It took 50 years to shape the Weishaupt art collection into its present form. Since November 2007 this magnificent private collection of modern and contemporary art is open to the public in the kunsthalle weishaupt at Ulm. With 1280 m² exhibition space, pieces of art are exhibited in ample space, so that they can work their own magic.    The Weishaupt collection does not merely show an extraordinary touch but also vision and direction: it focuses on geometric art, or "concrete" artists, a label coined by Max Bill, founding director of the Ulm School of Design. Lohse, Vordemberge-Gildewart, Bill himself and especially Josef Albers constitute the core of the collection, which consists of several hundred important works today. Inetrest in ZERO-Art and their European confederates followed, like for example the Italian artists Enrico Castellani and Piero Dorazio or Lucio Fontana.   Over the years, colour became the overall leitmotif of the collection. It comprises colour field paintings, predominantly by Rothko, along with European representatives from Klein, to Graubner or Knoebel. It was Robert Rauschenbergs Painting "Summer Rental", form 1960, which for the collectors opened a door to the American expressionism and furthermore to Pop Art with works from Andy Warhol, Keith Haring, Roy Lichtenstein">Roy Lichtenstein or Robert Indiana.   More recently younger positions like Robert Longo">Robert Longo, Gerold Miller or Liam Gillick joined as well.   The list of names is long. About twice a year, the kunsthalle weishaupt comes up with a new exhibition to show more about the collection and the artists represented within.

Tuesday to Sunday 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Thursday 11 a.m. to 8 p.m.

public guided tours (german)
Thursday 6 p.m. and Saturday 2 p.m.
English tours are also available