Free admission to 12 partner museums in Germany, Italy, and Switzerland
- Tips and recommendations for individual trips to Europe and Germany
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Support exhibition exploring Black modernist perspectives
We invite you to support the upcoming exhibition “Along the Color Line – Traces of a Transatlantic Modernism” at the Museum Ludwig in Cologne, Germany, on view from October 3, 2026, to March 7, 2027. This exhibition, curated by Eboa Itondo from the Museum Ludwig, brings together artistic voices and movements that explore Black modernist perspectives across the Atlantic, highlighting their lasting impact on visual culture and contemporary understanding of history, identity, and creativity. We are seeking donations from individuals and communities committed to celebrating and amplifying Black cultural expression. Your support directly contributes to the development, presentation, and accessibility of this important exhibition. Become a supporter
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By becoming a supporter, you help ensure that this exhibition can reach its full potential and foster greater engagement with Black cultural and artistic expression across histories and geographies. More about the exhibition
With “Along the Color Line – Traces of a Transatlantic Modernism ” the Museum Ludwig is dedicating itself for the first time to the influence of European modernism on Black artists and intellectuals in the USA and examining their cultural exchange with movements of the African diaspora in Europe. The exhibition shows modern and contemporary works by US and European artists in dialogue with literary texts by sociologist W.E.B. Du Bois (1868–1963), who spent formative years in Europe. The exhibition's supporting program places a special focus on salon culture, which built crucial bridges between actors on both sides of the Atlantic in the 1920s and 30s. The exhibition aims to bring together a large selection of outstanding artists such as Belkis Ayón, Frank Bowling, Beuford Delaney, Aaron Douglas, Lubaina Himid, Loïs Mailou Jones, and Henry Ossawa Tanner, among many others. We invite you to be part of this exceptional exhibition!
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