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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Hanna Remestvenska: Awakening
The exhibition presents the fascinating works of the Chemnitz artist, who creates a unique combination of emotion and form with her impressive oil paintings and innovative soft sculptures.
Historische Schauweberei Braunsdorf09577 Niederwiesa
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Exhibition: Seen from there
The exhibition brings together works from painting, graphics, photography and design by seven artists with common roots. Different styles and perspectives impressively show individual approaches to social reality. 🎨🖼️
Exhibition: Focus on diversity
The exhibition "Diversity in Focus" shows works by Sabine Hagedorn. Porcelain and glass art meet painting and open up multifaceted perspectives between material, form and color.
Kleine Galerie09337 Hohenstein-Ernstthal
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26.04.26 14:00 - 17:00 clock
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Everything is in bloom - behind bars and gates
Works by Gudrun Petersdorff & Annette Schröter are dedicated to nature & garden motifs. Painting & papercutting combine floral forms, colors & structures to create poetic pictorial worlds between observation of nature, artistic condensation & quiet poetry.
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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.
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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. 🎨✨
A new beginning in 1945 (AT)
The exhibition commemorates 18 Jewish survivors who founded the Jewish community of Chemnitz at Stiftsweg 107 in 1945. Documents and photos show their courage to make a new start and how a new community emerged despite persecution and loss.
smac – Staatliches Museum für Archäologie Chemnitz09111 Chemnitz
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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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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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Donation Hermann Gerlinger
The Chemnitz Art Collections receive an important donation of Brücke from Hermann Gerlinger. 42 works by Schmidt-Rottluff, Heckel and Kirchner show the diversity of Expressionism and provide an insight into the history of one of the most important private collections
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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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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Life in the museum - The insectarium
The Insectarium presents the fascinating world of arthropods: living leaf-cutter ants, iridescent butterflies, camouflaged ghost insects, tarantulas and scorpions - a tribute to the diversity, beauty and importance of insects.
Museum für Naturkunde09111 Chemnitz
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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.
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.
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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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
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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
The fascination of machines under steam
Demonstration of the single-cylinder back-pressure steam engine from 1896.
Industriemuseum Chemnitz09112 Chemnitz
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Public guided tour through the exhibition on stage III with Dieter Wuschanski and Kathi Halama
The tour offers a unique insight into the creative collaboration between photographer Dieter Wuschanski and designer Kathi Halama, shedding light on personal backgrounds and exciting aspects of curatorial development.
Wasserschloss Klaffenbach09123 Chemnitz
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26.04.26 14:00 - 15:30 clock
Edvard Munch as a guest at Villa Esche
In October 1905, Edvard Munch visited Villa Esche, where he created portraits of the Esche family and the painting "View of the Chemnitz Valley"; the historic rooms and the fascinating history of the place can be explored during a special guided tour in the Albertinum.
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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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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03.05.2614:00 clock
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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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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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morePlace: EUROPA
The "EUROPA" light installation by morePlatz uses 33 neon tubes to create a shining symbol of cohesion and shared values. Permanently installed at the Chemnitz Wirkbau since 2019, it stands as a symbol of a strong European identity.
Wirkbau-Areal Chemnitz09111 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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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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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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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.
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. 🎭
Extractive Zones
The exhibition presents the results of cross-border research into the true costs of uranium mining, with photographs, modern cartography, archive material and artistic studies, and invites you to the vernissage on November 7.
Hot Super Projektraum09111 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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Insectophopia Giant spiders & insects
The original inspires: the giant spider and insect exhibition presents over 500 impressive specimens and offers fascinating insights into the world of arthropods.
Luxor Chemnitz Kongress- & Veranstaltungszentrum09113 Chemnitz
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24.05.26 11:00 - 18:00 clock