



Exhibitions
Current shows and preview
Exhibition | Current
Ink Roamings
April 5, 2025 to November 9, 2025
“Ink Roamings” presents works by the contemporary Chinese artist Jianfeng Pan (*1973) of the past decade, ranging from small album to monumental scroll formats. His multiversal work is both deeply rooted in China’s historical arts of writing and painting and shaped by his eclectic visions as a graphic designer. With his self-description as a “Social Calligrapher,” Pan, today living in Finland, shapes his creative practice of Radical Ink, respectively, Mindful Ink: calligraphy as a contemporary medium and endeavor promoting human communication and spiritual growth across society and cultures. more
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Tanaka Ryohei
November 30, 2024 to April 13, 2025
Tanaka Ryohei (1933–2019) was a Japanese printmaker who masterfully employed the Western intaglio technique of etching (Japanese: doban). His predominantly monochromatic prints depict Japan’s traditional thatched-roof farmhouses, temples, and landscapes with poetic beauty and a gentle melancholy. The textures of thatch, wood, stone, and other natural materials are rendered with remarkable precision and perfection. more
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Regarding the „Line“
February 8, 2025 to December 2025
Writing and its artistic expression, calligraphy (kor. seoye), play a major role in Korean art. In order to illustrate the influence and importance of calligraphy in Korea, the exhibition contrasts works of contemporary Korean writing and traditional as well as modern painting with examples of ceramics and bronzes from the Goryeo period (918–1392), a peak of Korean culture. more
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The Ming Myth
Mai 22, 2025 to November 9, 2025
The exhibition chronologically traces the artistic and technical development of blue and white porcelain and its trading history from the early phase of the Ming dynasty to its decline in the 17th century. In addition to the production for the court, the exhibition highlights export wares for various regional markets and the attempts by Persian, Ottoman and European faience manufacturers to imitate the Chinese models. The exhibits are complemented by visual material such as paintings, miniatures, woodblock prints and photographs. On display are objects from the museum's own collection, permanent loans from the Peter and Irene Ludwig Foundation as well as loans from Cologne's municipal museums, the Netherlands and important German private collectors. more
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Celebrating the Lunar Year of the Horse
December 3, 2025 to Oktober 2026
The exhibition focuses the subject of the horse in East Asian art. The transregional presentation explores the horse as a pictorial motif and symbolic bearer of meaning as seen through the perspectives of the various art forms of China, Japan, and Korea. The displayed artworks will include paintings and calligraphy, ceramics, porcelains, bronze sculptures, lacquer objects, woodcut prints, and textiles. The exhibition primarily features objects from the museum's own collection, complemented by selected loans. It is held on occasion of the lunar year 2026, which according to the East Asian zodiac falls under the sign of the Horse.
Opening times
Tuesday to Sunday
11am – 5pm
Every first Thursday in the month
11am – 10pm (except Mai 1)
Closed Mondays; open on All Saints' Day
Museum is closed on December 24th, Christmas Day (25 Dec), New Year's Eve (31 Dec) and New Year's Day (1 Jan). Museum is opend on Easter Monday, Whit Monday, German Unity Day and December 26.
Admission prices
€ 9.50 / € 5.50
KölnTag on the first Thursday of the month (except public holidays): free admission to the Museum for all Cologne residents.
How to get here
Public transport: Tram routes 1 and 7 and bus route 142, alight at ‘Universitätsstrasse’
There is a car park at the museum
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Barrier-free
The museum is barrier-free. Disabled toilet available.
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Termine
Kurs:
Chinesische Kalligrafie (shufa) — Kiefern (Wochenendkurs)
Sa, 21.06.2025, 11:15 Uhr
Führung:
Über die Linie — Kalligrafische Aspekte in der koreanischen Kunst
So, 22.06.2025, 12:00 Uhr
Direktor*innenführung:
Unterwegs in Jianfeng Pans Tuschewelten
Fr, 27.06.2025, 15:00 Uhr
Workshop:
Ikebana – Die japanische Kunst des Blumensteckens
Sa, 28.06.2025, 13:00 Uhr
Führung:
Japan in den Radierungen Tanaka Ryōheis
So, 29.06.2025, 12:00 Uhr
Kalender
Museum für
Ostasiatische Kunst Köln
Universitätsstrasse 100
D 50674 Köln
Ticket office +49.221.221-28617
mok@museenkoeln.de
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Opening times
Tuesday to Sunday
11am – 5pm
Every first Thursday in the month
11am – 10pm
Closed Mondays; open on All Saints' Day
Museum is closed on December 24th, Christmas Day (25 Dec), New Year's Eve (31 Dec) and New Year's Day (1 Jan). Museum is opend on Easter Monday, Whit Monday, German Unity Day and December 26.
more
Admission prices
€ 7,50 /reduced € 4,50
from 20 June
€ 9,50 /reduced € 5,50
KölnTag on the first Thursday of the month (except public holidays): free admission to the Museum for all Cologne residents.
more
How to get here
Public transport: Tram routes 1 and 7 and bus route 142, alight at ‘Universitätsstrasse’
There is a car park at the museum
more
Barrier-free
The museum is barrier-free. Disabled toilet available.
more
Termine
Kurs:
Chinesische Kalligrafie (shufa) — Kiefern (Wochenendkurs)
Sa, 21.06.2025, 11:15 Uhr
Führung:
Über die Linie — Kalligrafische Aspekte in der koreanischen Kunst
So, 22.06.2025, 12:00 Uhr
Direktor*innenführung:
Unterwegs in Jianfeng Pans Tuschewelten
Fr, 27.06.2025, 15:00 Uhr
Workshop:
Ikebana – Die japanische Kunst des Blumensteckens
Sa, 28.06.2025, 13:00 Uhr
Führung:
Japan in den Radierungen Tanaka Ryōheis
So, 29.06.2025, 12:00 Uhr
Kalender
Museum für
Ostasiatische Kunst Köln
Universitätsstrasse 100
D 50674 Köln
Ticket office +49.221.221-28617
mok@museenkoeln.de
Legal notice