Kunstakademie Düsseldorf

The Kunstakademie Düsseldorf is the academy of fine arts of the state of North Rhine Westphalia at the city of Düsseldorf, Germany. Notable artists who studied or taught at the academy include Joseph Beuys, Gerhard Richter, Magdalena Jetelová, Gotthard Graubner, Nam June Paik, Nan Hoover, Katharina Fritsch, Tony Cragg, Ruth Rogers-Altmann, Sigmar Polke, Anselm Kiefer, Rosemarie Trockel, Thomas Schütte, Katharina Grosse and photographers Thomas Ruff, Thomas Demand, Thomas Struth, Andreas Gursky and Candida Höfer. In the stairway of its main entrance are engraved the Words: "Für unsere Studenten nur das Beste" ("For our Students only the Best").

Kunstakademie Düsseldorf
Kunstakademie Düsseldorf
Established1762 (1762)
FounderLambert Krahe
RectorDonatella Fioretti
Location,
North Rhine-Westphalia
,
Germany

51°13′50″N 6°46′25″E
Websitewww.kunstakademie-duesseldorf.de
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