DIE PHOTOGRAPHISCHE SAMMLUNG/STIFTUNG KULTUR
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The Photographic Collection/Kultur Foundation of Sparkasse KölnBonn
The Photographic Collection/Stiftung Kultur focuses on objective, documentary photography as a means of artistic expression. The collection includes over 30,000 works by historical and contemporary photographers of various nationalities.
“The essence of all photography is documentary in nature”
August Sander, 1931
The Photographic Collection/Stiftung Kultur manages its collection from both a conservation and scholarly perspective. In addition, it conducts research projects and conceives and produces exhibitions that contribute to the regional, national, and international art and cultural landscape. The exhibition spaces of the Photographic Collection/Stiftung Kultur cover a total area of 450 square meters and—just like the storage and workrooms—meet the specific climatic requirements of the medium of photography.
The collection maintains close collaborations with many artists, such as the American artist Jim Dine, who has entrusted his photographic work to the collection since 2004. Extensive collections of works by Bernd & Hilla Becher, Boris Becker, Joachim Brohm, William Christenberry, Paul Dobe, Ruth Hallensleben, Gabriele and Helmut Nothhelfer, Albert Renger-Patzsch, Wilhelm Schürmann, and Stephen Shore are also managed. The collection is continuously expanding, in part through permanent loans and donations.
This content has been machine translated.Opening hours
Montag: 14:00 - 19:00
Dienstag: 14:00 - 19:00
Donnerstag: 14:00 - 19:00
Freitag: 14:00 - 19:00
Samstag: 14:00 - 19:00
Sonntag: 14:00 - 19:00
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