Please note: This tour will be held in German!

This guided tour offers insights into one of Germany’s most important private collections. Many of the works on display have never been shown to the public before. Enjoy a selection of around 180 works of French art from the 19th and 20th centuries, as well as contemporary international art. These include outstanding paintings by Paul Cézanne, Claude Monet, Pierre Bonnard, Pablo Picasso, Henri Matisse and Katharina Grosse.

Please note: this Guided Tour will be held in German.

Photographs capture memories. The exhibition focuses on communities of all kinds. Whether it’s a football fan club, family, political collective, school class or flat share – a moment, the status quo and a certain mood are always immortalised.
Since the invention of photography, the medium has not only captured a sense of belonging, but can also fuel or question it. The exhibition at the Kunstpalast highlights this multifaceted relationship and brings together both applied and artistic positions. Let yourself be surprised by the diverse, unusual, funny and exciting works on this tour and tell us which communities are and have been important to you in your life.

The soccer fan club, the family, the political collective – people strive to belong. Since the invention of photography, the medium has not only captured belonging, but can also fuel or question it. The exhibition at the Kunstpalast sheds light on the multifaceted relationship and brings together applied and artistic positions. Discover the different, funny and interesting works during this tour!

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日時：2026年3月29日(日曜日) 午後2時～4時
料金: 大人 12€・子供 8€
charlotte.ickler@kunstpalast.de で申し込みしてください (日本語可)

Please Note: This tour will be given in German!
The Kunstpalast invites you and your babies to the exhibition ‘Community. Photography and Belonging,’ which explores the connection between photography and groups. Afterwards you will have the opportunity to chat and get to know each other over a coffee.
Supported by the Friends of the Kunstpalast. Afterwards you will have the opportunity to chat and get to know each other over a coffee.

Supported by the Friends of the Kunstpalast.

The soccer fan club, the family, the political collective – people strive to belong. Since the invention of photography, the medium has not only captured belonging, but can also fuel or question it. The exhibition at the Kunstpalast sheds light on the multifaceted relationship and brings together applied and artistic positions. Discover the different, funny and interesting works during this tour!

Dimanche 15 mars à 15 heures
Coût: 6 euros plus l’entrée à l’exposition

Le fan club de football, la famille, le collectif politique : les êtres humains aspirent à la communauté. Depuis l’invention de la photographie, ce média ne se contente pas de fixer l’appartenance, il peut également l’alimenter ou la remettre en question. L’exposition au Kunstpalast met en lumière cette relation aux multiples facettes et rassemble des positions tant artistiques qu’appliquées. Laissez-vous surprendre par ces œuvres variées, insolites, drôles et passionnantes au cours de cette visite !

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 shows the four elements – fire, water, earth and air – and adds a fifth element. Around 70 artworks take on this theme and invite us to connect nature, art and science.
We will walk through the rooms together in a peaceful atmosphere and learn about the artists’ unusual materials and experimental techniques. We look forward to your stories and impressions and the journey together!

The soccer fan club, the family, the political collective – people strive to belong. Since the invention of photography, the medium has not only captured belonging, but can also fuel or question it. The exhibition at the Kunstpalast sheds light on the multifaceted relationship and brings together applied and artistic positions. Discover the different, funny and interesting works during this tour!

Linda Conze, curator of the exhibition, talks to Ute Mahler about the creation of the picture cycle EIN DORF (A Village): They discuss how things change or remain almost absurdly the same, and how different the perspectives of different photographers can be on the same subject.
The artist Ute Mahler is the youngest of three photographers from one family. Over a period of 70 years, all three have photographed the development and change of a village in Thuringia.
Ute Mahler graduated from the Academy of Visual Arts in Leipzig in 1974 and has been working as a freelance photographer ever since. She first became known for her work for the GDR fashion magazine Sibylle, later photographing for numerous national and international magazines.
In 1990, she founded the renowned OSTKREUZ agency with six East German photographers.
In addition to commissioned work and teaching at the Hamburg University of Applied Sciences and the Ostkreuz School, she has always pursued her own artistic projects, since 2008 together with her husband, photographer Werner Mahler. She has received numerous awards for her photographic work. Most recently, she and Werner Mahler received the Culture Prize of the German Society for Photography (DGPh) in 2023 and the Federal Cross of Merit in 2024.

Please note: this tour will be held in German.

An afternoon full of inspiring encounters. This time, we will take a joint look at the history of the Kunstpalast. When were the buildings in the Ehrenhof constructed? How did the diversity of the collection come about? In this special series, the focus is not only on art-historical background, but also on shared exchange and personal impressions. In dialogue with the group, selected artworks and artists will be presented.

After the guided tour, we invite you to continue the conversations in a relaxed atmosphere over coffee and cake.
The price includes one slice of cake and a non-alcoholic beverage of your choice.

This format is aimed at people who would like to enrich their everyday lives through new encounters and who are interested in art. No prior knowledge is required.