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Context: Bauhaus

View into the collection #9

Drei aufeinander gemalte Quadrate, von hinten nach vorn kleiner werdend. Das hintere türkis, dann dunkelgrüngrau, vorn ein kleineres in Blauviolett.
Josef Albers Blue Reminding, 1966 Serigrafie, 43 x 43 cm Sammlung Kunsthalle Bielefeld

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Art A to Z

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Based on the exhibition “Play Life Illusion. Xanti Schawinsky”, the collection exhibition shows works by artists in whose environment Schawinsky moved during his time at the Bauhaus and at Black Mountain College in America. In addition, works are also on display that refer to works and concepts by selected Bauhaus artists and illustrate their impact to this day.

The Bauhaus, the renowned German art school that existed from 1919 to 1933, is still regarded today as a place of experimentation that combined different media and art forms. The central considerations of the Bauhaus artists revolved around the artistic interplay of light, form, color, space and movement.

With works by Josef Albers, Walter Dexel, Gottfried Jäger, Kurt Kranz, László Moholy-Nagy, Oskar Schlemmer and interviews with Xanti Schawinsky’s contemporary witnesses

32 sheets painted with watercolours next to each other. They show geometric shapes, patterns and lines that seem to evolve from sheet to sheet. Like a tracking shot that zooms ever closer to a structure.
Kurt Kranz, series Bauhaus/colour film, called ‘Leporello’, 1930/31, watercolour, gouache and pen and ink on paper, mounted on canvas. Collection Kunsthalle Bielefeld, Photo: Ingo Bustorf
A large seated human figure in profile. She is looking to the right, made of steel wire and abstracted. She is carrying a smaller naked human figure on her left hand. The latter is facing backwards and is made of silver metal. Both figures appear in relief against a white background.
Oskar Schlemmer, Wire figure Homo with back figure on his hand, 1930/31 (1968) Kunsthalle Bielefeld, Photo: Philipp Ottendörfer, © for Schlemmer: public domain
Vor einem schwarzen Raum scheinen geometrische Formen in unterschiedlichen Farben zu schweben. Manche sind transparent. Ganz hinten ein weißes Viereck mit teilweise spitzen Winkeln, davor graue Flachen wie aufgefächert. Davor ein schmales aufrechtes gelbes Viereck mit einem sehr schmalen hellblauen Rechteck. Um unteren Bereich vier rote schmale Rechtecke, die wie Latten oder ein aufgeklappter Zollstock eine an zwei Enden spitze Vierecksform bilden.
László Moholy-Nagy, Composition K XVII, 1923, oil on canvas. Collection Kunsthalle Bielefeld. Photo: Axel Struwe
Two truncated orange-red circles. One at the top left, one at the bottom right. They almost touch each other in the upper third of the sheet. A white rectangle and several black rectangles of different widths are placed on the circles.
Walter Dexel, Composition with two red discs, from ‘Mappe 1’, 1926-30. Portfolio with 6 colour silkscreens on firm wove paper. Collection Kunsthalle Bielefeld.
Drei aufeinander gemalte Quadrate, von hinten nach vorn kleiner werdend. Das hintere türkis, dann dunkelgrüngrau, vorn ein kleineres in Blauviolett.
Josef Albers, Blue Reminding, 1966, Serigrafie, 43 x 43 cm, Sammlung Kunsthalle Bielefeld, VG Bild-Kunst Bonn, 2025, Foto: Philipp Ottendörfer

Highlights

Today marks the launch of the new Virtuelle Kunsthalle – developed and implemented with 10th grade pupils from the Hans-Ehrenberg-School!
After introductory words in the lecture hall, the virtual experience starts every 20 minutes in the library. Accompanied by the participating students, you can learn all about the project here and at stations in the foyer and lecture hall. Come by at any time – you can pass the waiting time with snacks or a short visit to our current exhibition (until 18:00).

 

H E and S as sans serif, blue capital letters with a red line above them. They form a wave.

 

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The Kunsthalle Bielefeld and Michael Hellwig from the Rumpelstiltskin literature project invite exhibition visitors to explore a special kind of writing workshop.
Pictures tell stories that the participants discover for themselves, write down and then present to the other group members and/or exhibition visitors.

It is necessary to register in advance at:
anmeldung@kunsthalle-bielefeld.de
T 0521 329995018

The offer is integrated into the literature festival Aufbrüche – of the literaturland westfalen network [lila we:] 2025.
However, the writing workshop led by Michael Hellwig can also be booked as a program for school classes on request.

Nine new art works to touch! – Virtual reality meets art museum Come along and experience together how small paintings fill entire rooms, how a landscape breaks the frame and how sounds change the effect of pictures. Try out with us how VR creates a new way to experience art.
VR headset use for ages 10 and up.

We designed the new version of our Virtuelle Kunsthalle together with pupils from a year 10 class at the Hans Ehrenberg School.
More information on the entire Virtual Kunsthalle project

Bielefeld’s cultural venues put in a late shift for night owls and art fans. This cultural highlight offers interesting exhibitions, fascinating installations and surprising performances.

DIE KULTURTECHNIKERN present their concert performance “Kinetic-Constructive Lounge” at the Kunsthalle Bielefeld, with texts by Bauhaus artists Xanti Schwinsky and Laszlo Moholy-Nagy. The performance takes up the elementary thought processes of the two artists on the main aspects of “material-volume-space”. The four performers transform them into a multimedia and multi-layered, groovy concert experience and create a contemporary Bauhaus lounge with dance, music and text.

For the Nachtansichten 2025, the painting room will once again be ready for you with an open creative offer.
Come and visit us!

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The Kunsthalle Bielefeld and Michael Hellwig from the Rumpelstiltskin literature project invite exhibition visitors to explore a special kind of writing workshop.
Pictures tell stories that the participants discover for themselves, write down and then present to the other group members and/or exhibition visitors.

It is necessary to register in advance at:
anmeldung@kunsthalle-bielefeld.de
T 0521 329995018

The offer is integrated into the literature festival Aufbrüche – of the literaturland westfalen network [lila we:] 2025.
However, the writing workshop led by Michael Hellwig can also be booked as a program for school classes on request.

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The Bauhaus Theater was full of experiments.
Experience it for yourself and be inspired by Xanti Schawinsky’s works such as the spectodrama scenes or stage studies. Together we explore this creative world of shapes, colors, light, sound and movement and develop our own theatrical and choreographic forms of expression. During two workshops we will work together on a small performance piece, which we will perform on Friday, May 30 at 7 p.m. in the stage set by Monster Chetwynd in the Kunsthalle.

The workshops can also be attended independently of each other. However, registration is required for participation.
Please also let us know how many workshops you would like to take part in and whether you can attend the performance.

Dates:
Thu, 01.5.25, 2 – 5 p.m.
Thu, 29.5.25, 2 – 5 p.m.
Fri, 30.5.25 7 p.m. Performance

Registration at:
info@kunsthalle-bielefeld.de
T 0521 32999500

In cooperation with the Theaterwerkstatt Bethel

Logo of the Theaterwerkstatt Bethel. White lettering in a black box. On the far right, a white rectangle with a red X at the top.

On International Museum Day, the popular museum rally will take place in Bielefeld for the fourth time.
Grab a rally booklet and set off in search of answers in the exhibition rooms!

Between 12 noon and 4 p.m., you can take a look inside our Virtuelle Kunsthalle with VR headsets (always on the hour and half hour, meeting point Werkinsel).

Nine new art works to touch! – Virtual reality meets art museum Come along and experience together how small paintings fill entire rooms, how a landscape breaks the frame and how sounds change the effect of pictures. Try out with us how VR creates a new way to experience art.
VR headset use for ages 10 and up.

We designed the new version of our Virtuelle Kunsthalle together with pupils from a year 10 class at the Hans Ehrenberg School.
More information on the entire Virtual Kunsthalle project

Today we are celebrating International Museum Day, would you like to celebrate with us?
Then come to the painting room between 12 and 4 pm for a creative activity!

Tickets

The Bauhaus Theater was full of experiments.
Experience it for yourself and be inspired by Xanti Schawinsky’s works such as the spectodrama scenes or stage studies. Together we explore this creative world of shapes, colors, light, sound and movement and develop our own theatrical and choreographic forms of expression. During two workshops we will work together on a small performance piece, which we will perform on Friday, May 30 at 7 p.m. in the stage set by Monster Chetwynd in the Kunsthalle.

The workshops can also be attended independently of each other. However, registration is required for participation.
Please also let us know how many workshops you would like to take part in and whether you can attend the performance.

Dates:
Thu, 01.5.25, 2 – 5 p.m.
Thu, 29.5.25, 2 – 5 p.m.
Fri, 30.5.25 7 p.m. Performance

Registration at:
info@kunsthalle-bielefeld.de
T 0521 32999500

In cooperation with the Theaterwerkstatt Bethel

Logo of the Theaterwerkstatt Bethel. White lettering in a black box. On the far right, a white rectangle with a red X at the top.

Tickets

On this evening we will trace the experimental works of Xanti Schawinsky.
The performance was created in a two-day workshop led by Theaterwerkstatt Bethel. Inspired by works such as spectodrama scenes or stage studies, the participants have combined forms, colors, light, sound and movement to create their own theatrical and choreographic form of expression. The result is now being performed in the stage set by Monster Chetwynd in the Kunsthalle.

Secure your place at:
info@kunsthalle-bielefeld.de
T 0521 32999500

In cooperation with the Theaterwerkstatt Bethel

Logo of the Theaterwerkstatt Bethel. White lettering in a black box. On the far right, a white rectangle with a red X at the top.

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Events

Would you like to get to know the Kunsthalle and its exhibitions? Looking at pictures, talking about them and being creative yourself? If you’re between the ages of 5 and 12, you’re welcome to join us every Saturday (except school vacations) from 11am to 1pm at the Kunsthalle’s Painting Room!
Offer for children unaccompanied by adults.

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Guided tour of our current exhibitions.
anmeldung@kunsthalle-bielefeld.de
T 0521 329995018

Try artistic techniques for yourself!
Without registration, for adults, teenagers and children with accompaniment.

Tickets

Guided tour of our current exhibitions.

anmeldung@kunsthalle-bielefeld.de
T 0521 329995018

Tickets

Guided tour of our current exhibitions.

anmeldung@kunsthalle-bielefeld.de
T 0521 329995018

KB Journal

Artist interview with Lars Rosenbohm

A slim man, about 50 years old, wearing a brown T-shirt and blue jeans, leaning against the frame of a room door. He is wearing horn-rimmed glasses with thin brown frames. In the background are stretcher frames and paintings wrapped in bubble wrap.

The Bielefeld-based artist Lars Rosenbohm explores the human condition and reflects experiences of our time in his haunting, sometimes disturbing depictions. Questions for the artist about his work from curator Felicitas von Richthofen.

A slim man, about 50 years old, wearing a brown T-shirt and blue jeans, leaning against the frame of a room door. He is wearing horn-rimmed glasses with thin brown frames. In the background are stretcher frames and paintings wrapped in bubble wrap.

Thomas Handke: What does the Kunsthalle Bielefeld sound like?
Cooperation with the HSBI 2022/23

Yana Wernicke: From quarry to art gallery – the red Main sandstone
Cooperation with the HSBI 2022/23

Rising red sandstone in the quarry with traces of cut stones.
Rising red sandstone in the quarry with traces of cut stones.

Vincent Hölscher: Engine room
Cooperation with the HSBI 2022/23

Galvanised pipework, partly at right angles.
Galvanised pipework, partly at right angles.