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RUHR.2010

The Hungarian artist Ádám Kokesch will exhibit installations.

Photo: Kokesch

Exhibitions

Art in Dortmund in 2010 is not only on show in museums but also on old walls, in the City Church or by a river. Other exhibitions tell of youth culture, of the transformation of a city quarter or of West German-East German encounters at Lake Balaton. Go and take a look!

exhibitions

Contemporary art from Hungary

".szimpla..dupla…"

The exhibition ".szimpla..dupla…" in the Artists' House ("Künstlerhaus") offers a fascinating insight into Hungarian contemporary art. From 9 April to 30 May 2010, Hungarian artists are showing installations and works that have been especially selected for this Dortmund exhibition space. more…

HMKV in the PHOENIX Halle Dortmund, 19 June - 10 October 2010

Arctic Perspective - Ausstellung

Die Arktis und ihre Probleme spielen im öffentlichen Bewusstsein kaum eine Rolle. "Arctic Perspective – Third Culture" will das ändern. Die internationale Initiative ist gleichermaßen Forschungsprojekt und Entwicklungsprogramm wie (Medien-)Kunstausstellung – ab 19. Juni zu erleben in der PHOENIX Halle. more…

Photo: Tobias Zielony

Between illegal work and streetwalking

Borderland Ruhr – Tobias Zielony

Tobias Zielony is one of the advanced young photographers of our time. His works cover the range from classic documentary to conceptual presentation. His photographs document what the protagonists represent in the shown situations and spaces as well as who they are or pretend to be. more…

We’re against it! But against what? In her installation Hajnal Németh unmasks political rhetoric.

Propaganda meets art

Crystal Clear Propaganda – The Transparent Method

Visitors will hardly recognize the Kunstverein ("Art Association") from 30 April to 6 June 2010: for this period the exhibition space in Hansastraße will be transformed into an arena of political propaganda. The Hungarian artist Hajnal Németh shows the hollowness of political propaganda with her 2009 installation "Crystal Clear Propaganda – The Transparent Method". more…

Scene from the festival Juicy Beats 2009

Media Preferences among Young People

Exhibition inter-cool 3.0.

"inter-cool 3.0" is not an exhibition in the conventional sense. Rather, it networks the lives and lifestyles of local youngsters via the Internet and other cutting-edge mass media such as mobile phones. These are the media of choice for young people wanting to express their needs and communicate with one another. It's a world of rap battles, moves, body karaoke and dance in which slang reigns supreme. more…

East and West at Lake Balaton

German unity at Lake Balaton – a European history

Even before the reunification of Germany, East and West Germany met regularly – for example at Lake Balaton. This Hungarian resort was a popular holiday destination for inhabitants of both German states and ensured that there were many German-German encounters between the building and the fall of the Berlin Wall. Péter Forgács and Gusztáv Hámos show what these meetings looked like in their cinematographic installation in the Museum for Art and Cultural History (MKK), from 8 May to 11 July 2010. more…

Tracing "home"

Homestories

"A Day in my Life" - that's the theme of a photography project involving Ruhr metropolis photographers Tania Reinicke and Ekkehart Bussenius and around 30 young people from Novi Sad (Serbia) and Dortmund's Nordstadt, a part of the city strongly influenced by immigration. Photographs taken as part of the project will be shown at an exhibition in Dortmund. more…

From the Beginnings to Modern Outsider Arts

Inside worlds Outside Worlds

The arch of history drawn by the exposition "Inside Worlds Outside Worlds - From the Beginnings to Modern Outsider Arts" is unique in Germany and has never been shown before. It presents historical and rarely accessible works of the Prinzhorn collection from Heidelberg, the Morgenthaler collection from Bern and contemporary art work from participants in the Art-Transmitter project in Dortmund, who have undergone psychiatric treatment. more…

Great cinema in the Dortmund U

Moving Pictures. Art and cinema from 1950 to the present day

Cinema brought movement into art. But how does the relationship between cinema and other art forms look today? The exhibition “Moving Pictures. Art and Cinema from 1950 to the present day” which will be opened by the Ostwall Museum in the Dortmund U, tells of this relationship. On display will be masterpieces of the 20th century as well as contemporary art. more…

A network project involving various artists' associations within the region

Starke Orte: Powerful Places for Art

"Powerful Places" is the art project run by the artists' associations of the Ruhr Metropolis and as such will serve as a platform for the future of art in the region. These associations are operating in concert for the first time in their history. A network of places which, due to their architecture, history and function represent something typical of the life, work and culture of the Ruhr region, will be transformed into joint exhibition and performance venues in 2010. more…

The platforms act as an access point to the Körne Brook in Dortmund-Kurl and can also be used as chairs and tables or as a bed.

A landscape and culture project on the River Seseke and its subsidiaries

Walking on Water

In keeping with the RUHR.2010 maxim of "Change through Culture - Culture through Change", this project is committed to transforming industrial areas into "life-enhancing living spaces" through the media of art and culture. An innovative integration of engineering, ecology and art has provided the Lippe Association with an opportunity to transform the River Seseke from a wastewater channel into a more natural body of water. more…

Culture researchers out and about in Dortmund’s Westend

Westend Stories

Dortmund's Westend district will be examined using artistic methods as part of a joint project by the Museum am Ostwall, Dortmund Technical University's chair for the didactics of art, the Dortmund Teachers' Seminar and other educational institutions. more…

Elisabeth Wilms filmed the rebuilding of Dortmund in the 1950s.

Films and art by women – also for men

Women’s views of the Ruhr

The Equal Rights Officers of the Ruhr’s city and regional councils are putting on a joint programme of art works by or about women. The focus in Dortmund is on films and fine art – from a female perspective. A film trilogy will be accompanied by an art exhibition by the group "duktus – artists in the Ruhr territory". more…