The collection continues to grow. This section highlights a selection of acquisitions from the past fifteen years.
Museum Abteiberg’s collection continues to evolve through acquisitions and donations. While international contemporary art remains its core focus, targeted acquisitions have also expanded the collection’s strengths in areas such as Fluxus and Expressionism.
(front) Ghislaine Leung, Arches, 2021, donation Förderkreis im Museumsverein Abteiberg 2022, (back left) R. H. Quaytman, ┐ (Oberkustodin), Chapter 24, 2012, ┐ (Oberkustodin), Chapter 24, 2012, both acquired 2012, (back right) R. H. Quaytman, ┐ (Audience Before), Chapter 24, 2012, donation Förderkreis im Museumsverein Abteiberg 2012, photo: Achim Kukulies
(left) Anys Reimann, BIG PLATEAU, 2018/19, acquired 2024, (front) Alexandra Bircken, Janus, 2016, donation Förderkreis im Museumsverein Abteiberg 2017, © VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2026, photo: Achim Kukulies
Jutta Koether, Tour de Madame 6, 2018, acquired 2020, photo: Buchholz Gallery
Monika Baer, Murals, 2013, acquired 2015, photo: Jens Ziehe
Alison Knowles, Sea Bean, 1978, ANDERSCH COLLECTION/ARCHIVE at Museum Abteiberg, acquired 2017, photo: Achim Kukulies
Olivier Foulon, Vergegenwärtigungen des Antimuseums 1967–1978, 2017, acquired 2022, photo: Achim Kukulies
Chris Reinecke, „Präsenz zeigen“ (KÖ-Bogen 2014), 2014–16, acquired 2016
Park McArthur, How to Get a Wheelchair Over Sand, 2013, donation Förderkreis im Museumsverein Abteiberg 2024, photo: Achim Kukulies
Maria Toumazou, Ovaries, not dated, donation of the artist 2025, photo: Achim Kukulies
(front) Park McArthur, Fantasies Scatter, 2023, permanent loan since 2025, (back) Park McArthur, Questions, 2013–today, acquired 2025, photo: Achim Kukulies
Isa Genzken, Dach, 1989, donation Hoffmann Collection 2019, © VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2026, photo: Achim Kukulies
Dorothy Iannone, The Next Great Moment in History Is Ours, 1970, ANDERSCH COLLECTION/ARCHIVE at Museum Abteiberg, acquired 2017, photo: Achim Kukulies
Steve McQueen, Charlotte, 2004, donation Hoffmann Collection 2019
Julia Scher, Discipline Masters, 1988, acquired 2024, © VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2026, photo: Andrea Rossetti
(left) Joanne Greenbaum, Prom Queen, 2006, donation 2023, (back) Kurt Helm, Der große Staatscirkus, 1996– , acquired 2022, © VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2026, photo: Achim Kukulies
Robert Filliou, Fest-Stuhl, 1976, ANDERSCH COLLECTION/ARCHIVE at Museum Abteiberg, acquired 2017, photo: Achim Kukulies
Marianne Wex, Let’s Take Back Our Space: "Female" and "Male" Body Language as a Result of Patriarchal Structures, 1977/2018, donation 2022/23, photo: Achim Kukulies
Jamie Crewe, Pastoral Drama, 2018, donation Outset 2020
Mike Kelley, Arena #4 (Zen Garden), 1990, donation Hoffmann Collection 2019, © VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2026, photo: Achim Kukulies
(front) Mike Kelley, Figure Ground, 1990, donation Hoffmann Collection 2019, (back left) Niki de Saint Phalle, Shoot-it-yourself-picture, 1964, ANDERSCH COLLECTION/ARCHIVE at Museum Abteiberg, acquired 2017, (back right) Niki de Saint Phalle, Tir, 1961, acquired 1977, © VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2026, photo: Achim Kukulies
Andrea Büttner, What is so terrible about craft? / Die Produkte der menschlichen Hand, 2019, donation Outset 2020, © VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2026, photo: Achim Kukulies
Christian Odzuck, Geozentrik, 2014, donation 2022, © VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2026, photo: unknown
Gordon Matta-Clark, City Silvers, 1976, donation Hoffmann Collection 2019, © VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2026
Beatrice Gibson, I Hope I'm Loud When I'm Dead, 2018, donation Outset 2020, © VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2026, photo: Achim Kukulies
Evelyn Taocheng Wang, Untitled, 2019–20, acquired 2024, photo: Gert Jan van Rooij
Danh Vō, Dirty Dancing, 2015, donation of the artist 2015, photo: Achim Kukulies
Nairy Baghramian, Formage de Tête, 2011, acquired 2014, photo: Achim Kukulies
Julia Scher, Danger Dirty Data, 1991, donation Gaby and Wilhelm Schürmann 2024, © VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2026, photo: Andrea Rossetti
Monica Bonvicini, Untitled (White Wall Doggystyle), 1996, donation Förderkreis im Museumsverein Abteiberg 2012, © VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2026, photo: Achim Kukulies
Ghislaine Leung, Browns, 2021, Daughters, 2021, both acquired 2022, photo: Achim Kukulies
Takako Saito, Likör-Schachspiel, 1975, ANDERSCH COLLECTION/ARCHIVE at Museum Abteiberg, acquired 2017, © VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2026, photo: Ludwig Kuffer
Monika Stricker, o.T., 2022, acquired 2023, Courtesy Clages Cologne, photo: Simon Vogel
Allan Kaprow, "Repair" a Kaprow, 1995, donation Annelie Pohlen 2022, photo: Achim Kukulies
Julia Scher, The Schürmann House, 1991–2017, donation Schürmann Foundation 2024, © VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2026, photo: Cedric Mussano
Henrike Naumann, Desolation, 2014, acquired 2018, photo: Achim Kukulies
(left) Cary S. Leibowitz, Please Don‘t Forget Raoul Wallenberg, 1994, (middle) Cary S. Leibowitz, Zweierlei muss ich für den Rest meines Lebens..., not dated, (right) Cary S. Leibowitz, untitled (It’s going 2 B A long 90’s), 1993, all: donation Annelie Pohlen 2022, photo: Achim Kukulies
Felix Gonzalez-Torres & Christopher Wool, Untitled, 1993, donation Hoffmann Collection 2019, photo: Achim Kukulies