Memento

  • Horst Leichenich
    We remember Horst Leichenich (1948 – 2021). Artists friend and collector  Horst Leichenich was a central figure in Cologne’s cultural life. In 1974, with the founding of the legendary […]
  • Konstantin Johannes Safiriou. courtesy Artforum Culture FoundationKonstantin Johannes Safiriou
    We remember Konstantin J. Safiriou (1949 – 2020). He was our friend and inspiration.  Konstantin Johannes Safiriou (* 1949), private scholar, author, economic and cultural advisor, died too […]
  • Auto-portrait of Heinz-Günter Mebusch.Heinz-Günter Mebusch
    We will never forget our friend, the photographer and conceptual artist Heinz-Günter Mebusch (1952 – 2001). Mebusch was a unique combination of a deeply sensitive and empathic person and a […]
  • Heinz-Günter Mebusch, Portrait of Janine Kounellis, ArtForum EditionsJannis Kounellis
    On 16th February 2017 our friend, the Greek artist Jannis Kounellis, one of the leading figures of the Arte Povera movement, passed away in Rome’s Villa Mafalda hospital. Born in Piraeus, Greece in […]
  • John C.B. Moore. (c) Artforum Culture FoundationJohn Constantin Brancusi Moore
    Our friend, the English artist and photographer John Constantin Brancusi Moore (* 1934), died in his home near Paris in November 2016.   HIs parents, the father of modern sculpture, Constantin […]
  • Wolfgang Siemens
    Wolfgang Siemens, a great neo expressionist artist, we have accompanied for several years, died in February 2016. Scion of the famous Siemens-family, he studied with Friedrich Vordemberge and Karl […]
  • Vera Isler-Leiner
    The object maker and photographer Vera Isler-Leiner (* 1931) joined us for many years as a friend and inspiring artist. She was an absolutly impressive and extraordinary person. Born in Berlin of […]