Lorenzo Pompa, MORE & BETTER LIES
Paintings and Sculptures
LAST DAYS! Finissage: Saturday, October 25, from 2pm to 6pm
Lorenzo Pompa, MORE & BETTER LIES
Paintings and Sculptures
LAST DAYS! Finissage: Saturday, October 25, from 2pm to 6pm
Upcoming
Elger Esser, Couleur sur Couleur
November 7th, 2025 to January 17th, 2026
Upcoming
Elger Esser, Couleur sur Couleur
November 7th, 2025 to January 17th, 2026

The German-French couple Franz and Nadia van der Grinten opened the Van der Grinten Gallery in Cologne in 2002. Their program includes photography, painting, drawing, works on paper, sculpture by German and international young and established artists.

News

Artist of the gallery

Elina Brotherus, “Dreamer” @ The Miettinen Collection, Salon Dahlmann, Berlin (6 Sept.– 20 Dec. 2025)

The artist’s solo exhibition features recent works by Elina Brotherus as well as her older works from the Miettinen Collection.
10 September: Meet the Artists, 16-8 pm
13 September: Meet the Artists, 3-4 pm
Visits and guided tours are possible every Saturday between 12:00 and 16:00 pm.

Exhibitions

November 7, 2025

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January 17, 2026

We are delighted to invite you to Elger Esser’s fourth solo exhibition at the Van der Grinten Gallery. For this occasion, the artist is presenting twelve previously unseen works created between 2024 and 2025, which continue the development of his characteristic visual universe; a universe in which a strange feeling of timelessness prevails, captivating the viewer as if in a dream or vague memories.

September 6, 2025

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October 25, 2025

Lorenzo Pompa’s main theme is the conditio humana, the readily observable horrifying human tendency towards violence, unrestraint, brutality and excesses. But also other evident human qualities, such as greatness of spirit, heroism and a yearning for beauty. To explore the field of tension between these poles Lorenzo Pompa has developed allegories of biomorphic bodies that appear to act according to the laws of their human psyche.

June 28, 2025

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August 30, 2025

We are delighted to announce the first solo exhibition in our gallery space of Cologne painter Heiner Binding. Since the 1980s the artist has pursued a path that has produced a dense and consistent body of work. We are showing the most recent works from this oeuvre.

April 5, 2025

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June 21, 2025

First solo exhibition of the well-known Finnish artist Elina Brotherus at the Van der Grinten Gallery with a selection of photographic works from her conceptual work cycle “Walking Beuys”.