The Kunststiftung NRW (Arts Foundation of North Rhine-Westphalia) was founded on September 12, 1989 by the federal state government of North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW) and began its work in early 1990. It is constituted under civil (private) law and is domiciled in the regional capital of Düsseldorf. For company credits see Kunststiftung NRW.