With over 240 works by more than 120 female photographers, this exhibition offers the first overview of the diversity of female photography in Düsseldorf. It also includes films and videos, highlighting the development of technical visual media in art, in which the Dusseldorf Art Academy played a globally unifying role. On display are works by professional photographers since the 19th century, as well as artistic photography by young artists and numerous other photographers. In addition to the Stadtmuseum’s collection, a large number of exhibition objects from various lenders are presented.
Why is this exhibition necessary? Because the works of female photographers have been underrepresented, underappreciated and underreported in the history of art and photography to this day. This invisibility is no coincidence – it is the result of structural discrimination that has affected many female artists across generations. What does that mean specifically? It means that their artistic work, their documentary perspectives and their social relevance have often remained in the shadows – even though it is precisely these perspectives that have contributed significantly to cultural and political development. Their images tell of emancipation, resistance, everyday life and change – and also of courage, vulnerability and strength.
Curators: Christoph Danelzik-Brüggemann, Laura Heise, Katharina Mayer, Tatjana Nicholson, Isabell Centmayer
Photographers/Artists
Leonore Araki, Banz & Bowinkel, Cécile Bauer, Monika Baumgartl, Hilla + Bernd Becher, Hildegard Beckmann, Gabriela Berest, Lore Bermbach, Inken Boje, Natascha Borowsky, Susanne Brodhage, Eva-Maria Burchard, Louisa Clement, Brigitte Conrath, Natalie Czech, Danica Dakić, Ilse Deus, Sabine Dusend, Iris Edinger, Sigrid Ehemann, Christine Erhard, Claudia Fährenkemper, Mareike Foecking, Merle Forchmann, Brigitte Fromm, Ilse Gabbert, Dafna Gazit, Corina Gertz, Anna Giese, Edith Glischke, Inge Goertz-Bauer, Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster, Laura Maria Görner, Alex Grein, Hehmke-Winterer, Petra Cl. Heinrichs-Weber, Silke Helmerdig, Brigitte Hempel-Schanzenbach, Juna Hendrichs, Elfi Hess, Katlen Hewel, Maren Heyne, Annette Hiller, Candida Höfer, Nan Hoover, Hanne Horn, Sofi Imdahl, Andrea Isa, Anna Jocham, Irmel Kamp, Hertha Kandulski, Annemarie Kay, Gudrun Kemsa, Erika Kiffl, Joanna Kischka, Anita Kloten, Monika Kluza, Beate Knappe, Ursula Knipping, Claudia van Koolwijk, Julia van Koolwijk, Anneliese Kretschmer, Ute Langanky, Laura Lasinsky, Ruth Lauterbach-Baehnisch, Eva Lindner, Patricia Lohmann-Voigt, Birgit Martin, Katharina Mayer, Marion Mennicken, Anastacia Mensah, Bärbel Möllmann, Donja Nasseri, Norika Nienstedt, Simone Nieweg, Anne Orthen, Monika Pirch, Anne Pöhlmann, Bettina Pousttchi, Stefanie Pürschler, Carmen Rahn, Anys Reimann, Aglaia Risch, Lisa Röing-Baer, Tata Ronkholz, Andrea Rossmanith, Sonja Rothweiler, Judith Samen, Martina Sauter, Ekatharina Savtchenko, Ilayida Sayilgan, Morgaine Schäfer, Emma Schmieding, Nina Schmitz, Berit Schneidereit, Ursula Schulz-Dornburg, Babett Scobel, Elke Seeger, Monika Seibel, Katharina Sieverding, Klaus Mettig, Pola Sieverding, Sigune Siévi, Bärbel Starz, Daniela Steinfeld, Akiko Stiebeling, Isolde Strauß, Liselotte Strelow, Katja Stuke, Karin Szekessy, Gudrun Teich, Brigitta Thaysen, Myriam Thyes, Kristine Tusiashvili, Ira Vinokurova, Anna Vogel, Bianca Voss, Iris Weirich, Petra Wunderlich, Andrea Zeitler, Julia Zinnbauer
Links
Downloads
- invitation
- https://thyes.com/wp-content/uploads/Ausstellungen/2025-stadtmuseum/Perspektivwechsel-Stadtmuseum-Duesseldorf-2025-Plakat.pdf
Place
Stadtmuseum Düsseldorf
Berger Allee 2
40213 Dusseldorf
Germany
