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The museum’s collection comprises approximately 1,000 works of modern and contemporary art. It places particular emphasis on German Expressionism, postwar West German painting, American art after 1945, and the late works of Pablo Picasso.
Ezeiza Bandog,2004
Oil on wood, 257 x 429.2 cm © Corinne Wasmuh
The Three Gentlemen, (Hubert, Franz und Frieder Burda), 1982
Acrylic and silkscreen on canvas, 101.8 x 203.4 cm © 2026 The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc. / Licensed by Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
The Far Shore, 2007
High-resolution color video diptych on plasma screens, 122 x 145 x 13 cm © Kira Perov. Courtesy of Bill Viola Studio
Trois Lignes Indéterminées, 1995
Rolled Column, 280 x 440 x 332 cm © VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2026
Doppel Spirale, 2016
Nails, white paint on canvas on wood
200 x 150.3 x 16 cm © VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2026
Mao Tse-Tung, 1965
Öl auf Leinwand, 222 x 186 cm © VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2026
Party, 1963
Oil, nails, cord and newspaper on fabric
150 x 182 cm, © Gerhard Richter 2026 (09062026)
Accretion Disk (Curved Elliptical Glass), 2018
Light installation © James Turrell
Schloß Neuschwanstein, 1963
Oil and lacquer on canvas, 190 x 150 cm © Gerhard Richter 2026 (09062026)
Schnee, 1999
Oil on canvas, 56 x 51.2 cm © Gerhard Richter 2026 (09062026)
Strip (vertical), 2011
Digital print on paper, mounted on aluminium Dibond behind anti-reflective acrylic glass, 300 x 300 cm © Gerhard Richter 2026 (09062026)
Zwei Fiat, 1964
Oil on canvas, 128.9 x 198.9 cm © Gerhard Richter 2026 (09062026)
XL 513,1964
Oil on canvas, 110.1 x 130.1 cm, © Gerhard Richter 2026 (09062026)
Majakowski, 1965
Oil on canvas, 221.5 x 186.5 cm © VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2026
Kerze, 1982
Oil on canvas, 100 x 100 cm © Gerhard Richter 2026 (09062026)
Alfa Romeo (with text), 1965
Oil on canvas, 149 x 154 cm © Gerhard Richter 2026 (09062026)
Abstraktes Bild, 1992
Oil on canvas, 200 x 160 cm © Gerhard Richter 2026 (09062026)
Abstraktes Bild, See, 1997
Oil on canvas, 200 x 180 cm © Gerhard Richter 2026 (09062026)
Big Pile of Bones (Scenarios), 2005
Pigment transfer on polylaminate, 217.3 x 306 cm © VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2026
Ausschüttung, 2009
Oil on canvas, 210,2 x 300,3 cm © VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2026
Untitled, 1988
Oil on wood, 60 x 79.9 cm © The Estate of Arnulf Rainer
Nach Altdorfer, 1986
Acrylic on felt, 197.5 x 188.4 cm © The Estate of Sigmar Polke / VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn
Porträt Frieder Burda, 1996
Acrylic on paper, 5 panels, overall dimensions: 271 x 181.5 cm © The Estate of Sigmar Polke / VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2026
Triptychon, 1996
Synthetic resin, lacquer on polyester fabric
3 panels, each 353 x 282.3 cm © The Estate of Sigmar Polke / VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2026
Verkündigung, 1992
Synthetic resin and varnish on polyester fabric, 223 x 299.7 cm © The Estate of Sigmar Polke / VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2026
Composition No. 16, 1948
Oil on canvas and wood, 56.5 x 39.4 cm © Pollock-Krasner Foundation / VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn
The Tea Cup, 1946
Oil on canvas, 102 x 70.5 cm © Pollock-Krasner Foundation / VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn
Kistenwalhalla, 1980/88
Castings of death masks, wood, plaster, rigid foam, oil paint, 27 pieces in total, each 50 x 40 x 24 cm © The Estate of Arnulf Rainer
Potato Heads (Mao & LBJ),1965
Synthetic resin on canvas, 91 x 116 cm © The Estate of Sigmar Polke / VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn
Nu couché, 1968
Oil on canvas, 1946, 130 x 162 cm © Succession Picasso / VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn
Homme debout, 1969
Oil on canvas, 1946 194,7 x 130 cm © Succession Picasso / VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn
Buste d'homme, 1969
Oil on canvas, 1946 130 x 97 cm © Succession Picasso / VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn
NRMN,1986
Patinated bronze, 134 x 12 x 12 cm © VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2026
Standard III T. M, 1974
Oil on canvas, 1946, 150 x 150 cm © VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn
House in Brooklyn, 2003
Oil on canvas, 1946, 228,6 x 166,5 cm © The Estate of Malcolm Morley. Courtesy Petzel Gallery, Berlin
Alice, 2007
Oil on canvas, 198,2 x 320,3 © The Estate of Malcolm Morley. Courtesy Petzel Gallery, Berlin
Personnage (Enfant), 1960
Bronze, 115 x 98 x 54 cm © Succession Picasso / VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2026
Amerikanisch-Mexikanische Grenze, 1984
Day-glow paint and dispersion on cotton canvas, 224 x 298.5 cm © The Estate of Sigmar Polke / VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn
Untitled (Bärchen), 1995
Synthetic resin, paint on fabric, 117 x 137.4 cm © The Estate of Sigmar Polke / VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2026
Zwei „Steine“ feiern Doppelhochzeit, 1984
Synthetic resin, lacquer, and pigment on canvas, 199 x 260 cm © The Estate of Sigmar Polke / VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2026
Dürer Hase, 1968
Dispersion on fabric, 80,2 x 64,5 cm © The Estate of Sigmar Polke / VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2026
Interieur, 1966
Acrylic on cotton canvas, 160 x 140 cm © The Estate of Sigmar Polke / VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2026
Lamellenrelief, 1968/69
anodized aluminum, wood, stainless steel, plexiglass,152 x 202,5 x 8 cm © VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2026
UNFRAMED, La petite Française Françoise en train de jouer dans la Hochstraße à Baden-Baden, revu par JR, vers 1952, Baden-Baden, Germany,2014/15
Color photograph on metallic paper, mounted on aluminum, behind plexiglass, on a wooden frame, 124,4 x 187 x 6,5 cm © JR
The Rape of Europe, 1970/71
Bronze, 102 x 48 x 48 cm
Rückblick, 2015
Inkjet-Print, Diasec, 242 x 477 x 6,5 cm © VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2026
Lehmbruck I, 2013
Inkjet-Print, Diasec, 249 x 357 x 6,2 cm © VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2026
Ocean II, 2010
Inkjet-Print, Diasec, 341 x 249,4 x 6,4 cm © VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2026
ohne Titel, 2009
Acrylic on canvas, 240 x 388 cm © VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2026
Newspaper Man, 2016
mounted chromogenic transparency, in a painted aluminum light box, 182 x 136 x 18 cm © The Estate of Rodney Graham
My Mother Land Can Fuck Your Father Land, 1957
Mixed media on canvas 14 x 17,8 cm © VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2026
Untitled (Summer Rain), ‘Beneath the Roses’, 2004
Digital pigment print, 148,5 x 227 cm © Gregory Crewdson. Courtesy Gagosian, New York
William N. Copley
Garment Center,1983
Acrylic on canvas, 162,4 x 132,3 cm © VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn
Frieder Burda, 1982
Acrylic and screen print on canvas, 101,7 x 101,7 cm © 2026 The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc. / Licensed by Artists Rights Society, New York
Diamond Dust Shoes, 1980
Synthetic polymer, screen print, and diamond dust on cardboard, 102 x 151,3 cm © 2026 The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc. / Licensed by Artists Rights Society, New York
Aenne Burda, 1973
Oil and screen print on canvas, 60 x 60 cm © 2026 The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc. / Licensed by Artists Rights Society, New York
Zentrale Kruzifikation, 1957
Oil pastel and watercolor on paper, 51 x 75,5 cm © The Estate of Arnulf Rainer
Nu assis, 1968
Oil on canvas, 105,5 x 49,4 cm © Succession Picasso / VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2026
Femme, monument, 1970
Bronze, 275 x 100 x 45 cm, © Successió Miró / VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2026
Märchenerzähler, 1922
Oil on canvas, 38,3 x 41,7 cm
Ohne Titel, 2001
Oil on canvas, 60 x 80 cm © VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn
Scott and John, 1966
Oil on linen,182.9 x 122.8 cm © VG Bild-Kunst 2026
Böhmen liegt am Meer, 1995
Oil, acrylic, emulsion, shellac on burlap, 190 x 559 cm © Anselm Kiefer
Ohne Titel, 1985
Acrylic on hardboard, 186 x 171 cm © VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2026
Large Torso, 1974
Bronze, 93 x 91 x 70 cm © The Willem de Kooning Foundation / VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2026
Frauenkopf vor Sonnenblumen, 1906
Oil on pressed cardboard, 70,5 x 50,7 cm
La grande maternité, 1932
Bronze, 54 x 141 x 58 cm
Straße mit Passanten bei Nachtbeleuchtung, 1926/27
Oil on canvas, 90,3 x 70,4 cm
Frauenbüste (Büste Frau L.), nach 1919
Cast stone, 80 x 56 x 27 cm
Zwei Akte mit Badetub und Ofen, 1911
Oil on canvas, 89 x 80 cm
Ohne Titel, 2005
Oil on canvas, 200 x 240 cm © VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2026
Zyklop I, II, III – dithyrambisch, 1973
Distemper on canvas, 3 images, 240 x 190 cm © VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2026
Kleiner Zoologischer Garten
in Braun und Gelb, 1912
Oil on canvas, 47 x 67,3 cm
Ohne Titel, 2004
Oil on canvas, 250 x 200 cm © VG Bild-Kunst, 2026
Reflection III, 1992
Oil on canvas, 320 x 244 © VG Bild-Kunst 2026
Danum Valley-1, Borneo, 2008
Ditone print on paper, 216 x 147 cm © VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2026
Interieur No. 335, 2006
Oil on canvas, 188,5 x 126 cm © VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2026
Black, Blue, Red, 1956
Oil and enamel paint on linen, 183 x 127 cm © Adolph and Esther Gottlieb Foundation / VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn
Fenster, 1990
Concrete and tubular steel frame
Overall dimensions (each): height: approx. 250 x width: 80 x depth: 43.8 © VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2026
Abend, 2003
Oil on canvas, 210 x 300 cm © VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2026
Lunch Specials, 2001
Oil on canvas, 88.5 x 137 cm © Richard Estes. Courtesy Schoelkopf Gallery, New York
Die Stourdza-Kapelle. Regentag
in Baden-Baden, 1935/36
Oil on canvas, 94.5 x 65.5 cm © VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2026
Fertigbetonwerk, 1970
Oil on canvas, 200 x 250,3 cm © The Estate of Georg Baselitz
Rückenwind. Strandbild 8, 1981
Oil on canvas, 250 x 200 cm © The Estate of Georg Baselitz
Jack Sprat, 1983
Painted and chrome-plated steel,166 x 190.5 x 60 cm © VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2026
Spotlight of Affection, 1994
Painted and chrome-plated steel, 146 x 302 x 134 cm © VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2026
Sieben mal Paula, 1987/88
Oil on canvas,195,3 x 172 cm © The Estate of Georg Baselitz
Akademie II, 1944
Oil on canvas, 79.5 x 64 cm © VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2026
A Spade is a Spade, 1970
Acrylic on canvas, 114,5 x 145 cm © VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2026
William N. Copley
All Alone, 1965
Oil on canvas, 96.5 x 129.5 © VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2026
Blick aus dem Fenster in Baden-Baden, 1936
Oil on canvas, 65.5 x 95.5 cm © VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2026
Neubau, 1928
Oil on canvas, 145.5 x 63.5 cm © VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2026
Chelsea Girls, 1973
Acrylic on canvas, 113.5 x 146 cm © VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2026
Nuit puerto ricain, 1978
Acrylic and leather on canvas, 168 x 140 cm, © VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2026
Stillleben mit Katzen, 1917
Oil on canvas, 66.5 x 101 cm © VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn
Der Hirte, 1966,
Oil on canvas, 163 x 130,7 cm © The Estate of Georg Baselitz
Dresdner Frauen – Giebel, 1990
Tempera on ash wood, 121 x 50 x 53,5 cm, © The Estate of Georg Baselitz
Ekely, 2004
Oil on canvas, 250 x 200 cm © The Estate of Georg Baselitz
Eschenbusch II, 1969
Oil on canvas, 162,5 x 130,3 cm, © The Estate of Georg Baselitz