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2019 New Beginnings
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2016 On the Individual
2016 Bethan Huws
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2015 The Read Thread
2015 Museum for Drawing
2015 Birgit Antoni: Cinema
2014 Vertigo of Reality
2014 playing by heart
2014 Achim Lengerer
2014 Bruno Jakob
2013 show cover hide
2013 Eucharist
2013 Norbert Schwontkowski
2013 Pascal Schwaighofer
2012 Art is Liturgy – Paul Thek
2012 Leiko Ikemura
2012 Volker Saul
2012 Jaromir Novotny
2011 Birgit Antoni
2011 thinking
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2010 Mischa Kuball
2010 Noli me tangere!
2010 Heinrich Küpper
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2010 Georg Baumgarten
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2009 Hermann Abrell
2008 Heiner Binding
2008 Man Leaving Earth
2007 Infinite Space Expands
2006 In the Garden of Reality II
2006 Werner Schriefers
2006 In the Garden of Reality I
2005 The Egner Donation
2005 Leiko Ikemura
2005 Arma Christi
2005 Hans Josephsohn
2005 Coptic Textiles
2005 Birgit Antoni
2004 Monika Bartholomé
2004 Max Cole
2003 Reliquary Crosses
2004 Heinrich Küpper
2003 Martin Frommelt
2003 150 Years!
2002 Attila Kovács
2002 Herbert Falken
2002 Peter Tollens
2001 ars vivendi
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2000 The Härle Donation
2000 Children's drawings
2000 About Reality
1999 Andor Weininger
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1999 Andy Warhol
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1998 Faith and Knowledge
1998 Stephan Baumkötter
1998 Bernd Ikemann
1998 Kabakov Pane a.o.
1998 Hildegard Domizlaff
1997 Cage Tsangaris a.o.
1997 Richard Serra
1997 Manos Tsangaris
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1997 Klaus vom Bruch
1997 About the Site: Kolumba
1996 About Ambivalence
1996 Peter Tollens
1996 Chris Newman
1996 Wolfgang Laib
1995 Early Christian Art
1996 About Colour
1995 Mischa Kuball
1995 Palace of Art
1995 Horn Falken Michals, a.o.
1995 Monika Bartholomé
1993 Tápies Thek Tuttle u.a.
1992 Vaticana
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The Defence of Childhood (2010)
A museum in alterity (2009)
Aesthetic Moment (2009)
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Lamspringe Psalter
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Esther Kläs
Duane Michals
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05/26 Au travail!
05/26 Schauspiel Köln
12/25 Playing with Heart
12/25 close Up – lontano
11/25 Sound Workshop
Talk with Takele Merid Afessa
11/24 Sound Workshop
11/24 Memorial Joseph Marioni
11/24 For All Souls
05/24 NRW Music Prize
02/24 Schools as Guest XI
02/24 Ash-Wednesday
1-8/24 Required Reading
11/23 Sound Workshop
11/23 For All Souls 5
10/23 A different view of art
08/23 A Ukrainian Kolumba
06/23 Un Film Dramatique
01/23 The Reading Room
11/12 Sound Workshop
11/22 For All Souls 4
07/22 Lecture by Linda Wiesner
05/22 Vortrag Rolf Lauer
08/21 New Ocean Sea Cycle
06/21 BODY TALE
02/21 Tonspur_Achim Lengerer
09/20 Fritz Hauser
09/19 Federal President
11/18 Circumstance
12/17 Renate König Donation
08/17 Ten Years Kolumba
04/17 Artist Talk
01/17 Series of Concerts
11/16 10th Soundworkshop
06/16 Eric Hattan & Julian Sartorius
06/15 FORSETI feat. subsTANZ
06/15 Cologne Opera
03/15 Animated Cartoon Workshop
11/14 Soundtrack (Achim Lengerer)
11/14 Edith Stein Conference
11/14 Sound Workshop
10/14 Philosophical Discussion
10/14 Albert-Talk
10/14 Seminar on Philosophy
06/14 Visiting Schools III
02/14 Barlach-Haus
11/13 Dance performance
11/13 Sound Workshop
10/13 E-MEX-Ensemble
10/13 4th Albert-Discussion
05/13 Performances
03/13 Horatiu Radulescu
11/12 Sound Workshop
10/12 E-MEX-Ensemble
09/12 Girls' Choir
08/12 Cage: Empty Words
08/12 Hosting Schools II
08/12 Many thanks to all of the...
07/12 Table Talks
06/12 Table Concert
06/12 The chamber of meditation
05/12 episteme
05/12 new talents
04/12 Cage: A Collection of Rocks
03/12 Cage: Number Pieces
03/12 Hans Otte
11/11 Sound Workshop
09/11 Imploding Desk
07/11 Finissage
07/11 Schulen zu Gast I
11/10 Sound Workshop
11/10 Joseph Marioni
06/10 Steffen Krebber
05/10 Holy-Spirit Retable
02/10 Bernhard Leitner
02/10 Ash Wednesday
11/09 Sound Workshop
11/08 Workshop
10/08 Donaueschingen Festival
06/08 Kolumba is singing!
04/07 Art Cologne
08/05 1st view!
12/04 The Pietà from St. Kolumba
11/03 Schauspielhaus Köln
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The Gems
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Between bodies
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The Museum in the Body
La Voix Off
Videos:
09/22 Place & Self
06/21 Art and Choreography
06/21 La Voix Off #5
04/21 La Voix Off #3_Part 3
04/21 La Voix Off #3_Part 3
04/21 La Voix Off #3_Part 2
04/21 La Voix Off #3_Part 1
03/21 La Voix Off #02
03/21 La Voix Off #01
02/21 Dance Ecosystem
12/20 Meet
11/20 Lockdown
11/20 Installing Heinz Breloh
10/20 Installing Office vor...
10/20 Installing Hannah Villiger
10/20 Installing Bernhard Leitner
10/20 Installing Duane Michals
10/20 Performance Kläs & Gomes
09/20 Installing Richard Tuttle
09/20 Dark Red
09/17 Pas de deux
01/17 Kurt Benning
09/16 Me in a no-time state
10/15 Winterreise
09/15 The Red Thread
06/15 Opera II: Gustav Holst
06/15 Opera I: Leos Janácek
09/14 playing by heart
04/14 Kunst Raum Klang
09/19 Aufbrüche
05/14 The Visitors
06/13 HornroH
09/13 show cover hide
05/13 Ellen Keusen
05/13 Seline Baumgartner
05/13 Manos Tsangaris
05/13 Special Exhibition
09/12 Art is Liturgy
04/12 Collection of Rocks
08/11 Finissage Noli me tangere
11/11 Sound Workshop
09/11 thinking
07/11 Noli me tangere - reloaded
11/10 Sound Workshop
09/10 Noli me tangere
10/09 WDR master.pieces
06/09 Lauren Newton
10/08 Donaueschingen
09/08 Marble Maze
06/08 Kolumba is singing!
04/08 Farewell for JMP
04/08 Public guided tour
04/08 Guided tour with children
18 September 2026
press photos exhibition
Have you ever fallen in love with a clock?