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Sharing brings joy and makes room for something new!
Bring along well-preserved clothes that you no longer wear, and discover new favorites among the treasures others have brought. Instead of buying new things, we swap what we already have—it’s sustainable, creative, and community-oriented. In conjunction with our current exhibition, which explores the theme of “sharing” in its various facets, we invite you to a clothing swap party.
Do your clothes show signs of wear or need to be altered?
No problem—in collaboration with Transition Town Bielefeld’s Repair Café, they can be repaired right away, either before or after the swap—giving your new favorite items a new lease on life.
The new find has potential, but it’s still missing that certain something?
There will also be an upcycling station where you can add a personal touch to the clothes you’ve just swapped through creative alterations or custom embellishments.
Whether it’s for swapping, repairing, crafting, or just browsing and chatting. Come by and see how sharing leads to new connections.
The event is part of the cooperation project “Building Bridges – Creative and Sustainable”. This is a joint project of the Bildungsstätte Einschlingen, the IBZ Friedenshaus e.V. and the Kunsthalle Bielefeld. The aim of the project is to bring people from different backgrounds together through shared interests. The project aims to help people come into contact with each other beyond their usual social groups.
A short guided tour during the lunch break, offering a brief but in-depth look at a work of art. This time, Kunsthalle Director Christina Végh will take you on a tour of the exhibition.
How much conflict can art withstand? And who actually decides what art is?
With “Hot Takes! Kunsthalle Bielefeld x Debattierclub Bielefeld” is an event organized by the Kunsthalle Bielefeld in collaboration with the Debattierclub Bielefeld, inviting participants to take a closer look at controversial perspectives on art. The starting point is a series of provocative theses on the subject of art that regularly spark public debate. You often hear statements like “Anyone can make art” or “Art must be political,” but people rarely delve deeper into these controversial claims. In short debates, members of the Bielefeld Debate Club present and discuss arguments from different perspectives. In doing so, the debaters deliberately take positions that do not necessarily reflect their own views, in keeping with a culture of open debate. Who presents a convincing argument? That’s up to the audience. It’s not about finding definitive answers, but about learning about different perspectives and questioning your own views.
The event is open to anyone interested. “Hot Takes!” offers the opportunity to view the current exhibition from new perspectives and to experience art as a starting point for social dialogue.
The event was developed in collaboration with the Department of Art History at Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, led by Prof. Dr. Timo Skrandies, and is being organized in collaboration with the Bielefeld Debate Club.
Am Tag des offenen Denkmals öffnet die Kunsthalle Bielefeld ihre Türen bei freiem Eintritt für alle Besucher*innen.
Nutzen Sie die Gelegenheit, das von dem renommierten US-amerikanischen Architekten Philip Johnson entworfene Gebäude zu entdecken und die aktuellen Ausstellungen zu besuchen. Die Kunsthalle zählt zu den bedeutendsten Architekturdenkmälern der Nachkriegsmoderne in Deutschland und verbindet auf einzigartige Weise Kunst und Architektur.
Neben dem freien Eintritt finden um 14:30 und 16:30 zwei Architekturführungen statt. Dabei erhalten Besucher*innen spannende Einblicke in die Entstehungsgeschichte des Hauses, die architektonischen Besonderheiten des Gebäudes sowie seine Bedeutung für die Stadt Bielefeld.
Bitte beachten: für die öffentlichen Führungen um 11:30 und 16:00 fallen 3,50 Euro Führungsgebühr an, der Eintritt ist kostenlos.
The Volksbank in East Westphalia and the Kunsthalle Bielefeld invite you to the next installment of the popular Sound Collection on Friday, September 25, 2026. Starting at 6 p.m., visitors can explore the current exhibitions while enjoying electronic music from the DJs of the Bielefeld-based collective NrzP.
Due to rising visitor numbers, the Sound Collection will remain open until 10 p.m. Admission to the Kunsthalle is until 9:30 p.m.
The Sound Collection has been a regular part of the exhibitions at Kunsthalle Bielefeld since 2021. The format combines art and music in a relaxed atmosphere and is generously sponsored by the Volksbank in Ostwestfalen. The centerpiece is the cooperation with the Bielefeld DJ collective Nummer zu Platz, which lends the event series its special signature.
The “Café Gemach Manhattan” in the Kunsthalle provides a relaxed atmosphere with a selection of drinks from 6 pm to 1 am. Here you can also dance to the music of the DJs. Admission to the Kunsthalle Bielefeld is free on this evening.
KB Journal
The path to a climate-friendly museum
A contribution by Prof. Peter Gorschlüter
A blog post by Prof. Peter Gorschlüter on his lecture ‘The path to a climate-friendly museum’.
Look up – the road to a green museum
A contribution by Prof. Dr. Stefan Simon
A blog post by Prof. Dr. Stefan Simon on his lecture ‘Look up – the path to the green museum’.
Peace with Gaia – perspectives, possibilities and limits of cultural institutions in the sustainability transformation process
A contribution from Ministerial Councillor Ralph Zinnikus
A blog post by Ministerialrat Ralph Zinnikus on his lecture ‘Peace with Gaia – perspectives, possibilities and limits of cultural institutions in the sustainability transformation process’.
Curating as Care Work: Of the Museum Climate in Planetary Interdependencies and Cultural Imaginaries.
A contribution by Prof. Dr. Elke Krasny
A blog post by Prof. Dr. Elke Krasny on her lecture ‘Curating as care work: On the museum climate in planetary interdependencies and cultural imaginaries’.
The city, the box, the art and the climate. Attempt at a relational reassembly
A contribution by Prof. Dipl. Ing. Bernd Kniess
A blog post by Prof. Dipl. Ing. Bernd Kniess on his lecture ‘The city, the box, art and the climate. Attempt at a relational reassembly’.
Exhibiting and preserving as toxic paradigms. Can cultural institutions negotiate the environmental crisis?
A contribution by Prof. Dr. Peter J. Schneemann
A blog post by Prof. Dr. Peter J. Schneemann on his lecture ‘Exhibiting and preserving as toxic paradigms. Can cultural institutions negotiate the environmental crisis?
Rewilding the white cube: the role of art museums in tackling the climate emergency
A contribution from Frances Morris
A blog post by Frances Morris on her talk ‘Rewilding the white cube: the role of art museums in addressing climate emergency’.
The spatial culture of the museum
A contribution by Prof. Dr. Kali Tzorzti
A blog post by Prof. Dr. Kali Tzorzti on her keynote lecture ‘The spatial culture of museums’.
Vulnerable Processes. Vulnerable Processes. A Curatorial Reflection on the Museum in Transition.
A contribution by Prof. Dr. Doreen Mende
A blog post by Prof. Dr. Doreen Mende on his keynote lecture ,Vulnerable Processes. A Curatorial Reflection on the Museum in Transition.’
Abhängen statt aufhängen? – Museum Spaces and the New Ethics of Communitization
A contribution by Prof. Dr. Karen van den Berg
A blog post by Prof. Dr. Karen van den Berg on his impulse lecture ,Hang up instead of hanging up? – Museum Spaces and the New Ethics of Communion’.