The exhibition “The Fifth Element” includes an early Luther object from the 1960s in the context of art from the Kemp Collection.

Further information is also available on the Kunstpalast website.

Photo: Adolf-Luther-Stiftung, Krefeld

The exhibition deals with aspects of the history of shadows in the art history of the 20th and 21st centuries. On display are works by Adolf Luther, Marlene Dumas, Hans-Peter Feldmann, Janice Guy, and Gerhard Richter, among others.

Further information can also be found on the homepage of the Kunstmuseum Bonn.

Photo: Archiv Adolf-Luther-Stiftung, Krefeld

Opening: Friday, 16.05.2025, 7 pm

The exhibition Adolf Luther. Seeing is beautiful marks the beginning of a close and long-term collaboration between the Kunstmuseen Krefeld and the Adolf Luther Foundation. The aim of the cooperation is to raise Krefeld’s profile as a central location for Concrete Art and to secure Adolf Luther’s artistic legacy in Krefeld by linking the two institutions. The exhibition at the Kaiser Wilhelm Museum marks the start. It combines important works by Luther with works by other artists from the foundation’s collection and also surprises visitors with lesser-known aspects and projects by the Krefeld-born artist.

Further information can also be found on the homepage of the Kunstmuseen Krefeld.

Photo: Dirk Rose

„With Lucio Fontana: Expectation, the Von der Heydt-Museum brings Fontana’s complex oeuvre to life in all its many facets: from figurative to conceptual works, from ceramics to spatial installations. Around 100 works from the Fondazione Lucio Fontana, Milan, as well as from public and private collections provide an insight into the astonishingly experimental and daring work. […]

One chapter of the exhibition is dedicated to the exchange between Fontana and a younger generation of artists who took up his ideas and visions of the future: Internationally, Piero Manzoni and Yves Klein should be mentioned, and for the Rhineland, ZERO artists such as Heinz Mack, Otto Piene, Günther Uecker [and Adolf Luther] in particular. […]“ – Announcement of the exhibition

Further information on the museum’s website.

The exhibition includes the object Concetto Spaziale, 1965 by Lucio Fontana, Adolf Luther Foundation Collection.

“Timeless Silver focuses on the material advantages, versatility and visual properties of the fascinating metal silver […] Beyond the tradition and the limits of the valuable material, contemporary artists are concerned with the visual dissolution of material and light, reflections, mirroring and monochromy with their objects.” – Exhibition brochure Timeless Silver

Participating artists among others:
Rolf Poellet, Dong-hyun Kim, Franz Anton Lang, Adolph Luther, Heinz Mack, Claudia Wieser

Further insights into the exhibition can be found on the museum’s website
An exhibition catalog is also available from the museum

Photo:
Adolf Luther, Hanging Lens, 1974
In the background: Rolf Poellet, Bossa Nova Mystery, 2022, room installation
© Rolf Poellet

On the occasion of the exhibition “Adolf Luther – Light. Work and Collection” at the Museum unter Tage, Bochum, the article ‘Wer hier raucht, hat mehr vom Licht’ by Georg Imdahl appeared in the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung on 02.02.2023.

Read the entire article here

The exhibition combines painting, sculpture, photography, science and technology. A kaleidoscopic journey on the border between art and science in a city, Padua, where these two worlds have always been intertwined, from Galileo to the school of perceptual psychology and the birth of Gruppo N, an artistic-cultural avant-garde collective from Padua.

On display are works by Alberto Biasi, Ennio Chiggio, Toni Costa, Edoardo Landi, Marcel Duchamp, Joseph Albers, Max Bill, Adolf Luther and others.

Photo: Adolf Luther, Curved Mirror Object, 1968, © Florian Monheim

The exhibition illustrates Luther’s search for new, more open forms of work and expression in contrast to traditional painting. With a representative cross-section of his oeuvre and numerous key works, the artist’s working methods and world of thought are vividly illustrated.

The presentation is complemented by works from the collection assembled by Adolf Luther, including works by Pol Bury, Christo, Marcel Duchamp, Lucio Fontana, Yves Klein, Erich Reusch, Günther Uecker and others.

OPENING October 23, 2022
11 a.m. | Welcome
Dr. Eva Wruck (Curator Situation Kunst Foundation)

Afterwards | Talk: Adolf Luther, Max Imdahl and the New Concrete Art
Dr. Silke von Berswordt-Wallrabe (Chairwoman of the Situation Kunst Foundation) with Dr. Magdalena Broska (Director of the Adolf Luther Foundation)

From 13:30, every hour | Impulse tours through the exhibition

ACCOMPANYING PROGRAM (among others)
November 20, 2022, 12 noon | Museum unter Tage, foyer
Dr. Magdalena Broska in conversation with Dr. Christiane Hoffmanns (cultural journalist)

Further dates can be found online.

Photo:
Adolf Luther in his studio in Krefeld, 1970s

© Archive Adolf Luther Foundation

The Kunstmuseen Krefeld will shed new light on the topicality of Adolf Luther’s artistic approach with a solo exhibition at Haus Esters. The show emphasizes how the Krefeld artist uses his objects and architectural integrations to create experiential spaces in which the viewer plays a central role. Luther’s artworks are instruments for perceiving a constantly changing reality. The exhibition explores scientific findings and Enlightenment ideas as impulses for Luther’s artistic work. It is being created in cooperation with the Adolf Luther Foundation.
Curators: Katia Baudin and Dr. Magdalena Broska, artistic directors, Adolf Luther Foundation, Krefeld

HLHE DIALOG
The exhibition is part of the series of dialogs between Haus Lange and Haus Esters: HLHE Dialog. The artists Adolf Luther and Julio Le Parc meet under the title Interactive Spaces of Experience.

Photo:
Katia Baudin (Kunstmuseen Krefeld) & Magdalena Broska (Adolf Luther Foundation) in: Adolf Luther, Focusing Room, 1968
© Andreas Bischof

This monograph traces the development of this extraordinary artist, who transcended the traditional boundaries of art genres early on and is an inspiration and role model for many contemporary artists. Last but not least, Luther’s collection, which ranges from Beuys to Ad Reinhardt, bears witness to an unconventionally open spirit that needs to be rediscovered time and again. This volume closes gaps in the research and dares to reassess the artistic oeuvre.

Authors: Magdalena Broska, Silke von Berswordt-Wallrabe, Markus Heinzelmann
Hardcover edition, format 28 x 31 cm, 400 pages, cloth binding, texts in German and English, 340 illustrations in color

Retail price: 69 euros + 10 euros shipping
Order via the Adolf Luther Foundation

Editors: Magdalena Broska, Silke von Bers­wordt-Wall­rabe, Markus Hein­zel­mann im Hirmer Verlag Köln
ISBN-Nr. 978-3-7774-3914-3

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