
John Baldessari is celebrated for his brilliant visual experiments with language, photography, and painting. Less explored is the artist’s creative use of three-dimensional space.

In the 1980s, Walter Dahn first gained recognition in Cologne as a pioneer of the “Bad” Painting movement and as a founding member of the Mülheimer Freiheit, a group of neo-expressionist artists known for their rebellious, punk-inflected attitude.

Jean-Luc Mylayne has devoted his life to philosophical questions about our place on Earth—questions for which birds and their natural habitats serve as both subject and symbol, and through which he probes what it means to be human alongside nature.
Founded by Monika Sprüth and Philomene Magers in 1983, this gallery has expanded from its Cologne roots to become an international powerhouse in modern and contemporary art. They're known for a rigorously curatorial approach and deep devotion to their artists, fostering close relationships with museums worldwide for nearly four decades.story