Art collections on Theatre Square
Friday, 3 January, from 1 pm
Workshop: Reform of Life
Admission: free of charge
You are invited to get creative in our open workshop in the spirit of the workshop principle. Let yourself be inspired by works from the exhibition.
Sunday, 5 January, 2.30 pm
Family tour: Erich Heckel - watercolours and prints from the Jess Collection
We cordially invite you to a guided tour of the exhibition Erich Heckel - Watercolours and Prints from the Jess Collection on Sunday, 1 December 2024, at 14:30 in the Kunstsammlungen am Theaterplatz.
Wednesday, 8 January, 6.30 pm
Guided tour in sign language: Reform of Life
When Henry van de Velde was born in 1863, the style mix of historicism prevailed in Europe. Artists and industry had hardly any points of contact. When van de Velde died almost a century later, the collaboration between art and industry was called
called "product design". In between, there were several generations of artists and designers who wanted to reform the form and function of everyday objects - and Henry van de Velde was among them. He was inspired by the Arts and Crafts movement, became an important representative of Art Nouveau, laid the foundations for the Werkbund and the Bauhaus, headed the La Cambre art academy in Brussels and recognised the importance of the Ulm School of Design.
In Chemnitz, Henry van de Velde created two villas, a tennis club and several interiors. Villa Esche is now home to the Henry van de Velde Museum of the Chemnitz Art Collections. With over 130 works, it holds an important part of van de Velde's oeuvre. At the same time, the Textile and Decorative Arts Collection has been collecting contemporary European decorative arts and textiles since its foundation in 1898. Based on Henry van de Velde's role as artist, architect, teacher and author, the exhibition presents the network of visionaries, producers and dealers between 1880 and 1950, including William Morris, Richard Riemerschmid, Marianne Brandt, Otti Berger and Max Bill.
Saturday, 11 January, 1 pm
Workshop: Erich Heckel - watercolours and prints from the Jess Collection
Meeting point: Ticket office of the Kunststammlungen am Theaterplatz
Please register by e-mail to: info.kunstsammlungen(at)stadt-chemnitz.de or by telephone on 0371 488 4424. The maximum number of participants is 15.
In our workshop, you are invited to learn an experimental printing technique based on the work of Erich Heckel and to get creative yourself. Let yourself be inspired by works from the exhibition.
Saturday, 11 January, 4 p.m.
Family tour: Reform of Life
When Henry van de Velde was born in 1863, the style mix of historicism prevailed in Europe. Artists and industry had hardly any points of contact. When van de Velde died almost a century later, the collaboration between art and industry was called "product design". In between, there were several generations of artists and designers who wanted to reform the form and function of everyday objects - and Henry van de Velde was among them. He was inspired by the Arts and Crafts movement, became an important representative of Art Nouveau, laid the foundations for the Werkbund and the Bauhaus, headed the La Cambre art academy in Brussels and recognised the importance of the Ulm School of Design.
In Chemnitz, Henry van de Velde created two villas, a tennis club and several interiors. Villa Esche is now home to the Henry van de Velde Museum of the Chemnitz Art Collections. With over 130 works, it holds an important part of van de Velde's oeuvre. At the same time, the Textile and Decorative Arts Collection has been collecting contemporary European decorative arts and textiles since its foundation in 1898. Based on Henry van de Velde's role as artist, architect, teacher and author, the exhibition presents the network of visionaries, producers and dealers between 1880 and 1950, including William Morris, Richard Riemerschmid, Marianne Brandt, Otti Berger and Max Bill.
Wednesday, 15 January, 4 pm
Guided tour in Czech: Reform of Life | Prohlídka s průvodcem (cz)
When Henry van de Velde was born in 1863, the style mix of historicism prevailed in Europe. Artists and industry had hardly any points of contact. When van de Velde died almost a century later, the collaboration between art and industry was called "product design". In between, there were several generations of artists and designers who wanted to reform the form and function of everyday objects - and Henry van de Velde was among them. He was inspired by the Arts and Crafts movement, became an important representative of Art Nouveau, laid the foundations for the Werkbund and the Bauhaus, headed the La Cambre art academy in Brussels and recognised the importance of the Ulm School of Design.
In Chemnitz, Henry van de Velde created two villas, a tennis club and several interiors. Villa Esche is now home to the Henry van de Velde Museum of the Chemnitz Art Collections. With over 130 works, it holds an important part of van de Velde's oeuvre. At the same time, the Textile and Decorative Arts Collection has been collecting contemporary European decorative arts and textiles since its foundation in 1898. Based on Henry van de Velde's role as artist, architect, teacher and author, the exhibition presents the network of visionaries, producers and dealers between 1880 and 1950, including William Morris, Richard Riemerschmid, Marianne Brandt, Otti Berger and Max Bill.
Wednesday, 15 January, 6.30 pm
Artist Talk: Yvon Chabrowski and Kerstin Drechsel
Artist Yvon Chabrowski and Kerstin Drechsel, curator of the Kunstsammlungen Chemnitz, will be in conversation.
Sunday, 19 January, 2.30 pm
Public guided tour: Erich Heckel - watercolours and prints from the Jess Collection
We cordially invite you to a guided tour of the exhibition Erich Heckel - Watercolours and Prints from the Jess Collection on Sunday, 1 December 2024, at 14:30 in the Kunstsammlungen am Theaterplatz. You can find more information here.
Wednesday, 22 January, 5.30 pm
Guided tour in French: Reform of Life | Visite guidée (fr)
When Henry van de Velde was born in 1863, the style mix of historicism prevailed in Europe. Artists and industry had hardly any points of contact. When van de Velde died almost a century later, the collaboration between art and industry was called "product design". In between, there were several generations of artists and designers who wanted to reform the form and function of everyday objects - and Henry van de Velde was among them. He was inspired by the Arts and Crafts movement, became an important representative of Art Nouveau, laid the foundations for the Werkbund and the Bauhaus, headed the La Cambre art academy in Brussels and recognised the importance of the Ulm School of Design.
In Chemnitz, Henry van de Velde created two villas, a tennis club and several interiors. Villa Esche is now home to the Henry van de Velde Museum of the Chemnitz Art Collections. With over 130 works, it holds an important part of van de Velde's oeuvre. At the same time, the Textile and Decorative Arts Collection has been collecting contemporary European decorative arts and textiles since its foundation in 1898. Based on Henry van de Velde's role as artist, architect, teacher and author, the exhibition presents the network of visionaries, producers and dealers between 1880 and 1950, including William Morris, Richard Riemerschmid, Marianne Brandt, Otti Berger and Max Bill.
Wednesday, 22 January, 6.30 pm
Reform of Life | Lecture: The Chemnitz Lawn Tennis Club by Henry van de Velde - the fate of an architectural jewel
Lecture by Isabella Hofmann, Kunstsammlungen Chemnitz, as part of the exhibition "Reform of Life & Henry van de Velde mittendrin"
Saturday, 25 January, from 1 pm
Workshop: Reform of Life
Meeting point: Ticket office of the art collections on Theaterplatz
Please register by e-mail to: info.kunstsammlungen(at)stadt-chemnitz.de or by telephone on 0371 488 4424. The maximum number of participants is 10.
Learn the craft of Gelli printing in our workshop Voll Gelli - Printing with the Gelli plate. Be inspired by works from the exhibition.
Wednesday, 29 January, 5.30 pm
Guided tour in Ukrainian: Reform of Life | Екскурсія з гідом (українською)
When Henry van de Velde was born in 1863, the style mix of historicism prevailed in Europe. Artists and industry had hardly any points of contact. When van de Velde died almost a century later, the collaboration between art and industry was called "product design". In between, there were several generations of artists and designers who wanted to reform the form and function of everyday objects - and Henry van de Velde was among them. He was inspired by the Arts and Crafts movement, became an important representative of Art Nouveau, laid the foundations for the Werkbund and the Bauhaus, headed the La Cambre art academy in Brussels and recognised the importance of the Ulm School of Design.
In Chemnitz, Henry van de Velde created two villas, a tennis club and several interiors. Villa Esche is now home to the Henry van de Velde Museum of the Chemnitz Art Collections. With over 130 works, it holds an important part of van de Velde's oeuvre. At the same time, the Textile and Decorative Arts Collection has been collecting contemporary European decorative arts and textiles since its foundation in 1898. Based on Henry van de Velde's role as artist, architect, teacher and author, the exhibition presents the network of visionaries, producers and dealers between 1880 and 1950, including William Morris, Richard Riemerschmid, Marianne Brandt, Otti Berger and Max Bill.
Museum Gunzenhauser
Wednesday, 8 January, 6.30 pm
Curator:inside tour: Best of
Friday, 10 January 2025, 4.30 pm
Public guided tour : Unwritten
Public guided tours are limited to a maximum of 24 people. We recommend registering by email(info.kunstsammlungen(at)stadt-chemnitz.de) or telephone (0371 488 4424). We ask groups of 10 or more to pre-book guided tours due to the limited number of people.
What do we think about youth? What dreams, wishes, illusions, but also turbulence and difficulties are associated with it and subsequent adulthood?
In the exhibition Unwritten - On Growing Up, 20th century female artists from the Gunzenhauser Museum collection meet contemporary positions. In the diverse works by Paula Modersohn-Becker, Gabriele Münter, Donna Volta Newmen, Theresa Rothe, Josefine Schulz, Johanna Seidel and Theresa Tuffner, this exciting, intense, but also challenging phase of life becomes clear as formative for our identity, our memories, but also our ideas for the future. They emphasise tenderness, warmth, but also vulnerability. The artworks capture a certain melancholy, but are also characterised by a great deal of humour and strength. They contain unifying, cross-generational experiences that find expression in sculptures, spatial installations, prints, paintings and drawings. Themes such as love, friendship, role models, empathy and self-empowerment crop up again and again, but also sadness and inner turmoil. There is a hint of youthful lightness, but also the question - when do you actually become an adult?
Sunday, 19 January, 4 pm
Family tour: Unwritten
Public tours are limited to a maximum of 24 people. We recommend booking by e-mail(info.kunstsammlungen(at)stadt-chemnitz.de) or telephone (0371 488 4424). We ask groups of 10 or more to pre-book guided tours due to the limited number of people.
What do we think about youth? What dreams, wishes, illusions, but also turbulence and difficulties are associated with it and subsequent adulthood?
In the exhibition Unwritten - On Growing Up, 20th century female artists from the Gunzenhauser Museum collection meet contemporary positions. In the diverse works by Paula Modersohn-Becker, Gabriele Münter, Donna Volta Newmen, Theresa Rothe, Josefine Schulz, Johanna Seidel and Theresa Tuffner, this exciting, intense, but also challenging phase of life becomes clear as formative for our identity, our memories, but also our ideas for the future. They emphasise tenderness, warmth, but also vulnerability. The artworks capture a certain melancholy, but are also characterised by a great deal of humour and strength. They contain unifying, cross-generational experiences that find expression in sculptures, spatial installations, prints, paintings and drawings. Themes such as love, friendship, role models, empathy and self-empowerment crop up again and again, but also sadness and inner turmoil. There is a touch of youthful lightness, but also the question - when do you actually become an adult?
Sunday, 26 January, 4 pm
Puppet theatre as a guest at the Gunzenhauser: dot, dot, comma, dash
Play development with pictures, materials and objects
Admission: 12 euros or group tickets
Age: 4+
A new theatre production for young people aged four and over is created from artistic and playful research. Arne van Dorsten and Anna Lehotská use materials, bodies and dance as well as tripods, colours and shapes to approach very different gestures and feelings, pictorial spaces and plays of colour. Together with the audience, they examine how faces are read, when and how a face is created or what happens when individual elements are removed again without further ado or dance out of line. And along the way, a lively story emerges from shapes and arrangements!
Wednesday, 29 January, 6.30 pm
In dialogue: Gunzenhauser meets ... Art in the Afghan resistance
Location: Museum Gunzenhauser Chemnitz
Admission: day ticket according to tariff
Art takes place everywhere and at all times. That's why the Museum Gunzenhauser invites artists from a variety of contexts to engage in dialogue with them: What can art actually do? What inspires artists? And how do they position themselves in the field of tension between art and society? You can look forward to inspiring new perspectives and great dialogue partners!
The Hidden Statement exhibition makes works by persecuted Afghan artists visible under a pseudonym in a digital exhibition. This gives them the opportunity to participate in the international art discourse and present their positions. What does it mean for your art to be persecuted and to have to flee? How can art still be created under such pressure and how does it also serve as support?
Dialogue partners: Contributors to Hidden Statement
Castle Hill Museum
Wednesday, 29 January, 6 pm
Curator's tour: The photographer Paul Wolff
We cordially invite you to the curator's tour on Wednesday, 29 January 2025 at 6 pm at the Schloßbergmuseum.
Urban space
Tuesday, 14 January, 5 pm
Public guided tour: Reform of Life | Guided tour through the Villa Koerner with Jutta Aurich
Location: Villa Koerner, Beyerstrasse 25
A guided tour through the Villa Koerner with Jutta Aurich.
Please register at info.kunstsammlungen(at)stadt-chemnitz.de or call 0371 488 4424. The meeting point is Villa Koerner.