It’s birthday time for the Kunstmuseum Gelsenkirchen! On the 40th anniversary of our museum building we are presenting our treasures in a new collection exhibition. Look what we have – all this is there for you to discover in Gelsenkirchen starting on 15 September 2024. From the inception of modernism in the early twentieth century to the European avantgarde of the post-war years, from our outstanding holdings of Kinetic art to the international movements of the present. Newly designed galleries now offer space to display stimulating juxtapositions of artistic highlights, freshly restored rediscoveries from our storage and notable works on loan.
The museum visit is rounded off by numerous new features accompanying the collection presentation such as visitor-friendly spots to relax and linger, as well as a variety of digital attractions.
September 15, 2024, from 2 PM: Anniversary celebration and opening of the new collection presentation
2 pm: Welcome speeches, speakers:
KARIN WELGE, Lord Mayor of Gelsenkirchen
INA BRANDES, Minister for Culture and Science of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia
THOMAS STERNBERG, President of the Kunststiftung NRW
JULIA HÖNER, Director of the Kunstmuseum Gelsenkirchen
Musical accompaniment: ANASTASIYA LEVCHUK
3 pm
MARTIN CREED, Work No. 2592, Half the air in a given space, 2015
Opening of the site-specific installation
3:30 pm
MiR Dance Company and MiR.LAB, In the past of our future,
Performance (first run)
4:30 pm
Exhibition Villa Kinderbunt: presentation of the
audience award to the winning primary primary school class
by the Sparkasse Gelsenkirchen
5:30 pm
MiR Dance Company and MiR.LAB, In the past of our future,
Performance (second run)
Throughout the afternoon, there will be workshops for children, while members of our art education team will be on hand to answer your questions. And outside the museum an ice cream van is available for all!
