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Current art exhibitions in Köln

Seenly brings together current and upcoming art exhibitions in Köln with curated event pages, venue context and visit information. This creates a citation-friendly overview of what you can see in Köln and nearby right now.

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Cologne connects modern and contemporary art with medieval collections, photography, applied art and a wide gallery scene. Many museums sit close together around the cathedral, Old Town and city centre, while further art venues spread through the Belgian Quarter and other neighbourhoods.

Seenly currently connects 44 current and upcoming exhibitions with 24 mapped exhibition venues in Köln.

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Current events

Current exhibitions in Cologne reveal the city’s breadth especially well, from contemporary art and photography to design, collections and institutional highlights. This is the direct overview of what you can see in Cologne right now.

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The Leatherman

Kölnischer Kunstverein · Köln
Start Sep 4, 2026 Until Dec 13, 2026
Hahnenstraße 6, 50667 Köln
The group exhibition “The Leatherman” brings together works by Leonore Mau, Reba Maybury, Herbert Tobias, Dean Sameshima, and Wolfgang Tillmans. It is cur…
History & culture

DIE ZUKUNFT IST INDIGEN

Rautenstrauch-Joest-Museum - Kulturen der Welt · Köln
Start Nov 1, 2025 Until Dec 31, 2026
Cäcilienstraße 29-33, 50667 Köln
The exhibition »THE FUTURE IS INNER« at the Rautenstrauch-Joest-Museum in Cologne is dedicated to the history and present of indigenous cultures. It highl…
Design

Faszination Schmuck

MAKK – Museum für Angewandte Kunst Köln · Köln
Start Jan 1, 2026 Until Dec 31, 2026
An der Rechtschule, 50667 Köln
At the MAKK – Museum für Angewandte Kunst Cologne in Cologne’s city centre, “Fascination of Jewelry” is dedicated to jewelry and design in historical dept…
Photography

August Sander – zum 150. Geburtstag

Die Photographische Sammlung/SK Stiftung Kultur · Köln
Start Sep 11, 2026 Until Jan 24, 2027
Im Mediapark 7, 50670 Köln
On the occasion of August Sander’s 150th birthday, the Photographische Sammlung/SK Stiftung Kultur in Cologne is dedicating an exhibition to the photograp…
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Zum Mondjahr des Pferdes. Ein Galopp durch Zeit und Raum

Museum für Ostasiatische Kunst Köln · Köln
Start Dec 3, 2025 Until Jan 31, 2027
Universitätsstraße 100, 50674 Köln
An exhibition on the horse as a motif and bearer of meaning in the arts and cultures of East Asia, featuring works from China, Japan and Korea.
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Schichten und Schnitte. Chinesische Lackkunst

Museum für Ostasiatische Kunst · Köln
Start Jun 18, 2026 Until Jan 31, 2027
Universitätsstraße 100, 50674 Köln
Special exhibition featuring around 60 Chinese lacquer works from the 12th to the early 17th century, from a private collection in Cologne and supplemente…
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Inscrit – Schreiben mit dem Körper

Tanzmuseum des Deutschen Tanzarchivs Köln · Köln
Start May 17, 2026 Until Feb 28, 2027
Im Mediapark 7, 50670 Köln
The exhibition Inscrit – Writing with the Body in the Dance Museum of the German Dance Archive Cologne is dedicated to the work of Raimund Hoghe and his v…
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INSCRIT | Schreiben mit dem Körper - Eine Ausstellung für Raimund Hoghe

Deutsches Tanzarchiv Köln · Köln
Start May 17, 2026 Until Feb 28, 2027
Im Mediapark 7, 50670 Köln
An exhibition on Raimund Hoghe featuring photographs and the film installation “Scrivere con il corpo” by Rosa Frank, films by Sandeep Mehta, and texts by…
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Along the Color Line. Spuren einer transatlantischen Moderne

Museum Ludwig · Köln
Start Oct 3, 2026 Until Mar 7, 2027
Heinrich-Böll-Platz, 50667 Köln
This interdisciplinary survey exhibition explores how artists of the international Black diaspora took up, developed, or deliberately questioned European …
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Man Ray: Kiki

Museum Ludwig · Köln
Start Oct 31, 2026 Until Apr 4, 2027
Heinrich-Böll-Platz, 50667 Köln
The presentation in the photography galleries is devoted to Man Ray’s famous photograph of Alice Prin, known as Kiki de Montparnasse. It explains how the …
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Lee Ufan. Wolfgang-Hahn-Preis 2026

Museum Ludwig · Köln
Start Nov 7, 2026 Until Apr 4, 2027
Heinrich-Böll-Platz, 50667 Köln
The presentation accompanies the awarding of the 32nd Wolfgang Hahn Prize to the South Korean artist Lee Ufan. It introduces an influential co-founder of …
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Drachen. Mythos und Wirklichkeit

Museum Schnütgen · Köln
Start Mar 4, 2027 Until Jun 6, 2027
Museum Schnütgen, Cäcilienstraße 29-33, 50667 Köln
This cultural-historical exhibition traces images of dragons from ancient traditions to the present day, contrasting threatening European conceptions with…
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Intervention! Wie erzählen wir NS-Geschichte heute?

NS-Dokumentationszentrum Köln · Köln
Start Jan 21, 2026 Until Jul 20, 2027
Appellhofplatz 23-25, 50667 Köln
The intervention comments on the permanent exhibition, which has been in place since 1997, from contemporary professional and societal perspectives. Throu…
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Sammlungspräsentation – Museum Schnütgen

Museum Schnütgen · Köln
Start Dec 6, 2024 End date open Until open
Museum Schnütgen, Cäcilienstraße 29-33, 50667 Köln
The renewed collection presentation opens up the museum’s medieval artworks in 15 thematic chapters that connect historical periods, iconography, material…
Collection

Faszination Schmuck 7000 Jahre Schmuckkunst im MAKK

MAKK – Museum für Angewandte Kunst Köln · Köln
Start Feb 18, 2025 End date open Until open
An der Rechtschule, 50667 Köln
At the MAKK in Cologne, a comprehensive presentation of its own jewellery collection opens for the first time with fascination of jewellery. Around 370 se…
Collection

Ikonen der Kunstgeschichte und Zeitgenossenschaft: Die Sammlung des Museum Ludwig

Museum Ludwig · Köln
Start Feb 18, 2025 End date open Until open
Heinrich-Böll-Platz, 50667 Köln
In the Museum Ludwig in Cologne, the presentation of the collection focuses on central works in the history of art and the present. It shows how a collect…
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Kunst + Design im Dialog: 100 Objekte

MAKK - Museum für Angewandte Kunst Köln · Köln
Start Feb 18, 2025 End date open Until open
An der Rechtschule 7, 50667 Köln
At the MAKK in Cologne, the permanent exhibition Art + Design in Dialogue: 100 Objects is dedicated to the relationship between function and design. A sel…
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Der Millionste. Von Menschen und durchkreuzten Plänen

DOMiD · Köln
Start May 18, 2025 End date open Until open
Online-Ausstellung unter guide.domid.org
Using the example of the so-called “millionth guest worker,” the digital exhibition examines how state and economic plans were thwarted by individual life…
Collection

Kunst erzählt. Neue Wege durch die Sammlung

Museum Schnütgen · Köln
Start Jan 29, 2026 End date open Until open
Cäcilienstraße 29-33, 50667 Köln
In the Museum Schnütgen in Cologne, from January 29, 2026, the exhibition of art will be told. New ways through the collection can be seen. The renewed ha…
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Schultze Projects #5: Jana Euler

Museum Ludwig · Köln
Start Jul 18, 2026 End date open Until open
Heinrich-Böll-Platz, 50667 Köln
For the fifth edition of Schultze Projects, Jana Euler developed the wall work “Triptych – Image Viewer Connections” for the large end wall in the stairwe…
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Venues and exhibition hosts

Cologne’s art scene thrives on the interplay between museums, galleries, kunstvereins, collections and independent spaces. Together these venues shape the city’s cultural character and make Cologne relevant well beyond the region.

Map of exhibition venues

A live map of the current Cologne exhibition landscape. It reflects all current exhibitions in the city and groups them by venue, not just the events shown on this page section.

44 current exhibitions across 24 venues in Köln are represented on this map.

Museum Ludwig · 8 MAKK – Museum für Angewandte Kunst Köln · 5 Museum Schnütgen · 4 Kölnischer Kunstverein · 3 Galerie Gisela Capitain · 2 MAKK - Museum für Angewandte Kunst Köln · 2 Museum für Ostasiatische Kunst · 2 Tenri Japanisch-Deutsche Kulturwerkstatt e.V. · 2 Deutsches Sport & Olympia Museum · 1 Deutsches Tanzarchiv Köln · 1 Die Photographische Sammlung/SK Stiftung Kultur · 1 DOMiD · 1 Galerie Biesenbach · 1 Galerie Christian Lethert · 1 Käthe Kollwitz Museum Köln · 1 Kölnisches Stadtmuseum · 1 Museum für Ostasiatische Kunst Köln · 1 NS-Dokumentationszentrum · 1 NS-Dokumentationszentrum Köln · 1 Parrotta Contemporary Art · 1 Rautenstrauch-Joest-Museum · 1 Rautenstrauch-Joest-Museum - Kulturen der Welt · 1 Simultanhalle · 1 Tanzmuseum des Deutschen Tanzarchivs Köln · 1