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Nanne Meyer: Gezieltes Umherirren

Staatliche Kunsthalle Karlsruhe · Karlsruhe

Start May 23, 2026 1 day left Until Aug 16, 2026

Hans-Thoma-Straße 2-6, 76133 Karlsruhe

At the Staatliche Kunsthalle Karlsruhe, Nanne Meyer presents an exhibition dedicated to her drawing work. Under the title Targeted wandering, more than 30…

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Tino Zimmermann: Neue Deutsche Malerei

Kunstmuseum Karlsruhe · Karlsruhe

Start May 23, 2026 1 day left Until Aug 16, 2026

Lorenzstraße 27, 76135 Karlsruhe

At the Kunstmuseum Karlsruhe, Tino Zimmermann shows a painterly work between everyday office life and political vacancy under the title New German Paintin…

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MARS!

ZKM | Zentrum für Kunst und Medien · Karlsruhe

Start Jun 6, 2026 Until Sep 13, 2026

Lorenzstraße 19, 76135 Karlsruhe

The conceptual exhibition asks what a democratically organised settlement of Mars might look like and what insights it could offer for a climate-altered E…

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Soft Signals

ZKM | Zentrum für Kunst und Medien · Karlsruhe

Start Aug 13, 2026 Until Sep 13, 2026

Lorenzstraße 19, 76135 Karlsruhe

The video work by Natia Chikvaidze, Davit Khorbaladze, and Karolina Sobel explores queer-feminist visibility, gaps in archives, and historical forms of si…

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Zeichenlabor. Eine Einladung zum kreativen Experimentieren

Staatliche Kunsthalle Karlsruhe · Karlsruhe

Start May 23, 2026 Until Sep 27, 2026

Hans-Thoma-Straße 2-6, 76133 Karlsruhe

The exhibition Drawing Lab. An Invitation to Creative Experimentation will be on display at the Staatliche Kunsthalle Karlsruhe from 23 May to 27 Septembe…

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Expressiv! Grafik von Dürer bis Schlichter

Kunstmuseum Karlsruhe · Karlsruhe

Start May 23, 2026 Until Oct 4, 2026

Lorenzstraße 27, 76135 Karlsruhe

In the Kunstmuseum Karlsruhe, Expressiv! Graphics from Dürer to Schlichter opens up a broad view of the graphic collection for the first time. Around 250 …

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Künstler*innenraum: Tamina Amadyar

Kunstmuseum Karlsruhe im ZKM · Karlsruhe

Start May 23, 2026 Until Oct 4, 2026

Kunstmuseum Karlsruhe, Lorenzstraße 27, 76135 Karlsruhe

Berlin-based artist Tamina Amadyar is represented with a presentation of her own in the artists’ room. In her large-format portraits, she combines paintin…

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Annette Barcelo: Heiße Hunde und stumme Schwestern

Staatliche Kunsthalle Karlsruhe · Karlsruhe

Start Jul 4, 2026 Until Nov 1, 2026

ZKM, Lorenzstraße 19, 76135 Karlsruhe

The studio exhibition presents the first solo presentation in Germany by the Swiss artist Annette Barcelo. Her drawings and paintings move between dream a…

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Catherine Christer Hennix: Cosmological Critique

Badischer Kunstverein · Karlsruhe

Start Jul 10, 2026 Until Nov 15, 2026

Waldstraße 3, 76133 Karlsruhe

At the Baden Kunstverein in Karlsruhe, the exhibition Catherine Christer Hennix: Cosmological Critique is devoted to a multi-layered oeuvre between music,…

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The Story That Never Ends. Die Sammlung des ZKM

ZKM | Zentrum für Kunst und Medien · Karlsruhe

Start Jan 1, 2025 Until Dec 31, 2026

Lorenzstraße 19, 76135 Karlsruhe

At the ZKM | Zentrum für Kunst und Medien in Karlsruhe, the exhibition The Story That Never Ends. The ZKM’s collection focuses on the house’s own collecti…

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The Television as Gallery. The Gerry Schum and Ursula Wevers Archive

ZKM | Zentrum für Kunst und Medien · Karlsruhe

Start May 30, 2026 Until Jan 10, 2027

Lorenzstraße 19, 76135 Karlsruhe

The exhibition recounts how, in the late 1960s, Gerry Schum and Ursula Wevers used television as an exhibition space for international avant-garde art. Ma…

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Von Dürer bis Parr

Kunstmuseum Karlsruhe im ZKM · Karlsruhe

Start Sep 1, 2026 Until Jan 18, 2027

Lorenzstraße 19, 76135 Karlsruhe

At the Kunstmuseum Karlsruhe at the ZKM, the exhibition From Dürer to Parr presents a juxtaposition of graphics and photography. The title refers to a tem…

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Lost Places in Karlsruhe. Fotografien von Harald Wacker

Stadtmuseum im Prinz-Max-Palais · Karlsruhe

Start Jul 4, 2026 Until Feb 7, 2027

Karlstraße 10, 76133 Karlsruhe

The Karlsruhe City Museum presents photographs by Harald Wacker of abandoned, vanished, or repurposed places in the city. The museum also displays objects…

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Susanne Ackermann – Ausstellung des Förderkreises

Kunstmuseum Karlsruhe im ZKM · Karlsruhe

Start Nov 21, 2026 Until Feb 14, 2027

Kunstmuseum Karlsruhe, Lorenzstraße 27, 76135 Karlsruhe

To mark the support association’s 30th anniversary, the Kunstmuseum presents large-format paintings by Karlsruhe-based artist Susanne Ackermann. Glazed ap…

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Silver Egg. The Eros of Media Art

ZKM | Zentrum für Kunst und Medien · Karlsruhe

Start Jul 4, 2026 Until Feb 21, 2027

Lorenzstraße 19, 76135 Karlsruhe

Around 50 international artistic positions explore the relationship between sensuality, media art, and the philosophical principle of Eros. Sculptures, hy…

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Martin Parr: Parrathon

Kunstmuseum Karlsruhe im ZKM · Karlsruhe

Start Nov 21, 2026 Until Feb 27, 2027

Kunstmuseum Karlsruhe, Lorenzstraße 27, 76135 Karlsruhe

The exhibition brings together more than 200 works by British photographer Martin Parr in 14 chapters. His brightly coloured yet critical gaze reveals the…

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Hidden on Tape. Early Video Art in Europe

ZKM | Zentrum für Kunst und Medien · Karlsruhe

Start Nov 28, 2026 Until May 30, 2027

Lorenzstraße 19, 76135 Karlsruhe

The exhibition traces a cross-border history of early European video art from the late 1950s to the 1990s. Works from more than 26 countries make previous…

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Begegnungen mit der Kunsthalle Karlsruhe

ZKM | Zentrum für Kunst und Medien · Karlsruhe

Start Apr 29, 2023 Until Dec 31, 2027

Lorenzstraße 19, 76135 Karlsruhe

The exhibition Encounters with the Kunsthalle Karlsruhe can be seen at the ZKM | Zentrum für Kunst und Medien in Karlsruhe. As a collection, it presents a…

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The Story That Never Ends. Die Sammlung des ZKM

ZKM | Zentrum für Kunst und Medien Karlsruhe · Karlsruhe

Start Apr 5, 2025 Until May 21, 2028

Lorenzstraße 19, 76135 Karlsruhe

At ZKM | Zentrum für Kunst und Medien Karlsruhe, the collection exhibition The Story That Never Ends. The ZKM collection shows central positions in media …

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The Story That Never Ends. The ZKM Collection

ZKM | Zentrum für Kunst und Medien · Karlsruhe

Start Apr 5, 2025 Until May 21, 2028

Lorenzstraße 19, 76135 Karlsruhe

Featuring around 100 works, this major collection display traces the development of media art since the 1950s. Video, light and sound art, kinetic objects…

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See You. Begegnungen mit der Kunsthalle Karlsruhe

Staatliche Kunsthalle Karlsruhe · Karlsruhe

Start Apr 29, 2023 Until Dec 31, 2029

ZKM, Lorenzstraße 19, 76135 Karlsruhe

See You. Encounters with the Kunsthalle Karlsruhe shows the collection of the Staatliche Kunsthalle Karlsruhe in a contemporary presentation. As the main …

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zkm_gameplay. the next level

ZKM | Zentrum für Kunst und Medien Karlsruhe · Karlsruhe

Start May 6, 2024 End date open Until open

Lorenzstraße 19, 76135 Karlsruhe

The permanent exhibition "zkm_gameplay. the next level" makes computer games experienceable as an artistic medium. Visitors can play art and indie games t…

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Update! Die Sammlung neu sichten

Kunstmuseum Karlsruhe · Karlsruhe

Start May 5, 2026 End date open Until open

Lorenzstraße 27, 76135 Karlsruhe

In the Kunstmuseum Karlsruhe, the collection is reorganized and questioned from today’s perspective. Under the title “Update! Neueschauten die Sammlung”, …

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Update! Die Sammlung neu sichten – Szenenwechsel 4

Kunstmuseum Karlsruhe im ZKM · Karlsruhe

Start May 23, 2026 End date open Until open

Kunstmuseum Karlsruhe, Lorenzstraße 27, 76135 Karlsruhe

The fourth change of scene presents around 200 works by 70 artists in dialogues spanning different media and eras. Themes including identity, rituals, nat…