The current edition of Art Düsseldorf showcases 105 galleries, marking a substantial growth compared to the previous year. Among them, 34 galleries join for the first time, including Meyer Riegger (Berlin), Kewenig (Berlin, Palma de Mallorca), Dirimart (Istanbul), and Plus-One Gallery (Antwerp). 71 galleries are returning for another participation, including well-known names such as Galerie Thomas Schulte (Berlin), Galerie Michael Haas (Berlin), and Konrad Fischer (Düsseldorf, Berlin).
This year, there are 30 galleries from Düsseldorf and Cologne. Galleries based in Berlin are just as strongly represented: 24 galleries reflect the rich art scene of the capital, including KOW, Dittrich & Schlechtriem, and Galerie Friese. The list is further enhanced by 40 galleries with international locations representing countries such as Austria, Turkey, Denmark, Ireland, Italy, Spain, the USA, India, Sweden, Belgium, Great Britain, Portugal, and France. Notable participants include Emami Art (Kolkata), Carolina Nitsch (New York), Gallery Krinzinger (Vienna), Tatjana Pieters (Ghent), and Steve Turner (Los Angeles). The outstanding line-up confirms the excellent reputation of Art Düsseldorf as a lively stage for young as well as established positions on the cutting edge. Works by artists such as Marina Abramović, Julius von Bismarck, Ulla von Brandenburg, Julian Charrière, Willem de Kooning, Karin Kneffel, Konrad Klappheck, Joep van Liefland, Heinz Mack, Bettina Pousttchi, Troika, or Jürgen Staeck have been announced.
This list of exhibitors solidifies Art Düsseldorf’s position as a diverse and vibrant marketplace, attracting collectors, art enthusiasts, and industry professionals.
Diverse Sections
The fair emphasizes its commitment to a discursive approach, innovation, and the inclusion of current topics through its curatorial concept and the purposeful layout of its sections and focal themes.
With the thematic focus and program, the fair continues to assert itself as a place of exchange, debate, and the experience of art.
As last year, the fair sections are once again called Main, Next, Solo Projects, and Joint. The Next section caters to galleries with less than ten years of activity, focusing on younger artists. The Joint section allows galleries to present their work cooperatively. The Solo Projects present outstanding artists addressing the central focal themes of the year 2024: Photography & Identity, Retromania and Future Bodies.
These focal themes are also reflected in the fair‘s talk program. For the first time this year, a team of curators, Laura Helena Wurth (Deutschlandfunk Kultur) and Alexander Wilmschen (Kestner Gesellschaft), will select and present the highly popular Sculpture Spots, showcasing sculptures with museum standards and dimensions.
Sustainability as a commitment: the „Change“ project in cooperation with the E.on Foundation
Both curators are also responsible for the „Change“ project, which presents contemporary positions that deal with sustainability and transformation processes. Walter Gehlen, Director of Art Düsseldorf, emphasizes the continuous innovative nature of the fair and highlights the cooperation with the foundation: „Exploring the topic of sustainability will remain a priority of Art Düsseldorf. In close cooperation with the E.on Foundation, we will explore new perspectives and contemporary approaches to this topic in the arts this year.“ As part of the Change Project, artistic positions by Julia Scher, Jonas Lund, Gerrit Frohne-Brinkmann, Mona Schulzek, among others, will be on display.
Düsseldorf is a significant destination for art history
Art Düsseldorf is not the only reason to come to the Rhineland this spring. It is embedded in the rich offerings of the state capital as a historically significant place and is also supported by a close network of galleries, museums, and collections.
From mid-March, the Kunstsammlung NRW is presenting the exhibition „Hilma af Klint and Wassily Kandinsky. Dreams of the Future“, while the Kunstpalast features a new presentation of its collection, including a replica of the legendary cream cheese bar. The fair is at the heart of the cultural calendar in April as a lively stage for contemporary art.
„We look forward to four days full of art, exchange, and inspiring encounters. The Art Düsseldorf program and the participating galleries are united by the fact that we draw on the cultural wealth of the Rhineland and, at the same time, encourage contemporary global art. We achieve this through careful curation, well-thought-out program design, and a distinct understanding of the dynamic relationships between art history and innovation, between galleries, artists, the fair, and its location,“ Walter Gehlen summarizes.
Galleries 2024
A+B Gallery, Brescia, JOINT
alexander levy, Berlin, MAIN
Artemis Gallery, Lisbon, JOINT
ASPN, Leipzig, MAIN
Galerie Norbert Arns, Cologne, MAIN
Zeller van Almsick, Vienna, NEXT
Beck & Eggeling International Fine Art, Düsseldorf, MAIN
boa based on Art, Düsseldorf, NEXT
BRITTA RETTBERG, Munich, NEXT
Buchmann Galerie, Berlin, Lugano MAIN
Galerie Bene Taschen, Cologne, SOLO PROJECTS Clages, Cologne, MAIN
Copperfield, London, JOINT
COSAR, Düsseldorf, MAIN
Dirimart, Istanbul, MAIN
DITTRICH & SCHLECHTRIEM, Berlin, MAIN
Dorothée Nilsson Gallery, Berlin, JOINT
Drei, Cologne, Change presented by E.ON
Dürst Britt & Mayhew, The Hague, NEXT
Elektrohalle Rhomberg, Salzburg, NEXT
Emami Art, Kolkata, NEXT
Encounter, Lisbon, SOLO PROJECTS
EXILE, Wien, Erfurt, MAIN
fiebach, minninger, Cologne, SOLO PROJECTS
Galerie Friese, Berlin, MAIN
Konrad Fischer Galerie, Düsseldorf, Berlin, MAIN
Galerie Boisserée, Cologne, MAIN
Galerie Droste, Düsseldorf, Paris, MAIN
Galerie Karin Günther, Hamburg, JOINT
Galerie Mathias Güntner Hamburg | Berlin, Hamburg, Berlin, MAIN
Galleria Studio G7, Bologna, JOINT
Gether Contemporary, Copenhagen, MAIN
green on red gallery, Dublin, MAIN
GROELLE, Wuppertal, Düsseldorf, MAIN
Galerie Michael Haas, Berlin, Zürich, MAIN
Hans Alf Gallery, Copenhagen, MAIN
Haverkampf Leistenschneider, Berlin, NEXT
Galerie Anton Janizewski, Berlin, NEXT
Jahn und Jahn, Munich, Lisbon, MAIN
JO VAN DE LOO, Munich, MAIN
JUBG, Cologne, NEXT
JVDW gallery, Düsseldorf, NEXT
Bernhard Knaus Fine Art GmbH, Frankfurt am Main, MAIN
Galerie Dr. Dorothea van der Koelen, Mainz, Venice, MAIN
Galerie Russi Klenner, Berlin, NEXT
KEWENIG, Berlin, Palma de Mallorca, MAIN
Kornfeld Galerie Berlin, Berlin, SOLO PROJECTS KOW, Berlin, MAIN
Krinzinger, Vienna, MAIN
Krobath Wien, Vienna, JOINT
LAGE EGAL Curatorial Projects, Berlin, MAIN
Galerie Löhrl, Mönchengladbach, MAIN
LINN LÜHN, Düsseldorf, MAIN
LIVIE GALLERY, Zürich, NEXT
LOHAUS SOMINSKY, Munich, MAIN
Lucas Hirsch, Düsseldorf, Change presented by E.ON
LUDORFF, Düsseldorf, MAIN
Galerie m, Bochum, MAIN
Galerie Max Mayer, Düsseldorf, MAIN
Kai Middendorff Galerie, Frankfurt am Main, MAIN
Mario Mauroner Contemporary Art, Salzburg, MAIN
Matèria, Rom, JOINT
max goelitz, Munich, JOINT
Meyer Riegger, Berlin, Karlsruhe, Basel, SOLO PROJECTS
ROBERT MORAT GALERIE, Berlin, MAIN
Carolina Nitsch, New York, MAIN
Galerie Georg Nothelfer, Berlin, MAIN
NO·NO Gallery, Lisbon, NEXT
Noah Klink, Berlin, Change presented by E.ON
nouveaux deuxdeux, Munich, Change presented by E.ON
Office Impart, Berlin, Change presented by E.ON
Galerie Parisa Kind, Frankfurt am Main, MAIN
Galerie Rupert Pfab, Düsseldorf, MAIN
Pelaires, Palma de Mallorca, MAIN
Persons Projects, Berlin, MAIN
PLUS-ONE Gallery, Antwerp, JOINT
Produzentengalerie Hamburg, Hamburg, MAIN
PSM, Berlin, JOINT
Petra Rinck Galerie, Düsseldorf, MAIN
Philipp von Rosen Galerie, Cologne, MAIN
Reinisch Contemporary, Graz, Salzburg, MAIN
RizzutoGallery, Palermo, MAIN
Ruttkowski68, Köln, Düsseldorf, Paris, New York, MAIN
Thomas Rehbein Galerie, Cologne, MAIN
Galerie Clara Maria Sels, Düsseldorf, MAIN
Galerie Thomas Schulte, Berlin, MAIN
Schönewald Fine Arts GmbH, Düsseldorf, MAIN
SETAREH, Düsseldorf, MAIN
Sevil Dolmaci Gallery, Istanbul, MAIN
SEXAUER, Berlin, MAIN
Sies + Höke, Düsseldorf, MAIN
Smolka Contemporary, Vienna, SOLO PROJECTS: Retromania
Soy Capitán, Berlin, SOLO PROJECTS: Future Bodies
Sperling, Munich, NEXT
Steve Turner, Los Angeles, MAIN
Walter Storms Galerie, Munich, MAIN
Galerie Elisabeth & Klaus Thoman, Innsbruck, MAIN
Galerie Tanit, Munich, Beirut, MAIN
TATJANA PIETERS, Ghent, JOINT
UITSTALLING ART GALLERY, Genk, Poznań, NEXT
UN-SPACED Gallery, Paris, SOLO PROJECTS: Retromania
Van Horn, Düsseldorf, MAIN
Kadel Wilborn, Düsseldorf, Change presented by E.ON
Weserhalle, Berlin, NEXT
Galerie Zink, Waldkirchen, MAIN
Press release from Art Düsseldorf
Image: Rania Matar. Lea, Beirut, Lebanon. 2019. Image courtesy of the artist and Galerie Tanit
