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Do., 30.7.26, 14–20:30 hViewMirroring in Herdecke
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© Heinrich Holtgreve
Sa., 22.8.26, 15 hViewOpening Uncanny Shifts
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So., 23.8.26, 14–16 hViewGuided Tour
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Fr., 28.8.26, 13–22 hViewRaging in Witten
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Do., 3.9.26, 18 hViewDie Geschichte der ruhigen Wolke (WIP)
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The Troubadour by Ari Benjamin Meyers in Coproduction with the Manifesta 16 Ruhr
The Troubadour will travel through the Ruhr region moving from Dortmund to Duisburg, from town to town, from performance to performance, from encounter to encounter. The Enduring Performance will take place from 10.8. to 10.9., at various locations across the Ruhr region, as well as on 19.9. at the Ev. Stadtkirche Sankt Petri in Dortmund.
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Grand Snail Tour in ARCH+ Ruhr: From Territory to Space
ARCH+ Ruhr: From Territory to Space understands the Ruhr region as an assemblage of different political and cultural spaces, interests, and affiliations. The issue directs its attention to spatial practices based on exchange and negotiation that open up new forms of living together. We are delighted to be part of this research-intensive issue: in the section “Peripheral Centres”, you will find a self-reflective presentation of Britta Peters’ Grand Snail Tour concept.
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Artistic Director starting 1.11.2027
Urbane Künste Ruhr initiates contemporary art in public space and connects people across the Ruhr region through exhibition projects. Many projects are realized in collaboration with local, supra-regional, and international partners. We are seeking an Artistic Director for Urbane Künste Ruhr starting 1.11.2027.
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Emscherkunstweg goes IGA 2027
With the opening of Markus Jeschaunig's installation Königsgrube, the collaboration between Urbane Künste Ruhr, Regionalverband Ruhr and Emschergenossenschaft for the Emscherkunstweg project has come to a successful conclusion.
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Outside the White Cube
In an in-depth interview, Britta Peters talks to author and art critic Maja Ćirić about her work as Artistic Director of Urbane Künste Ruhr. She explains her perspective on public art in the Ruhr area and elsewhere, and describes how questions of participation, co-production and dialogue are constantly being renegotiated in her projects. The full interview is now available online at MOST Magazine.
©Silke Briel
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Artists
© Mitya Lyalin, NOPA
Michael Akstaller
Michael Akstaller is a researcher and artist working at the intersection of fluid dynamics, acoustics, and spatial sound studies.
© Nick Ash
Jan St. Werner
Jan St. Werner is a Berlin-based artist, musician, and composer whose work explores the dialogue between sound, visual art, and architecture.
© Guido Rottmann
Daniel Sadrowski
Daniel Sadrowski initially studied social sciences with the aim of becoming a journalist. His passion for photography led him to study photo design in Dortmund, where he earned his diploma in 2003.
Studio Onderstroom
The collective of Annabel Schouten, Jurriaan de Vos and Gemma Luz Bosch uses music, physical theatre, installation art and community art to offer physical experiences.
Safiya Yon
Safiya Yon ist Textilkünstlerin, systemische Beraterin mit Fokus Mental Health für Communities des globalen Südens, sowie systemische Supervisorin in Qualifizierung.
C:mone aka Tuincy Bright
Since 2007, C:mone aka Tuincy Bright, has been enriching the Cologne music scene with her versatile DJ sets. With her roots in early hip-hop culture, her vinyl selection ranges from jazz, funk, soul and disco through to rap, R&B, house, Afrobeat and experimental sounds.
© Simone Junker
Cosima von Bonin
Cosima von Bonin is one of the most influential artists of her generation. She participated in documenta 12 in 2007 and the Venice Biennale in 2022.
© Anael Berkovitz
Anael Berkovitz
Anael Berkovitz is an interdisciplinary artist, living and working between Brooklyn and Tel-Aviv. Berkoviz’s work draws on photography, film, installation and narration as means of examining the creation and perception of identity.
© Jeanna Kolesova
Jeanna Kolesova
Jeanna Kolesova is a Berlin-based artist, filmmaker, and researcher. Their practice traces how narratives emerge and circulate over time, examining their inscription into memories, infrastructures, and landscapes. Through speculative documentary, Kolesova reveals the cyclical relationship between narratives and histories of control, exploring how these cycles might be disrupted.
© Jan Hottmann
Julia Schäfer
Julia Schäfer is a Paris-based artist whose video works and site-specific installations explore narratives of loss by blurring documentary and fiction. Emerging from investigations into her family’s butchery, her work reflects on meat production as a metaphor for the dialectics of pleasure and pain, violence and sustenance.
