artothek - Space for Young Art

The Artothek is a program designed to help people become familiar with contemporary art. Its collection currently comprises some 1,600 works, which are available for loan to anyone interested. For a small fee, you can take one or more works home for ten weeks and experience them in a private setting. The selection includes early pioneers such as Florence Henri and Angelika Hoerle; postwar avant-garde artists such as Rupprecht Geiger, Karl Otto Goetz, and Yvaral; artists who are little known today as well as world-renowned figures such as Joseph Beuys, Roy Lichtenstein, and Niki de Saint Phalle; and, above all, contemporary artists such as Marlene Dumas, Jürgen Klauke, Rosemarie Trockel, Pauline M’Barek, David Shrigley, and Gert & Uwe Tobias. The collection focuses on works on paper, prints, drawings, and watercolors, though it also includes photographs and several three-dimensional works. This collection can also be utilized as part of cultural education projects with children and young people.