Art in Karlsruhe
Where can I experience art in Karlsruhe?
Karlsruhe has a considerable art scene for its size.
The institutional driving force is the ZKM | Center for Art and Media. Located in a former munitions factory, the ZKM is a unique museum in the world. There is also the Staatliche Kunsthalle, the Städtische Galerie and the Museum at the Market Square. The Badischer Kunstverein, which is also located in Karlsruhe, is one of the oldest art associations in Germany and exhibits young contemporary art.
What does the young and independent art scene in Karlsruhe look like?
With the annual art Karlsruhe, there is even an art fair. The city's gallery landscape is characterized by long-established gallery owners. In recent years, however, a lot has happened here too and young graduates of the Karlsruhe University of Arts and Design or the State Academy of Fine Arts have founded their own exhibition spaces.
Contact person for exhibitions in Karlsruhe
Do you have any questions about the Karlsruhe art scene? We at ato, a young art platform, are based in Karlsruhe and are very well connected.
Norina Quinte is the contact person in this area.
Art exhibitions in Karlsruhe
ato organizes art exhibitions in Karlsruhe. Whether in urban spaces, vacant buildings or converted premises, we are committed to a lively art scene in Karlsruhe.
In the past, we have already been able to realize a large number of exhibitions in Karlsruhe. These include the "WERKstattPALAST 2022" and the "Seriousness" project sponsored by the UNESCO City of Media Arts.
artini 2.0
February 21-24, 2024
The artini Bar entered its second round in February 2024. On the occasion of art Karlsruhe, the temporary bar opened this year in a former three-storey store in the pedestrian zone in Karlsruhe city center.
Once again, the focus was on connecting gallery owners, art fair visitors and Karlsruhe's urban society.
artini Bar
May 03 to May 06, 2023
Parallel to the art fair "art Karlsruhe", ato opened the artini Bar in a two-storey vacant space at Karlsruhe Central Station.
The motto was to take art out of the exhibition halls and exclusive galleries and into a bar atmosphere, thus enabling open access to the artworks. Music, good drinks, performances, an artist talk and an art world bingo created the framework conditions for conveying artistic content and getting people talking about it.
WERKstattPALAST
August 13, 2022 to October 15, 2022
The Werkstattpalast was a 10-week art and science festival in the Rhine harbor of Karlsruhe. A total of 190 guests from the worlds of art, science, music and society dedicated themselves to the theme of "(infra)structure". A specially constructed flying architecture made of scaffolding and containers housed an art exhibition and provided a platform for concerts, performances, discussions and workshops. Over 30 artists took part in the Werkstattpalast.
SERIOSITÄT
The video installation by Kilian Kretschmer and Benjamin Breitkopf was shown in various shop windows in Karlsruhe between December 2021 and July 2022 and was funded as part of the UNESCO City of Media Arts Karlsruhe 2021 project funding program for media art.
SOLO - IN OCTOBER: NEMANJA SARBAJIC
ato vacated its temporary office in Karlsruhe's city center and provided free space for artists with the SOLO exhibition series. On specially designated days, the respective artist opened their temporary exhibition space and enabled visitors to experience the artistic process in an intimate way through individual slots. Nemanja Sarbajic broke the word SOLO and worked with as many artist colleagues as possible within a month. Among them Tobias Talbot, Rene Sulzer, Kilian Kretschmer, Nathalie Franz, Alexander Suvorov, Alex Thelen, Jehad Othman, Jana Lalovic.
SOLO - IN AUGUST: PETER PIEK
August 1, 2020 to August 31, 2020
In August, Peter Piek from Leipzig is a guest in Karlsruhe.
His contribution consisted of an exhibition and actions in public space. Under the name KOLORIT, Peter Piek worked with Andreas Hölldorfer to create an interactive soundscape on Kronenplatz in Karlsruhe.
SOLO - IN JULY : HANNAH COOKE
July 1, 2020 until July 31, 2020
In the four-part work "Aesthetic Mobile", Hannah Cooke explored the virtual subculture of the Otherkin. These are people who perceive themselves as non-human, but as beings such as elves, wolves or even disembodied constructs such as glitches and galaxies.
SOLO - IN JUNE : VON SILBERLAND
June 1, 2020 to June 30, 2020
Von Silberland showed portraits of potatoes. He treated the potato as a graphic element and his own artistic work as harvesting an idea.
5 KÜNSTLERINNEN 3 STÄDTE - KARLSRUHE
March 7, 2020 to March 8, 2020
The exhibitions in Berlin, Karlsruhe and London took place on the weekend of International Women's Day (March 7 - 8). Only works by female artists were shown, with which ato wanted to underline the importance of the holiday on March 8.
Femininity, feminism, motherhood and gender issues are complex topics that can be dealt with in very different ways in art. No answers or solutions are to be found this weekend, but individual themes will be placed and the discourse opened up.
AUSSTELLUNG AN 5 ORTEN
December 7, 2019 to December 14, 2019
The artist Benjamin Breitkopf performed at various locations in Karlsruhe city center. Visitors were able to experience Breitkopf's video and sound installations as well as photography during a walk. The exhibition venues were the Electric Eel, Lidellplatz and Kronenplatz, the ßpace of Anstoß e.V. and the temporary office of ato in Kaiserstraße.
Artists in Karlsruhe
ato represents a large number of artists who live, work and exhibit in Karlsruhe. The spectrum of their artistic forms of expression is broad: from photography to painting, media art and performance. Realizing art exhibitions with artists in Karlsruhe is a firm concern of ato. Almost all artworks can be viewed on site in Karlsruhe and, if purchased, can be taken away directly. ato organizes the placement and transport.
Art agency in Karlsruhe
The ato agency offers a wide range of services in Karlsruhe. We always include artistic expertise in our services. This makes our services unique and sets us apart from traditional creative agencies. We focus on transformation and strategy consulting, concept development, event management, exhibition and interior design.
Our space in Karlsruhe
Although ato works decentrally, it has a space in Karlsruhe's Rhine harbor that functions as a warehouse, workspace and meeting room. From here, the shipping of artworks by Karlsruhe artists is prepared, meetings are held and new ideas are tinkered with. Between water and industry, Karlsruhe's Rhine harbor is the perfect starting point for developing unusual perspectives and projects.
The space in Karlsruhe also offers the opportunity to show artworks by artists represented by ato and make them accessible to the public. The photo on the left shows a large-format painting by the artist Von Silberland. If you are interested in buying, we will be happy to show you the artworks and provide advice.
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