Mit allen Sinnen – Führung für blinde und sehbeeinträchtigte Personen
The secret power of scents
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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
Zeichnen im Kunstpalast
Frauenbilder
Workshop für Erwachsene
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Künstlerinnen und Modelle – Welche Rollen nehmen Frauen in der Kunst ein? Mit Papier und Stift gehen wir den weiblichen Positionen in der Sammlung des Kunstpalastes nach. Dabei entdecken wir die Vielfalt an Werken und halten Kompositionen, Darstellungen sowie Inspirationen zeichnerisch fest.
Sie haben Lust mit anderen zu Zeichnen? Ganz gleich, ob Sie neu anfangen oder schon Erfahrungen haben – Sie sind herzlich eingeladen mitzumachen!
Tonies-Tag
Familientag im Kunstpalast
11-18 Uhr
Für die ganze Familie
Im Kunstpalast sind die Tonies los! Gemeinsam mit Rhino-Nele und ihren Freunden erleben Kinder ab 4 Jahre Kunstwerke in der Sammlung des Kunstpalasts. Mit der Toniebox in der Hand geht es auf Entdeckungsreise. In verschiedenen Workshops könnt Ihr Tonies bemalen und Geschichten erfinden.
Wir freuen uns auf Euren Besuch!
Das Programm folgt in Kürze.
Open Studio
Creative Programme – Paint a picture for the elf
2-6 pm
no registration required
An elf has moved into the Kunstpalast. Go on a search for his apartment door. You will discover it on your tour through the exhibition ‚The Secret Power of Scents’. He has also brought three friends with him, who can be found in the glass collection.
In our ‚workshop’ there are small picture frames ready for you to paint in bright colors for the elf’s apartment. We look forward to seeing you and your ideas!
Open Studio
Creative Programme – Paint a picture for the elf
2-6 pm
no registration required
Date
Sun 21 Dec 2025, 14:00
Location
» KunstpalastDuration
240 Min
Price
included in the admission price
An elf has moved into the Kunstpalast. Go on a search for his apartment door. You will discover it on your tour through the exhibition ‚The Secret Power of Scents’. He has also brought three friends with him, who can be found in the glass collection.
In our ‚workshop’ there are small picture frames ready for you to paint in bright colors for the elf’s apartment. We look forward to seeing you and your ideas!
Story time for children
Lauscher auf!
4-8 years
ABGESAGT
Hereinspaziert und Lauscher auf! Geschichten über Weihnachten und den Wichtel liest Katharina Martini bei uns im Raum Belvedere vor. Kuschelt Euch in die Sitzsäcke und hört in Ruhe zu. Wer will kann dann auch auf die Suche nach der Wohnung des Wichtels gehen. Denn auch bei uns ist vor kurzem eine kleine Wichteltür in der Ausstellung entdeckt worden.
Wir freuen uns auf Euch!
Grumpy Guide
A Thoroughly Unpleasant Tour of the Collection
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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.
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.
DIE GROSSE.
ART EXHIBITION NRW DÜSSELDORF
July, 5. – August, 9. 2026
In 2026, NRW-Forum, Kunstpalast, and Ehrenhof will once again host Germany’s largest exhibition organised by artists for artists. Outdoor sculptures will create a visual link between the two well-known art institutions in Düsseldorf.
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Since 1902, the Verein zur Veranstaltung von Kunstausstellungen e.V. (Association for the Organisation of Art Exhibitions) has provided a unique platform for the exchange of ideas between artists, art enthusiasts and art buyers.
Visitors have the opportunity to purchase works directly on site, bypassing the gallery. The selection of participating artists is made each year by a rotating jury from a pool of numerous applications. Featured works include those in painting, photography, printmaking, sculpture, installation and video.
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View of the wall “The small format”, 2024, photo: Morgaine Prinz
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Die KLEINE
April, 30.- June, 7. 2026DIE KLEINE is the closing exhibition of the art competition for primary schools, which will be held for the seventh time in 2026. Open to all primary schools in Düsseldorf and the surrounding region, the competition aims to unleash the creativity of young schoolchildren and give them the opportunity to experience the museum as an enriching extracurricular learning space.
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Children can work in any medium, be it painting, collage, objects, photography or film. All submitted artworks will be on view in the closing exhibition.
DIE KLEINE is arranged under the auspices of the Mayor of Düsseldorf, Dr. Stephan Keller.
Curator: Friederike van Delden, Kunstpalast
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Insight in Die KLEINE 2025, Photo: © Anne Orthen
Insight in Die Kleine 2025, Photo: © Anne Orthen
Insight in Die Kleine 2025, Photo: © Anne Orthen
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GYM.
Fit with art
Autumn 2026
The Kunstpalast collection is always in motion, and for the GeSoLei centenary we’re taking that literally – installing a sports circuit at the heart of the galleries.
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In 1926, the Ehrenhof complex and its surroundings hosted the Great Exhibition for Public Health, Social Welfare and Physical Exercise (GeSoLei), the largest fair of the Weimar Republic, which attracted roughly 7.5 million visitors. Sport formed one of its key areas, a strand we pick up a century later and translate into a contemporary format. Rings, a rowing machine, a ping-pong table, a balance board and more will be placed throughout the collection galleries. Visitors are invited to use the equipment: a way to experience the exhibition differently and to set their own physical rhythm in dialogue with the art on view.
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photo: Andreas Endermann
photo: Andreas Endermann
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