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Die Qualität der Malerei (The Quality of Painting)
Curated by Georg Imdahl

With works by:
Alex Wissel, Carolin Eidner, Finn Froböse

Opening reception
Friday, October 9
6-8pm

October 10 – December 19

Ruttkowski;68 presents The Quality of Painting (Die Qualität der Malerei), an exhibition curated by Georg Imdahl bringing together works by Alex Wissel (b. 1983, DE), Carolin Eidner (b. 1984, DE), and Finn Froböse (b. 1997, DE).

Must painting, to draw attention to itself, still proclaim its own death, its eternal end? Must it reach “transitively” beyond the picture frame into the room, then stand beside itself (David Joselit) and belong to a particular network in order to convince? Does it need, in the context of western art (Westkunst) and beyond, a fitting image, a catchy label? Can its quality (or qualities) be grasped only by someone who understands it as part of a “formation” (Isabelle Graw)? Is its economic exploitability an integral component of its DNA?

What makes a good painting? Does that judgment belong solely to the right viewer, the appropriate interpreter, the knowledgeable connoisseur?

Questions upon questions, which the exhibition The Quality of Painting (Die Qualität der Malerei) seeks to raise, hopefully without producing unambiguous answers. Rather, the presentation aims to kindle the voluptas of viewing, in the full conviction that the works of Carolin Eidner, Finn Froböse, and Alex Wissel are open, substantial, and reflective enough to demonstrate the vitality of painting to our eyes, and that it, highly alive, stands within a long, continuous “deep history” (Hans-Jürgen Hafner), which reaches just as far back behind modernism as it is capable of looking into a distant future.

#alexwissel #carolineidner #finnfroböse #georgimdahl #ruttkowski68

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SLICE KULTURTIPPS DES MONATS

Was geht im Rheinland im Oktober? 👀
Der goldene Herbst ist da und bringt wieder jede Menge kulturelle Highlights mit sich. Hier kommen unsere Empfehlungen für die nächsten Wochen:

04.10. - 18.10.2026
Das Moovy Tanzfilmfestival feiert sein 10. Jubiläum und verbindet an verschiedenen Kulturorten in Köln internationale Tanzfilme, innovative Virtual-Reality-Installationen und interaktive Filmspaziergänge.
@moovyfest

05.10. - 11.10.2026
Im Rahmen von "Musik in den Häusern der Stadt" finden 26 Konzerte an besonderen privaten und ungewöhnlichen Orten in Köln statt.
@kunstsalonkoeln

07.10.2026
Im Rahmen des "_Open House. Der KPMG-Kunstabend" öffnen das K20 und K21 in Düsseldorf kostenlos die Türen und verlängern die Öffnungszeiten bis bis 22 Uhr.
@kunstsammlungnrw

09.10.2026
Die Ausstellung "Die Qualität der Malerei, Alex Wissel, Carolin Eidner, Finn Froböse." eröffnet bei R;68 in Köln
@rsixtyeight @wissel.alex @carolineidner

16.10.2026
In der Kunsthalle Düsseldorf eröffnet die Ausstellung "Haus u r 2926" von Gregor Schneider.
@kunsthalleduesseldorf

29.10.2026
Im nw9.space in Köln eröffnet die Ausstellung von Gert und Uwe Tobias.
@nw9_cologne @gertuwetobias
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Was haben wir vergessen? 👀

Schreibt eure Kulturtipps gerne in die Kommentare!

Und wo sehen wir euch im Oktober?

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DÜSSELDORF & COLOGNE:

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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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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- Devin Troy Strother

B M W (A Black Man’s Wish)

@devintroy

@rsixtyeight
@ruttkowski68

#devintroystrother #r68 #contemporarypainting #artincologne

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𝐵 𝑀 𝒲 (𝒜 𝐵𝓁𝒶𝒸𝓀 𝑀𝒶𝓃’𝓈 𝒲𝒾𝓈𝒽)

𝒯𝒽𝑒 𝓉𝒾𝓉𝓁𝑒 𝑜𝒻 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝓈𝒽𝑜𝓌 𝒷𝑜𝓇𝓇𝑜𝓌𝓈 𝒾𝓉𝓈 𝓉𝒾𝓉𝓁𝑒 𝒻𝓇𝑜𝓂 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝒻𝒶𝓂𝑜𝓊𝓈 𝓁𝒾𝓃𝑒 𝒾𝓃 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝒻𝒾𝓁𝓂 𝒫𝒶𝒾𝒹 𝒾𝓃 𝐹𝓊𝓁𝓁: “𝐵𝑀𝒲 𝓈𝓉𝒶𝓃𝒹𝓈 𝒻𝑜𝓇 𝐵𝓁𝒶𝒸𝓀 𝑀𝒶𝓃’𝓈 𝒲𝒾𝓈𝒽, 𝒷𝑒𝒸𝒶𝓊𝓈𝑒 𝐼 𝓌𝒾𝓈𝒽 𝐼 𝒽𝒶𝒹 𝑜𝓃𝑒.”

𝐻𝓊𝓂𝑜𝓇𝑜𝓊𝓈 𝑜𝓃 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝓈𝓊𝓇𝒻𝒶𝒸𝑒, 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝓅𝒽𝓇𝒶𝓈𝑒 𝓇𝑒𝒻𝓁𝑒𝒸𝓉𝓈 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝒶𝓈𝓅𝒾𝓇𝒶𝓉𝒾𝑜𝓃𝒶𝓁 𝒸𝓊𝓁𝓉𝓊𝓇𝑒 𝑜𝒻 𝟣𝟫𝟪𝟢𝓈 𝐻𝒶𝓇𝓁𝑒𝓂, 𝓌𝒽𝑒𝓇𝑒 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.

𝒯𝒽𝑒 𝓉𝒾𝓉𝓁𝑒 𝑜𝓅𝑒𝓇𝒶𝓉𝑒𝓈 𝒷𝑜𝓉𝒽 𝓈𝒾𝓃𝒸𝑒𝓇𝑒𝓁𝓎 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝒾𝓇𝑜𝓃𝒾𝒸𝒶𝓁𝓁𝓎: 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝑜𝒷𝒿𝑒𝒸𝓉 𝑜𝓃𝒸𝑒 𝒾𝓂𝒶𝑔𝒾𝓃𝑒𝒹 𝒶𝓈 𝓊𝓃𝒶𝓉𝓉𝒶𝒾𝓃𝒶𝒷𝓁𝑒 𝒾𝓈 𝓃𝑜𝓌 𝑜𝓇𝒹𝒾𝓃𝒶𝓇𝓎, 𝓅𝓇𝒶𝒸𝓉𝒾𝒸𝒶𝓁, 𝑒𝓋𝑒𝓃 𝒹𝑜𝓂𝑒𝓈𝓉𝒾𝒸. 𝒯𝒽𝒶𝓉 𝓉𝑒𝓃𝓈𝒾𝑜𝓃 𝒷𝑒𝓉𝓌𝑒𝑒𝓃 𝒶𝓈𝓅

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Teil 2 - persönliche Eindrücke der Kulturspur 🙌🏼

Vielen Dank für eure persönlichen Eindrücke, Beschreibungen und individuellen Highlights der vergangenen Kulturspur durch das Belgische Viertel, bei welcher wir zu Besuch bei der @definition_of_done, @ruttkowski68 und bei @kueffnermoritz sein durften! 🤩🎨🎻🔍
Liebsten Dank auch an @_themezza & @madrotto aus unserem ehrenamtlichen Kulturspur-Team für die Organisation ! 💛

Du möchtest die nächste Kulturspur nicht verpassen? Dann melde dich noch schnell über unsere Website für die kommende Kulturspur am 11. Juli 2026 an. Gemeinsam entdecken wir kreative Orte in Ehrenfeld. 📍👀

#Kulturspur #BelgischesViertel #Köln #Kunst #Handwerk

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✨ Kulturspur - Auf Streifzug durchs Belgische Veedel ✨🔍
Bei unserer letzten Kulturspur waren wir auf Entdeckungstour durch eines der kreativsten Viertel Kölns. Zwischen zeitgenössischer Kunst und traditionellem Handwerk durften wir Orte kennenlernen, die die Vielfalt der Kölner Kulturszene auf besondere Weise widerspiegeln.
Unser erster Stopp führte uns in die @definition_of_done Gallery – ein Ort für zeitgenössische Kunst, Austausch und Begegnung, an dem junge und etablierte Künstlerinnen ihre Positionen präsentieren. Vielen Dank an @ablytt und @mathiasweinfurter (die Ausstellung ist gefördert von @oca_norway). Weiter ging es zu @ruttkowski68 @rsixtyeight einer international renommierten Galerie, die mit ihrem Programm zeitgenössischer Kunst Künstler*innen aus aller Welt zusammenbringt. Hier durften wir die Ausstellung von @artistnadezhdageorgieva🎨 Den Abschluss bildete der Besuch im Atelier des Geigenbauers und Restaurators @kueffnermoritz, der uns spannende Einblicke in die traditionsreiche Handwerkskunst des Geigenbaus und die besondere Verbindung von Musik, Präzision und Leidenschaft gab.🎻
Vielen Dank an alle, die uns so herzlich empfangen und diese besonderen Einblicke ermöglicht haben sowie an unser ehrenamtliches Kulturspur-Team @_themezza & @madrotto ! 💛 
Du möchtest die nächste Kulturspur nicht verpassen? Dann melde dich über den Link in unserem Linktree für die kommende Kulturspur am 11. Juli 2026 an. Gemeinsam entdecken wir kreative Orte in Ehrenfeld.
Wir freuen uns auf dich! ✨ 
#Kulturspur #BelgischesViertel #Köln #Kunst #Handwerk

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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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[OPENING]

Check out the upcoming openings in July – get more details in our new booklet or by downloading the Kölngalerien app 🍏

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Images:

1) artothek – Raum für junge Kunst @artothekkoeln
Nikolas Müller @thedancingnickboe
My Friend, The Unknown Artist
Eröffnung am 1. Juli, 20–22 Uhr
1. Juli – 22. Aug. 2026
Abb. © Nikolas Müller

2) R;68 @ruttkowski68 @rsixtyeight
Devin Troy Strother @devintroy
B M W (A Black Man’s Wish)
Eröffnung am 10. Juli, 18–20 Uhr
10. Juli – 26. Sept. 2026
Abb. © R;68

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Nadezhda Georgieva
All-Encompassed
2024
Clay, glaze, acrylic, ink, Charcoal, oak wood
104.00 × 192.00 x 113.00 cm
41 x 75⅝ x 44½ in.
Unique

#nadezhdageorgieva #r68 #ruttkowski68

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COLOGNE:

Opening reception
Tonight, Friday, April 17, 6-8pm

NADEZHDA GEORGIEVA
Ascension Unbound

April 18 – June 20

Nadezhda Georgieva (b. 1973 in Sofia, BG), a self-taught multimedia artist, has never confined herself to one artistic discipline, genre, or medium; instead, she enters into a layered relationship: with herself, with her creativity, with materials that refuse to be mere means to an end. Clay, glaze, wood, metal, linen, wool, ink, charcoal, acrylics — substances that do not illustrate, but challenge each other into new forms of existence.

Ascension Unbound explores the duality of groundedness and emergence. On the one hand, her work reflects her own story of becoming an artist, a somewhat unusual path to self-discovery that brought with it many unexpected twists and turns, rooted in lived experiences and the burning flame of creative expression. At the same time, her work is an invitation. To contemplate, to seek out friction, to push for one’s innermost truths.

Together, the multimedia sculptures reveal a process sustained by continuity, interdependence and devotion. Becoming an artist does not mean finding a form, but constantly surrendering one’s own authority in dialogue with the material. This exhibition does not show what art is. It shows what happens when one decides to stop avoiding it.

Nadezhda Georgieva’s work emerges as a mirror, a companion, a disturbance. She encourages her viewers to slow down, to sense texture and absence, and to navigate their own questions around identity, perception, self-expression, and belonging.

#nadezhdageorgieva #ruttkowski68

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