MODULAR ORGAN

Phillip Sollmann & Konrad Sprenger

18.10.2025 – 25.01.2026

Opening: 18. October 2025 4-8 PM

The Philara Collection, in cooperation with the 20th annual IDO festival (lnternational Düsseldorf Organ Festival), is delighted to open MODULAR ORGAN, an exhibition by Phillip Sollmann and Konrad Sprenger. To mark this anniversary, for three months, Modular Organ System, an immersive, walk-through sound installation, will transform the former glassworks into a resonant space.

Curators: Julika Bosch, Vincent Stange, Hannah Niemeier

The MODULAR ORGAN project is supported by the aventis foundation, the Sparkassen-Kulturstiftung Rheinland and the Karin und Uwe Hollweg Stiftung.

MELTING SANDS 

Glass in Contemporary Art

Gabriele Beveridge, Gwenneth Boelens, Elio J Carranza, Kasia Fudakowski, Paul Hance, Annika Kahrs, Yaël Kempf, Katharina Maderthaner, Mischa Kuball, Narges Mohammadi, Leonor Serrano Rivas, Mathilde Rosier, Jeremy Shaw, Slavs and Tatars, Jeanine Verloop

18.10.2025 – 25.01.2026

Opening: 18. October 2025 4-8 PM

To mark the 150th anniversary of the former Lennarz glassworks, where Philara's building manager worked previously and in which the museum is hosted since 2016, the Philara Collection is presenting a comprehensive exhibition on glass in contemporary art. The group show explores the compatibility of structure and chaos and focuses on collectivity and international collaboration - all characteristics of glass and its production. 

Reveries, Trumpets & Tricks

Anton Henning 

18.10.2025 – 25.01.2026

Opening: 18. October 2025 4-8 PM

The Philara Collection is pleased to present TRÄUME, TRICHTER & TRICKSEREIEN, an extensive solo exhibition of work by Anton Henning. Works spanning four decades of Henning’s career, with a particular focus on his paintings, are on display. In parallel with this exhibition, the artist is making generous donations of his work to several German, Belgian and Dutch museums, including the Kunstpalast Düsseldorf. In 2025, his work can also be seen at various other institutions, including the Kunsthalle Bremen, the Kunstmuseum Bonn, the Museum Kurhaus Kleve, the Museum Neuruppin, the Sprengel Museum Hannover, the AkzoNobel Art Foundation in Amsterdam, the Kunstmuseum Den Haag, the Museum Kunstpalast Düsseldorf, as well as the Kunsthalle Mannheim and the Von der Heydt-Museum, Wuppertal.