New Encounters in the Collection of Kunsthalle Recklinghausen

7.12.2025 – 6.4.2026

The 75th-anniversary of the Kunsthalle concludes with the exhibition “Affinities”, which brings together works from the Kunsthalle’s own collection, the former Vestisches Museum, and the Icon Museum, combined with nationally and internationally renowned guest artists. All works relate to the institution’s exhibition history, to curatorial ideas, or to displays spanning from the earliest years of the Kunsthalle to the present. They are presented as aesthetic kinships that transcend traditional questions of epochs and genres. These relationships shall be understood and presented as “Affinities”. As such the exhibition aims to offer a kaleidoscopic retrospective as well as a forward-looking perspective for the Kunsthalle and the art displayed within it.

Søren Aagaard, Marina Apollonio, Katja Aufleger, Noémi Barbaglia, Béatrice Balcou, Marianne Berenhaut, Erich Bödecker, Hal Busse, Vivian Ellis, Ayşe Erkmen, Ângela Ferreira, Isabella Fürnkäs, Christine Gironcoli, Katharina Grosse, Dor Guez, Flo Kasearu, Barbara Kasten, Tadeshi Kawamata, Per Kirkeby, Mischa Kuball, Sigalit Landau, Jeewi Lee, Julio Le Parc, James Lewis, Heinz Mack, Paola Siri Renard, Anahita Razmi, Michael Sailstorfer, Morgaine Schäfer, Mona Schulzek, Berit Schneidereit, Franz Erhard Walther, Andy Warhol, and works from the collection of the Icon Museum and the former Vestisches Museum Recklinghausen. 

Supported by the Ministery of Culture and Science Northrhine-Westfalia MKW NRW

Opening on Saturday, December 6, 2025 at 5 p. m.

Public guided tours every Sunday at noon.

New Year’s guided tour with Dr Nico Anklam on January 4, 2026 at noon.

Please note our opening hours during the holidays:
Open on Christmas Eve from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., closed on Christmas Day and Boxing Day.
Open on New Year's Eve from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. and on New Year's Day from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.