Country: Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania

Ar­tis­tic en­coun­ters in the Bal­tic Sea re­gi­on: The Bal­tic Sea Fel­low­ship of the Kunst­hal­le Ros­tock

Wi­th the Bal­tic Sea Fel­low­ship, the Kunst­hal­le Ros­tock is es­tab­li­shing a pio­nee­ring fel­low­ship pro­gram­me in co­ope­ra­ti­on wi­th the Künst­ler­haus Lu­kas in Ah­ren­shoop. For the first time, a plat­form has be­en crea­ted that of­fers ar­tists from the en­ti­re in­ter­na­tio­nal Bal­tic Sea re­gi­on the op­por­tu­ni­ty to de­ve­lop their crea­ti­ve work in the in­spi­ring at­mo­sphe­re of the Ger­man […]

In search of Pa­na­ma — The Ja­nosch ex­hi­bi­ti­on at the Kunst­hal­le Ros­tock

The Kunst­hal­le Ros­tock in­vi­tes vi­si­tors to re­dis­co­ver the fa­mous aut­hor and il­lus­tra­tor Ja­nosch — who­se re­al na­me is Horst Eckert. On the oc­ca­si­on of his 95th bir­th­day, the mul­ti­face­ted world of Ja­nosch is pre­sen­ted on around 700 squa­re me­t­res: In ad­di­ti­on to the le­gen­da­ry child­ren’s cha­rac­ters, the li­fel­ong search for a place of lon­ging, epi­to­mi­sed […]

OZ Kunst­bör­se in the Kunst­hal­le Ros­tock — stage for re­gio­nal ar­tists

The “OZ Kunst­bör­se” ex­hi­bi­ti­on at the Kunst­hal­le Ros­tock is de­di­ca­ted to pro­mo­ting re­gio­nal ar­tists and of­fers them a plat­form to pre­sent their work to a wi­der au­di­ence. Thanks to the co­ope­ra­ti­on wi­th the Os­t­­see-Zei­­tung, the event re­cei­ves ad­di­tio­nal at­ten­ti­on, which puts lo­cal ar­tists in the spot­light and in­crea­ses their vi­si­bi­li­ty. A spe­cial high­light of the […]

20 ye­ars of the Ros­tock Art Pri­ze — An an­ni­ver­sa­ry for pain­ting at the Kunst­hal­le Ros­tock

The Ros­tock Art Pri­ze is ce­le­bra­ting its 20th an­ni­ver­sa­ry this year and will be de­di­ca­ted en­ti­re­ly to the su­pre­me di­sci­pli­ne of pain­ting in 2026. The pri­ze has be­en a fix­tu­re in the north-east Ger­man art sce­ne for two de­ca­des and is joint­ly or­ga­nis­ed by the Kunst­hal­le Ros­tock and the Kul­tur­stif­tung Ros­tock e. V. (Ros­tock Cul­tu­ral […]

Bet­ween eman­ci­pa­ti­on and mo­nu­men­ta­li­ty: the Su­san­ne Kandt-Horn ex­hi­bi­ti­on at the Kunst­hal­le Ros­tock

The Kunst­hal­le Ros­tock is de­di­ca­ting its cur­rent ex­hi­bi­ti­on to the ar­tist Su­san­ne Kandt-Horn (1914–1996) and is shed­ding light on fe­ma­le ar­tis­tic po­si­ti­ons in the GDR. Kandt-Horn had an ex­tra­or­di­na­ry ta­lent for ar­tis­ti­cal­ly ques­tio­ning and re­de­fi­ning so­ci­al­ly moul­ded images of fe­min­in­i­ty. While her works we­re of­ten re­jec­ted at the be­gin­ning of her care­er, she gai­ned in­cre­asing […]

Wolf­gang Mattheu­er at the Kunst­hal­le Ros­tock: Dra­wings as a Dis­co­very

The Kunst­hal­le Ros­tock is pre­sen­ting an ex­tra­or­di­na­ry sel­ec­tion of dra­wings by Wolf­gang Mattheu­er (1927–2004) that have never be­en ex­hi­bi­ted be­fo­re. From an ex­ten­si­ve coll­ec­tion of al­most 1000 works on pa­per, works will be shown that shed light on the ar­tis­t’s ear­ly crea­ti­ve ye­ars in par­ti­cu­lar. De­pic­tions of land­scapes and tra­vel im­pres­si­ons cha­rac­te­ri­se the­se ear­ly and […]

Re­mem­brance in pic­tures: The ex­hi­bi­ti­on “To­ten­still” at the Kunst­hal­le Ros­tock

From 19 De­cem­ber 2025 to 8 March 2026, the Kunst­hal­le Ros­tock will be show­ing “To­ten­still”, an im­portant se­ries of images by pho­to­grapher Dirk Rein­artz. His black and white pho­to­graphs, ta­ken bet­ween 1987 and 1993, im­pres­si­ve­ly do­cu­ment the for­mer Ger­man con­cen­tra­ti­on camps and are mo­ving in their quiet in­ten­si­ty. The oc­ca­si­on is the 80th an­ni­ver­sa­ry of […]

Hed­wig Holtz-Som­mer — An ar­tist in dia­lo­gue wi­th the times

Wi­th its so­lo ex­hi­bi­ti­on, the Kunst­hal­le Ros­tock is ho­no­u­ring the di­ver­se and im­pres­si­ve work of Hed­wig Holtz-Som­­mer, a re­pre­sen­ta­ti­ve of the third ge­ne­ra­ti­on of the Ah­ren­shoop ar­tists’ co­lo­ny. Born in 1901, the ar­tist sett­led in Wus­trow on the Fisch­land in 1934 and in­iti­al­ly be­ca­me known for her haun­ting por­traits. Ho­we­ver, her work de­ve­lo­ped fur­ther and […]

Th­reads of Me­mo­ry — Chi­ha­ru Shio­ta at the Kunst­hal­le Ros­tock

Wi­th the new in­stal­la­ti­on by in­ter­na­tio­nal­ly re­now­ned ar­tist Chi­ha­ru Shio­ta, the Kunst­hal­le Ros­tock is pre­sen­ting an ex­tra­or­di­na­ry ex­pe­ri­ence in the White Cu­be. Shio­ta, who was born in Osa­ka in 1972 and now li­ves in Ber­lin, is one of the most im­portant in­stal­la­ti­on ar­tists of our time. For the ex­hi­bi­ti­on, she was in­vi­ted in con­nec­tion wi­th […]

In fo­cus: Olaf Hei­ne at the Kunst­hal­le Ros­tock

In 2026, the Kunst­hal­le Ros­tock is pre­sen­ting a re­tro­s­pec­ti­ve ex­hi­bi­ti­on by the re­now­ned pho­to­grapher Olaf Hei­ne. Un­der the title “Hu­man Con­di­ti­ons”, Hei­ne’s di­ver­se ar­tis­tic works will be shown — in­clu­ding pho­to­graphs, vi­de­os and short films. Hei­ne’s works are cha­rac­te­ri­sed by a fa­sci­na­ti­on wi­th the com­plex re­la­ti­onships bet­ween in­di­vi­du­als and their sur­roun­dings. His me­ti­cu­lous­ly staged por­traits […]

Crea­ti­vi­ty from the re­gi­on: “Ros­tock Krea­tiv” at the Kunst­hal­le Ros­tock

In 2026, the Kunst­hal­le Ros­tock will on­ce again open its doors for the crea­ti­ve pro­ject “Ros­tock Krea­tiv”. For the 14th time, the works of over one hundred ama­teur ar­tists from the re­gi­on will be pre­sen­ted from 7 to 11 May. The ex­hi­bi­ti­on con­nects peo­p­le who pur­sue their pas­si­on for art and makes the di­ver­si­ty of […]

Ma­king young crea­ti­vi­ty vi­si­ble: “Pu­pils ex­hi­bit” at the Kunst­hal­le Ros­tock

In 2026, the Kunst­hal­le Ros­tock will be trans­for­med in­to a stage for young ta­lent for the 32nd time: The “Schü­ler stel­len aus” ex­hi­bi­ti­on of­fers child­ren and young peo­p­le the op­por­tu­ni­ty to pre­sent their works in the fields of pain­ting, gra­phic art, sculp­tu­re and new me­dia to a wi­de au­di­ence. An ex­pert ju­ry sel­ects the best […]