Exhibition Shaped - Drawn
Graphics & ceramic objects by Gerda Lepke & Kathrin Buskies combine drawing with sculptural structures. Vessels are artistically designed and reinterpreted through reliefs, carvings and figurative elements.
Permanent exhibition Schmidt-Rottluff Gallery
The range includes works by local and national artists such as Karl-Heinz Richter, Klaus Süß, Ingo Andratschke, Otto, Udo Lindenberg and original drawings from Star Wars - a diverse selection to look at and buy.
Tropikalypse now
The exhibition shows collages as multi-layered hybrid creatures from fashion, art, lifestyle and pop culture. Inspired by the "Anthropophagic Manifesto", Western imagery is intertwined, transformed and made tangible in a new way through the artistic process.
Neue Sächsische Galerie - Museum für zeitgenössische Kunst09111 Chemnitz
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Exhibition: Digital graphics on paper
The exhibition "Digital Graphics on Paper" shows selected works from a nationwide competition. Contemporary positions between digital image creation and graphic expression on paper are presented.
Neue Sächsische Galerie - Museum für zeitgenössische Kunst09111 Chemnitz
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HEADS HIGH !
The exhibition commemorates the Saxon artist & dancehall musician Matthias Müller, known as Kid Gringo. Photographs, art & memories pay tribute to his life between Chemnitz & Africa and his formative influence on the local cultural scene.
Season opening 2026 - art meets time out
The new season starts with an open sales exhibition in the art barn in the Auszeithof. Works by Andreas Wagner, Ruggero Salvatore and Emre Kinali will be on display. Art, encounters and a relaxed courtyard atmosphere with light refreshments.
CKB+4 - New admissions
Four new artistic positions expand the exhibition of the Chemnitz Artists' Association. Painting, graphics and collage meet different generations and open up exciting perspectives on contemporary art. 🎨✨
Collage international
The exhibition is dedicated to collage as a versatile art form between experiment and pictorial history. On display are works by international artists as well as selected works from the collection of the Neue Sächsische Galerie.
Neue Sächsische Galerie - Museum für zeitgenössische Kunst09111 Chemnitz
05.05.26 11:00 - 18:00 clock
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22nd Kunst.OFFEN Saxony
Painting, textiles, music, graphics, action & performance come together for open studios, discussions and creative impulses. On Whit Monday from 2-6 p.m. with exhibitions, a small bazaar and live music.
Special exhibition in the local history museum
The special exhibition recalls the eventful history of the Burgstädt municipal theater, showing the new cultural beginning after the war and bringing to life the special theatrical atmosphere of times gone by.
Heimatmuseum Burgstädt09217 Burgstädt
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Special exhibition: From BOTTICELLI to YVES SAINT LAURENT - Treasures from the AUGUST OHM Foundation
The special exhibition shows around 50 highlights from the August Ohm Foundation. Works by Lucas Cranach the Elder, Sandro Botticelli and Andy Warhol enter into a dialog ranging from the Middle Ages to the present day.
Exhibition: Castles and fortresses
The exhibition "Palaces and Castles" shows photographs by Yu Lap Tang. With a keen sense of light, structure and atmosphere, the artist from Hong Kong opens up new perspectives on European architecture between past and present.
Jean Kirsten - Textile works
Reduced, black and white, concentrated: Jean Kirsten's works move between painting, graphics and object art. Using screen printing, sewing drawings and fabric, she creates dense pictorial surfaces in which structure, texture and abstraction merge.
Esche-Museum09212 Limbach-Oberfrohna
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The Ziemert model train collection
The valuable model train collection of the collector Wolfgang Ziemert (1939 - 2017) is on display.
Esche-Museum09212 Limbach-Oberfrohna
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Permanent exhibition Esche Museum
The Esche Museum combines industrial and local history in a lively way. A journey back in time to around 300 years of history tells of the origins of warp knitting & how stockings and gloves were made in the Limbach region and much more.
Esche-Museum09212 Limbach-Oberfrohna
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Archaeology in Saxony
The smac permanent exhibition shows Saxony's history from hunters and gatherers to industrialization on 3000 m². 6200 exhibits, the floating sculpture of Saxony and a section of the earth's strata bring the cultural and historical development to life.
smac – Staatliches Museum für Archäologie Chemnitz09111 Chemnitz
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The history of the Schocken department store
The smac dedicates separate exhibition areas to Erich Mendelsohn, Salman Schocken and the department store group. In curved bays along the window front, timelines provide a chronological orientation to the history of the building and its protagonists.
smac – Staatliches Museum für Archäologie Chemnitz09111 Chemnitz
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Medullosa stellata
Since October 2023, the museum has been presenting the fossil of the year: Medullosa stellata, a fossil seed plant with fern leaves. The exhibition reveals parts of the sensational find and presents a digital reconstruction model for the first time.
Proboscideans
The freely accessible area shows the evolution of the proboscideans, with numerous fossils and objects discovered by Christopher Herrmann offering a fascinating insight into the world of elephants and mammoths.
Museum für Naturkunde09111 Chemnitz
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Public guided tour
The public tour offers insights into the exhibition "Digital Graphics on Paper". Selected works that combine digital image creation and graphic expression on paper will be presented.
Neue Sächsische Galerie - Museum für zeitgenössische Kunst09111 Chemnitz
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Public guided tour: Meal time! Fine Arts Hall
Public guided tour of the Feinkunsthalle in the Gunzenhauser Museum. The tour shows how food is thematized in art as an expression of culture, identity, enjoyment and social issues. Part of the "Mahlzeit!" exhibition series.
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Treffpunkt: Kasse des Karl Schmidt-Rottluff Haus, Limbacher Straße 382
Public guided tour: Karl Schmidt-Rottluff House
The newly opened museum presents the work of the Chemnitz-born artist and co-founder of the "Brücke". Two unique collections, prints and loans make it a new hotspot for expressionism.
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Karl Schmidt-Rottluff Haus09116 Chemnitz
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19.04.2614:00 clock14:45 clock15:30 clock
Public guided tour: Completely pure! Jewish ritual baths
Public guided tour through the exhibition "Ganz rein! Jewish ritual baths" at the Schloßbergmuseum. The tour explains the history and significance of Jewish mikvahs and shows photographs by Peter Seidel of these special cultural spaces.
Schloßbergmuseum Chemnitz09113 Chemnitz
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19.04.2614:30 clock
Public guided tour: Highlights in the art collections on Theaterplatz
During the public guided tours, you can get to know the current exhibitions in the art collections on Theaterplatz and highlights from the collection under professional guidance.
Kunstsammlungen am Theaterplatz09111 Chemnitz
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19.04.2614:30 clock
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Public guided tour
The new learning center for democracy and the newly created permanent exhibition invite visitors to learn more about the history of this place and the lives of the people who lived there.
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Lern- und Gedenkort Kaßberg-Gefängnis09112 Chemnitz
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22.04.2614:00 clock
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Public guided tour: Utopia
A guided tour through the exhibition "Utopia. Right to Hope" presents artistic positions on visions of the future. The focus is on ideas for a fairer, sustainable coexistence and the role of art as a place for utopian thinking.
Treffpunkt: Kasse des Schloßbergmuseums
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Public guided tour: Highlights of Chemnitz city history
A public guided tour through the permanent exhibition of the Schloßbergmuseum invites you to take a tour through the history of Chemnitz from the Middle Ages to the 20th century. Historical city models illustrate the changes, growth and life of the city.
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Schloßbergmuseum Chemnitz09113 Chemnitz
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26.04.2614:30 clock
Curator:inside tour: Utopia
Sandy Becker guides you through the exhibition "Utopia. Right to hope". The focus is on artistic positions on visions of the future, social change and sustainable coexistence as well as the role of art as a place for utopian thinking.
Kunstsammlungen am Theaterplatz09111 Chemnitz
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26.04.2616:00 clock
Guided tour of the Ziemert model train collection
The guided tour through the permanent exhibition in the Esche Museum provides exciting insights into the world of model railroads between 1945 and 1965, with lovingly designed exhibits, rare pieces and the story of the collector Wolfgang Ziemert.
Esche-Museum09212 Limbach-Oberfrohna
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02.05.2613:00 clock15:00 clock
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Via Lewandowsky: Wetterleuchten (Illuminating)
Via Lewandowsky's light and sound installation in the Taurastein Tower in Burgstädt transforms the historic observation tower into a flickering, colorful signal at night and interweaves cinematic, sonic and regional history into an expansive experience.
Taurastein09217 Burgstädt
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Daniel Buren: 7 colors for a chimney
In 2013, Daniel Buren transformed the 302-metre-high furnace of the northern CHP plant in Chemnitz with colored rings and his iconic 8.7 cm wide stripes into a widely visible work of art that marks Chemnitz as a city of art.
Gelände des ehemaligen Heizkraftwerk Nord Chemnitz, eins energie in sachsen09114 Chemnitz
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Kris Martin: Good Luck
The sculpture "Good Luck" by Kris Martin combines a cube on a sphere made of Rochlitz porphyry tuff. It alludes to Goethe's "Stone of Good Luck", but reverses the order and transforms the classicist ideal into a precarious wish.
Am Rathaus Wechselburg09306 Wechselburg
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Osmar Osten: Top With
Softly colored columns made of natural Saxon stone nestle together and form the support for a whole bundle of figures cast from silver-colored aluminum. A clash of contradictions that invites speculation.
Schillerpark/Schillerplatz09111 Chemnitz
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Andreas Schmid: Colorfield Chemnitz
The light installation Colourfield Chemnitz by Andreas Schmid transforms the main portal of the Kunstsammlungen Chemnitz into a colorful interplay of 38 LED bundles. Inspired by expressionism and music, it combines architecture, perception and movement.
Theaterplatz Chemnitz09111 Chemnitz
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Johann Belz: Rattling fountain
The rattling fountain by Johann Belz in Chemnitz features abstract bronze flower and leaf shapes that direct the flow of water. Tilting bowls produce the characteristic rattling sound that gives the impressive fountain its name.
Klapperbrunnen nähe Busbahnhof09111 Chemnitz
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Young-Jae Lee: Vases
Young-Jae Lee, pioneering ceramic artist, presents 49 colorful glazed vessels and bowls at the Stadtkirche St. Jakobi in Chemnitz. Her works create installations that redefine spaces and bring secular art into churches.
Stadtkirche St. Jakobi Chemnitz09111 Chemnitz
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Purple Path: Inauguration of the "Seeds & Seats" sculpture
A new meeting place is being created in the Lobgedichte area with "Seeds & Seats": plants, GDR design chairs and Brecht quotes invite you to linger. The "Lobgedichte" sculptures have also been cleaned.
Lobgedichte-Areal Brückenstraße09111 Chemnitz
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Hans Peter Kuhn: Lights light
The work "Lights light" by Hans Peter Kuhn on the eins energie administration building in Chemnitz shows randomly illuminated LED rods that create a constantly changing "concrete poetry" as a minimalist, architecture-related light drawing.
Verwaltungsgebäude von eins energie in sachsen in Chemnitz09111 Chemnitz
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Hinweis: Aufgrund eines technischen Defekts kann der Taurasteinturm inklusive Werk bis auf Weiteres nicht besichtigt werden.
All weather - Exhibition
In the Taurastein Tower in Burgstädt, Via Lewandowsky combines light, sound and space to create a unique installation. Film sequences, LED light and sounds from a former tin mine create an atmospheric experience from the base of the tower to the viewing platform.
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Taurastein09217 Burgstädt
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today 13:00 - 18:00 clock
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Future is past
The impressive mural "FUTURE IS PAST" by Hendrik Beikirch will be presented at the A4 business park in Chemnitz. The large-scale artwork is reminiscent of GDR labor collectives and invites visitors to reflect on change, identity and the history of the region.
Gewerbepark A409114 Chemnitz
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Exhibition: Time window
"Time Window" is the name of the new exhibition at Chemnitz Botanical Garden. Large-format works by Jutta Klötzer open up an artistic view of the Eocene era and combine amber, evolution, transience and respect for life.
Good God
Via Lewandowsky's work of light art adorns the tower of Chemnitz Castle Church. The striking neon installation shines far into the city and artfully addresses the tension between faith, doubt and social issues.
Schlosskirche Chemnitz09113 Chemnitz
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Sculpture inauguration: Yesterday is today becomes tomorrow
The new sculpture "Yesterday is today becomes tomorrow" will be unveiled as part of the "Ortskundig" project by the Chemnitz Artists' Association. The work will be unveiled on the corner of Hartmannstraße and Fabrikstraße, accompanied by words from Matthias Zwarg and music from STRELA.
Architects Mildner/Heine
The exhibition by architects Mildner and Heine showcases impressive designs and concepts that push the boundaries of architecture and convey a new understanding of space, light and sustainability while inspiring visitors.
Universitätsbibliothek TU Chemnitz09111 Chemnitz
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Body worlds
The exhibition presents the human body in the process of development and decay and encourages visitors to reflect on health and lifestyle, while fascinating exhibits vividly illustrate the process of change.
Exhibition: Women's movement in the GDR
The exhibition "Together we are unbearable" sheds light on the independent women's movement in the GDR. Its commitment to equal rights and social change is shown in several chapters from the perspective of those involved.
Volkshochschule Chemnitz im Tietz09111 Chemnitz
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Exhibition: Together we are unbearable
The exhibition tells the story of the non-governmental GDR women's movement since 1980. In four chapters, female protagonists report on criticism, networking and commitment up to the upheaval of 1989/90.
Volkshochschule Chemnitz im Tietz09111 Chemnitz
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ModernBat - Comics about a vampiric life
The artist Vetochka presents small picture stories about the everyday life of a vampire and a musician. Inspired by her own experiences and romantic fairy tales, her drawings combine fantasy with modern motifs.
Stadtbibliothek im Tietz09111 Chemnitz
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