THE ROOI BOSS SHOW "The localization of the invisible"
The artist group Rooi Boss Productions understands art as a narrative system that unfolds in the interplay of perception, language and social interaction. At the center is the narrative as a fundamental structure of human experience.
Heinz Schumann - Calligraphy and type design
The Chemnitz graphic artist and typographer Heinz Schumann (1934-2020) is often only associated with the huge wall of lettering behind the Karl Marx head. The exhibition now focuses on his calligraphic work with examples from all creative phases.
Neue Sächsische Galerie - Museum für zeitgenössische Kunst09111 Chemnitz
19.10.25 11:00 - 17:00 clock
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Harry Scheuner – Grafik und Design
Scheuner (1935 - 2025) hat als Grafiker und Werbegestalter in Chemnitz und der Region gewirkt. Bekannt ist er auch für seine Briefmarkenentwürfe. Die Ausstellung präsentiert Originalentwürfe, Plakate, Werbebroschüren, Signets u.v.a.m. aus fünf Jahrzehnten.
Neue Sächsische Galerie - Museum für zeitgenössische Kunst09111 Chemnitz
19.10.25 11:00 - 17:00 clock
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HEINZ SCHUMANN - calligraphy and type design and HARRY SCHEUNER - graphics and design
The current exhibition at the NSG is entitled "Your heart travels in your dreams" and features calligraphy and typeface design by HEINZ SCHUMANN (1934 - 2020). Graphics and design by HARRY SCHEUNER (1935 - 2025) since the 1950s can be experienced.
Neue Sächsische Galerie - Museum für zeitgenössische Kunst09111 Chemnitz
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Luoghi dellanima
The exhibition shows paintings by Sonja Kalmanfi, inspired by Cilento in southern Italy. Between dream and reality, she creates works that combine nature and the inner world - a poetic view of landscape as a mirror of the soul.
Dauerausstellung
Im Sortiment finden sich Werke lokaler und nationaler Künstler wie Karl-Heinz Richter, Klaus Süß, Ingo Andratschke, Otto, Udo Lindenberg und Originalzeichnungen von Star Wars – eine vielfältige Auswahl zum Anschauen und Kaufen.
Exhibition: Ready for vacation
The artist Dr. Anne-Catherine Zajonz presents her new exhibition "Urlaubsreif" at the ArtForum Burgstädt gallery.
Galerie Art Forum Burgstädt09217 Burgstädt
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21.10.25 15:00 - 18:00 clock
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PRESS - created. broken. recovered.
The exhibition shows works by Friedrich Press at three locations in Chemnitz. Sculptures, photographs and works reflect his view of the human being between brokenness and security and provide an insight into his work, which has left its mark on church spaces.
e.artis Galerie & Kunstauktionen09111 Chemnitz
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21.10.25 10:00 - 17:00 clock
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Chemnitz minds
The 2025 exhibition pays tribute to important personalities who have shaped Chemnitz. Ulrich Eißner's portrait sculptures allow visitors to meet athletes, artists, scientists and cultural figures and tell inspiring stories.
Galerie Weise09111 Chemnitz
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21.10.25 10:00 - 18:00 clock
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Carlfriedrich Claus, Clara Mosch and their environment
Carlfriedrich Claus, Clara Mosch and their environment - an exhibition that sheds light on the creative work and inspiring atmosphere of this generation of artists and provides insights into their extraordinary works and artistic relationships.
Exhibition: Women make pressure - Kunstblüten Chemnitz
The project makes the discrimination of women in working life visible. Regional female artists create art flowers that pay tribute to forgotten female personalities & symbolically create a balance to pay inequality.
Experience the city's history: Red Tower
The Red Tower, Chemnitz's oldest building, will shine in 2025 with illuminations and exhibitions on the city's history and the Great Chemnitzers. Gallery access and a Walk of Fame round off the highlight of the Capital of Culture year.
Roter Turm09111 Chemnitz
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Burgstadt's stores and streets in GDR times
The special exhibition of the Burgstädt Museum Association in the local history museum shows Burgstädt's stores and streets in GDR times. In Kantor-Meister-Straße 2, a piece of the town's history comes to life and invites visitors to remember and discover.
Heimatmuseum Burgstädt09217 Burgstädt
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19.10.25 14:00 - 17:00 clock
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Children in velvet and silk - 400 years of children's fashion from the August Ohm Collection
The exhibition shows 400 years of children's fashion: clothing from the August Ohm collection meets paintings by the von Schönburg family. Idealized portraits of children and historical pieces reflect the changing nature of childhood and the wishes of future generations.
Passion for printmaking
Opening of the cabinet exhibition with works by Sabine Müller from Altenburg.
Textile? The future! 2025
Textiles move the world: they fly, support and filter. More than 50 Saxon companies, research and education show textile innovations today and tomorrow.
Esche-Museum09212 Limbach-Oberfrohna
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19.10.25 11:00 - 17:00 clock
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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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19.10.25 11:00 - 17:00 clock
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Special exhibition at the Esche Museum: Fabric Visions
The special exhibition "Fabric Visions" at the Esche Museum showcases innovative textile designs and creative visions.
Esche-Museum09212 Limbach-Oberfrohna
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19.10.25 11:00 - 17:00 clock
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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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19.10.25 11:00 - 17:00 clock
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Exhibition: The life and work of Hans Carl von Carlowitz
A new permanent exhibition at Rabenstein Castle is dedicated to the life of Hans Carl von Carlowitz, the founder of sustainability. With documents, objects, film and a dialog table, his work and the history of Saxony's smallest castle can be experienced.
Burg Rabenstein09117 Chemnitz
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19.10.25 10:00 - 17:00 clock
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Curator-guided tour of the special exhibition Fabric Visions
Ten artistic positions show textile perspectives at the interface of exhibition and participatory experience. The focus is on sustainability and the connection to the Esche Museum - many of the works were created on site.
Textilhub im Esche-Museum Limbach-Oberfrohna09212 Limbach-Oberfrohna
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19.10.2511:30 clock
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Treffpunkt: Kasse des Karl Schmidt-Rottluff Haus, Limbacher Straße 382
Curator's tour: Karl Schmidt-Rottluff House
The newly opened museum presents the work of the Chemnitz-born expressionist. Two unique collections, prints and loans make it a new hotspot for Expressionism. The guided tour offers exciting insights into the exhibition.
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Karl Schmidt-Rottluff Haus09116 Chemnitz
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19.10.2514:00 clock
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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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19.10.25 15:30 - 16:15 clock
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Public guided tour: Highlights in the Schloßbergmuseum
Public guided tour through the permanent exhibition of the Schloßberg Museum: The exhibition tells the history of Chemnitz from the 12th to the 20th century and impresses with numerous models of the architectural development of the monastery and town.
Schloßbergmuseum Chemnitz09113 Chemnitz
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19.10.2514:30 clock
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Public guided tour: The new city
Public guided tour of the exhibition The New City at the Schloßbergmuseum. The focus is on the short but formative period as "Karl-Marx-Stadt" with a particular focus on urban planning and architectural developments.
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Schloßbergmuseum Chemnitz09113 Chemnitz
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19.10.2514:30 clock
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ACHTUNG: Aufgrund des zu erwartenden Besucher:innenaufkommens sind Anmeldungen zur öffentlichen Führung in der Ausstellung Edvard Munch. Angst ausschließlich über den Ticket-Shop möglich. Anmeldungen für die öffentlichen Führungen (ausgenommen Familienführungen) an der Kasse, über Telefon oder Email sind nicht möglich.
Public guided tour: Edvard Munch - Fear
The public tour through the exhibition Edvard Munch - Angst conveys central works and themes such as fear, loneliness, illness and Munch's stay in Chemnitz in 1905. Contemporary positions enter into an exciting dialog with his work.
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Treffpunkt: Kasse des Museum Gunzenhauser
Guided tour: Contemporary highlights - WIN/WIN and Gabriele Münter Prize
The guided tour Contemporary Highlights at Museum Gunzenhauser combines the exhibition WIN/WIN - Art Acquisitions by the Kulturstiftung Sachsen with the presentation of the Gabriele Münter Prize. Works by current artists and award-winning positions are on display.
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Museum Gunzenhauser09112 Chemnitz
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19.10.2516:00 clock
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Highlights of archaeology in Saxony
Insights into Saxony's cultural history: from hunters and gatherers to farming cultures and industrialization, objects tell fascinating stories. A guided tour makes you curious to find out more.
smac – Staatliches Museum für Archäologie Chemnitz09111 Chemnitz
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23.10.2517:00 clock
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Die Teilnahme ist kostenfrei.
Voranmeldung vor Ort bitte 15 Minuten vorher an der Museumskasse.
Public guided tour Planet Africa
A tour of the Planet Africa special exhibition offers exciting insights into six thematic areas: Diversity, Incarnation, Knowledge & Technology, Signs & Images, Raw Materials and Current Archaeological Research on the African Continent.
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smac – Staatliches Museum für Archäologie Chemnitz09111 Chemnitz
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25.10.2515:00 clock
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Die Teilnahme ist kostenfrei. Nur Eintritt in Ausstellung
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Treffpunkt: Kasse des Museum Gunzenhauser
Public guided tour: Interactive guided tour | Best Of II - Visitor's Choice
The "Best Of II - Visitor's Choice" exhibition at the Gunzenhauser Museum invites you to get involved: Visitors, the youth council and Chemnitz initiatives create spaces for exchange. Interactive stations open up creative approaches to art, technology and expression.
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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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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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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19.10.25 13:00 - 18:00 clock
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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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20.10.25 11:00 - 15:00 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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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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Exhibition - The story of Moritz Lippmann, his furniture store and his family
The exhibition tells the story of Moritz Lippmann, his furniture store and his family. It is an example of how undemocratic and totalitarian regimes intervene in the lives of individuals and leave lasting traces.
Schaufenster gegenüber dem Stadtbad09111 Chemnitz
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Interior landscapes
Klaus Pobitzer created digital drawings from photos of inaccessible garages, processed with AI and presented in a video installation. The works reflect everyday life in the GDR and creative potential in real and imaginary objects.
Garagenhof Ahornstraße09112 Chemnitz
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Into the dawn - Interventions in the urban space of Chemnitz
The city awakens, one eye half open, hoping for the usual everyday life. Summer 2025 brings artists from Europe to Chemnitz to disrupt habits and open up new perspectives with surprising actions and installations.
Innenstadt 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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19.10.25 13:00 - 18:00 clock
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Photographs from the Chemnitz Clinic
Felix Bielmeier is developing a work for the Chemnitz Clinic that makes the invisible visible in medical care and questions aesthetic boundaries and the role of photographic images between information and practice.
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Klinikum Chemnitz09116 Chemnitz
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19.10.25 10:00 - 18:00 clock
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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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19.10.25 09:00 - 17:00 clock
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Women make pressure - artificial flowers
The project "Frauen machen Druck - Kunstblüten" uses creative forms of expression to draw attention to the 18 percent pay gap that affects women compared to men and raises public awareness of the injustice of Equal Pay Day.
Universitätsbibliothek TU Chemnitz09111 Chemnitz
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19.10.25 09:00 - 18:00 clock
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Railroads connect!
A special exhibition by Schauplatz Eisenbahn in cooperation with the railroad museums in Berlin, Bochum, Dresden, Madrid, Mulhouse, Prague/Chomotov, Strasshof and Utrecht.
Schauplatz Eisenbahn Chemnitz-Hilbersdorf09131 Chemnitz
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19.10.25 10:00 - 17:00 clock
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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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Exhibition - The story of Moritz Lippmann, his furniture store and his family
The exhibition tells the story of Moritz Lippmann, his furniture store and his family. It is an example of how undemocratic and totalitarian regimes intervene in the lives of individuals and leave lasting traces.
Schaufenster gegenüber dem Stadtbad09111 Chemnitz
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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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Interior landscapes
Klaus Pobitzer created digital drawings from photos of inaccessible garages, processed with AI and presented in a video installation. The works reflect everyday life in the GDR and creative potential in real and imaginary objects.
Garagenhof Ahornstraße09112 Chemnitz
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Experience the city's history: Red Tower
The Red Tower, Chemnitz's oldest building, will shine in 2025 with illuminations and exhibitions on the city's history and the Great Chemnitzers. Gallery access and a Walk of Fame round off the highlight of the Capital of Culture year.
Roter Turm09111 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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