Peter and Irene Ludwig Foundation
The Ludwig Collection consists of several thousand objects and gathers together art from many continents and epochs. The idea of “world art” was the inspiration. After beginning with classic antiquities and medieval art, the commitment to contemporary art started in the late 1950s. Initially focusing on Germany and France, attention turned to the USA with the acquisition of a work by Tom Wesselmann in 1967. Soon after the perspective was broadened again: while the USA and Western Europe remained firmly in view, interest in art from East Germany, the Soviet Union, China, Cuba, and Latin America grew. Decisive was a concept of art that did not distinguish normatively between “high” and “low”, “applied” and “fine” art, or between “West” and “East”. Today the Collection’s holdings are to be found in 26 public museums as donations or permanent loans.
Museums and institutions[edit]
The foundation's institutions and museums are located in Aachen, Bamberg, Basel, Budapest, Koblenz, Köln, Oberhausen, Beijing, Saarlouis, Saint Petersburg and Vienna.
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