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    Kaiser Wilhelm Museum

    The foundation for the Kunstmuseen Krefeld was laid with the opening of the Kaiser Wilhelm Museum (KWM) in 1897.

    Haus Lange Haus Esters

    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.

    Collection

    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.

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    Spotlight

    Günther C. Kirchberger (1928, Kornwestheim, D – 2010 Göppingen, D), game II var., 1976

    The painting features a play on stencil-like forms and spring-like colors, as the title suggests. The painting belongs to the artist’s Hard-Edge period—an American art movement that spread to Europe in 1960. Through the color gradient in the pink range, Kirchberger lends the harshness and flatness of this style a three-dimensional quality that flirts with representational art. In 1964, Kirchberger was a lecturer at the Werkkunstschule Krefeld.

    This spotlight highlights one work each month that is new to the collection and not currently on display.

    Oct, 1: KunstImPuls - Space, Time, Memory

    Experience the museum live with SWK AG and Sparkasse Krefeld

    Under the motto Experience the museum live, the Kunstmuseen Krefeld offer a varied program with music, guided tours, performances, workshops and much more every 1st Thursday of the month. And admission is free!

    Oct, 3: Guided Tour - Discovering Thorn Prikker’s works in Cologne

    During the guided tour on Saturday, October 3, from 11:30 a.m. to 3 pm, participants will follow in the footsteps of the Dutch artist Johan Thorn Prikker (1868–1932) together with Thorn Prikker expert Dr. Christiane Heiser. His pioneering stained-glass and ecclesiastical art played a significant role in shaping Classical Modernism in the Rhineland. The tour includes visits to the “Madonna in den Trümmern” Chapel and St. Georg Church at Waidmarkt in Cologne.

    Meeting point: Madonna in den Trümmern at Museum Kolumba, Kolumbastraße 4, 50667 Cologne. Cost: €25 per person. Registration: Dr. Christiane Heiser, Tel. +49 174 4727240, kontakt@christiane-heiser.de

    Neues in Sammlung in Bewegung

    As part of Collection in Motion at the KWM, the Krefeld Art Museums are presenting three new cabinet exhibitions that explore central questions in art. While the exhibition The Memory of Art is dedicated to the themes of memory and the artwork as a monument, Through Time and Space examines these two dimensions and their artistic forms of representation. A third exhibition focuses on the artist Paula Modersohn-Becker and her journey toward abstraction. It’s well worth a visit!

    The catalog to the exhibition "Charlotte Perriand. The Art of Dwelling"

    The catalog for our exhibition “Charlotte Perriand. L'Art d'habiter / The Art of Living,” which has just come to an end, is now available! It is now on sale in stores and at our museum shop (Museum edition: 36 Euro).

    Order online here

    "Art Foundation at the Kunstmuseen Krefeld" has just been established

    The “Art Foundation at the Kunstmuseen Krefeld” was recently established. The foundation’s purpose is to independently support art, culture, and research at the Kunstmuseen Krefeld. Another key focus is the expansion of the collection. The foundation was initiated by Katia Baudin, director of the Kunstmuseen; the city of Krefeld and Mayor Frank Meyer welcome this development.

    Exclusive Edition by Thomas Ruff

    To mark this anniversary, we are presenting a special collector's item by artist Thomas Ruff:

    Edition: Thomas Ruff, Ohne Titel / Untitled, 2025 Silkscreen on paper, 40 × 50 cm This edition is released exclusively for the Kunstmuseen Krefeld to mark 70 years of Museum Haus Lange and is limited to 40 copies + 5 Artist Proofs. The price is €1,900 (unframed).

    A special work of art and gift, now available at our museum shop!

programme

    • Families
    Kunst-für-Klein-und-Groß-Führung
    Linie und Form
    Interaktiver, spielerischer Museumsrundgang mit künstlerischem Teil
    Mit der Krefelder Familienkarte ist der Eintritt frei!
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    Kaiser Wilhelm Museum

    Dicke, zackige Linie oder feine, schwungvolle Kontur: Je nachdem, wie man eine Form umrandet, verändert sich die ganze Wirkung eines Bildes. Dann kann es entweder total dynamisch oder weich und elegant wirken. In der Familienführung wird den Linien und Kanten Thorn Prikkers gefolgt und Zeichnungen und Malereien mit Filzstiften und Ölkreiden gemeinsam gestaltet.

    • Guided tour
    Nach der Kunst: Acaye Kerunen und Bernhard Fuchs
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    Haus Esters, Haus Lange

    Acaye Kerunen und Bernhard Fuchs kommen aus verschiedenen Kulturräumen und gehen künstlerisch unterschiedliche Wege. Gemeinsam ist ihnen eine enge Verbundenheit mit ihrer Heimat, aus der sie ihre Inspiration schöpfen und ihre künstlerischen Anliegen entwickeln. Bewahren, Wertschätzen, Fortführen wie auch die Sehnsucht nach Reparatur bilden in den Werken beider Künstler:innen einen festen gemeinsamen Rahmen. Seit 2017 präsentieren die Kunstmuseen Krefeld mit der Reihe HLHE Dialog in den benachbarten Villen Mies van der Rohes die Gegenüberstellung von historischen und jüngeren beziehungsweise zeitgenössischen Positionen in Kunst, Design und Architektur, die das Erbe der Moderne immer wieder neu reflektieren.

    • Guided tour
    Kunst am Mittag
    Grafik im Studio 1
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    Kaiser Wilhelm Museum

    Kosten: Nur Museumseintritt

    02.09.: Mit Eva Caroline Eick
    09.09.: Mit Thomas Janzen

    In den Schulferien entfällt die Veranstaltung.

    • Guided tour
    Sammlung in Bewegung:
    Angewandte Kunst in Glas und Keramik
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    Kaiser Wilhelm Museum

    Sammlung in Bewegung zeigt ausgewählte Bestände dauerhaft auf der ersten Etage des Kaiser Wilhelm Museums. Insgesamt reihen sich 15 verschiedene Geschichten in 15 Räumen aneinander. Die Ausstellungsreihe Sammlung in Bewegung wurde ins Leben gerufen, um durch Kunst Geschichten zu erzählen und im Dialog zwischen Kunstwerken zu einem ganz neuen Sinn zu kommen.

    • Guided tour
    Kunst am Mittag
    Grafik im Studio 1
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    Kaiser Wilhelm Museum

    Kosten: Nur Museumseintritt

    02.09.: Mit Eva Caroline Eick
    09.09.: Mit Thomas Janzen

    In den Schulferien entfällt die Veranstaltung.

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