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Since
1994
the
Friends
of
the
Museum
Ludwig
have
honoured
each
year
an
international
artist
with
the
‘Wolfgang
Hahn
Prize’,
presented
during
the
city's
art
fair
Art
Cologne.
Both
the
annual
highlight
of
the
Friends'
activities
and
one
of
the
cultural
features
of
Cologne
and
the
Rhineland,
this
purchase
prize
is
dedicated
to
the
memory
of
Wolfgang
Hahn
1924–1987
chief
conservator
and
painting
restorer
at
Wallraf
Richartz
Museum
/
Museum
Ludwig
and
one
of
Cologne's
most
far-sighted
collectors.
The
budget
for
the
prize
amounts
to
a
maximum
of
100,000
euros
per
annum.
The
museum
also
acquires
a
work
from
each
prizewinner.
The
building
is
also
home
to
the
Kölner
Philharmonic.
The
Heinrich-Böll-Platz,
a
public
square
designed
by
Dani
Karavan,
is
above
the
concert
hall
at
the
north-east
of
the
building.
Unfortunately,
during
concerts
people
can't
walk
upon
the
square
as
it
creates
acoustic
disturbances
for
the
concert
goers
below.
In
2016
the
museum
joined
forces
with
the
Bell
Art
Center
to
organize
an
unofficial
retrospective
of
Anselm
Kiefer,
which
opened
at
Beijing’s
Central
Academy
of
Fine
Arts.
The
last
stop
on
the
tour
in
China
was
to
be
the
new
Jupiter
Museum
of
Art
in
Shenzhen,
but
a
delayed
museum
opening
caused
the
works
to
be
put
into
storage.
At
this
point
the
museum
lost
track
of
the
pieces
and
began
to
search
for
them.
In
January
2020
they
finally
located
the
pieces
in
a
warehouse
in
Shenzhen
and
attempted
to
retrieve
the
piece.
They
were
stopped,
however,
by
Chinese
authorities.
Diplomatic
action
has
been
undertaken
by
the
German
Government,
the
City
of
Koblenz,
and
Kiefer
himself,
to
secure
the
return
of
the
pieces,
which
include
the
monumental
work
Pasiphae.
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