



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.
*PLEASE NOTE: Haus Lange and Haus Esters will remain closed for exhibition installation until October 4, 2026.

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.

You are warmly invited to the opening of the exhibitions Kunst Hand Werk Brücke and Slavs and Tatars: Handdschob on October 4 at 11:30 am at Haus Lange and Haus Esters. Admission is free.
For more information about the program on the opening day, please click here

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

The Dutch artist Johan Thorn Prikker (1868–1932) is considered the most important glass and church artist of classical modernism in the Rhineland. He designed some of the first stained-glass windows for religious buildings in Neuss.
During the field trip, participants will visit Thorn Prikker’s works at the Clemens Sels Museum, the former Catholic Journeymen’s House, and the Church of the Three Kings.
Meeting point: Clemens Sels Museum, Am Obertor, 41460 Neuss Cost: €40 per person. Registration: Dr. Christiane Heiser, Tel. +49 174 4727240, kontakt@christiane-heiser.de

Please note that Haus Lange and Haus Esters will remain closed until October 4 due to exhibition installation. The gardens will remain open to visitors.

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!

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 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).

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.

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!
Beim Museumstreff geht es um die Wechselwirkungen von Farbe und Licht in der Malerei und Glasmalerei des 20. Jahrhunderts. Neben Thorn Prikker und Luther werden Arbeiten von Joseph Albers, Theo van Doesburg, Yves Klein u.a. behandelt.
Sa 21.03., 25.04., jeweils 14–17 Uhr
Sa 30.05., 14–16 Uhr
20.06.,11–13 Uhr
Aktuell laufender Kurs. Anmeldungen für den neuen Kurs ab September 2026 sind ab sofort möglich.
Sa 26.09., 24.10., jeweils 11–14 Uhr
28.11., 12.12., jeweils 11–13 Uhr
An vier Samstagen lädt das KWM unter der Leitung der Theaterplastikerin Sina Müllender zu einem Keramikworkshop für Erwachsene ein. Das Angebot ist nur pauschal buchbar und für Anfänger:innen und Fortgeschrittene geeignet. Es werden Aufbautechniken sowie das Arbeiten mit verschiedenen Glasuren vermittelt.
Kosten; 110 € pauschal für alle Termine inklusive Material und Brand, mit Anmeldung
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.
Einmal im Monat sonntags lädt Flavia Latina im K+ ab 17.30 Uhr Uhr zu Kunst, Kaffee, Kuchen und Tango ein. Ein offener Raum für Begegnung, Musik und Bewegung.
Für Reservierungen und weitere Infos: kplusbeiflavia@gmail.com
Kosten: Nur Museumseintritt
09.09.: Schwarz Sehen: Grieshaber, Dahmen, Fassbender u.a., Mit Thomas Janzen
16.09.: Gruppe Exat 51: Mode und Architektur in Jugoslawien nach 1945, Mit Eva Caroline Eick
23.09.; Mit Thomas Janzen
In den Schulferien entfällt die Veranstaltung.
Vieles hat sich geänderrt in der Sammlungspräsentation Sammlung in Bewegung: 15 Räume 15 Geschichten. Raum, Zeit und Erinnerung sind große Themen, die aus unterschiedlicher Perspektive an Werken von Jeff Wall, Mike Kelly/Paul McCarthy, Liora Epstein und anderen in den Blick genommen werden. Im Workshop entstehen Erinnerungsbilder der besonderen Art und auch musikalisch fliegen wir durch Zeit und Raum.
„Museum live erleben“, so lautet das Motto unserer beliebten Veranstaltungsreihe. KunstImPuls an jedem ersten Donnerstag im Monat, möglich gemacht durch die Unterstützung der SWK AG und der Sparkasse Krefeld. Erleben Sie spannende Führungen, kreative Workshops, Live-Musik und mehr – und das alles bei freiem Eintritt.
Meeting point: Madonna in den Trümmern at Museum Kolumba Kolumbastraße 4, 50667 Cologne
Cost: 25 Euro per person
Discovering Thorn Prikker’s Works in Cologne Chapel “Madonna in den Trümmern” and St. Georg Church The tour will be conducted on german.
Travel arrangements are made individually. The distances in Cologne (900 m) will be covered on foot or, if desired, by taxi (at the participant’s own expense).
The Dutch artist Johan Thorn Prikker (1868–1932) is regarded as the most important stained-glass and ecclesiastical artist of Classical Modernism in the Rhineland. Significant works have been preserved in Cologne, where he taught at the renowned Werkschulen in the 1920s. In the Madonna in den Trümmern chapel, his early Holy Spirit window from 1911 is combined with works by Ewald Mataré, Georg Meistermann, Ludwig Gies, Elisabeth Treskow, Rudolf Peer, and the architecture of Gottfried Böhm, creating a unified sacred Gesamtkunstwerk.
The medieval church of St. Georg am Waidmarkt was modernised in 1929 by the Austrian cathedral architect Clemens Holzmeister, restoring its connection to the original Romanesque structure. Thorn Prikker designed the entire stained-glass programme for the church. His 52 stained-glass windows in the upper and lower churches captivate with their progressive symbolism and richness of colour, while at the same time integrating remarkably well into Holzmeister’s spatial concept of a “sachliche Mystik” (“objective mysticism”). The window designs are held in the collection of the Kunstmuseen Krefeld.
PROGRAM
Speakers:
Dr. Katharine Leiska, Head of the Cultural Department of the City of Krefeld
Dr. Michael Reitemeyer, Head of the Department of Culture of North Rhine-Westphalia
Samuel Fickinger, Representative of the Rudolf-August Oetker-Foundation
Katia Baudin, Director Kunstmuseen Krefeld
Ann-Kathrin Hörrlein, Curator of the exhibition Kunst Hand Werk Brücke in Krefeld
Poetry Reading: by Egana Djabbarova, 2 p.m., Haus Esters
Conversation: Slavs and Tatars with Director Katia Baudin (in English), 2:30 p.m., Haus Esters
Performance: by Nadia Markiewicz, 3:30 p.m., Haus Esters
Free Admission
Kosten: Nur Museumseintritt
09.09.: Schwarz Sehen: Grieshaber, Dahmen, Fassbender u.a., Mit Thomas Janzen
16.09.: Gruppe Exat 51: Mode und Architektur in Jugoslawien nach 1945, Mit Eva Caroline Eick
23.09.; Mit Thomas Janzen
In den Schulferien entfällt die Veranstaltung.
Bildungspartnerschaften
Schulen und Kitas können mit den Kunstmuseen Krefeld Bildungspartnerschaften schließen. Durch eine Verankerung der Museumsbesuche im Curriculum erfahren die Kooperationspartner:innen eine besondere Betreuung. Dazu zählen exklusive Vorstellungen der Jahresprogramme, Bildungsprojekte sowie Fortbildungen für Lehr- und Erziehungskräfte. Ferner erhalten Sie Gelegenheit interessierte Schüler:innen als Museumsscouts ausbilden zu lassen.
Nutzen Sie die Kunstmuseen als außerschulischen Lernort auch eigenständig. Der Eintritt ist für Kinder und Jugendliche bis 18 Jahre frei. Wir stellen gerne Materialien zur Verfügung.

The catalog focuses on Anna K.E.’s two solo exhibitions, which the artist developed in 2024 for the Kestner Gesellschaft in Hanover and Haus Esters, part of the Kunstmuseen Krefeld. Its design carries the unmistakable imprint of the artist’s signature style.
Ed. Sylvia Martin, Kunstmuseen Krefeld, Alexander Wilmschen, Kestner Gesellschaft, Hannover
Essays by Estelle Hoy, Sylvia Martin, Alexander Wilmschen
138 pages illustrations, 48 pages text, German/English
31 × 23,5 cm, hardcover
Museums Edition: 35,00 Euro
Bookshop Edition: 38,00 Euro
Distanz Verlag 2026

Pigment print on paper
56 × 100 cm
Edition of 9 + 3 AP
Signed, numbered
Price: 2,400 Euros (unframed)

The monograph comprises 272 pages, documenting Perriand's works and archival material with approximately 200 color photographs.
Edited by Katia Baudin and Waleria Dorogova
Design by Armand Mevis
Texts by Jacques Barsac, Katia Baudin, Veronique Boone, Pia Debray Sandelin, Waleria Dorogova, Katharina Ehrl, Barbara Herzog, Michel D'hoe, Giulia Marino, Martina Millà, Pernette Perriand-Barsac, Arthur Rüegg, and Émile Wiseur
272 pages, 200 illustrations
German/English separate editions
19 × 26 cm, paperback
Museum edition: €36
Trade edition: €44
Hatje Cantz 2026

Silkscreen on paper
40 × 50 cm
This edition is published exclusively for the Kunstmuseen Krefeld to mark the 70th anniversary of Museum Haus Lange
Edition 40 + 5 AP, signed, numbered
1.900 Euro incl. VAT, unframed

The artist's book reflects the site-specific work Haus Alhmam Aldaas, which Gregor Schneider created for Haus Esters in Krefeld in 2025, and places it in the context of his oeuvre.
Ed. Sylvia Martin
Essay by Ory Dessau
184 pages, 56 illustrations, German/English/Arabic
18 × 14 cm, softcover
Museum edition: 27,00 Euro
Bookshop edition: 29,80 Euro
Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther und Franz König 2025

For the first time, this publication summarizes the history of site specificity in the Lange and Esters houses since the 1960s in numerous documents and illustrations.
Ed. Sylvia Martin
Contributions by Katia Baudin, Hans Dickel, Matilde Guidelli-Guidi, Norbert Hanenberg, Sylvia Martin, André Rottmann, Marianne Wagner
352 pages, ca. 250 illustrations, English (German separately)
24 × 16,5 cm, softcover
Museum Edition: 35,00 Euro
Bookshop edition: 39,80 Euro
Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther und Franz König 2025

Two generations transform the concept of the bar into an artistic medium and space for interaction. The book accompanying the series of collection satellites juxtaposes the narratives from 1981 and 2024 in a visually striking and theoretically precise manner.
Ed. Katia Baudin, Magdalena Holzhey, Sylvia Martin
Texts by Amelie Gappa, Falk Wolf
112 pages, 45 illustrations
German/English
24 × 15 cm, Softcover
Museum edition: 18,50 Euro
Bookshop edition: 23,00 Euro
Grass Publishers 2025

Ed. Katia Baudin, Juliane Duft
With an interview with Ola Vasiljeva by Constanze Zawadzky
Design: studio tino grass, Brauweiler
Museum edition €18.50, bookstore edition €23.00
Grass Publishers 2025

Poster Edition
70 × 50 cm
Edition 300, signed, numbered
40 Euro incl. VAT, unframed

Four-color screen print on cotton fabric
Format 62 × 50 cm
Edition of 35 + 5 AP, numbered, signed
Exclusive edition for the Kunstmuseen Krefeld on the occasion of the exhibition Visionary spaces. Walter Pichler meets Friedrich Kiesler in a display by raumlaborberlin
650 Euro incl. VAT, unframed
Printed by: Berliner Handsiebdruckerei

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

Edition box, created on the occasion of the exhibition The Bar. Liora Epstein Meets Jürgen Drescher and Reinhard Mucha, 2024
in cooperation with the Büro für Produktbeschwerung
4 Diaries of Evil Deeds, 1 textile piece (unique), 1 original photo, 1 fanfold with texts and exhibition views, box made of archival cardboard, handmade
Edition: 4
Price on request, contact: studio.epsteinadam@gmail.com

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

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
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