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September
Make the museum your own space
New: The K21 Sparda Lounge
From 20 September, free for everyone under the dome
The K21 Sparda Lounge is your place to read, listen, relax and get involved. Use the soft furniture to build your own city, listen to playlists by artists on your headphones, discover international magazines on art, music, fashion and contemporary culture, charge your mobile and enjoy the view over Düsseldorf and up into the sky.
And there’s more: with events such as K21 Guests, the K21 Silent Reading Party and K21 Yoga, the lounge regularly becomes a meeting place for conversation, shared reading, exercise and new perspectives.
The Action Days invite visitors to explore key dimensions of living together – critically, collaboratively, and creatively.
On the occasion of the exhibitions “Jon Rafman. Main Stream Media” and “Holly Herndon & Mat Dryhurst. Starmirror”
11 am – 5 pm
Market of Possibilities
Local associations and initiatives introduce themselves.
With jfc Medienzentrum | Jugendmedienkultur NRW, Silver Gaming und der Initiative Gaming ohne Grenzen | Newstests | MIREVI, Hochschule Düsseldorf | Die Medienlotsinnen
GenAI-Photo booth and Live-Stream
An interactive installation of the University of Applied Sciences Düsseldorf
Presentation of the Kunstsammlung’s Werk:Klub Project
11 am – 4 pm
Düsseldorfer Repair-Café Netzwork for electrical appliances and toys
Programming with Scratch
Open workshop for children aged 7 and up and families in the Medienwerkstatt
Modelling Robot
Open workshop for children aged 3 and over and families at the Kleines Studio
Writing Poetry with AI
Open workshop hosted by the Library
11.30 am – 12.30 pm
Artificial Means Made by Humans
An introductory AI workshop for adults with musician and producer Yosa Peit
12 pm – 1 pm
Curator tour (in English)
Jon Rafman with Karen Archey
Curator-Led Guided Tour (in German)
“Holly Herndon & Mat Dryhurst. Starmirror” with Agnieszka Skolimowska
Digital spaces for participation and wellbeing for everyone? Critical media literacy from age 13 to over 75
With Sophie Weller, sociologist and founder of Die Medienlotsinnen
12 pm – 2 pm
Virtual City Walk re:trace
Traces of colonialism in augmented reality (in German)
with Jens Fehrenbacher und Darío Morazán
1 pm – 2 pm
AI Slop - Lecture and discussion (in German)
With Dominik Bönisch Alpári
2 pm – 3 pm
Guided tour of Werk:Klub
Curator-Led Guided Tour (in German)
“Jon Rafman” with Doris Krystof
2 pm – 3.30 pm
AI and Sound
A playful introductory workshop for adults with musician and producer Yosa Peit
3 pm – 4 pm
AI Demystified
In the grey area between panacea and the devil’s work (in German)
Lecture by Karine Gromada
4 p,
Circle Singing
with singer, voice coach and choir director Ina Hagenau
Limited number of participants.
Further information and the full programme can be found in our calendar.
Local clubs and initiatives introduce themselves.
In collaboration with jfc Medienzentrum | Jugendmedienkultur NRW, Silver Gaming, and the initiative Gaming ohne Grenzen | Newstests
The Diakonie Düsseldorf Repair Café invites you to have broken electronic devices and toys repaired instead of throwing them away. This gives cherished items a second chance, conserves resources, and reduces waste—all in the spirit of sustainability.
Circle Singing
With Ina Hagenau, singing teacher and choir director
Circle Singing refers to a collaborative, purely vocal form of improvisation in which people gather in a circle and create music without sheet music or set lyrics.
In their exhibition “Starmirror”, Holly Herndon and Mat Dryhurst train an artificial intelligence using human voices. Visitors to the exhibition are invited to take part in the AI training process on site. On several Sundays, they can join a vocal ensemble and various choirs in contributing their voices to a call-and-response interplay based on Hildegard von Bingen’s 12th-century Ordo virtutum.
June 28 Düsseldorf Youth Chamber Choir
July 19 Aura Sonans Women's Choir
September 27 Choir of the Kantorei at St Stephen’s Church, Düsseldorf
October 11 Heartchor Krefeld e. V.
Starmirror-Ensemble members: Katharina Hirtz, Ja Jess and Marina Kerdraon-Dammekens
October
As part of the _Open House. The KPMG Art Evening series, K20 and K21 are open on the first Wednesday of every month until 10 pm with free admission. A wide-ranging programme, also free of charge, is offered on these evenings.
Sounds good? Then come by – we look forward to seeing you and your friends!
Programme at K20
6 pm The Making of …: Franz Marc at the auditorium with curator Susanne Meyer-Büser (in German)
6 pm Guided Tour Playground. For adults only! (in German)
7 pm K20 Collection Tour (in German)
6 – 9 pm Open Workshop: Animalistic Prints
7 – 9 pm Change and the Given – Role-Playing Session in Playground for Adults (in German)
8 pm Reading and Talk with Uwe Fleckner on his novel “Im Schatten der blauen Pferde” (in German)
Art educators will be on hand at the Franz Marc exhibition to assist visitors.
Programme at K21
6 & 7 pm K21 Collection Tour (in German)
6 & 7 pm Drag Tour with Eden Absurdum (in German)
6 – 8 pm Open Workshop: Medienwerkstatt
In their exhibition “Starmirror”, Holly Herndon and Mat Dryhurst train an artificial intelligence using human voices. Visitors to the exhibition are invited to take part in the AI training process on site. On several Sundays, they can join a vocal ensemble and various choirs in contributing their voices to a call-and-response interplay based on Hildegard von Bingen’s 12th-century Ordo virtutum.
June 28 Düsseldorf Youth Chamber Choir
July 19 Aura Sonans Women's Choir
September 27 Choir of the Kantorei at St Stephen’s Church, Düsseldorf
October 11 Heartchor Krefeld e. V.
Starmirror-Ensemble members: Katharina Hirtz, Ja Jess and Marina Kerdraon-Dammekens
November
As part of the _Open House. The KPMG Art Evening series, K20 and K21 are open on the first Wednesday of every month until 10 pm with free admission. A wide-ranging programme, also free of charge, is offered on these evenings.
Sounds good? Then come by – we look forward to seeing you and your friends!
Programme at K20
6 pm The Making of …: Playground with curator Karen Archey (in English)
6 pm K20 Collection Tour
7 pm Guided Tour in English: Playground. Adults only!
6 – 9 pm Open Workshop: Drawing big animals very small
7 – 9 pm Change and the Given – Role-Playing Session in Playground for Adults (in German)
Art educators will be on hand at the Franz Marc exhibition to assist visitors.
Programme at K21
6 pm The Making of …: Global Art Award mit Kuratorin Vivien Trommer, 30-minute short guided tour (in German)
6 & 7 pm K21 Collection Tour
6 – 8 pm Open Workshop: Medienwerkstatt
K20 Playground with curator Karen Archey (in English).
Free admission as part of Open House. The KPMG Art Evening.
Bereits vor der offiziellen Eröffnung haben Studierende, Auszubildende und Schüler*innen (ab Sek. II) die Gelegenheit, die Ausstellung zu erleben und mit Special Guests ins Gespräch zu kommen.
11 am – 5 pm
Open workshops in the studios and on the piazza at K21
Join at any time
11.30 am / 12.30 pm / 2 pm / 3 pm
Family tours covering various themes from the exhibition
3 pm
Exhibition tour for adults
The K21 Sparda Lounge is becoming a place for everyone to read together! Feel free to bring your own books or make use of the selection available on site to enjoy an afternoon of reading in a peaceful atmosphere.
December
As part of the _Open House. The KPMG Art Evening series, K20 and K21 are open on the first Wednesday of every month until 10 pm with free admission. A wide-ranging programme, also free of charge, is offered on these evenings.
Sounds good? Then come by – we look forward to seeing you and your friends!
Programme at K20
6 pm Exhibition Tour: Playground. Adults only! (in German)
7 pm Guided tour in German as a foreign or second language: Playground. Adults only!
6 – 9 pm Open Workshop: Colour collages
7 – 9 pm Change and the Given – Role-Play-Session at Playground. Adults only! (in German)
8 pm Reading: Christine Hopfengart: Klee – Kandinsky. Correspondence (in German)
Programme at K21
6 pm The Making of …: Thomas Schütte with curator Falk Wolf (in German)
6 pm Guided Tour in English: Thomas Schütte
7 pm Guided Tour in German: Thomas Schütte
7 pm K21 Collction Tour
6 – 8 pm Open Workshop: Medienwerkstatt
One-hour guided tour in the "Thomas Schütte" exhibition.
Additional guided tours at K20 and K21 in various languages (Arabic, German as a foreign language, English, Farsi, French, Polish, Russian, Slovak, Ukrainian) can be booked via service@kunstsammlung.de.
