The Langen Foundation in Neuss, outside Düsseldorf, is hosting a rare public exhibition of the Ringier Collection, featuring 500 works from artists including Cindy Sherman, Barbara Kruger, Richard Prince, John Baldessari, and Sylvie Fleury. Titled 'Drawing, Painting, Sculpture, Photography, Film, Video, Sound', the show was curated by Beatrix Ruf and artist Wade Guyton, and spans sketches to large-scale oils and photographic works from the 1960s to the present. The collection is owned by Swiss publishing mogul Michael Ringier, who began collecting 30 years ago and now holds 5,000 works.
The exhibition matters because it offers a rare public glimpse into a major private collection that has rarely been shown, highlighting themes of artistic media boundaries, perception, and the artifice of art—topics Ringier finds increasingly relevant in an age of misinformation and AI. The show's Wunderkammer-style installation, with works densely arranged from floor to ceiling in Tadao Ando's architecture, challenges conventional viewing experiences and underscores the collector's focus on Western artists who question communication and image-making.