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.
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Artist of the gallery
Until June 15, 2025: Elina Brotherus, Over Seas @ Kunstsilo, Kristiansand, Norway
Over Seas is a collaborative project between artist Elina Brotherus and conductor Eivind Aadland, staged by Kilden and Kunstsilo. Aadland, an avid art collector, and Brotherus, with her deep interest in classical music, have together developed Over Seas, a project where their artistic expressions meet.
Artist of the gallery
Friday 4 April 2025 : Opening Elina Brotherus “Walking Beuys” at Van der Grinten Galerie, 6 to 9 pm
Van der Grinten Galerie is delighted to announce a new collaboration with Finnish artist Elina Brotherus.
Her first solo exhibition with us will take place from April 4 to June 28, 2025.
Exhibitions
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”.
January 25, 2025
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March 22, 2025
To celebrate the start of 2025, Van der Grinten Galerie is delighted to open the first solo exhibition with new gallery artist Leigh Wells in its space!
November 6, 2024
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January 11, 2025
The works on paper signed by Sigmar Polke and dated from 1999, 2002 and 2003 are exhibited for the first time as a group. They are a wonderful example of the typical combination of various painting media, including spray paint, silkscreen, ink, watercolors and interference colors used by Polke.
August 31, 2024
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October 26, 2024
For Rikako Kawauchi ‘s second exhibition at our gallery, we are showing her oil painting for the first time, in tandem with a selection of the latest drawings on paper. In contrast to the clear, light and airy drawings, in which the forms float and breath in the often empty space of the pristine paper, Kawauchi’s oil paintings display a strong physical presence: in the thick, fresh layers of colorful material that form the weighty, abstract foundation, the palette knife is used to carve out motives that nevertheless transport the same somatic energy as the thin, minimalistic lines drawn on paper.