In the framework of the exhibition Radio Luxembourg: Echoes across borders and Luxembourg Art Week
Spanning artistic practices from the 1960s to today, the exhibition offers a particular focus on sculpture’s relationship to place and space alongside its reimagining of language as artistic material. Drawing from architecture and everyday objects, the participating artists challenge conventional notions of space and interaction. The selection of materials and processes – whether handcrafted or industrial – creates a dialogue with the history of artistic forms and techniques, set against the backdrop of global capitalism. Additionally, selected works from Gaby and Wilhelm Schürmann’s private collection play with scale and self-portraiture, expanding the exhibition’s scope.
In the framework of the Luxembourg Art Week, experience this exhibition through the lens of the collector and curator Wilhelm Schürmann.
Biography
Wilhelm Schürmann (1946, Dortmund) first became interested in art in the early 1970s, initially through the history of photography. A photographer and teacher in this field, he co-founded one of Europe's first photography galleries in 1974. The first work in the Gaby and Wilhelm Schürmann Collection is by Hans Haacke, offered in exchange for photographs by Schürmann that Haacke selected for his work Der Pralinenmeister (1981). This was followed by works by Martin Kippenberger, Albert Oehlen, and Günther Förg. In the early 1990s, the collection turned to American art, with a particular interest in the West Coast, including Jack Goldstein, Mike Kelley, Paul McCarthy, and Raymond Pettibon.
The collection comprises around 2,000 works from the 1960s to the present day, as well as photographic prints from the 1920s to the present. It focuses on social issues and works characterized by their relevance to reality, their openness, or their humour. Gaby and Wilhelm Schürmann do not consider their collection to be private property or an object of prestige, but rather an element of cultural value that depends on the public for its existence.
In 2025, Wilhelm Schürmann is co-curator of the group exhibition that jointly presents works from his collection and that of Mudam: Radio Luxembourg. Echoes Across Borders.
Prices : 10€, free for students / Kulturpass
Booking required
As part of the collaboration between Mudam and Luxembourg Art Week, fair visitors will receive a 5% discount at the Mudam shop upon presenting a Luxembourg Art Week ticket or invitation from 21 to 23 November 2025.
