Exhibition: General meeting
Photographer Maria Sturm has captured over 150 members of garage communities in large-format portraits. Her works, which show the unexpected diversity of garage landscapes, will be on display at the Garage Campus from May to November.
Garagen-Campus09116 Chemnitz
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Exhibition: Jusche Fret
Leipzig-based artist Jusche Fret presents her exhibition "Metamorphoses" at the Dorfgalerie Auerswalde. Sculptures, drawings and collages focus on the close connection between humans, animals and nature - inspiring, enigmatic and full of meaning.
Dorfgemeinschaftshaus Auerswalde09244 Lichtenau
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Exhibition opening: Mandy Kunze - The visible process
The exhibition "The Visible Process" by Mandy Kunze can be seen in the City Gallery until June 15, 2025, while the PURPLE PATH art and sculpture trail presents contemporary sculptures from Chemnitz and 38 municipalities and tells stories.
Stadtgalerie Frankenberg09669 Frankenberg/Sa.
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9th art exhibition: Elisabeth Ahnert + Erik Neukirchner
This year, the focus is on artist Elisabeth Ahnert, whose paintings, collages, drawings and fabric appliqués can open your heart and soul. The exhibition is complemented by bronze sculptures by Erik Neukirchner.
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Alte Schule zu Hennersdorf09573 Augustusburg
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Andreas Kuhnlein: Traces of being human
Andreas Kuhnlein from Unterwössen/Chiemgau shows impressive wooden sculptures in his exhibition "Traces of being human".
Kleine Galerie09337 Hohenstein-Ernstthal
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Open months 25
The traditional summer exhibition offers hobby artists a representative platform to present their current works.
Heinrich-Hartmann-Haus09376 Oelsnitz/Erzgeb.
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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: LUKE CARTER - Naked Freedom
Luke Carter researched nudist culture on the Baltic Sea as a scholarship holder. Inspired by conversations and impressions, he designed the 52-card game "FKK - Freie Körper Karten" (Nudist - Free Body Cards), which artistically reflects on the body, the gaze and the public sphere.
Neue Sächsische Galerie - Museum für zeitgenössische Kunst09111 Chemnitz
17.06.25 11:00 - 18:00 clock
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Exhibition opening: Naked freedom
At the exhibition opening, graphic works by Luke Carter will be presented that deal with the body, perception and the public sphere. Inspired by intensive research and personal impressions, he has created a multi-layered series of works.
Neue Sächsische Galerie - Museum für zeitgenössische Kunst09111 Chemnitz
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Lydia Thomas / Brigitte Stenzel / Florian Merkel
In their exhibition, Lydia Thomas, Brigitte Stenzel and Florian Merkel present a fascinating combination of painting, sculpture and photography - a dialog between colors, shapes and perspectives that inspires the senses.
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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Silver luster & miner's death
The exhibition on mining brings to light what went on underground for thousands of years. It reveals the dark secrets of miners from the Bronze Age to the 21st century. A laboratory for technical, social and economic innovation.
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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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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Schneeberg braid
Schneeberger Geflecht combines art and everyday life. The exhibition shows handicraft design with natural materials and recycled fabrics. An interactive workroom invites visitors to join in, experiment and experience.
Kunstsammlungen am Theaterplatz09111 Chemnitz
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Gallery Oben and Clara Mosch
The exhibition at the Kunstsammlungen Chemnitz sheds light on the alternative art scene in the GDR with Galerie Oben and Clara Mosch. Documents, works and conversations with artists bring the period back to life.
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: Beyond Geometry. Frei Otto x Kengo Kuma
Frei Otto shaped the architecture of the 20th century with his innovative lightweight structures and inspired architects worldwide, including Kengo Kuma. A diverse program in Chemnitz-Siegmar now honours him as an important son of the city with workshops and exhibitions.
Kunstsammlungen am Theaterplatz09111 Chemnitz
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Family tour : Schneeberger Geflecht
Explore the exhibition together, experience art and get creative yourself. Various art forms and creative processes are on display. At the end, you will create your own work of art to take home. An experience for the whole family.
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Kunstsammlungen am Theaterplatz09111 Chemnitz
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Kosten: Erwachsene 2,00 Euro für Material. Kind 0,50 Euro für Material.
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Public guided tour: Guided tour for blind and visually impaired people
The tactile exhibition Schneeberger Geflecht - Die Angewandte Kunst invites blind and visually impaired people to join in, touch and try things out. Students design a participatory workroom exhibition based on the workshop principle.
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Family tour: Barbara and the Hunte
Nobody knows exactly what goes on underground. This is also due to the miners' language, which is full of mysterious terms. Peppered with words that only insiders understand. But the exhibition puts an end to the mystery.
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smac – Staatliches Museum für Archäologie Chemnitz09111 Chemnitz
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Family tour : Schneeberger Geflecht
Explore the exhibition together, experience art and get creative yourself. Various art forms and creative processes are on display. At the end, you will create your own work of art to take home. An experience for the whole family.
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Kunstsammlungen am Theaterplatz09111 Chemnitz
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Public guided tour: European Realities
The Gunzenhauser Museum invites you to a guided tour of the European Realities exhibition. The tour offers exciting insights into the realism movements of the 1920s and 1930s - between social change, cultural prosperity and technical modernity.
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Museum Gunzenhauser09112 Chemnitz
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Family tour: Family tour of the Schloßbergmuseum
The permanent exhibition of the Schloßbergmuseum is explored together in a playful way. City models and stories from eight centuries invite you on an exciting tour. Afterwards, visitors can create their own small works of art and take them home.
Schloßbergmuseum Chemnitz09113 Chemnitz
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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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Public guided tour
A guided tour of the permanent exhibition, from the transmission-operated locksmith's workshop to modern welding robots.
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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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Classic castle tour
The baroque Lichtenwalde Castle with its park is a real gem. In its 800-year history, it has survived many changes of ownership. There is much to discover on a tour of the castle chapel, courtyard and historic salons.
Guided tour with the curator
A guided tour with the curator offers special insights into the special exhibition "100 Years of Marguerite Angels" and the historical development of these fascinating celestial messengers.
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Guided tours in the Wendt & Kühn world in Grünhainichen
Various guided tours such as "Discover - Experience - Marvel", "History to Enjoy", "Give the Gift of Joy", a curator's tour or the flower children's walk offer unique insights into the history, craftsmanship and art of the Wendt & Kühn manufactory.
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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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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Leiko Ikemura: Usagi Greeting (180)
The pictorial-poetic encounter of the figure of the hare with representations of Buddhist bodhisattva beings and Christian iconography of mercy refers to the collection in the adjacent Schatzkammer Museum and opens the view to East Asia.
Schloss und Park Lichtenwalde09577 Niederwiesa
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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.
Historische Schauweberei Braunsdorf09577 Niederwiesa
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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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Chemnitz on record - Tim Hofmann
In the exhibition "Chemnitz auf Platte", Tim Hofmann shows impressive works about urban spaces, structures and moods of the city of Chemnitz.
Open Space Chemnitz09111 Chemnitz
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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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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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Holy names for Chemnitz
An artistic exploration of the names of saints and their significance for Chemnitz. The exhibition invites visitors to discover, reflect and discuss in a stylish atmosphere.
Photo exhibition: People from the East
Jörg Weber's photo exhibition shows people from the East in expressive portraits and with symbolic objects that preserve their stories and focus on the past and present.
Kulturzentrum DasTietz09111 Chemnitz
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Regional showcase
All 38 cities of the Capital of Culture Region 2025 are on display in the TIETZ courtyard, with information, dates and QR codes on steles. In addition: central projects such as Purple Path & Makers as well as a stage for creative contributions from the region.
Kulturzentrum DasTietz09111 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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Parliament is dreaming
The photographic work "Parliament dreams" shows an EU plenary full of MEPs with their eyes closed. The montage encourages reflection on Europe's future and combines art, politics and the power of dreaming in a surprising way.
Hartmannfabrik09111 Chemnitz
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Inventor culture in Chemnitz and the region
The exhibition shows how important innovations from the region were created and patented. Visitors can experience discoveries such as the first fully synthetic mild detergent or modern indoor navigation.
Universitätsbibliothek TU Chemnitz09111 Chemnitz
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Exhibition for the photo competition: Making living diversity visible
The exhibition shows 14 selected photographs that take a personal and creative look at diversity. The focus is on social, cultural, gender, sexual, religious and age-related diversity - presented in a multifaceted and impressive way.
Universitätsbibliothek TU Chemnitz09111 Chemnitz
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