The fountain sparkles in the sun, the boats sail around in the water, and the flowers bloom. This workshop will take place outside. We will practice observing our surroundings: How do the colours look in the sunlight and which shapes surround us? Outdoor painting demands fast decisions but also offers a broad variety of details and motives. You will learn methods and techniques to capture the scene on paper. Join us and let your creativity flow freely.




Beginner or advanced, everyone is welcome!

Artist-quality materials are provided. You may bring your own easel, folding stool or another seating possibility for outside.

Das Art:walk Festival findet 2026 erstmalig statt. Das neue Kultur-Festival für die Stadt Düsseldorf setzt auf dem bekannten Konzept der Nacht der Museen auf und entwickelt es weiter. Nachts ins Museum, tagsüber ins Theater – Sie erleben mehr als 50 Kulturorte auf ungewöhnliche Weise.

Der Kunstpalast öffnet am 13. Juni, ab 16 Uhr für das Art:walk Festival Publikum seine Türen. Neben unseren Ausstellungen erwarten Sie musikalische Acts zum Genießen und Mittanzen.
Tickets gibt es im Vorverkauf und online unter: Art:walk Festival 2026
Keine Abendkasse vorhanden.

Programm

Please note: This workshop will be held in German.

What does a skull stand for? Or why does Mary wear a blue coat?
In this workshop you get to know more about the encrypted messages in the Kunstpalast’s artworks. Together, we will discover how artists emphasize personalities and subtly convey their social or holy status. Dip into the world of attributes und capturen them in your own drawings.
Beginner or advanced – everyone is welcome to join!

Please note: The talk will be held in German.
The Scharf Collection continues the fourth generation of a branch of the renowned Otto Gerstenberg Collection in Berlin, which focuses on French art from the beginnings of modernism to the post-war period. Today, René Scharf and his wife Christiane Scharf also specialise in international contemporary artists, including works by Sam Francis, Martin Eder and Katharina Grosse.
In conversation with Kathrin DuBois, curator of the exhibition, they discuss the family tradition of collecting, their particular interest in the medium of painting, and the relationship between figurative and abstract pictorial worlds.

Please note: This workshop will be held in German!

Immerse yourself in the fascinating world of fragrance layering! In this special workshop, we will first learn about the basic fragrance families and notes before becoming layering pros in a speed dating format: we will create new fragrance profiles using niche fragrances, molecular fragrances and individual notes. We will be given an introduction to the world of perfumes and valuable tips on how to build our own fragrance wardrobe and use it specifically for different moods and occasions.
Please do not wear any perfume to the workshop.

Melina Klinger studied art history and museum studies at the Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität in Bonn. She wrote her thesis on olfactory art in the exhibition context and uses her fragrance archive to advise interested parties on fragrance wardrobes.

Please note: This workshop will be held in German.

During this Workshop your ideas will become visible through printing!
With colour, rolls and a lot of phantasy you can design your own motives. You will draw, scribe, cut, and roll until the picture shows on paper. We will experiment with monotype, intaglio printing, even lost printing, and many more. Get inspired by the Kunstpalast’s artworks and discover the magic between colour, plate and the paper. Of course, you may take your artworks home with you.

Bitte für die Pause mitbringen:
Essen und Getränk

Please note: This talk will be held in German!

What is the fifth element? Dr. Sophia Sotke of the MACK Foundation and Therés Lubinetzki, curator of the exhibition, will discuss this question. Learn more about Heinz Mack’s extensive work and how it connects to other artworks and artists, who are on display in the exhibition. On the occasion of Mack’s 95th Birthday, immersive yourselves in the world of elements and light!

This tour focuses on the influence of Japanese art on French Impressionism. After the World’s Fairs in Vienna and Paris in the 1870s, a veritable Japan fever spread throughout Europe—in particular, the motifs and compositions of Japanese woodblock prints (ukiyo-e) influenced French Impressionists such as Monet, Renoir, and Bonnard.

The tour will be led by Nana Tazuke-Steiniger, M.A. Her research focuses on the history of collecting and exhibiting Japanese art in the 20th and 21st centuries, particularly in the context of foreign relations between Germany and Japan.

Please note: This workshop will be held in German!
In the family workshop, we explore colours, shapes and moods together – and ask ourselves: Which colour feels cheerful, calm or wild? How can pictures show feelings?
In the Palast Studio, we experiment with different techniques, make stamps and design printing templates. It’s sure to be colourful!

Rows of houses, streets and alleys, or passers-by – we capture urbane scenes with pen and brush. No matter if beginner or advanced, learn more about perspective, explore depth effect and image space as well as experimenting with the techniques of water colour painting together with the artistic guidance of our workshop guide. Join us and let your creativity flow freely.

Artist-quality materials are provided.