Event Series
Tschüss – Hallo.
Torwards the Kunsthalle of the future

Before the upcoming renovation of Kunsthalle Düsseldorf in 2026, we would like to invite everyone interested to engage in conversations about future cultural buildings and their opportunities and challenges with the program Tschüss – Hallo. On the Way to the Kunsthalle of the Future. Our event series combines talks, workshops, and artistic interventions, inviting participants to discuss the future of Kunsthalle Düsseldorf.

The opening event featured a talk on the topic “Cultural Buildings of the Future” with Miriam Koch (Councillor for Culture and Integration of the City of Düsseldorf), Gabriele Horndasch (artist and former artists’ representative on the supervisory board of Kunsthalle Düsseldorf gGmbH), Kaspar Stöbe (architect), and Alicia Holthausen (Acting Artistic Director of Kunsthalle Düsseldorf).

Next, we cordially invite you to the following event:

Thursday, March 6, 2025, 6 – 8 pm
Lecture: Jan Kamensky. Visual Utopia

The Hamburg artist Jan Kamensky describes himself as a visual utopian and digital gardener. Since 2020, he has been creating utopian animations in which he shows the transformation of car-dominated streets into places worth living in. His films reach people all over the world – from Berlin to Mexico City to Jakarta. They have been created in cooperation with Greenpeace International and other NGOs. The “Visual Utopias” are also presented in renowned museums and exhibitions.

In his lecture, Jan Kamensky will ask us, among other things, why utopias are necessary and why we need a practiced imagination more urgently than ever.

Furthermore we invite you to join us for the following events:

Saturday, May 10, 2025, 11 am – 8 pm
Workshop: Rapid Publisher. Zines

Thursday, July 3, 2025, 6 – 8 pm
Workshop: Cologne Society for Christian-Jewish Cooperation e.V. – Continuities of Antisemitism

Sunday, August 10, 2025, 12 – 3 pm
Family-Workshop: Reimagen Kunsthalle. Your Construction-Experiment

Thursday, September 4, 2025, 6 – 8 pm
Talk: There! Kunsthalle/City/Society of the Future

(Program subject to change)

Events