Preview 2025/2026

Philara Collection in Cooperation with the Miettinen Collection, Berlin

June 2025 - September 2025

For the first time, the collection of Finnish entrepreneur Timo Miettinen will be shown as part of a transnational exhibition project in Germany and Finland. Therefore, his Berlin salon and the Philara Collection are cooperating with a museum in Helsinki. While the Miettinen Collection will be on display in Düsseldorf, the Philara Collection will be showing an exhibition in Miettinen's salon. 

 

Glass Lennarz Anniversary

October 2025 - Spring 2026

To mark the 150th anniversary of the former Lennarz glassworks, where Philara's building manager worked previously and in which the museum is hosted since 2016, the Philara Collection is presenting a comprehensive exhibition on glass in contemporary art. The group show explores the compatibility of structure and chaos and focuses on collectivity and international collaboration - all characteristics of glass and its production. 

 

Solo Exhibition | Anton Henning

October 2025 - Spring 2026

Parallel to the group exhibition of the anniversary, the Philara Collection is presenting a solo exhibition of the painter Anton Henning (*1964), who lives in Berlin and Manker, in cooperation with several museums in Germany and neighbouring countries.

Sammlung Philara, Photo: Kai Werner Schmidt, 2022