Abteiberg Museum

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Abteiberg Museum
Museum Abteiberg
Museum Abteiberg
Museum Abteiberg
Museum Abteiberg, Mönchengladbach, North Rhine-Westphalia

Museum Abteiberg is a municipal museum for contemporary art in the German city Mönchengladbach.

Since the 1970s, the museum has been known for its experimental and avant-garde exhibitions, starting with director Johannes Cladders (1967–1985), and also its museum architecture, designed by Austrian architect Hans Hollein – a highpoint of postmodern design.

  • 1907‒1933 Carl Schurz
  • 1933‒1945 Julius Koenzgens
  • 1945‒1967 Heinrich Dattenberg
  • 1967‒1985 Johannes Cladders
  • 1985‒1994 Dierk Stemmler
  • 1995‒2003 Veit Loers
  • since 2004 Susanne Titz

Collection

Expressionism

Constructivism

Dada

Informel

Photography

  • Man Ray, Portrait of James Joyce, 1922/59
  • Man Ray, Kiki's Lips, 1929/59
  • Man Ray, Tears, 1933/59
  • Man Ray, Women with open Hair, 1931/59
  • Man Ray, Selfportrait with Camera 1931/59
  • Man Ray, Antique Head with Mirror, 1931/59

Op art

Zero

Nouveau Réalisme

Pop Art

Minimal Art

Further Departments

Library, classrooms for education, cafeteria (temporarily closed).

Buildings of the Museum

Detail of the museum
  • 1901‒1904 Rooms within the city hall of Mönchengladbach
  • 1904‒1925 Former Protestant school on the Fliescherberg (demolished)
  • 1926‒1944 Karl-Brandts-Haus on the Kaiserstraße (demolished in World War II)
  • 1924‒1934 and 1945‒1982 Oskar-Kühlen-Haus on the Bismarckstraße 97
  • since 1982 Städtisches Museum Abteiberg on the Abteistraße

Literature

About the architecture of the museum

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