With an exhibition by Peter Brüning, the Kunstverein Gegenverkehr – Zentrum für aktuelle Kunst e. V. opened festively, on October 3, 1968, in the Theaterstraße 50 in Aachen. According to its articles of association, the Kunstverein strove to “support the art world of the city of Aachen by presenting and discussing current trends in all […]
We cordially invite you to the opening of Rune Mields. Der unendliche Raum – dehnt sich aus on Sunday, October 27, 2024, from 12 pm. Welcome Hilde Scheidt, Mayor AachenCarolin Scharpff-Striebich, Chairwoman Board of Trustees, Peter und Irene Ludwig StiftungEva Birkenstock, Director Ludwig Forum Aachen About the artist Annelie Pohlen, Publicist Bonn
Rune Mields Der unendliche Raum – dehnt sich aus Opening: Sunday, October 27, 2024, 12 pm With Der unendliche Raum – dehnt sich aus (The Infinite Space—Expands), Ludwig Forum is presenting the work of the Cologne-based artist Rune Mields (b. 1935 in Münster), who lived in Aachen from 1965 to 1970. Not only was she […]
At Ludwig Forum Aachen, Clemens Meyer will read from his novel Die Projektoren, which was published in August and was shortlisted for the German Book Prize 2024 and nominated for the Bavarian Book Prize 2024. The reading will be held in German. “An epic about the crises of Europe and the art of storytelling. From […]
We cordially invite you to join us for a studio visit with the current ‘Borderland Residencies’ fellows Ayo Akingbade and the Apparatus 22 collective, who are exploring the specific context of the city, the surrounding region and the museum during their three-month residency in Aachen. While Akingbade is studying the history of Aachen's thermal springs […]
For more than forty years, the Aachen Monday Evening Talks have been a highlight in the university life of the Faculty of Architecture at RWTH Aachen University. Anthropology is at the centre of this year's Monday Evening Talks. As the science of humans, anthropology enquires into the possibilities and limits of being human; into the […]
Lecture by Dr Klara Kemp-Welch, art historian Courtauld Institute of Art, London Welcome: Holger Otten (curator, Ludwig Forum Aachen), moderation: Galina Dekova (research trainee, Ludwig Forum Aachen) Thursday, November 28, 2024, 7pm In her lecture Free Movement? Migration and Mobility in Eastern Europe through the lens of contemporary art, Klara Kemp-Welch introduces her new research […]
Lecture by Bazon Brock
Concert with Garth Erasmus (vocals, bow, alto sax), Carina Khorkhordina (trumpet), Ruth May (viola), Peter Thiessen (cello), Stefan Schneider (electronics) Garth Erasmus is an artist and musician based in Cape Town, South Africa. Threnody for the KhoiSan is his first album under his own name. Since 1985 his artistic interests have broadened to include music-making, […]
In her lecture European Reception of 20th century Japanese Avant-garde curator Aomi Okabe will look back at the exhibition Japon des Avant-Gardes: 1910–1970 (Avant-garde Japan: 1910–1970), which was realized between 1986–1987 at Centre Pompidou in Paris. She was one of the only young Japanese curators commissioned by the Pompidou Center for the preparation of this […]
