Kunst Hand Werk Brücke

Art x Craft

HLHE DIALOG

Sun, Oct 4, 2026–Sun, Mar 7, 2027

Haus Lange

The exhibition Kunst Hand Werk Brücke (working title) focuses for the first time on the craft practices of the early 20th-century artist group Die Brücke. Beyond their expressionist paintings and prints, the Brücke artists actively engaged with craft: they designed furniture, everyday objects, stationery, stained glass, jewelry, and textiles in pursuit of a holistic lifestyle where art and life were inseparable. Folk craftsmanship and non-European art served as key sources of inspiration. The Kunstmuseen Krefeld present this exhibition at Haus Lange — the place where collector and industrialist Hermann Lange assembled his Expressionist collection in the 1920s already. At the same time, the Kaiser Wilhelm Museum was among the first German museums to exhibit Expressionism and especially works by the Brücke artists.

Kunst Hand Werk Brücke is organized by the Brücke-Museum Berlin in collaboration with the Kunstmuseen Krefeld.

Curator: Ann-Kathrin Hörrlein

HLHE Dialog Series
More than a century separates the creative output of the Brücke group and Slavs and Tatars, yet their practices share striking conceptual affinities. This dual exhibition explicitly invites visitors to reconsider the traditional boundaries between applied and fine art, challenging established narratives of art history and the present day.
Since 2017, the HL HE Dialog series has fostered encounters between historical and contemporary positions in art, design, and architecture within the neighboring Mies van der Rohe villas. Each edition reflects anew on the legacy of modernism, bringing past and present into dynamic conversation.