40 Years of Athanor: Sigmar Polke’s Golden Lion for the German Pavilion at the 1986 Venice Biennale
In 1986, Sigmar Polke was awarded the Golden Lion at the German Pavilion of the Venice Biennale for his series … more >
ACQUISITION OF THE DRAWING
Ernte (Harvest, 1911) by August Macke
23. April 2026
Von
Henrike Robert
The drawing Ernte (Harvest) by August Macke, originally part of Walter Kaesbach’s donation to the City of Mönchengladbach in 1928, … more >
SOUNDPERFORMANCE
DYLAN KERR
Sunday, April 19, 2 pm
14. April 2026
Von
Henrike Robert
As part of the exhibition GRANT MOONEY sum, Dylan Kerr presents Substratum, a composition for voice and fixed electronics that … more >
GRANT MOONEY
sum
with Laura Aguilar, Olga Balema, Joseph Beuys, Patricia L. Boyd, Wisrah C. V. da R. Celestino, Hanne Darboven, Melvin Edwards, Niloufar Emamifar, Flint Jamison, Jannis Kounellis, Grant Mooney and Winona Sloane Odette, Robert Morris, Ulrich Rückriem, Karin Sander, and Takis
29 March – 20 September 2026
21. March 2026
Von
Henrike Robert
The sculptural works of the US artist Grant Mooney approach material not as an autonomous property of a substance, but … more >
ANDERSCH COLLECTION/ARCHIVE
Field Test #5: Saito – Ay-O
November 20, 2025—November 22, 2026
18. March 2026
Von
Henrike Robert
Field Test #5: Saito – Ay-O marks the final chapter in a series of experimental presentations featuring Fluxus works from … more >
EVA BRANSCOME Hans Hollein’s MasterpieceArt, Architecture and the City
24. February 2026
Von
Henrike Robert
250 × 190 mm, 192 pages, 80 black and white, and 20 colour illustrationsISBN 978-1-84822-715-6, bound, hardcover55 €Available at the … more >
ANNUAL OUTLOOK 2026
13. January 2026
Von
Henrike Robert
Forty-four years after the opening of Museum Abteiberg, the route designed by Hans Hollein across the bridge to the museum’s … more >
2025 MUTUAL ARCHIVES Mutual – Instructions for Care
18. August 2025
Von
Henrike Robert
Alex Graf, Max Graf, Katharina Janz, Aylin Ismihan Kabakci, Lucien Liebecke, Vitus Lux, Antonia Prinz, Ziran Sha Pei, Paula Slomke, … more >
2025 MARIA TOUMAZOU Light industry
24. June 2025
Von
Henrike Robert
Light is the immaterial medium par excellence – ephemeral, intangible and yet essential to our perception. It makes the world … more >
2025 PARK McARTHUR Contact M
28. January 2025
Von
Henrike Robert
Please scroll down for exhibition views.Contact M mumok Abteiberg Elevator Everywherewith Constantina Zavitsanos Elsewhere Spacewith domingo castillo flores Like You … more >
2025 ARI BENJAMIN MEYERS Hymnus (Fankurve), KUNSTHALLE FOR MUSIC in Mönchengladbach, Act III
18. December 2024
Von
Henrike Robert
Hymnus (Fankurve) is a composition developed and recorded by composer and artist Ari Benjamin Meyers in collaboration with highly devoted … more >
2025 ANDERSCH COLLECTION/ARCHIVE Field Test #4: Køpcke – Roth
18. December 2024
Von
Henrike Robert
Whether it’s a sunset made of salami or a joint attached to a telescope as a reimagined “lifesaver”, ANDERSCH COLLECTION/ARCHIVE … more >
MUSEUMS-CHECK
with Markus Brock and Lisa Feller on 3sat
17. December 2024
Von
Henrike Robert
Together with Markus Brock, cabaret artist Lisa Feller explores the Museum Abteiberg.The Museum-Check can be watched in the 3sat mediathek … more >
100 YEARS CLADDERS
12. September 2024
Von
Henrike Robert
I just followed what artists did; that’s where I saw my part in it. Johannes Cladders, 2004 Johannes Cladders would … more >
Reduced and free admission
4. June 2024
Von
Henrike Robert
Reduced admission is available for Visitors attending school, university students and vocational trainees age 25Members of the military and those … more >
2024/05 COMMISSION Rory Pilgrim
28. May 2024
Von
Henrike Robert
Museum Abteiberg is pleased to announce the introduction of the third new commission for KUNSTHALLE FOR MUSIC in Mönchengladbach. The … more >
2024/05 COMMISSION Melika Ngombe Kolongo
15. May 2024
Von
Henrike Robert
Museum Abteiberg is pleased to announce the introduction of the second new commission for KUNSTHALLE FOR MUSIC in Mönchengladbach. The … more >
2024 03 EXPRESSIONISM WORKSHOP Atelier Strichstärke at the Museum Abteiberg
13. May 2024
Von
Henrike Robert
10 March – 12 May 2024 Atelier Strichstärke of the Evangelische Stiftung Hephata has been working together with art mediators … more >
2024/05 Opening ARI BENJAMIN MEYERS: KUNSTHALLE FOR MUSIC in Mönchengladbach, Act II
10. April 2024
Von
Henrike Robert
Day-long opening: Sunday, May 5 3 p.m. Greeting: Ina Brandes, Ministry of Culture and Science of North Rhine-Westphalia Speeches: Felix … more >
2024 ARI BENJAMIN MEYERS, KUNSTHALLE FOR MUSIC in Mönchengladbach, Act II
1. March 2024
Von
Henrike Robert
Performance timesThursday and Friday: 11 a.m. – 5 p.m.Thursday, 20 June: 1 – 7 p.m.Saturday and Sunday: 12 p.m. – … more >
2024/02 ART HISTORY IN THE AGE OF AI Copyright, Technological, and Social Scientific Perspectives on the Digital Archive Project
19. February 2024
Von
Henrike Robert
Sunday, February 18, 3 – 6 pm On the occasion of the completion of the digital archive project www.museum-moenchengladbach-1967-1978.de, Museum … more >
OPEN CALL
Looking for performers for KUNSTHALLE FOR MUSIC at Museum Abteiberg
20. October 2023
Von
Henrike Robert
American artist and composer Ari Benjamin Meyers, in collaboration with Museum Abteiberg, is looking for performers with a strong musical … more >
2023/10 Opening ANDERSCH COLLECTION/ARCHIVE Field Test #3: Fine – Knowles
19. October 2023
Von
Henrike Robert
Fluxus is conceptual. Fluxus is intermedial. Fluxus is humorous. Fluxus is ironic and critical of tradition and art history. But … more >
ANDERSCH COLLECTION/ARCHIVE
Field Test #3: Fine – Knowles
October 19, 2023 – October 6, 2024
15. October 2023
Von
Henrike Robert
Fluxus is conceptual. Fluxus is intermedial. Fluxus is humorous. Fluxus is ironic and critical of tradition and art history. But … more >
2023/08 JULIA SCHER: R.S.I. Book presentation at the closing event of JULIA SCHER: Maximum Security Society
5. September 2023
Von
Henrike Robert
Sunday, August 20, 2023, 3 pm with Julia Scher, Nadia Ismail, Matthias Kliefoth, and Gloria Sutton On the occasion of … more >
2023/06 POWER OF DATA The Cyber Management Campus Mönchengladbach visits Museum Abteiberg
22. May 2023
Von
Henrike Robert
Julia Scher, The Ecology of Visibility (Trumpet), 2020, Courtesy Drei, Cologne, Photo: Detlef Ilgner Tuesday, June 6, 20236 pm: Exhibition … more >
2023/06 BLENDING Q AT THE ABTEIBERG MUSEUM as part of Ensemblia 2023
14. May 2023
Von
Henrike Robert
Saturday, June 17, 2023, 7 p.m.With Konrad Bohley, Almut Elhardt, Florian Egermann, Hend Elbalouty, Stephan Ganoff, Felipe González, Theresa Samimizad, … more >
2023/05 THE NEW PATRONS OF MÖNCHENGLADBACH RUTH BUCHANAN A garden with bridges (spine, stomach, throat, ear)
2. May 2023
Von
Henrike Robert
Sunday, 7. May, 12 am OPENING of the sculpture ensembleGreeting: Thomas Hollkott, Karl Sasserath, Auftraggeber / Felix Heinrichs, Mayor of … more >
JULIA SCHER
Maximum Security Society
March 26 — August 20, 2023
11. March 2023
Von
Henrike Robert
PROGRAM Tuesday, June 6POWER OF DATAThe Cyber Management Campus Mönchengladbach as guest at Museum Abteiberg6 p.m. Tour of the exhibition … more >
RUTH BUCHANAN A Garden with Bridges (spine, stomach, throat, ear)
OPENING OF A COLLABORATIVE PROJECT IN THE NEW PATRONS INITIATIVE PROGRAM
13. February 2023
Von
Henrike Robert
Four years after preparations began, an unusual artwork is being realized in the garden of the Mönchengladbach job center. 2023 … more >
www.museum-moenchengladbach-1967-1978.de
19. December 2022
Von
Henrike Robert
www.museum-moenchengladbach-1967-1978.deThe Exhibitions and Box Catalogues of the Städtisches Museum Mönchengladbach 1967–1978 digital archive projectinitiated by Susanne Rennert & Susanne Titz … more >
PROVENANCES 1950 – 1980
26. October 2022
Von
Henrike Robert
The origin of works in the Museum Abteiberg collection Museum Abteiberg has a comparatively small collection of classical modernist art, … more >
WALTER KAESBACH DONATION
24. October 2022
Von
Henrike Robert
Locating Works from the Walter Kaesbach Donation Since the winter semester 2022/23, students from the Art History Department at Freie … more >
100 YEARS WALTER KAESBACH DONATION
EXPRESSIONISM AT MUSEUM ABTEIBERG
December 9, 2022 – January 7, 2024
21. September 2022
Von
Henrike Robert
Städtisches Museum Mönchengladbach – the municipal museum later known as Museum Abteiberg – first became a contemporary art museum on … more >
2022/09 STUDIO FOR PROPOSITIONAL CINEMA: THE CAMERA OF DISASTER Finissage and catalogue presentation
9. September 2022
Von
Henrike Robert
Studio for Propositional Cinema, The Camera of Disaster, box catalogue design by Nerjus Rimkus Thursday, September 225 pm, onlineTHE END, … more >
2022/09 STUDIO FOR PROPOSITIONAL CINEMA: THE END AGAIN Reading & Discussion with Paulina Pobocha and Giampaolo Bianconi
8. September 2022
Von
Henrike Robert
Thursday, September 22, 20225 p.m. onlineTHE END, AGAINReading & discussion with Paulina Pobocha, author of the text The End, Again … more >
2022/06 POP PARADISO celebrates 40 Years Museum Abteiberg
22. June 2022
Von
Henrike Robert
POP PARADISO June 23 – 26, 2022 POP Paradiso, a festival in the sculpture garden at Museum Abteiberg, was created … more >
2022/06 KUNSTHALLE FOR MUSIC, Act I
22. June 2022
Von
Henrike Robert
Kunsthalle for MusicAct I: 7 Pieces in and around Museum Abteibergfrom the repertoire of Ari Benjamin Meyers Thursday, June 23, … more >
2022/06 BILDER OHNE GELD (Engl. PICTURES NO QUID)
4. June 2022
Von
Henrike Robert
POP Paradiso is celebrating 40 years of Museum Abteiberg from June 23 to 26. The festival invites Mönchengladbach residents to … more >
2022/04 ANNELIE POHLEN DONATION
22. April 2022
Von
Henrike Robert
Art historian, critic, and former director of the Bonner Kunstverein Annelie Pohlen has donated thirty works of contemporary art to … more >
2023/01 www.museum-moenchengladbach-1967-1978.de
21. February 2022
Von
Henrike Robert
www.museum-moenchengladbach-1967-1978.de*Sunday, January 29, 2023, 3 pmPUBLIC PRESENTATION AND OPEN DISCUSSION with production team membersSusanne Rennert & Susanne Titz, Lukas von … more >
THE COMMISSION
Nora Sternfeld
19. January 2022
Von
Henrike Robert
In her contribution “The Commission”, Nora Sternfeld considers the work of Heiner Müller in examining the significance of commissioning a … more >
ANDERSCH COLLECTION/ARCHIVE
10. January 2022
Von
Henrike Robert
Museum Abteiberg acquired one of the most extensive Fluxus collections in the world in 2017 with support from the Cultural … more >
2021 WORKSHOP REPORT ANDERSCH COLLECTION/ARCHIVE (BEUYS)
24. November 2021
Von
Henrike Robert
Museum Abteiberg acquired the ANDERSCH COLLECTION/ARCHIVE – one of the world’s most extensive collections of Fluxus work and related material … more >
2021/08 FESTIVAL POP PARADISO
9. July 2021
Von
Henrike Robert
August 19 – 29, 2021 POP PARADISO is taking a step towards utopia with you: together we will open up … more >
2021/07 BOOK PRESENTATION & DISCUSSION Jutta Koether
29. June 2021
Von
Henrike Robert
Jutta Koether, Libertine, Museum Abteiberg 2019/2020, photo: Achim Kukulies, Düsseldorf On Sunday, July 4, Museum Abteiberg is hosting a special … more >
2021/05 WESTART VISITING MUSEUM ABTEIBERG
9. May 2021
Von
Henrike Robert
Westart moderator Siham El-Maimouni talks to Susanne Titz and Felicia Rappe about the societal relevance of art museums along with … more >
INSTITUTIONAL CRITIQUE: THE MUSEUM AS A SITE OF PERMANENT CONFERENCE (J.B.)
GHISLAINE LEUNG PORTRAITS
WORKSHOP REPORT ANDERSCH COLLECTION/ARCHIVE (BEUYS)
9. March 2021
Von
Henrike Robert
Opening: Thursday, June 3, 12 p.m.*Welcome: Felix Heinrichs, Lord Mayor of the City of MönchengladbachGreeting: Isabel Pfeiffer-Poensgen, Minister for Culture … more >
2020/10 CLOSING EVENT Andrea Bowers, Hans Haacke & Evelyn Taocheng Wang
7. October 2020
Von
Henrike Robert
We warmly invite you to join us at Museum Abteiberg on the last day of the exhibitions featuring ANDREA BOWERS, … more >
2020/10 BRAND III A FILM TRILOGY BY SUSANNE FASBENDER
5. October 2020
Von
Henrike Robert
A film trilogy about the fossil fuel economy, brown coal (lignite), climate policy and the resistance in the Rhineland. By … more >
2020/10 50 YEARS OF THE ETZOLD COLLECTION
5. October 2020
Von
Henrike Robert
“For me, a work of art is first and foremost a product of the spirit, of the mind. It reflects … more >
2020/10 RUNNING UP THAT HILL – Feminist free spaces #4
2. October 2020
Von
Henrike Robert
POETRY READING Kalima Vogt The poems and texts of Kalima Vogt document current events with a poetic voice and a … more >
2020/08 RUNNING UP THAT HILL – Feminist Free Spaces #2
27. August 2020
Von
Henrike Robert
RESISTANCE AS THE CONSEQUENCE Drawing reference to Andrea Bowers’s artistic exploration of ecology, ecofeminism, climate activism, and civil resistance, event … more >
2020/08 OPEN AIR KONZERT #1 BYGGESETT ORCHESTRA
7. August 2020
Von
Henrike Robert
7 pm (admission 6 pm)TALK “The Punitive Machine God – Critiquing a Technocratic Ideology”Max Franz Johann SchnetkerScientific and technological perspectives … more >
Museum & Schule
12. December 2018
Von
Henrike Robert
BESUCH VON SCHULKLASSENAngebote Museum & Schule richten sich an alle Schultypen und Jahrgangsstufen.Schulklassen haben generell freien Eintritt, eine vorherige Anmeldung … more >