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Born in Essen, Prof. Budde was a long-time member of the Folkwang-Museumsverein. His tireless commitment to the Museum Folkwang was a matter dear to his heart. In March 2021, Prof. Budde was elected to the Executive Board of the Folkwang-Museumsverein. He remained committed until the end, enriching the work of the Executive Board with far-sighted ideas, empathy and his open, approachable and very likeable personality.
read moreThe collection of the Museum Folkwang has recently been enriched by a single figure by the artist Eva Aeppli. The Folkwang-Museumsverein was able to acquire the textile work of the artist entitled "Hand mit angenähtem Ärmel" from 1991. Eva Aeppli was part of the Swiss-French art scene from the 1950s and remains one of the most important artists of the 20th century.
read moreThe latest addition to the collection of the Deutsches Plakat Museum at the Museum Folkwang is arguably one of, if not the most iconic of international World War posters. The color lithograph "JAMES MONTGOMERY FLAGG (1870-1960) I Want You for U.S. Army" complements the already extensive collection of posters on the First World War in the Museum Folkwang with an essential specimen. In addition, the poster will serve as a key visual for the upcoming exhibition "WE WANT YOU! - Von den Anfängen des Plakats bis heute" whose title is borrowed from the poster itself.
read moreWith immediate effect, the team of the Folkwang-Museumsverein administrative office has new reinforcements: Lorena Such will actively support the administrative office and replace Aylin Frank, who is on parental leave until April 2023.
read moreThe final preparations for tomorrow's ceremonial act "100 Years Museum Folkwang" in the attendance of the Federal President and the NRW Minister President are in full swing! This surprising and wonderful acknowledgement gives us enough strength for the final preparations! We are looking forward to a brilliant kick-off of for the anniversary year and would like to take this opportunity to remind you that the ceremonial act can be followed online via the following link as a livestream from 7:30 pm onwards: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DUYpaDfS2qo
read moreThe pre-Christmas season is just around the corner and perhaps you are still looking for a suitable Christmas gift for your friends and relatives. How about a six-month trial membership for the Folkwang-Museumsverein? Many exciting events await the recipient in the exciting and eventful anniversary year!
read moreThis year the Museum Folkwang together with the Neue Essener Kunstverein launched the new residency program Neue Folkwang Residence. Every year, two fellowships are awarded to international artists, each for a five-month working stay in Essen. The first two fellows, Olu Ogunnaike from London and Min Yoon from Vienna, have now moved into the new residential and studio building situated in the Eltingviertel. The program is made possible by the Folkwang-Museumsverein as well as the Olbricht Foundation and is furthermore sponsored by Vonovia.
read moreOnce again, the Folkwang-Museumsverein was able to acquire an artwork from the Expressionist period with funds provided by the estate of the couple Liselotte and Dr. Walter Griese. The purchased print "Zwei ruhende Frauen" (1909) by the German painter and graphic designer Erich Heckel (1883-1970) is captivating due to its great crispness of color and impressively testifies to Heckel's use of the color woodcut technique.
read moreWith funds from the estate of the Essener couple Liselotte and Dr. Walter Griese, the Folkwang-Museumsverein was able to purchase the painting "Meine Schwester Annemarie als liegender Akt" (ca. 1935) by the German artist Kate Diehn-Bitt (1900-1978).
read moreOn March 25 2021, the general meeting of the Folkwang-Museumsverein elected Prof. Dr. Thomas Budde as a supplementary member to the executive board of the Folkwang-Museumsverein. Born in Essen, he is the medical director of the Alfried Krupp Krankenhaus as well as chief physician of cardiology. He has been a member of the Folkwang-Museumsverein for several years and is closely affiliated with the Museum Folkwang.
read moreSince the beginning of the year, the Folkwang-Museumsverein has been offering virtual guided tours through permanent and temporary exhibitions as well as premises of the museums collection to its members. The so called "Virtueller Mittwoch“" proves to be highly appreciated through providing guided access to exhibitions such as Kippenberger or Timm Rautert during the past months.
read moreThis year, the International Folkwang Prize is awarded to Barbara Klemm (*1939). She is one of the most renowned contemporary photographers in Germany. The prize is endowed with 10,000 euros and has been awarded by the Folkwang Museum Society since 2010. The award ceremony will take place on November 8, 2021, as part of the Folkwang-Museumsverein's festive annual reception.
read moreWith the newly launched series of events "FMV digital" we would like to expand the offer available to our members and adapt it to the current circumstances. The first "Virtual Wednesday" will take place on 27.01.2021. Thomas Seelig will introduce the exhibition of Soham Gupta in the Photographic Collection.
read moreWith this at least visually snowy and wintry regards from Camille Pissarro we say goodbye and slip into the well-deserved winter vacations. We wish our members a Merry Christmas and above all a healthy start into the New Year.
Take care and stay healthy!
read moreThe childless nurse resident of Essen, who died at the age of 82, bequeathed her home to the Folkwang-Museumsverein. The property is to be sold at the highest bid in favor of a new acquisition to the collection of the Museum Folkwang.
read moreFor those who did not have the opportunity to visit the Keith Haring exhibition due to the temporary, corona-related closure of the Museum Folkwang, or for those who would like to experience it a second time, the museum has created digital spotlight tours accompanying the Keith Haring exhibition. You can access the digital tours via the museum's Youtube channel.
read moreDer neue Film über den Folkwang-Museumsverein wurde im Rahmen des diesjährigen festlichen Jahresempfangs vorgestellt und ist nun auch öffentlich auf unserer Website abrufbar.
read moreIn der Presse wurde nicht nur der Jahresempfang des Folkwang-Museumsvereins trotz coronabedingter Einschränkungen einhellig gelobt. Auch die herausragende Arbeit des Direktors des Museum Folkwang Peter Gorschlüter und die positive Entwicklung des Museums wurden hervorgehoben.
read moreAm 5. Oktober 2020 lud der Folkwang-Museumsverein seine Mitglieder und ausgewählte Gäste zum Festlichen Jahresempfang in das Museum Folkwang. Während des Festakts wurden die Auszeichnungen des Jahres 2019 der AICA Deutschland vergeben.
read moreIm September hatten die Mitglieder des Folkwang-Museumsvereins die Möglichkeit einen exklusiven Einblick hinter die Kulissen der Restaurierung des Museum Folkwang zu bekommen.
read moreDank der Unterstützung des Folkwang-Museumsvereins konnte ein von Otto Dix handsigniertes Plakat für das Museum Folkwang erworben werden. Das anlässlich der Ausstellung im Kunstsalon Wolfsberg im Jahr 1929 enstandene Werk schließt eine Lücke zwischen zwei Selbstbildnissen aus dem späteren Werk von Otto Dix in der Sammlung des Museums.
read moreDie Mitglieder des Folkwang-Museumsvereins hatten am 20.8.2020 exklusiv die Gelegenheit, die große Keith Haring-Retrospektive einen Tag vor dem offiziellen Ausstellungsbefinn zu besuchen.
read moreDer Folkwang-Museumsverein besuchte die Ausstellung "Foto Rhein Ruhr" in der Kunsthalle Düsseldorf. Anschließend hatte die Gruppe die exklusive Gelegenheit, die Künstlerin Katharina Sieverding in ihrem Düsseldorfer Atelier zu besuchen.
read moreDie mögliche Ansiedlung eines Bundesinstituts für Fotografie in Essen erhält starke Zustimmung.
Die WAZ berichtet unter anderem auch über die Äußerung des Folkwang-Museumsvereins.
Ein Novum erlebten die Mitglieder des Folkwang-Museumsverein am 23. Juni 2020: Erstmalig in der Geschichte des Vereins fand aufgrund der Corona-Krise die Mitgliederversammlung - inklusive Vorstands- und Verwaltungsratswahlen - digital statt.
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Versammlungen, somit auch Mitgliederversammlungen, sind durch das Versammlungsverbot in der Corona-Krise einstweilen nicht möglich. Nun wurde mit dem Inkrafttreten des neuen „Gesetzes zur Abmilderung der Folgen der COVID-19-Pandemie im Zivil-, Insolvenz- und Strafverfahrensrecht“ am 28.03.2020 das Durchführen einer Online-Versammlung deutlich vereinfacht.
read moreInfolge der allgemeinen Maßnahmen zur Eindämmung des COVID-19 Virus sehen wir uns gezwungen, die für den 31. März geplante Mitgliederversammlung zu verschieben. Als Ersatztermin haben wir Dienstag, den 23. Juni 2020, 19 Uhr ins Auge gefasst.
read moreAb sofort hat das Team der Geschäftsstelle des Folkwang-Museumsvereins Verstärkung: Jana Tempelmeier wird die Geschäftsstelle tatkräftig unterstützen und Aylin Frank, die sich seit Anfang März in Elternzeit befindet, vertreten.
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Hocherfreut zeigte sich Dr. Ulrich Blank über die Verleihung des Kritikerpreises der deutschen Sektion des Internationalen Kunstkritikerverbandes AICA an das Museum Folkwang. „In dieser schönen Auszeichnung unseres Museum trifft manches zusammen: Die große Offenheit und Empathie des Direktors Peter Gorschlüter sowie ein Team, das er mit partizipativer Führung zu ausgezeichneten Leistungen geführt hat.
read moreDas Museum Folkwang zeigt das durch Mittel des Folkwang-Museumsvereins erworbene Gemälde „Tänzer“ von Max Pechstein (1881–1955).
Das Kunstwerk war im Dezember 2019 mit Mitteln aus dem Nachlass Dr. Walter Griese durch den Museumverein erworben worden.
read moreVor wenigen Wochen hat das Kuratorium der Alfried Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach-Stiftung beschlossen, den freien Eintritt im Museum Folkwang für einen weiteren eineinhalb Jahreszeitraum zu finanzieren.
read moreDer Folkwang-Museumsverein trägt zur Gesundheit seiner Mitglieder bei!
Zumindest könnte man dies meinen, wenn man einer Studie von Medizinern des University College London glauben schenkt.
read moreWith this work " Weihnachtssterne (in einer Vase)" by Christan Rohlfs, purchased by the Folkwang-Museumsverein in 1935, we say goodbye for the winter holidays. We wish our members happy and reflective holidays as well as a good and healthy start into the new decade!
read moreThe Folkwang-Museumsverein has acquired the painting Tänzer by Max Pechstein (1881-1955) for the collection of the Museum Folkwang at the auction of Ketterer Kunst Munich on December 6th. The Museum Folkwang is thus expanding its collection of Expressionists with an important work. From February 2020, the Museum Folkwang will make the new acquisition accessible to the public in its collection presentation. Our members will have the opportunity to admire the painting in advance in an exclusive preview. Details will be communicated at a later date.
read moreWe are looking for a volunteer (m/f/d) (40 hours) to reinforce the team of the Folkwang-Museumsverein as of 17th Februrary 2020.
read moreThe Folkwang Museumsverein has acquired Max Beckmann's "Jahrmarkt" portfolio from 1921 for the Folkwang Museum's Graphic Collection.
read moreOn 21 June 2019, the Museum Folkwang will be celebrating the new presentation of the collection over 24 hours with a major summer festival.
The FMV will also be part of the summer festival and present itself on site. All members are cordially invited to support us: We are happy to welcome all volunteers who would like to arouse the interest of the visitors for the museum association.
read moreAround 300 players from business, politics and administration gathered at the Museum Folkwang on May 20th following the invitation of the Essener Wirtschaftsförderungsgesellschaft (EWG). The speakers were Thomas Kufen (Lord Mayor of the City of Essen), Andre Boschem (EWG Managing Director) and Peter Gorschlüter (Director Museum Folkwang).
In addition, the freshly printed image brochure was distributed to interested parties for the first time and several new members were successfully acquired.
read moreIn the first quarter of 2019, the FMV already offered its members a wide range of activities with eight different events. The new program formats, which were introduced in parallel with the relaunch of the homepage, met with lively interest and a pleasing response.
read moreThe Folkwang-Museumsverein responded with profound sadness to the news of Okwui Enwezor's death.
read moreAre you already a member of the Folkwang-Museumsverein and looking for a suitable gift for friends or relatives? Or do you simply want to make art lovers around you happy? How about an FMV trial membership?
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