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    Sa., 30.5.26, 11 hView

    Walking in Sprockvel

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    Sa., 30.5.26, 17–20 hView

    Arriving in Gevelsberg

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    © Heinrich Holtgreve

    Sa., 22.8.26, 15 hView

    Opening Uncanny Shifts

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    So., 13.9.26, 15 hView

    The Golden Miracle

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    So., 13.9.26, 16 hView

    Multiple Coexistences

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Open "Uncanny Shifts"

© Heinrich Holtgreve

22.8. – 4.10.26

Uncanny Shifts

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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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    Against Hate

    Political discourse around the world is shifting towards authoritarian ideologies. Wherever there is incitement against minorities, polemics against immigration and attacks on the freedom of the press, the democratic function of public space is at risk. This is also where Urbane Künste Ruhr operates artistically.

    Historic old town of Xanten with houses of various architectural styles and two church towers.

    ©Heinrich Holtgreve

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    New Book by Urbane Künste Ruhr

    Nine printed issues of the Urbane Künste Ruhr magazine were published from 2018 to 2023. The individual issues are now brought together in a 670-page catalogue. It has also been expanded to include an index of people and places as well as an editorial by Artistic Director Britta Peters. New projects can always be discovered while leafing through the catalogue, while the index enables a playful, retrospective discourse analysis.

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© Daniel Sadrowski

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Artists

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Jana Kerima Stolzer and Lex Rütten

Kerima & normalmap., aka Jana Kerima Stolzer and Lex Rütten, are a DJ and live performance duo whose music defies genre classification. 

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Nils Norman

Nils Norman is an artist living in Amsterdam and Munich. He works across the disciplines of public art, architecture and urban planning.

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© Yao Tsy

Yevgenia Belorusets

Yevgenia Belorusets' work operates at the intersection of literature, visual art, and activism, often drawing attention to the more vulnerable segments of Ukrainian society.

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© Josefine Kaiser

Boris Sieverts

Since 1997, the artist Boris Sieverts has been running the ‘Büro für Städtereisen’ (Office for City Trips) from Cologne, through which he explores everyday living spaces as travel destinations.

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Joram Schön

Joram Schön lives and works as a freelance artist and filmmaker in Berlin and Cologne. He studied fine art at Berlin University of the Arts and completed his master's degree in art and film at the Academy of Media Arts Cologne.

Open Artsit

© Harald Popp

Harald Popp

Harald Popp studied photography at the Hamburg University of Applied Sciences under Prof. Ute Mahler. After several years as an applied photographer, he focused on his artistic practice.

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© Stephan Ernst

Lucia Birzer

Lucia Birzer has been engaged as choir director and conductor at the Regensburg Theatre since the 2024/25 season. Prior to this, she worked as choir director with conducting duties at the Hof Theatre from 2022 to 2024.

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© Louis Headlam

Dr. Reyhan Şahin aka Lady Bitch Ray

Dr Reyhan Şahin, also known to many as Lady Bitch Ray, is a scholar, author, performance artist, activist, rapper, fashion designer, journalist, speaker and educational consultant.

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Dr Anne Potjans

Dr Anne Potjans is a postdoctoral researcher in the ERC Consolidator Grant-funded research project “Tales of the Diasporic Ordinary. Aesthetics, Affects, Archives” at Humboldt University in Berlin.

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Rebecca Racine Ramershoven

Rebecca Racine Ramershoven (*1987) lebt und arbeitet in Köln und Thessaloniki.

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Werne

Begleitet wird die Grand Snail Tour von Künstler*innen aus dem Bereich Literatur, Fotografie und Zeichnung, die zeitgleich zum Aufenthalt des Tourmobils, Eindrücke und Reflexionen aus jeweils derselben Stadt sammeln und diese sie visuell oder literarisch ins Bild setzen. So entsteht ein Paratext zur 3-jährigen Tour, der in Form einer Reisechronik, ein Kaleidoskop an Geschichten, Verbindungen, Momentaufnahmen in den 53 Städten der Region als Gleichzeitigkeiten und Ungleichzeitigkeiten zur Grand Snail Tour sichtbar werden lässt.

Werne von Franziska Klose

Städte sind Cohabitate – artenübergreifende Lebensräume, urbane Biotope. 

In Werne gelten meine Blicke und Bilder der urbanen Flora und ihrer Habitate: Baustellen, Hinterhöfe, Fassadengrün, Blumenkübel, Brachflächen, Wasserläufe, Maisfelder, Blumenampeln, Steingärten und gleich bei meiner Ankunft die „Beete" aus Gleisschotter mit Ruderalpflanzen.

01 Werne Südmauer
Hauseingang mit Baugerüst, Fußmatte, Straßenschild, Lampenmast und Blümenkübel, darin mit Lebensbaum (Thuja) und Zwergmispel (Cotoneaster)

02 Werne Sparkasse
Hausfassade, Fahrradständer und diverse Blumenkübel mit Eibe (Taxus baccata), Pelargonie (Pelargonium), Ysander (Pachysandra), Buchsbaum (Buxus sempervirens) und Efeu (Hedera helix) sowie Gemüse-Gänsedistel (Sonchus oleraceus) und Hornklee (Lotus)

03 Werne Hinterhof
Gekachelte Hauswand, florales Fenstergitter und Blumentrog mit Immergrüner Kriech-Heckenkirsche (Lonicera pileata) und Ilex (Ilex aquifolium)

04 Werne Friedhof
Apfel (Malus), aufgespießt auf einem Wiesen-Kerbel (Anthriscus sylvestris), dahinter Ampfer (Rumex), Große Brennnessel (Urtica dioica) und Haselnuss (Corylus avellana)

05 Werne Hornebachbrücke
Geländer an der Hornebach-Brücke, Gewöhnliche Kastanie (Aesculus hippocastanum), Sommerlinde (Tilia platyphyllos), Berg-Ahorn (Acer pseudoplatanus) und Esche (Fraxinus excelsior)

06 Werne Lippewehr
Am Lippe-Ufer, Gräser (Poa), Schwertlilie (Iridaceae), Flatterbinse (Juncus effusus), Wasserminze (Mentha aquatica), Gelbe Teichrose (Nuphar lutea), Ulme (Ulmus), Wiesen-Bärenklau (Heracleum sphondylium), Zottiges Weidenröschen (Epilobium hirsutum), Ackerwinde (Convolvulus arvensis), Weiderich (Lythrum) und Weiden (Salix) in Hintergrund

07 Werne MaisFeld
Maisfeld (Zea mays) mit Weißem Gänsefuß (Chenopodium album) und Rauhaarigem Amarant (Amaranthus retroflexus)

08 Werne Kloster
Blumenampel mit Petunien (Penunia), Pelargonien (Pelargonium) und Kleinblütiger Bergminze (Clinopodium nepeta)

09 Werne Sparkasse
Steingarten mit kleinem Brunnen, Japanischem Ahorn (Acer japonicum), Ilex (Ilex aquifolium), Vogelmiere (Stellaria media), Kanadischer Goldrute (Solidago canadensis) und Moosen

10 Werne Bahnhof
Angelegte Beete am Bahnsteig: Gleisschotter mit typischer Spontanvegetation/Wildwuchs: Rainfarn (Tanacetum vulgare), Wilde Möhre (Daucus carota), Stinkender Storchschnabel (Geranium robertianum), Kompass-Lattich (Lactuca serriola), Löwenzahn (Taraxacum officinale), Mäusegerste (Hordeum murinum), Kriech-Quecke (Elymus repens), Bergahorn (Acer pseudoplatanus), Kanadische Goldrute (Solidago canadensis), Blauer Natternkopf (Echium vulgare), Spitzwegerich (Plantago lanceolata), Vogelmiere (Stellaria media), Wiesen-Knäuelgras (Dactylis glomerata), Wilder Hafer (Avena fatua), Jacobs-Greiskraut (Senecio erucifolius) und Flechten

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Open "Werne"
Screen displaying historical images of the Letzigraben outdoor pool in Zurich, viewed from the water.

© Daniel Sadrowski

24.7.25, 16–21 h

Chilling in Werne

Werne

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© Camilo Pachón

Franziska Klose

Franziska Klose (* 1977) is an artist and photographer. She has been working on post-industrial landscapes and contemporary nature since 2010. 

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