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Join us for DC Open this weekend!

At our Düsseldorf location,
Fabian Treiber & Michael Günzer
open their new exhibition Im Gerinne.
Join us for the opening reception today from 6pm, with the artists present. Afterwards, we’ll move next door to Bohemians for an afterparty with a DJ set by WOLFRAM.

In Cologne, you can discover a personal reflection on status, success and aspiration through Devin Troy Strother’s exhibition B M W (A Black Man’s Wish), on view through September 26.

Our opening hours for DC open:
Friday, Sept. 4, 6-9pm
Saturday, Sept. 5, 1-7pm
Sunday, Sept 6. 1-5pm

We hope to see you!

#dcopen #ruttkowski68

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Shelley Holcomb knows a good L.A. weekend is crafted carefully: a few parts gallery hopping, a surprise reunion at an opening night, some good bites and heavy pours at the wine bar down the block. The @curate.la co-founder has been guiding Angelenos to the coolest exhibits and art spaces for the past 12 years, decoding the city’s creative sprawl one neighborhood at a time.

For our September issue, Holcomb treats us to her list of places, people and plates worth your visit as you plan your own tour of the city’s never-ending artistic maze.

Words and photography @shelleyhol
@curate.la

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DEVIN TROY STROTHER
B M W (A Black Man’s Wish)

Until September 26

Devin Troy Strother (b. 1986, lives and works in Los Angeles, US) presents his fourth solo exhibition with Ruttkowski;68.
The show B M W (A Black Man’s Wish) borrows its title from a phrase that emerged from the aspirational culture of 1980s Harlem. Humorous on the surface, the expression reflects a time when European luxury cars functioned as symbols of status, mobility, and success. Within that world, the BMW became more than a vehicle, it represented arrival, visibility, and the fantasy of escaping economic limitation.
Strother himself owns a black 2012 328-i BMW station wagon, a detail that shifts the work from cultural observation into something more personal and self-reflective. The title operates both sincerely and ironically: The object once imagined as unattainable is now ordinary, practical, even domestic. That tension between aspiration and reality sits at the center of the work.
The work also exists within a long tradition of reinterpreting corporate symbols through black vernacular, humor, and cultural slang, transforming luxury branding into something communal, coded, and emotionally loaded. “B M W” (A Black Man’s Wish) reframes the car as a psychological and symbolic object, one tied to desire, projection, identity, and performance.

#devintroystrother #r68 #ruttkowski68

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Coloured Publishing Presents
open street market
624 Imperial St. 90021
Aug 1st
•books
•art
•clothing
•pottery
•vintage
•plants
•snacks
•friendly dogs to pet

1st and 3rd Saturday of the month
@coloured_publishing @devintroy @h33m.archive

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@la_felce
Philip Emde & Kuba Freter
»Friends«
Book Launch + Exhibition 08.07. 18-21 Opening
09.-19.07.2926

ADVANTAGE BOOK EXH.
Maria-Hilf-Str 15-17, 50677 Köln
Wie funktionieren Freundschaften in der Kunst Bubble? Einer Bubble wo Themen und Gespräche persönlich, schnell privat, Verbindungen sogar strategisch sein könnten. Welche Rolle spielen Distanz und Professionalität, während zu den allgemeinen Parametern von Freundschaften oft Nähe und Emotionalität zählen? In der Kuscheltier Bubble in Emdes Atelier scheint Leichtigkeit und Naivität ein funktionierendes Rezept für dicke Freundschaften zu sein. Ob das auch für Verbindungen zwischen Künstlern und Künstlerinnen, Kuratorinnen und Galeristen, Galeristen und Museumsdirektorinnen, Galeristen und Galeristen, Künstlerinnen und Galeristen, Galeristinnen und Kuratoren, Künstlerinnen und Künstlerinnen oder in jeder beliebigen anderen Kombination zu empfehlen ist? Keine Empfehlungen, keine Rezepte oder Formeln sind im Zine von Philip und Kuba versteckt. Leichtigkeit und Freude beim Blättern und sogar Blumen in Stickerform gibt es für 15 Euro.
Preview paf available > edition@lafelce.de
Zine available DM, Mail und tonight
Zwei Kölner Künstler haben zusammen ein Zine gemacht. Der eine hat gezeichnet der andere hat fotografiert, beide in Schwarzweiß. Entstanden ist ein emotionales Zine welches ein großes Spektrum von Freundschaften abbildet. Von den ersten enger Freundschaften im Kinderzimmer, den mit Kuscheltieren, bis hin zu Freundschaften aus der Nacht.
Von Philip Emde sind Zeichnungen seiner Steifftiere aus dem Atelier zu sehen. Kuba Freter zeigt Portraits von befreundeten Künstlerinnen und Künstlern, MusikerInnen, GaleriestInnen, Kuratorlnnen, Autorlnnen und DJs.
@philip_emde @kuba.dsk Publisher
#advantagebook
ADVANTAGE BOOK: you can’t see all the pages at the same time …

Photo 1-7 by @kuba.dsk … Making of . .COMFORT .. ZONE . … Oilstick drawing on paper @la_felce … Juli … 2026 …

#lafelce #emdiland #philipemde #kubafreter …………………….. ❤️🫂💛 …….✨🌕🐆✨ …………..

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Skull & Roses

Devin Troy Strother
2025

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COLOGNE:

Save the date

DEVIN TROY STROTHER
B M W (A Black Man’s Wish)

July 11 – September 26

Opening Reception
Friday, July 10, 6-8pm

Devin Troy Strother (b. 1986, lives and works in Los Angeles, US) presents his fourth solo exhibition with Ruttkowski;68.
The show B M W (A Black Man’s Wish) borrows its title from a phrase that emerged from the aspirational culture of 1980s Harlem. Humorous on the surface, the expression reflects a time when European luxury cars functioned as symbols of status, mobility, and success. Within that world, the BMW became more than a vehicle, it represented arrival, visibility, and the fantasy of escaping economic limitation.
Strother himself owns a black 2012 328-i BMW station wagon, a detail that shifts the work from cultural observation into something more personal and self-reflective. The title operates both sincerely and ironically: The object once imagined as unattainable is now ordinary, practical, even domestic. That tension between aspiration and reality sits at the center of the work.
The work also exists within a long tradition of reinterpreting corporate symbols through black vernacular, humor, and cultural slang, transforming luxury branding into something communal, coded, and emotionally loaded. “B M W” (A Black Man’s Wish) reframes the car as a psychological and symbolic object, one tied to desire, projection, identity, and performance.

#devintroystrother #r68 #ruttkowski68

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The money come and go, the taste gotta stay.

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currently reading @h33m.archive @devintroy @coloured_publishing

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𝔼𝕕𝕚𝕥𝕚𝕠𝕟 𝕠𝕗 𝟝𝟘. @jonleiu @coloured_publishing

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