The Philara Collection is a privately owned institution housing multi-faceted contemporary artworks across various genres. Through the close connection to the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf, Philara supports especially young up-coming artists.
The private collection is showing photographs by Thomas Ruff and Germaine Kruip among others as part of In Abwesenheit. The works on show were created over a timespan of almost 100 years and demonstrate an intense occupation with questions of absence, blank spots and lack.