Düsseldorf museum exhibitions in October 2026

Months

• October 2026 8
• November 2026 9
• December 2026 9
• January 2027 9
• February 2027 7
• March 2027 4

Also this month

• New York 112
• Paris 65
• London 64
• Portland 37
• Los Angeles 34
• San Francisco 30
• Washington 28
• Munich 26

• Kunstpalast · Düsseldorf

  Immendorff

  Sep 25, 2026 – Jan 10, 2027

  What role does art play in politics – and the artist in society? Hardly any other artist has addressed these questions as consistently as Jörg Immendorff (1945–2007). With the fir…

• Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen · Düsseldorf

  Franz Marc

  Sep 12, 2026 – Jan 24, 2027

  The first comprehensive exhibition of Franz Marc (1880–1916) in a German museum in over twenty years, at K20. Over 120 paintings and works on paper trace the career of the Express…

• Kunstpalast · Düsseldorf

  Niki de Saint Phalle. Dream Machine

  Sep 10, 2026 – Feb 7, 2027

  The work of Niki de Saint Phalle (1930–2002) mounts a radical challenge to the discrimination of women and asserts a new, monumental vision of femininity. The Kunstpalast presents…

• Kunstpalast · Düsseldorf

  Winfred Gaul

  Oct 15, 2026 – Feb 7, 2027

  A major exhibition dedicated to Düsseldorf artist Winfred Gaul, featuring around 120 paintings and works on paper from the collection donated by Willi Kemp in 2011. Spanning 1955…

• Kunstpalast · Düsseldorf

  Spot on: 100 Years GeSoLei

  May 8, 2026 – Feb 21, 2027

  In this cabinet exhibition, around 20 artists pay tribute to the ‘GeSoLei’, which opened 100 years ago – an exhibition on healthcare, social welfare and physical exercise that mad…

• Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen · Düsseldorf

  Playground

  Apr 25, 2026 – May 9, 2027

  “Playground” invites children to touch, climb, run and imagine in an otherworldly landscape by the artist Sonia Kazovsky. Installed in K20’s largest exhibition hall, this site-spe…

• Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen · Düsseldorf

  Julia Phillips

  Oct 9, 2026 – Aug 29, 2027

  Exhibition of Julia Phillips, winner of the K21 Global Art Award 2026. Alongside works on paper and videos, Phillips works primarily with ceramics and metal, creating sculptures r…

• Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen · Düsseldorf

  Holly Herndon & Mat Dryhurst

  Jun 27 – Oct 11

  A major exhibition with artists and technologists Holly Herndon and Mat Dryhurst, in partnership with KW Institute for Contemporary Art, Berlin. With Starmirror, they transform th…