Rosenhang Museum

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The Rosenhang Museum is a museum for contemporary art that opened in June 2017 in the central Hessian town of Weilburg an der Lahn . It was founded by the couple Antje Helbig and Joachim Legner, co-initiator was the international gallery owner Michael Schultz (Berlin) , who is also the chairman of the Nassauisches Museumverein Weilburg. The museum is located on the three floors (2000 m²) of a partially rebuilt historical brewery building , the former Helbig brewery, and houses the Legner collection. This includes works by contemporary artists working in Germany, such as Christopher Lehmpfuhl , Cornelia Schleime , Elvira Bach and SEO as well as Gerhard Richter , Markus Lüpertz and Stephan Balkenhol .

The Rosenhang Museum shows contemporary art in its exhibitions with a focus on artists from the region. Young and internationally important contemporary artists have a permanent forum there, such as Marios Siakantaris (2019), Hans-Hendrik Grimmling (2018), Cornelia and Moritz Schleime (2018), Dieter Nuhr (2018), Huang He (2017) and Annette Merrild ( 2017). Old masters should form the focus of special shows. The declared aim of the museum is to bring contemporary art to the province, but to appeal to art lovers nationwide.

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  1. ^ "Villa Rosenberg" art museum (sic!) Is being built on the premises of the brewery . In: Focus online (March 8, 2017); idem . In: Bild online (March 8, 2017); Rosenhang Museum also wants to attract newcomers . In: Nassauische Neue Presse (June 8, 2017).
  2. ^ New museum in Weilburg . In: Hessenschau compact, May 30, 2017, 4:45 p.m.
  3. ^ Minister of Science Boris Rhein: New Art Museum for Weilburg opens in June , press release from the Hessian Ministry for Science and Culture (March 8, 2017); "Villa Rosenhang" Weilburg: New art museum is being built in a former brewery . In: Nassauische Neue Presse (March 9, 2017); Rosenhang Museum - From the brewery to the art house ; Report from RTL Hessen (June 2, 2017).
  4. ↑ Olivia Heß: Art initiative: Museum is emerging in a hurry . In: Rhein-Zeitung (March 11, 2017).

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