ArtTalks 2026

Upcoming ArtTalks

AMAZÔNIA: Big Nature, Compelling QuestionsPhotography by Sebastião Salgado
05.02.2026, 10:30 Uhr
and 05.02.2026, 18:30 Uhr
Rautenstrauch-Joest Museum
Info & Tickets
Smile! How the Smile Came Into PhotographyFrom stiff portraits to selfies
05.03.2026, 10:30 Uhr
and 05.03.2026, 18:30 Uhr
Museum Ludwig
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Yayoi Kusama: The World-Famous Dot ObsessionBlockbuster retrospective at Museum Ludwig
02.04.2026, 10:30 Uhr
and 02.04.2026, 18:30 Uhr
Museum Ludwig
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Bye Bye WallrafA farewell ArtTalk before renovation
07.05.2026, 10:30 Uhr
and 07.05.2026, 18:30 Uhr
Wallraf-Richartz Museum
Info & Tickets
Yayoi Kusama: A Quieter Art ExtravaganzaA calmer way to experience Kusama
02.07.2026, 10:30 Uhr
and 02.07.2026, 18:30 Uhr
Museum Ludwig
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HERE AND NOW: Collecting Memories from Turtle IslandIndigenous perspectives and museum narratives
03.09.2026, 10:30 Uhr
and 03.09.2026, 18:30 Uhr
Museum Ludwig
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Along the Color Line: Transatlantic Modernism, ReframedHarlem Renaissance and beyond
05.11.2026, 10:30 Uhr
and 05.11.2026, 18:30 Uhr
Museum Ludwig
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December ArtTalkSave the date. Details Coming Soon
03.12.2026, 10:30 Uhr
and 03.12.2026, 18:30 Uhr
Cologne Museum (TBA)
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Lee Ufan: Quiet Power and Radical SimplicityMinimalism that rewards attention
07.01.2027, 10:30 Uhr
and 07.01.2027, 18:30 Uhr
Museum Ludwig
Info & Tickets

Upcoming ArtTalks

AMAZÔNIA: Big Nature, Compelling QuestionsPhotography by Sebastião Salgado

Smile! How the Smile Came Into PhotographyFrom stiff portraits to selfies

Yayoi Kusama: The World-Famous Dot ObsessionBlockbuster retrospective at Museum Ludwig

Bye Bye WallrafA farewell ArtTalk before renovation

Yayoi Kusama: A Quieter Art ExtravaganzaA calmer way to experience Kusama

HERE AND NOW: Collecting Memories from Turtle IslandIndigenous perspectives and museum narratives

Along the Color Line: Transatlantic Modernism, ReframedHarlem Renaissance and beyond

December ArtTalkSave the date. Details Coming Soon

Lee Ufan: Quiet Power and Radical SimplicityMinimalism that rewards attention

Past ArtTalks

🌈 Interwoven Lives: The Legacy of Five VisionariesExploring the Untold Connections That Shaped US Post-War Modern Art and Dance

Shaping Spaces: Sculpture & Installations at Museum Ludwig🏛️✨ Sculpture’s Magic: A Journey into Three Dimensions 🗿

American Pop Art: Bold, Funky, and Revolutionary 🌟Europe’s Largest American Pop Art Collection

French Impressionists from SwitzerlandDiscover Swiss Treasures✨

🎨 Dive into the World of German Art Rebels!How German painters stamped out a new 🌎universe

From Wunderkammer to Digital Dreams; A Museum of MuseumsExperience Art Through Time at the Wallraf Special Exhibition 🎨🌟

Museum Ludwig is re-telling the story of the Fluxus art movement!The Wild Story of Fluxus😮💥

Through Chargesheimer’s Lens: Life and Art in Post-War CologneFrom Photos to Kinetic Sculptures 💥

Women in Art Reflections & Upcoming Chargesheimer Event!What’s Next for ArtTalkers 💥

Women in Art: Celebrating New PerspectivesUnveiling the Stories of Female Artists at Museum Ludwig

Roni Horn. Give Me Paradox or Give Me DeathMuseum Ludwig showcases Artists Influential Work

Collector’s Dreams at the Wallraf-Richartz Museum 🏛️Glorious Moments in Netherlandish Baroque 🎨🌟

Kasper König’s Personal Donation to Museum Ludwig1000 … Miles to the Edge. 50 Works of Art Given to Museum Ludwig

1000 Miles to the Edge, Kasper König DonationKasper König’s Contributions and Art Legacy to Museum Ludwig

Once Upon a Time on December 7: Discovering Füsun Onur’s Remarkable Art at Museum Ludwig„Karla’s inspirational🌟 talk transported me into an art world that was previously unknown. It has left a lasting impression”

Once Upon a Time: Discovering Füsun Onur’s Extraordinary Art at Museum LudwigArtTalks November 2 at 10:30 + December 7 at 18:30

Discover the Latest at Museum Ludwig!🖼️ Fresh Hangings & Exciting ArtTalk 🗓️ Join us on September 7th

🎨📸 ArtTalks at Museum Ludwig CologneAugust 3 Wrap-Up on the show “Image/CounterImage”

Photography in Museum LudwigPerformative Female Artists get loud 🥳

“Ursula” Bluhm Retrospective: ArtTalks in Museum LudwigWhat’s in Pandora’s box and your feedback to Ursula’s artwork

Homage to a Cologne hidden champion 💪🏻 Ursula Schultze-Bluhm in Museum LudwigSurrealism reloaded with a spectacular new show

Update and insights on the spectacular Museum Ludwig show!Wonderfully weird worlds of the painter “Ursula”

Wonderfully Weird “Ursula” and the Surrealist MindsetMuseum Ludwig: Reconsideration of the work of Ursula Schultze-Bluhm + more exceptional artists.

Susanne: Revealing Images of a Virtuous WomanThe World's first Susanna exhibition at the Wallraf-Richartz Museum

Impressionists Reloaded in the WallrafGuest Blogpost by Veronika Klar 🌞

Positive 🤗 Awareness through ArtMore on Resilience. Welcome inspiring moments at the Wallraf Museum

Overcoming the OddsWhat we can learn about resilience 💪🏽 from stellar artists

Isamu Noguchi: Hidden Gardens, Sculpture and DesignArtTalk Retrospective in Museum Ludwig

ArtTalk April UPDATE 🤗🎯Next ArtTalk: April 7th in Cologne’s Museum Ludwig

Museums in Cologne are Open but not for Groups

🏳‍🌈ArtTalk Special Nr.3🗽A new look at the extraordinary life and work of the pop art superstar – Andy Warhol😎

Museum Ludwig May 2th at 10 + 18.30 hArtTalk Nil Yalter: Exile is a hard Job

February 7th ArtTalk300 Years of American Art

Last minute Rosenquist talk?!

The Good, Bad and Ugly in Art

How the French artist Fernand Léger uses “harassment” to make

“How to get Ideas – Inspiring books on Creativity.” A colorful personal short-list of 17 German and English books!

ArtTalkers Talk: Joan Mitchell Retrospective

Expressionist Painter Joan Mitchell—strong and resilient against the odds

Art Talkers Talk by LeeAnne Bray

Ludwig Goes Pop!

Art Talks and Pictures Speak to Us!

Art Talk (February): Face-to-Face in the Wallraf

ArtTalks at 11. Internationaler DGSL-LernKongress

January 3 ArtTalk Art Spiegelman

David Hockney—a bigger picture

Schedule ArtTalks 2013

Von der Heydt Museum Rally, September, 13 2012

ArtTalk experience by Penny Forrest. October 4, 2012

912 – Mission Moderne: Die Jahrhundertschau des Sonderbundes

Sex and the Surrealists

Museum 2.0

Diamonds, diamonds, real diamonds

Claes Oldenburg – Long Live Pop Art!

Sculpture Park

The Sturm and the European Avant Garde

Crazy Color and the Expressionist Dynamic in Painting

Abstract Art

Alfred Sisley

From Rembrandt to Topmodern Portraits

Vija Celmins and Hollywood

Art Cologne 2011

Rautenstrauch-Joest Museum

The Fascinating World of la Bohème!

From Paris to New York

Max Beckmann

Still Life

Roy Lichtenstein

“Take off to the Countryside!“