The foundation for the Kunstmuseen Krefeld was laid with the opening of the Kaiser Wilhelm Museum (KWM) in 1897.
The two villas Haus Lange and Haus Esters were built in 1927/28 by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe. Haus Lange has been part of the Kunstmuseen Krefeld since 1955 and Haus Esters since 1981. Since then they have been a venue for the presentation of contemporary art and design.
From Art Nouveau to ZERO, from Claude Monet to Gerhard Richter - the collection of the Kunstmuseen Krefeld today comprises around 24,000 works of fine and applied art from the late Middle Ages to the present.
As part of the current exhibition Visionary Spaces, the Kunstmuseen Krefeld are inviting children and young people aged 9 and over to a creative workshop at the KWM. Under the title The Endless House, participants can create their own architectural models on January 2 and 3, 2024 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. and immerse themselves in the fascinating world of utopian building ideas.
Experience the museum live with SWK AG and Sparkasse Krefeld
Every first Thursday of the month, the Kunstmuseen Krefeld offer a varied program of music, guided tours, performances, workshops and much more from 5 pm to 9 pm – and admission is free! With the first KunstImPuls of the year you can also expect a special!
The new UtopiaLab in the Studio 2/KreativLabor at KWM has opened. In the context of the exhibition Visionary Spaces. Walter Pichler meets Friedrich Kiesler in a display by raumlaborberlin, museum visitors young and old can contribute to the design of a utopian structure that will grow beyond the studio for the duration of the exhibition!
The MuseumsUni Krefeld starts again in November with five lectures at the Kaiser Wilhelm Museum. MuseumsUni Krefeld started last year as a joint project between the Kunstmuseen Krefeld and the Niederrhein University of Applied Sciences in Krefeld. The free program combines research topics with the museums' exhibitions. Class groups and courses can register.
As part of the exhibition Museum grenzenlos, the work Play for Today by artist Céline Condorelli from the collection of the FRAC Grand Large - Hauts-de-France was realized for five years in the playground of the Marienschule in Krefeld. The artwork addresses the discrimination of people based on their gender in sport and raises general questions about equality and fairness.
Exhibition and catalog: Belvedere, Vienna, in collaboration with the Kunstmuseen Krefeld
Edited by: Stella Rollig, Katia Baudin, Verena Gamper Texts: Katia Baudin, Juliette Desorgues, Verena Gamper, Almut Grunewald, Michael Krajewski, Harald Krejci, Bart Lootsma, Stella Rollig Concept: Verena Gamper Graphic design: Willi Schmid Editing: Katharina Sacken (German), Tas Skorupa (English)
Published by Verlag der Buchhandlung Walter und Franz König, Cologne
The catalog is available in German and English. Museum edition 29,80 Euro 2024
ISBN: 978-3-7533-0664-3
Translated with DeepL.com (free version)
Hrsg.: Magdalena Holzhey, Ina Ewers-Schultz, Katia Baudin
Redaktion: Magdalena Holzhey, Ina Ewers-Schultz
Lektorat: Holger Steinemann, Stuttgart
Gestaltung: Armand Mevis, So-Yeon Kim
Erschienen im Wienand Verlag, Köln
Der Katalog ist in einer deutschen und einer englischen Ausgabe erschienen.
Museumsausgabe 29,00 Euro
2023
Five color silkscreen on paper
Printed on 400 g/m Hahnemühle
42 × 42 cm
Edition 40 (8 AP)
Signed on the front
Exclusive Edition for the Kunstmuseen Krefeld on the occasion of the exhibition All Systems Fail October 15, 2023 – March 10, 2024
Price: 1.250 Euro
Printed by Graffiti Siebdruck, Reutlingen
Ed. Sylvia Martin
With texts by Maike Aden, Katia Baudin, Christina Dörfling, Marcus Erbe, Sylvia Martin, Dietmar Rübel sowie von Bettina Dunker, Magdalena Holzhey, Annja Müller-Alsbach, Christina Penetsdorfer, Uwe Schneede, Anna-Lena Weise, Thekla Zell
Design: buchtypo
320 pages, 172 illustrations
19,5 × 25 cm, softcover
Museums edition 32,00 Euro, Bookshop edition 42,00 Euro
DCV Verlag 2022
Ed. Waleria Dorogova, Katia Baudin
With texts by Norman Barreau-Gély, Katia Baudin, Waleria Dorogova, Èmilie Hammen, Diane Müller-Tanquerey, Pascal Rousseau, Marketa Uhlirova, Margarete Zimmermann
Design: Christoph Steinegger
234 pages, 138 illustrations
17 × 24,5 cm, hardcover
Museums edition 35,00 Euro, Bookshop edition 44,00 Euro
Hatje Cantz Verlag 2022
Ed. Magdalena Holzhey, Katia Baudin
With an interview Shannon Bool / Magdalena Holzhey and a text by Estelle Hoy
Design: studio tino graß, Brauweiler
104 pages, 30 illustrations
15 × 24 cm, softcover
Museums edition 18,50 Euro, Bookshop edition 23,00 Euro
Grass Publishers 2022
Hrsg.: Katia Baudin, Magdalena Holzhey, Thomas Janzen, Michael Krajewski, Sylvia Martin
Redaktion: Michael Krajewski
Lektorat: ed_it! Heike Tekampe, Köln
Konzeption & Gestaltung: Formkultur - Mevißen & Jagla GbR
Druck: Druckverlag Kettler GmbH, Bönen
Texte: Katia Baudin, Barbara Hess, Magdalena Holzhey, Thomas Janzen, Michael Krajewski, Sylvia Martin, Monika Nelles, Kerstin Plüm, Dana Rostek, Gerrit Terstiege
Museumsausgabe 29,00 Euro
2023
Archival pigment print
25 × 38 cm
Edition 20
€ 400,- (not framed)
Newspaper page, written and designed by the artists (Westdeutsche Zeitung, 11 February 2017), coloured footprints
Edition of 50 + A.P., signed, numbered
500 Euro incl. VAT, unframed
Published by Friends of the Kunstmuseen Krefeld
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