For the first time, the ZKM, the Staatliche Kunsthalle Karlsruhe, the University of Arts and Design Karlsruhe and the Städtische Galerie will present themselves together on a new date in the Hallenbau and provide insights behind the scenes of all four institutions. Visitors will be offered an extensive program in all 10 atriums, including numerous top-class exhibitions, guided tours and lectures, exciting hands-on activities for children, young people and adults as well as concerts.
On the new “Hallenbau Open House”, the four institutions are inviting visitors to take part in a varied program that will give young and old alike an exciting insight into the working practices and premises. As a unique ensemble in the Karlsruhe museum landscape, the Hallenbau represents research, teaching and more than 600 years of art in one place – from Old Masters, Modernism and the Post-War period to current artistic positions, contemporary sculpture and postmodern media installations.
Visitors can take a look in front of and behind the scenes in around 50 guided tours at the ZKM. Possible places of discovery that are normally closed to the public include the laboratory for antiquated video systems, the Hertz laboratory and the new glass studio for the restoration of media art.
Further program items:
- Information on CO2 standardization and the digitization of scientific data
- concerts on electronic music
- ZKM career counselling
- Directors-Talk
- Bazon Brock’s film school for visitors.
The Karlsruhe University of Arts and Design will be presenting the topic of printing and publication, which can be explored by visitors in small hands-on activities. There will also be an exhibition and guided tours of the university for prospective students. The following HfG-Publishing-Collectives and projects will also be presented: KLAK, Schwarm, Umbau, MAS bookboi, Sozial & Durstig, AStA, Modellwerkstatt.
The focus of the Städtische Galerie’s presentation is the special exhibition So viel Anfang! Women Modern Artists and their Work after 1945. The exhibition sheds light on the largely forgotten work of artists such as Hannah Höch, Jeanne Mammen, Louise Rösler, Ella Bergamnn-Michel and other women artists from the end of the Second World War to the beginning of the 1970s. The Städtische Galerie also offers numerous tours of its premises as well as a workshop for children and musical intermezzi by jazz pianist Wolfgang Klockewitz under the motto Bilder hören.
For the first time, the Staatliche Kunsthalle Karlsruhe is presenting an extensive educational program at the Hallenbau Open Day. During the renovation, the Kunsthalle is showing masterpieces from its collection in a new concept developed for the Hallenbau. In a tour, visitors will get to know the highlights of the KunsthalleKarlsruhe@ZKM exhibition from a new perspective. The guided tours Wer, für wen, warum? Mittelalterliche Kunstwerke und ihre Geschichte(n) or Under Construction: Architektur im frühen 20. Jahrhundert as well as Kunst und Kirche. Young, curious art lovers have the opportunity to explore the Switch room for the exhibition Go! Kunst bewegt with all their senses.
The new “Hallenbau Open House Day” will take place every year on the first Saturday in February, replacing the traditional date of January 6.
Further information on the websites of the four institutions: ZKM | Karlsruhe, Hochschule für Gestaltung Karlsruhe, Staatliche Kunsthalle Karlsruhe, Städtische Galerie
