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Beginners – as if we still had everything to learn
Does art do something, or does art say something? Can there be art without context? How can art be judged: objectively or subjectively? What does it mean to collect art, […]
30 Werke für 100 Tage – Die Sammlung Ludwig und die Gegenwartskunst
Unfolding across 100 days, the exhibition surveys the early acquisitions of contemporary art by the Aachen-based collectors Peter and Irene Ludwig.
Christina Kubisch. Electrical Walks Aachen
Christina Kubisch has been researching and mapping the electromagnetic fields of cities since 2003; in Electrical Walks, the results are made audible through induction headphones specially designed by the artist. […]
Christina Kubisch. The Emergence of Sound
For more than five decades, sound artist and composer Christina Kubisch (born in 1948 in Bremen) has been making artworks at the intersection of visual art and music, combining composition, […]
Centaur – Human and Horse
On the occasion of this year’s World Equestrian Games, two short films will be presented on a projection screen in the Ludwig Forum’s central exhibition hall.
Nam June Paik. Earth, Moon, Sun
The three-part multi-monitor installation Earth, Moon, Sun (1990) by the video artist Nam June Paik (1932–2006) is one of the key works in the Aachen collection of Peter and Irene Ludwig.
Upcoming
Hamid Zénati. Cut Out
Opening: Friday, 16.10.2026, 7pm
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Social Mapping 2026
From 23 to 28 June 2026, Colombian artist Oscar Murillo invites people of all ages to take part in a multi-day collective drawing session in the courtyard of the Ludwig […]
Struck by an Image
What does it mean to be “struck” by an image? A physical encounter, an emotional connection? Perhaps even a profound realisation or intrusion, usually sudden and unexpected. And do photographs affect us differently than other works of art?
Shu Lea Cheang. KI$$ KI$$
Opening: Wednesday, 26 November 2025, 7pm KI$$ KI$$ is the first institutional survey exhibition of artist Shu Lea Cheang (b. 1954). Since the 1990s, the Taiwanese American artist’s films, installations […]
Zeitbild, Provokation, Kunst [Image of Time, Provocation, Art]: Peter Ludwig on his 100th Birthday
Opening: Thursday, July 10, 2025, 6pm The hundredth anniversary of the birth of the entrepreneur, art collector, and art patron Peter Ludwig falls on July 9, 2025. It was from […]
Rochelle Feinstein. The Today Show
For over four decades, New York born and based artist Rochelle Feinstein (b. 1947, Bronx, NY) has mined the conventions of abstraction in the context of rapidly shifting cultural, political, and media landscapes by integrating a wide range of media—including printmaking, photography, sculpture, collage, digital techniques, and everyday materials such as cardboard, tape, trolleys, and shopping bags.
Durch die Blume – Happy Birthday, Peter Ludwig!
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