48155 Münster
Germany
Hours: Tuesday–Sunday 12–6pm
The Kunsthalle Münster has presented national and international contemporary art since its opening in 1991. The institution focusses on current trends and socially relevant themes in alternating exhibitions. It regards itself as a production center and laboratory. The Kunsthalle Münster is a place for experiencing art sensually, but also for engaging in an exchange of ideas and theoretical reflexion. A diversified program of talks, lectures, guided tours, film screenings, symposia and performances supplements the exhibitions. The Kunsthalle thus promotes and inspires an intensive and controversial debate on contemporary art and topical issues of social interest.
The Kunsthalle Münster also oversees the works of the city’s collection of art in the public space. With each new edition of the Skulptur Projekte the collection has continually grown. It meanwhile comprises works by artists as Daniel Buren, Claes Oldenburg, Donald Judd, Rebecca Horn, Per Kirkeby, Maria Nordman and Oscar Tuazon among others. Since 2018 Gerhard Richter’s installation Zwei Graue Doppelspiegel für ein Pendel (Two Grey Double Mirrors for a Pendulum), situated in the Dominikanerkirche, complements the collection. With Residence NRW⁺, a scholarship program for artists and curators has become affiliated with the Kunsthalle Münster since 2020.