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.
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
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Harald Hellmich: Curiosity about the unknown?
To mark his 95th birthday, the Inselsteig Gallery is presenting a retrospective of the artist’s work. Harald Hellmich studied at the Academy of Visual Arts in Leipzig from 1948 to 1952.
Historische Schauweberei Braunsdorf09577 Niederwiesa
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Exhibition: Cornelia Zabinski - Songs IV
In her new exhibition, the Chemnitz-based artist shows paintings between rhythm, color and inner movement. "Gesänge IV" invites you to a quiet, intense encounter with contemporary visual language.
Kleine Galerie09337 Hohenstein-Ernstthal
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Exhibition opening: Otto Pankok and Erik Neukirchner
The exhibition by Otto Pankok and Erik Neukirchner in the "Alte Schule zu Hennersdorf" invites visitors to an intensive encounter with art, while Neukirchner's bronze sculptures enter into a dialog with Pankok's works, which focus on the human.
Alte Schule zu Hennersdorf09573 Augustusburg
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26.07.26 11:00 - 16:00 clock
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Exhibition: Postponed attentions
The exhibition "Verschobene Aufmerksamkeiten" shows paintings by Karsten Mittag (Augustusburg). His works draw attention to details and shift familiar perceptions - quietly, concentrated and consciously.
Kleine Galerie09337 Hohenstein-Ernstthal
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27.08.26 14:00 - 17:00 clock
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Outlooks and Insights
Helene Isolde Roßner’s exhibition presents paintings and graphic works that straddle the line between observation and interpretation. Different perspectives offer fresh insights into landscapes, people, and everyday subjects.
Kleine Galerie09337 Hohenstein-Ernstthal
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12.11.26 14:00 - 17:00 clock
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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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Threads ∞ Interdependencies
The "Threads" exhibition links 25 biographies of Jewish Chemnitz families & makes their formative contributions to the textile industry & culture visible. Forgotten stories are retold, linked and returned to the city's collective memory.
smac – Staatliches Museum für Archäologie Chemnitz09111 Chemnitz
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Making of: Threads - Entanglements
Around 1900, Jewish family biographies in Chemnitz form a web that is torn apart during the Nazi era. The exhibition "Threads - Entanglements" shows how research and contacts make these connections visible and open up new perspectives.
smac – Staatliches Museum für Archäologie Chemnitz09111 Chemnitz
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An unfinished story
The exhibition at the Kunstsammlungen am Theaterplatz follows in the footsteps of the Jewish Leder family of collectors and sheds light on art, loss and provenance history. The focus is on the portrait of David Leder by Gustav Schaffer.
Kunstsammlungen am Theaterplatz09111 Chemnitz
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Traces of proximity exhibition
The exhibition is dedicated to the haunting work of Käthe Kollwitz and combines it with contemporary photography. The focus is on themes such as humanity, loss and social conflicts - then and now. 🎨📷
Kunstsammlungen am Theaterplatz09111 Chemnitz
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Utopia exhibition
An international exhibition project poses key questions about the future of coexistence. Works by renowned artists open up new perspectives on sustainability, justice and social change.
Kunstsammlungen am Theaterplatz09111 Chemnitz
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Collection stories
This collection presentation draws various threads through the holdings of the Kunstsammlungen Chemnitz. It follows the course of these stories through three centuries, interweaving the different genres of art from painting to textile art.
Kunstsammlungen am Theaterplatz09111 Chemnitz
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Karl Schmidt-Rottluff and the bridge
The exhibition shows important paintings and documents by the expressionist, who grew up in Chemnitz, from all phases of his work, as well as representative works by Brücke artists and representatives of classical modernism.
Kunstsammlungen am Theaterplatz09111 Chemnitz
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Exhibition: An unfinished story
The exhibition follows the traces of the lost art collection of Lola and David Leder and sheds light on networks of Jewish collectors. The focus is on a portrait of David Leder and the question of the origin and ownership of the works. 🎨
Kunstsammlungen am Theaterplatz09111 Chemnitz
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Family Tour: Summer Vacation Program
How was bread baked 400 years ago? At the Schloßberg Museum’s historic outdoor oven, bread and dough are made according to traditional methods. This offers fascinating insights into old artisanal techniques and self-sufficiency in times past.
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.
Public Tour: Serving Gender & WIN/WIN | Combined Tour
The public tour connects two exhibitions at the Gunzenhauser Museum: “Serving Gender” explores the role of food, care, and gender stereotypes, while “WIN/WIN” presents contemporary art from Saxony.
Public guided tour: Traces of proximity. Käthe Kollwitz
Insight into the life and work of Käthe Kollwitz: the exhibition combines her haunting works with contemporary photography and shows how topical themes such as closeness, loss and humanity still are today.
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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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26.07.2614:00 clock
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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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Experience the magic of the ancient art of weaving...
Public guided tours and demonstrations of the historical weaving machines.
Historische Schauweberei Braunsdorf09577 Niederwiesa
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26.07.2611:00 clock
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Family adventure tour: "Off to the first shift"
The tour shows the everyday life of miners, from the start of the shift to the end of the day. Working conditions then and now are highlighted. The tour leads through the exhibition and the demonstration mine and ends underground with a drink and a game of cards.
Vacation program: Off to the first shift
The tour shows the everyday life of miners, from the start of the shift to the end of the day. Working conditions then and now are highlighted. The tour leads through the exhibition and the demonstration mine and ends underground with a drink and a game of cards.
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Family Tour: Summer Vacation Program
A tour of the “Serving Gender” exhibition combines art and fascinating background stories with creative experimentation. Afterward, visitors can create their own prints using beverage cartons, which they can take home with them.
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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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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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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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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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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Karolin Schwab: My Floating Home
The sculpture stands between the banks of the Mühlgraben like a fleeting three-dimensional sketch of a house. There, as the seasons change, constantly changing images are created in the water, posing the question of what it means to be at home, to be anchored.
Mühlgraben Niederwiesa09577 Niederwiesa
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Anja Schwörer: Mapping Patterns - Industrial Flora
Anja Schwörer's mural Mapping Patterns: Industrial Flora at the Braunsdorf show weaving mill combines historical cartridge drawings with modern pixel aesthetics. It poetically references textile structures, weaving techniques and early forms of programming languages.
PURPLE PATH: Inauguration Fast legs and bad mood without kiosk and kitchen by Maruša Sagadin
The artworks "Fast Legs (Marjetka)" and "Bad Mood without Kiosk and Kitchen (Juliana Three-Legged)" by Maruša Sagadin, both from 2020, will be inaugurated and invite visitors to explore modern themes.
Wiesenfläche ggü. Adorfer Hauptstr. Neukirchen09221 Neukirchen/Erzgeb.
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Open process
The exhibition tells stories of migration since the Second World War, addresses everyday racism, right-wing violence since the baseball bat years and shows how those affected fought back - loudly, visibly and in solidarity.
OFFENER PROZESS - Dokumentationszentrum09112 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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Stage in miniature. The Chemnitz puppet theater through the ages
To mark its 75th anniversary, the exhibition shows the history of puppet theater - from its beginnings to the present day. On display are puppets, designs and exciting insights into the development of this special genre. 🎭
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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Treib Gut Life Buoy
Christoph Roßner’s art installation “Treibgut Rettungsring” explores themes of hope and rescue in times of crisis. Inspired by flooding, climate change, and displacement, the ring stands as a symbol of humanity, solidarity, and the will to survive.
Pop-Up Exhibition: Law—The Rules of Everyday Life
The interactive exhibition offers insights into everyday legal issues and encourages active participation and critical thinking to help visitors understand the importance of the law in daily life.
Exhibition: Plant and fiber in an artistic context
Students of the Faculty of Applied Arts Schneeberg present works on fiber plants and textile art. The exhibition combines nature, design and artistic research in an exciting way.
Marion Gees: Paris, capital of modernity - photographic snapshots
The exhibition shows the fascinating work of the Germanist Dr. Marion Gees, who has been working with photography for years and has published the essay collection "Schreibort Paris".
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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