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Program for the Friends' Association Anniversary Celebration, April 19, 2026, 11 a.m. to 18 p.m.
11 pm: Greeting through the power of Dr. Christine Vogt, Director of the LUDWIGGALERIE Schloss Oberhausen, Jutta Kruft-Lohrengel, First Chairwoman of the Friends' Association
musical accompaniment: Laas Abendroth Interview/Conversation with Jutta Kruft-Lohrengel
11-14 clock: Comfort dress in the pulsating breath of catastrophe – Performance of Marie-Luise O'Byrne-Brandl
11:30 a.m.: Public guided tour of German Pop Art
13-16 clock: Open Workshop – Print your own buttons
12 clock: Lecture “A look behind the scenes of an art museum” from Dr. Christine Vogt, Director of the LUDWIGGALERIE Schloss Oberhausen
13 clock: Artist talk with Timm Ulrichs, Moderation: Dr. Sarah Hülsewig
15 clock: Curator's tour zu German Pop Art from Dr. Sarah Hülsewig
16 clock: JHA LOVE. LOVE & DEATH – Performance of Jan Arlt
16.45 clock: Think factory. Dialogue on political art and the museum as a place of controversial debates by Dagmar Winkler and Joelle Czampiel
The Friends of the Ludwig Gallery at Oberhausen Castle are turning fifteen, and that calls for a celebration! The association has made numerous things possible for the Ludwig Gallery. The most recent is... Wiesel's Beautiful Signs, an art project by Klaus Wiesel, who counters the usual prohibition signs around the museum, but also throughout the entire Kaisergarten, with positive signs expressing permission. Besides numerous acquisitions, restorations, programs, especially for children and young people, and of course the invaluable moral support, the sculpture is probably the largest and most visible project. Red Heels of the Pop Art artist Heiner Meyer, which has stood in front of the main building of the LUDWIGGALERIE since 2021.
We extend our warmest congratulations on your 15th anniversary and have put together a diverse program of events for you on Sunday, April 19, 2026. Get to know art and artists through performances, guided tours, and discussions, learn more about the work of the Friends Association, or purchase a limited-edition print. Red HeelsHeiner Meyer designed the items especially for the anniversary. A graphic edition by Günther Uecker is also for sale, with proceeds going to the Oberhausen Peace Village. Children and teenagers can try their hand at creating their own button-making projects. You can take home a personal memento of the day by visiting our photo booth and posing with Klaus Wiesels. Beautiful signs Have your picture taken.
And then there's birthday cake! The big 15th birthday cake will be cut at 2:30 pm! The Friends Association invites you to join them, as is customary with friends! Since the event also supports the LUDWIGGALERIE, coffee and other beverages are available for purchase. In short: Come along, celebrate with us, and get to know the Friends Association and the LUDWIGGALERIE from a very special perspective!
15th anniversary of the Friends of the LUDWIGGALERIE Schloss Oberhausen
Happy Birthday!
The Friends of the Ludwig Gallery at Oberhausen Castle are celebrating their 15th anniversary in April. To mark this special occasion, the pop artist is giving a gift. Heiner Meyer An exclusive edition is being created for the circle of friends. The design of the edition is based on the sculpture "Red Heels," created for the LUDWIGGALERIE in 2020. At its center is a grid characteristic of Pop Art, whose grid points are designed in the style of Roy Lichtenstein's visual language, thus continuing the Pop Art tradition in a contemporary way.
As part of the current exhibition “German Pop Art. Between Provocation and Mainstream” - The exhibition “The Beck Collection on display at the LUDWIGGALERIE” will present the screen print, printer's proofs, and the original paper sketches for the sculpture. The edition is available in the shop for €1.250. Members of the Friends of the Museum pay the reduced price of €650. The Friends' anniversary will also be celebrated: the anniversary festival will take place on April 19, 2026. We will announce the program here shortly.
Heiner Meyer, Red Heels, 2025, Edition 20/50
Technique: Screen printing on handmade paper
Design: 40 x 60 cm
Sheet size: 60 x 80 cm
Conference proceedings on Walter Moers published
Humor can be clever – and art can be funny. That's what it's all about. Walter Moers last year, impressively in our exhibition What is so funny about that? The comic art of Walter Moers She showed us. She led us from Zamonia, to Captain Bluebear and the Little Asshole.
As part of this exhibition, a scientific symposium took place in November 2024, the results of which are now available in book form: The volume Humor is a serious business. – Walter Moers in the focus of art, literary and media studies, published by Dr. Sarah Hülsewig and Dr. Christine Vogt, illuminates the many facets of an artist who effortlessly transcends the boundaries between media, forms, and genres.
You can purchase the book now in the museum shop or in our webshop.
Wiesels Beautiful signs bring a smile to the faces of visitors and passers-by
A fantastic idea: Instead of everyday, often purely functional signs, "Signs of Instruction for Well-being" can now be discovered around the LUDWIGGALERIE Schloss Oberhausen and the adjacent Kaisergarten until the beginning of May 2026. This art project by Oberhausen artist and graphic designer Klaus Wiesel, with its interplay of art, humor, and everyday observations, is sure to make visitors and strollers smile, reflect, and linger.
Udo Lindenberg – meteorically panicked
June 29 – September 28, 2025, extended until November 23, 2025, Tue – Sun from 11am to 18pm
Due to high demand: Extended until January 18, 2026!
The Oberhausen Singers’ Circle organizes the Day of CHOIRS in colorful diversity.
03 October 2025, 13 a.m. to 17.30 p.m
12 choirs will perform, and the German Silver Singers will invite everyone to join in the sing-along.
OBERHAUSEN CASTLE NIGHTS 2025
A summer theatre in the courtyard of the LUDWIGGALERIE Schloss Oberhausen
Tickets under www.ebertbad.de and at the box office
Entrance from 18.30 pm, start 19.30 pm, further INFO at: www.oberhausener-schlossnächte.de
special 21 x 21. The RuhrKunstMuseen on the Hill
The RuhrKunstMuseen join forces and put highlights of their art collections into dialogue – digitally as a web app at www.21×21.de and from April 2025 in a large special exhibition in the Villa Hügel. In the joint exhibition 21 x 21. The RuhrKunstMuseen on the Hill From April 11th to July 27th, 2025, numerous works from the RuhrKunstMuseen can be admired in the Villa Hügel. The LUDWIGGALERIE Schloss Oberhausen is participating with a total of 7 selected works of art.
21 x 21. THE COLLECTIONS OF THE RUHR ART MUSEUMS
The multifaceted and diverse art collections can be explored in a playful way from November 2024
be discovered: The digital project 21 x 21. The collections of the RuhrKunstMuseen conveyed via
400 works of art from the individual museums in dialogue and provides a cross-section of the collections.
Each of the 21 RuhrKunstMuseen selected a work from its collection that served as an impulse for the
other houses and formed the basis for a creative exchange. The 21 Impulswerke
The partner museums each provided a work from their own collection – thus linking
The artworks combine different eras, techniques, themes and artists to create an inspiring
Dialogue and spin a broad network of associations on 21 topics. Presented are
the works of art at www.21×21.de and on the website of the RuhrKunstMuseen in pictures, texts,
Animations and films (design and programming: blubb.media, Stuttgart). As speaker,
the renowned author and presenter Ronja von Rönne gives the project its own voice.
In the interactive museum match, based on dating platforms, users can
Find a suitable museum and from now on follow their hearts in the art world of the Ruhr area.
The LUDWIGGALERIE chose the Red Heels by Heiner Meyer.
Heiner Meyer, Red Heels
RuhrKunstus – An educational project of the RuhrKunstMuseen
Supported by the RWE Foundation
term 2024 – 2026
RuhrKunstbewegt is an educational project of the 21 RuhrkunstMuseen, supported by the RWE Foundation.
The network of RuhrKunstMuseen develops with RuhrKunstus once again an educational offer for children and young people who grow up in financial poverty and whose social participation is impaired by disadvantageous living conditions. The participants get to know the museum as a new place of experience and expand their skills through creative forms of expression. Approaches and formats of museum education and communication are expanded in an interdisciplinary and cross-sectoral manner: approaches from theater, dance and music complement museum offers in order to offer children and young people a variety of activating approaches to art and culture as well as self-efficacy and independent acquisition of learning content and working methods.
Over three school semesters, children and young people of different age groups and school types can take part in several consecutive workshops in order to find their own approach to art.
From Oberhausen Castle to the Europahaus – the ArtOthek is moving!
After the speciesOthe library opened its doors for the last time for lending in the castle, the big move is now in full swing. With a tear in one eye and a smile in the other, the LUDWIGGALERIE bids farewell to the ArtOthek from its old location and is looking forward to moving to the city center. The opening of the ArtOThe library will take place in the Europahaus. Before that, the listed building on Friedensplatz will be renovated.
The move of the speciesOthek is part of the "Creative City" project, which is concerned with the development of art and culture in Alt-Oberhausen. Various concepts are intended to make the area an attractive and sustainable place for creative exchange. Interested visitors will be able to browse for works of art in the Europahaus and borrow them for a small fee to beautify their own four walls or office. With the move, the LUDWIGGALERIE will also gain a prominent location in the city center. Large display windows not only provide insights into the continuously expanding inventory of artOThe library is available for borrowing. Numerous new exhibition formats and workshops are planned for a diverse urban society. The opening hours will also be extended and, in addition to borrowing art, will invite visitors to "take a look", exchange ideas and participate. After the opening, visitors can stop by at Elsässer Straße 16 on Wednesdays from 18 p.m. to 13 p.m. and Thursdays from 19 p.m. to 17 p.m.
spring cleaning 2024
The LUDWIGGALERIE team also took part in the traditional “Oberhausen Spring Cleaning 2024” campaign this year. Around the castle and in the Kaisergarten, the castle employees made a contribution to a clean Oberhausen as part of the largest decentralized garbage collection campaign in the city.
