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February
As part of the Open House series, K20 and K21 are open every first Wednesday of the month until 10 pm with free admission. An extensive programme of events is also offered free of charge on these evenings.
Sounds good? Then come along – we look forward to seeing you and your friends!
Programme at K20
6 pm (in German)
Making Of: Queer Modernism
with Isabelle Tondre, Curatorial Assistant
6 pm (in German)
Dialogue tour with members of the Queer Advisory Board
7 pm (in German)
K20 collection tour
7 pm (in German)
tin*stories. Reading and discussion with Joy Reißner
6–9 pm
Open workshop: Paint your counterpart! Mutual portraits
Programme at K21
6 pm (in German)
Making Of: Land and Soil
with curator Kolja Reichert
6 pm (in English)
Guided tour in English: Land and Soil
7 pm (in German)
Exhibition tour: Land and Soil
7 pm
K21 collection tour
6–8 pm
Open workshop: Design from the fruit basket
Three days of action invite you — critically, collectively, and artistically — to explore key dimensions of living together and to ask how we might rethink and reshape land and ground.
11 am – 4.30 pm | Marketplace of Possibilities
Local associations and initiatives present their work.
With MOBILITEA and many more.
11 am – 4.30 pm | Clothing and Goods Donations for People Experiencing Homelessness
Donations of well-preserved clothing, tents, fleece blankets, shower gel, and deodorant sticks are warmly welcomed.
A current list of needed items will be uploaded soon.
In cooperation with Gutenachtbus Düsseldorf.
11.30 am – 1 pm | Panel Talk: Dialogue Lab “Ground Worlds” (in German)
A scenic discourse between science and art with a musical intervention.
With Hannah Schragmann et al. Moderated by Dirk Böttcher (brand eins).
12 pm – 4 pm | Open Workshop for Children and Families
Caution: Construction Site!
With artist Johannes.
12 pm – 4 pm | Open Workshop for Adults
Here and Gone – or How We Move the City
With Kawthar El-Qasem, lecturer in Building Culture, Academy of Cultural Education.
2 pm & 3 pm | Guided Tours (in German)
Through the exhibition Land and Soil.
2 pm – 4 pm | Walk: A City for Everyone? (in German)
With cultural worker Eva Busch.
3 pm – 5.30 pm | Workshop for Adults (in German)
Dirty Democracies – Soil as a Multispecies Community
A workshop by Club Real and Organism Democracy e. V., featuring a guest appearance by the purple sulfur bacterium and the fire ant.
4 pm | Film Screening: Soldaten des Lichts (in German)
Germany 2025, 108 min.
A film by Julian Vogel and Johannes Büttner.
Local associations and initiatives introduce themselves.
With the MOBILITEA and many more.
The Gutenachtbus operates daily from 10 pm onwards, offering people a helping hand and some warmth for the night. We distribute hot soup, baked goods and donations, and we help by talking to people.
On 7 February, the Good Night Bus will be parked in front of K21 – donations in kind will be accepted and employees will talk about their work. We will inform you here from 15 January 2026 onwards about which donations are urgently needed.
In cooperation with the Good Night Bus Düsseldorf
Current list of requirements:
MEN
Trousers and jogging pants (dark, sizes S-XL, no business trousers!), T-shirts, jumpers, underpants, winter shoes (size 40 and above), socks, winter jackets (muted colours), gloves
WOMEN
Leggings (S - XXL), warm socks
HYGIENE ITEMS
Roll-on deodorant, shaving cream, razors, shower gel
- No tampons or sanitary towels!
GENERAL
Tents (complete), sleeping mats, sleeping bags, wool and fleece blankets (NO duvets), sweets (NO alcohol), fresh fruit (apples, bananas, clementines, etc.)
The highlighted items are currently in particularly urgent demand.
Land and Soil
A huge aerial photograph of Düsseldorf provides the starting point for your own ideas about architecture and urban planning. How should a family-friendly city be designed? What places are missing? What do houses that children want look like? We want to hear the ideas and visions of architects young and old!
With artist Johannes
The city consists not only of buildings, but also of the space between them. This is where people and non-people move around, find their way and leave their mark. How do they do this? What do they perceive, what remains unseen? What can we show each other?
In this workshop, you as visitors will create a joint creative mapping with the workshop room as a shared place where you have come together and from which you will move on. The result will be a map that reveals the extraordinary and the mundane and arouses curiosity. Perhaps you will then take a different path?
With Kawthar El-Qasem, lecturer in building culture, Academy of Cultural Education
March
Raus ins Museum! Rein in Deine Sammlung
As part of the Open House series, K20 and K21 are open every first Wednesday of the month until 10 pm with free admission. An extensive programme of events is also offered free of charge on these evenings.
Sounds good? Then come along – we look forward to seeing you and your friends!
Programme at K20
6 pm (in German)
K20 collection tour
6 pm (in English)
Guided tour: K20 Collection
7 pm (in German as a foreign and second language)
K20 collection tour
7 pm (in German)
K20 collection tour
6–9 pm
Open workshop: Designing magnets
6 pm, 6:30 pm, 7 pm, 7:30 pm, 8 pm (in German)
Catch the art thieves – an escape game in the library
Programme at K21
6 pm (in German)
Making Of: Tadáskía, winner of the K21 Global Art Award 2025
with Victor Zaiden, Curatorial Assistant to the Director, and Lea Vieler, Conservation Trainee
6 pm (in German)
Exhibition tour: Land and Soil
7 pm (in German)
K21 collection tour
7 pm (in German)
Exhibition tour: Land and Soil
6–8 pm
Open workshop: Ready for spring – flower pots and kitchen herbs
6–9 pm
Catan, Carcassonne, Monopoly – an open board game evening related to the exhibition Land and Soil
Raus ins Museum! Rein in Deine Sammlung
Die Veranstaltungsreihe K21 Encounters widmet sich aktuellen Fragen zur Bedeutung der zeitgenössischen Kunst für die Zukunft unserer Gesellschaft. Dabei steht das analoge, gemeinsame Gespräch vor Ort im Vordergrund. Mit Talks, Screenings, Konzerten, Lesungen und Performances präsentieren Künstler*innen und Theoretiker*innen ihre neuesten Arbeiten; anschließend gibt es Raum für offene Diskussionen. Die Veranstaltungen finden in monatlichen Abständen im Salon 21 des K21 statt.
11 am–5 pm
Open workshops in the studios and on the K21 piazza
Entry possible at any time
11:30 am–12:30 pm (in German)
Two for me, one for you – Having and sharing
Guided tour for families
12:30 pm–1:30 pm (in German)
Attention, here comes a … house!
Guided tour for families
12:30 pm–1:30 pm (in German)
Land and Soil
Exhibition tour for adults
2 pm–3 pm (in German)
From cornelian cherries to cocoa beans
Guided tour for families
3 pm–4 pm (in German)
Green or grey?
Guided tour for families
3 pm–4 pm (in German)
In search of things
Guided tour for families
Participation and admission are free of charge.
April
Three days of action invite you – critically, collectively, and artistically – to explore central dimensions of living together and to ask how we might think about and shape land and ground differently.
With Psychologists for Future, SoLaWi Düsseldorf, the sound collective Studio s⭕m, the VHS Biogarten, and many others.
Local associations and initiatives introduce themselves.
With VHS Biogarten, SoLaWi Düsseldorf, Inklusive Umweltgruppe derLebenshilfe Düsseldorf, Psychologists for Future u. v. m.
Bring along your home-grown seedlings and swap them for plants you need for the new season!
Artist talk with three artists of the exhibition: Maria Thereza Alves, Dor Guez and Ron Tran.
The talk will be held in English.
