Julia Stoschek Collection Marks 20 Years With 'Selfish in Bed' Show in Düsseldorf
The Julia Stoschek Collection will celebrate its 20th anniversary with a group exhibition, a show of works by many artists, called 'Selfish in Bed'. The show opens in Düsseldorf, Germany, in April 2027, according to ArtNews, which published the announcement on 10 November 2026.
The exhibition runs from 10 April to 19 December 2027. An opening reception is planned for 9 April. It will bring together 52 works by 43 artists, including Tracey Emin, Bill Viola, Wolfgang Tillmans and Bruce Nauman.
The show is curated by Krist Gruijthuijsen, a curator is the person who selects and arranges the works. Gruijthuijsen is director of EMMA, the Espoo Museum of Modern Art in Finland, and was previously director of the KW Institute for Contemporary Art in Berlin.
The exhibition also marks a return home. The collection's Düsseldorf headquarters closed for renovations in April 2025. It occupies a converted industrial building dating to 1907. The Berlin architecture firm Kuehn Malvezzi carried out the renovation. The space was first adapted for exhibitions in 2007, and 'Selfish in Bed' is the first show in the reopened building.
The collection is also changing where it works. The Julia Stoschek Foundation closed its Berlin exhibition space at the end of October, after a decade of programmes there. The foundation says it will focus on Düsseldorf and on international projects. The collection now holds more than 1,000 works by over 300 artists.
One work in the show is a self-portrait. Sarah Lucas's 2000 piece 'Selfish in Bed II' shows the artist with her hands on her hips. She wears a black T-shirt printed with the words 'SELFISH IN BED'.
A publication will accompany the anniversary show, with contributions from the writers Rachel Cusk, Chris Kraus, Dean Kissick and McKenzie Wark.
