Meeting Place: Museum

Programme for Young Adult and Adult Refugees

The fifth Element

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Date

Fri 20 Feb 2026, 15:45

Location

» Kunstpalast

Duration

120 Min

Price

free

photo: Anne Orthen
photo: Anne Orthen

Please Note: This tour will be given in German!

What is the world and what is it made of? Is there something that connects everything? The exhibition shows the four elements – fire, water, earth and air – and adds a fifth element. Get to know the artists’ unusual materials and techniques. The artworks invite us to develop new ideas about nature, art and science. Get creative and share your thoughts.

Meeting Point Museum takes place once a month. Refugees and migrants are very welcome and admission is free!

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    Mit allen Sinnen – Führung für blinde und sehbeeinträchtigte Personen

    The secret power of scents

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    Date

    Sat 7 Feb 2026, 14:00

    Location

    » Kunstpalast

    Price

    7 € plus Entrance fee

    Photo: Anne Orthen
    Photo: Anne Orthen

    Please Note: This tour will be held in German!
    What does a certain smell evoke in me? How does it influence my perception and behaviour? What memories and emotions does it bring to life?
    In this guided tour for blind and visually impaired people, we invite you to experience the history of scent through your sense of smell: embark on a sensory journey through our collection rooms and discover a wide variety of smells from over a thousand years of art and cultural history at 27 scent stations and rooms.

    Registration – With all senses – 7.2.2026

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      Grumpy Guide

      A Thoroughly Unpleasant Tour of the Collection

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      Date

      15 Jan – 7 Mar 2026

      Location

      » Kunstpalast

      Duration

      90 Min

      Price

      12 € plus Entrance fee

      photo: Anne Orthen
      photo: Anne Orthen

      Please note: This tour will be held in German!

      The Grumpy Guide knows everything – and, above all, he knows it better than the visitors, which he is more than happy to make them feel. He is irritable, bored and arrogantly superior.
      By his own account, Joseph Langelinck is a descendant of a former director of the Düsseldorf gallery of paintings. He harbours a particular resentment towards certain artists and works that would never have found their way into the collection under his rightful leadership – but above all towards the visitors and their woeful ignorance.

      photo: Anne Orthen
      photo: Anne Orthen

      Langelinck worked as an art critic in Berlin, but could not endure the city for long, finding it simply far too pleasant. Back in his native Düsseldorf, he tried his hand as a Köbes in various breweries, yet the sunny dispositions of his colleagues drove him to the brink of despair. And so he ended up at the Kunstpalast, where he now unleashes his vast store of knowledge upon unsuspecting visitors as a museum guide.
      He leads the group through the collection entirely as it suits him: sometimes racing through several centuries at breakneck speed, at other times lingering for minutes on the tiniest detail of a single work of art. From time to time, there may even be an unexpected quiz – so beware of the Grumpy Guide!

      Please note: During the event, photographs and videos will be taken for promotional purposes and used on our website and social media channels.

      With all senses – Tour for partially sighted or visually impaired people

      The Fifth Element. Works from the Kemp Collection

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      Date

      Sat 21 Feb 2026, 15:00

      Location

      » Kunstpalast

      Duration

      60 Min

      Price

      5 € plus Entrance fee

      Otto Piene, Red Autumn I, 1975
      Otto Piene, Red Autumn I, 1975

      Please Note: This tour will be held in German!
      What is the world – and what is it made of? Is there something that connects everything? The exhibition looks at the fundamentals of nature and expands the classical theory of the four elements – earth, fire, water and air – by a higher dimension: the fifth element. Around 70 works from the Kemp Collection and the Kunstpalast Collection take on this theme and focuss on the interaction between nature, art and science.
      In this guided tour for blind and visually impaired people, we will take you on a journey through the exhibition with exciting stories and tactile experiences of selected objects.

      Registration – With all senses – 21.2.2026

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        Art and Babies

        The Fifth Element. Works from the Kemp Collection

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        Date

        Wed 14 Jan 2026, 11:30

        Location

        » Kunstpalast

        Duration

        60 Min

        Price

        Admission / Freundeskreis members free

        Otto Piene, Red Autumn I, 1975
        Otto Piene, Red Autumn I, 1975

        Please Note: This tour will be held in German!
        The Kunstpalast invites you and your babies to the exhibition “The fifth element. Works from the Kemp collection”. The artworks inspired by the four classical elements fire, water, earth and air will surprise you. But what is the meaning of the fifth element?
        Afterwards you will have the opportunity to chat and get to know each other over a coffee.
        Supported by the Friends of the Kunstpalast.

        Public Tour in Arabic جولة إرشادية عامة باللغة العربية – المجموعة – كل شيء فن؟!

        Collection

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        Date

        Thu 4 Dec 2025, 18:30

        Location

        » Kunstpalast

        Price

        6 € plus Entrance fee

        Foto: Andreas Endermann
        Foto: Andreas Endermann

        جولة إرشادية عامة باللغة العربية – المجموعة – كل شيء فن؟
        خميس، 4 ديسمبر، الساعة 18:30
        التكلفة: 6 يورو

        من روبنز إلى ريختر إلى آلات الحلاقة: يجمع متحف الفنون جميع الأنواع الفنية تقريبًا والعديد من العصور. تعرف على تنوع مجموعتنا في هذه الجولة التي تستغرق حوالي 60 دقيقة. مجموعتنا حيث يتم عرض أعمال ومحتويات ومفاهيم مختارة

        From Rubens to Richter to razors: the Kunstpalast brings together almost all artistic genres and a wide range of eras. Discover the diversity of our collection in this 60-minute tour, which presents selected works, content, and concepts.

        Visite guidée publique en français / Public Tour in French

        The Fifth Element. Works from the Kemp Collection

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        Date

        Sat 10 Jan 2026, 15:00

        Location

        » Kunstpalast

        Duration

        60 Min

        Price

        6 € plus Entrance fee

        Otto Piene, Red Autumn I, 1975
        Otto Piene, Red Autumn I, 1975

        Samedi 10 janvier à 15 heures
        Coût: 6 euros plus l’entrée à l’exposition

        Qu’est-ce que le monde et de quoi est-il composé? Existe-t-il quelque chose qui relie tout entre soi? Le thème de l’exposition est consacré aux éléments constitutifs de la nature et élargit la théorie classique des quatre éléments – la terre, le feu, l’eau et l’air – à une dimension supérieure: le cinquième élément. Environ 70 œuvres issues de la collection Kemp et des fonds du Kunstpalast abordent ce thème et le développent en mettant toujours l’accent sur l’interaction entre la nature, l’art et la science. Découvrez les matériaux inhabituels, les processus physiques et les techniques expérimentales des artistes et explorez une grande variété d’idées et de connexions.

        Please note: This tour will be held in French.
        What is the world – and what is it made of? Is there something that connects everything? The exhibition looks at the fundamentals of nature and expands the classical theory of the four elements – earth, fire, water and air – by a higher dimension: the fifth element. Around 70 works from the Kemp Collection and the Kunstpalast Collection take on this timeless theme and focus on the interaction between nature, art and science. Get to know the artists’ unusual materials, physical processes and experimental techniques and discover diverse ideas and connections.

        Public Tour in English

        The Fifth Element. Works from the Kemp Collection

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        Date

        Sat 20 Dec 2025, 15:00

        Location

        » Kunstpalast

        Duration

        60 Min

        Price

        6 € plus Entrance fee

        Otto Piene, Red Autumn I, 1975
        Otto Piene, Red Autumn I, 1975

        Saturday December 20th at 3 p.m.
        Costs: 6 € plus entrance fee

        What is the world – and what is it made of? Is there something that connects everything? The exhibition looks at the fundamentals of nature and expands the classical theory of the four elements – earth, fire, water and air – by a higher dimension: the fifth element. Around 70 works from the Kemp Collection and the Kunstpalast Collection take on this timeless theme and focus on the interaction between nature, art and science. Get to know the artists’ unusual materials, physical processes and experimental techniques and discover diverse ideas and connections.

        Was ist die Welt und woraus besteht sie? Existiert etwas das alles miteinander verbindet? Das Thema der Ausstellung widmet sich den Grundbausteinen der Natur und erweitert die klassische Theorie der vier Elemente – Erde, Feuer, Wasser und Luft – um eine übergeordnete Dimension: das fünfte Element. Rund 70 Werke aus der Sammlung Kemp und dem Bestand des Kunstpalasts greifen dieses Themenfeld auf und entwickeln es weiter immer mit dem Fokus auf der Wechselwirkung zwischen Natur, Kunst und Wissenschaft. Lernen Sie die ungewöhnlichen Materialien, physikalischen Prozesse und experimentellen Techniken der Künstler*innen kennen und entdecken Sie verschiedenste Ideen und Zusammenhänge.