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The Kolumba (previously Diözesanmuseum, "Diocesan Museum") is an art museum in Cologne, Germany. It is located on the site of the former St. Columba church, and run by the Archdiocese of Cologne. It is one of the oldest museums in the city, alongside the Wallraf-Richartz Museum.[1]
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History
The museum was founded by the Society for Christian Art in 1853, and taken over by the Archdiocese of Cologne in 1989.[2]
Until 2007 it was located near Cologne Cathedral. Its new home, built from 2003-07, was designed by Peter Zumthor and inaugurated by Joachim Meisner. The site was originally occupied by the romanesque Church of St. Columba, which was destroyed in World War II and replaced in 1950 by a Gottfried Böhm chapel nicknamed the "Madonna of the Ruins".[1][2][3]
Collection
12th-century ivory crucifix.The collection includes paintings, drawings, prints, sculptures, decorative art and religious icons from Late Antiquity to the present.[4] Apart from a few works on permanent display, the presentation features a regularly changing selection of the museum's holdings. The items are generally displayed without accompanying text, and in no particular chronological or stylistic order.[1][3]
Highlights include:
- The Hermann Ida Cross, an 11th-century processional cross made of gilded bronze.
- A 12th-century ivory crucifix in romanesque Rhenish or Mosan style.
- A collection of rosaries.
- Stefan Lochner: Madonna with the Violet (pre-1450).
- Paul Thek: Shrine (1969).
- Jannis Kounellis: Tragedia civile (1975).
- A large collection of works by Leiko Ikemura.
Awards
- 2008: Hanns-Schaefer Prize from the Cologne Home- and Landowners Association.[5]
- 2008: Prize for Architecture in Germany from the German Architecture Museum in Frankfurt.[6]
- 2008: Brick Award for contemporary European brick architecture from Wienerberger.[7]
- 2008: Energy-Efficient Architecture in Germany Prize (third class) from the Wüstenrot Foundation.[8]
- 2008: Praemium Imperiale (category: architecture) from the Japan Art Association, awarded to Zumthor.[9]
- 2009: Museum Prize for Curators and Exhibition Hosts from the Kulturstiftung hbs.[10]
- 2010: Cologne Architecture Prize from the Association of the Cologne Architecture Prize.[11]
References
- ^ a b c Kolumba, Köln kulturkenner.de. (English)
- ^ a b Kolumba, Art Museum of the Archdiocese of Cologne Bettina Carrington, Architectural Record, January 2008. (English)
- ^ a b The perforated palace Steve Rose, The Guardian, 19 November 2007. (English)
- ^ Permanent Collection - Kolumba - Art museum of the Archdiocese Cologne Saatchi Gallery. (English)
- ^ Hanns-Schaefer Preis 2008 (German)
- ^ DAM Preis für Architektur in Deutschland 2008 (German)
- ^ Brick Award 08 - Wienerberger awards exceptional brick architecture (English)
- ^ Energieeffiziente Architektur in Deutschland (German)
- ^ The recipients of the 20th PRAEMIUM IMPERIALE (English)
- ^ Preisträger (German)
- ^ Kölner Architekturpreis 2010 - Auszeichnung (German)
See also
- List of museums in Cologne
- Franz Johann Joseph Bock - one of the founding fathers
External links
- This article incorporates information from this version of the equivalent article on the German Wikipedia.
Coordinates: 50°56′18.3″N 6°57′15.4″E / 50.938417°N 6.954278°E
Categories:- Art museums and galleries in Germany
- Museums in Cologne
- Buildings and structures in Cologne
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