Eberhard Havekost, Face me (Ozelot)
Eberhard Havekost at Museum Kurhaus Kleve
The Museum Kurhaus Kleve shows from June 14 to October 18, 2026, under the title Eberhard Havekost: User Interfaces. Works 1995-2019, an extensive retrospective of the painter Eberhard Havekost (1967-2019). He was one of the great hopes of contemporary German art and has been internationally in the focus of public museums and renowned private collections through exhibitions and acquisitions since the beginning of the 21st century. His visual language uniquely combines the precise depiction of the visible world with the conditions of perception itself, especially with the digital user interfaces of smartphones, tablets, and image editing programs. As a result, his works appear cool and extremely contemporary, yet they also possess a visual enigmatic quality: through excerpts, focal points, and deliberate blow-up effects, they disrupt hasty expectations and act like painterly deep drills behind the facades of digital modernity.
(Text: Museum Kurhaus Kleve)
Eberhard Havekost
Benutzeroberflächen. Arbeiten 1994-2019
14.06.–18.10.2026
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Kunstmuseum Ravensburg, 2026, with works by Otto Mueller (Sammlung Selinka,
Kunstmuseum Ravensburg) and Daniel Richter (Sammlung Viehof)
© VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2026, Photo: Wynrich Zlomke
Works by Daniel Richter on loan to the Ravensburg Art Museum
On August 8, the exhibition “Zeitfragen” opened at the Ravensburg Art Museum, which, among other things, juxtaposes ten small works by Daniel Richter from the Viehof Collection with works from the Selinka Collection.
The Selinka Collection at the Ravensburg Art Museum comprises 20th-century works with a focus on German Expressionism, which emerged during a period of political upheaval, new forms of artistic expression, and social change. The exhibition series “Zeitfragen. Collection Meets the Present” creates a dialogue between selected works from the collection and contemporary art, revealing both continuities and breaks between different generations and contexts. This juxtaposition invites visitors to playfully explore themes from the collection through new perspectives, to question historical and social narratives, and to examine current discourses. Featuring works by Kader Attia, Fiona Banner, Erich Heckel, Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, Małgorzata Mirga-Tas, Otto Mueller, Edvard Munch, Daniel Richter, Ulrike Rosenbach, Karl Schmidt-Rottluff, and Agnès Varda.
(Text: Kunstmuseum Ravensburg)
Zeitfragen
Sammlung trifft Gegenwart
08. August – 15. November 2026
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>> Exhibition booklet available for download
Jörg Immendorff, Café Deutschland, 280 x 400 cm, oil on canvas
© The estate of Jörg Immendorff / photo: archive Sammlung Viehof
Jörg Immendorff at Kunstpalast Duesseldorf
The Kunstpalast Düsseldorf, in collaboration with the artist’s estate, is dedicating a solo exhibition to one of Germany’s most significant artists. Among the approximately 120 works on display are four on loan from the Viehof Collection.
The exhibition features large-scale series of paintings, wood and bronze sculptures, as well as drawings and archival material that have never been shown before. Beyond the sheer range of his output, the exhibition foregrounds Immendorff’s persistent interrogation of the artist’s place in society, as well as his responses to the political urgencies of his era and the contradictions that fuelled his public image.
(text: Kunstpalast Düsseldorf)
Immendorff
Kunstplast Düsseldorf
25. September 2026 – 10. Januar 2027
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