Rheinland Connection in April

RHEINLAND CONNECTION IN APRIL Art Cologne April 22nd – 26th, 2009 Vernissage on Tuesday, April 21st, 5 pm Axa Art Professional Preview on Tuesday, April 21st, 12 pm Upcoming on April 22nd, around 180 national and international galleries will converge on Cologne for the 43rd ART COLOGNE. Accompanying, public collections, museums and art associations have joined forces to pool a top-quality programme of exhibitions and events in the Rhineland and fine-tuned to coincide with the Fair. To underline the cooperative character of the project, ART COLOGNE is providing an attractive exhibition space, the Rheinland Lounge, for the museums to showcase their exhibition schedules, visitor programmes and publications. As a result, the Rhineland will once more be a must-see destination for art lovers in April 2009. BONN —————————————————————————————————————– Kunst Museum, Bonn Videonale 12, 26th March – 26th April 2009 Wassily Kandinsky, Complete Prints, 2nd April – 12th July 2009 http://www.kunstmuseum-bonn.de Bonner Kunstverein Mathias Poledna – Christopher Williams 7th February – 26th April 2009 http://www.bonnerkunstverein.de Art and Exhibition Hall of the Federal Republic of Germany Amedeo Modigliani, Vernissage 16th April 2009 Encounters with Modern Art. The Kunstmuseum Winterthur The Great Collections Vernissage 23rd April 2009 – 23rd August 2009 http://www.bundeskunsthalle.de COLOGNE —————————————————————————————————————– Wolfgang-Hahn-Preis Köln 2009 Christopher Wool award ceremony April 20th 2009, followed by vernissage opening at Museum Ludwig Museum Ludwig, Cologne Christopher Wool: Porto/Köln Vernissage 20th April 2009 Erik van Lieshout, In The Net, Vernissage 23rd April 2009 Jonathan Horowitz, Apocalypto Now, Vernissage 23rd April 2009 continuing exhibitions: Lucy McKenzie, and Maria Lassnig‘s “In the mirror of possibilities. Watercolours and Drawings from 1947 to Today” http://www.museum-ludwig.de Kölnischer Kunstverein, Cologne Dark Fair, Vernissage April 22nd 2009 Nora Schultz, Vernissage April 22nd 2009 http://www.koelnischerkunstverein.de Wallraf-Richartz Museum & Fondation Corboud, Cologne THE MOON, 26th March – 16th August 2009 http://www.wallraf.museum DUESSELDORF —————————————————————————————————————– K21 Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, Duesseldorf Jorge Pardo, 1st European solo exhibition, 4th April – 2nd August 2009 http://www.kunstsammlung.de Kunsthalle Duesseldorf and KIT – Kunst im Tunnel Sonic Youth etc.: Sensational Fix, 31st January – 10th May Sonic Youth Concert, April 24th 2009 (sold out) http://www.kunsthalle-duesseldorf.de Kunstverein für die Rheinlande und Westfalen, Duesseldorf Isabelle Cornaro, 7th February – 10th May http://www.kunstverein-duesseldorf.de museum kunst palast, Duesseldorf SPOT ON 02: with works of Olof Jernberg, Gerda Steiner & Jörg Lenzlinger, Julius Weiland until 10th May STOCK – CHECK. Glass of the late 20th century from the museum’s collection (Glasmuseum Hentrich in the museum kunst palast) until 1st June. http://www.museum-kunst-palast.de FURTHER MUSEUMS —————————————————————————————————————– Museum Abteiberg, Moenchengladbach Gregor Schneider, E N D, until 1st August ars viva 08/09 / mis en scène, until 24th May conceptual art on paper , 26th April until 23rd August, opening 26th April 12 noon http://www.museum-abteiberg.de Museum Morsbroich, Leverkusen Moral Imagination, 7th February – 26th April Current Positions in Contemporary Art in the Face of Global Warming http://www.museum-morsbroich.de Ludwig Forum, Aachen Pop-Up! The Collection feat. Haegue Yang, Sofia Hultén, Annette Wehrmann, Karoe Goldt, Gabriel Kuri, Nairy Baghramian, Susanne Paesler, Danica Dakic, Yael Bartana, Vernissage 5th April Mikhail Shvartsman, ongoing until 26th April http://www.ludwigforum.de Von der Heydt-Museum, Wuppertal privat – Wuppertal based Collectors of Contemporary Art 8th March – 24th May 2009 http://www.von-der-heydt-museum.de Kunstmuseen Krefeld Museum Haus Lange: John Baldessari, 1st March – 1st June 2009 Museum Haus Esters: Allora & Calzadilla, 15th March – 1st June 2009 http://www.kunstmuseenkrefeld.de