History From local history and textiles to the artistic avant-garde: an overview of the Walter Kaesbach donation (1922/1928) and the evolution of the museum’s contemporary art collection Collection on View Museum Abteiberg is home to one of the world’s leading collections of post-1960 art, alongside a smaller collection of Expressionism and the historical avant-garde. New Acquisitions The collection continues to grow. This section highlights a selection of acquisitions from the past fifteen years. ETZOLD Collection The collection, consisting of almost 600 significant works of Conceptual Art, Minimal Art, Pop Art, and the German postwar avant-garde, has been on permanent loan to the Museum Abteiberg since 1970. ANDERSCH COLLECTION/ARCHIVE Since 2017, the Museum Abteiberg houses one of the world’s most comprehensive collections on Fluxus and its international networks. SIGMAR POLKE: 40 Years of Athanor Golden Lion for the German Pavilion at the 1986 Venice Biennale
