Until Nov. 8 Kunsthalle:
Danica Dakić.

Extensive solo exhibition of works by the Bosnian artist (*1962), who is based in Düsseldorf, whose work deals with her migration experiences through the cultural, political and geographic parameters of language and identity in films, photography, and video and sound installations.

Sept. 5–Jan. 10 K21 Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen:
Wilhelm Sasnal.

The hitherto largest one-man exhibition in Germany dedicated to the internationally-recognized Polish painter (*1972). Over 60 paintings, films and videos from the past seven years will be shown. Sasnal’s works take their orientation from popular imagery and day-to-day motifs from the past and present.

Sept. 26–Jan. 10 Museum Kunstpalast:
Per Kirkeby.

In cooperation with London’s Tate Gallery, around 70 partly large-format works, as well as sculptures, drawings, watercolors and prints will be exhibited by the Danish artist (*1938). Parallel to this: Caspar Wolf. Summiteer between Enlightenment and Romanticism with paintings and studies of mountains by the Swiss painter (1735–1783).

Nov. 28–Feb. 28 Kunsthalle:
Eating the Universe.

Taking as its point of departure Daniel Spoerri’s Eat Art Gallery, where famous artists including Dieter Roth, Joseph Beuys and Roy Lichtenstein exhibited objects made from food, the show documents the use of eatable materials in art from the 1970s to the present with works by, among others, Elke Krystufek, Thomas Rentmeister and Jana Sterbak.

From Feb. 6–Apr. 25, 2010, K21, Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen:
Ana Torfs.

New works by the Belgian artist (*1963) who works with, among other media, photography and film, radio plays, installations, video and slide installations, as well as publications and an Internet project.