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Sunday, 26 May 2023 at 8pm

Auditorium | LWL Museum für Kunst und Kultur, Domplatz 10, 48143 MünsterAdmission: 24 €, concessions / members: 20 €

Ryan Carniaux - Trompete
Raphael Klemm - Posaune
Denis Gäbel - Saxophon
Franz von Chossy - Klavier
Caspar van Meel - Bass
Niklas Walter - Schlagzeug

Saturday, 18 May 2024, 4-7 pm

Hana Halilaj, curator, National Gallery of Kosovo, Pristina

Kosovo’s contemporary art scene (in English)

Edona Ademi and Anita Muçolli in conversation with co-curator Cathrin Mayer:
Die Perspektive der kosovarischen Diaspora in Deutschland und der Schweiz
(in German)

Blerta Haziraj in conversation with Hana Halilaj:
On Feminist Art and Activism – then and now (in English)


In the exhibition
„But you, yourself, with your own hand must open this door“

Thursday, 7 March 2024 at 6 pm

Guided tour with co-curator Kristina Scepanski


through the exhibition "But you, yourself, with your own hand must open this door"
With: Edona Ademi, Djellza Azemi, Anjesa Dellova, Blerta Haziraj, Doruntina Kastrati, Anita Mucolli, Leart Rama, Abi Shehu and Dardan Zhegrova


Saturday, 2 March 2024 at 6 pm

"But you, yourself, with your own hand must open this door"

With: Edona Ademi, Djellza Azemi, Anjesa Dellova, Blerta Haziraj, Doruntina Kastrati, Anita Mucolli, Leart Rama, Abi Shehu and Dardan Zhegrova

Saturday, 2 March 2024 at 4 pm

"But you, yourself, with your own hand must open this door"

With: Edona Ademi, Djellza Azemi, Anjesa Dellova, Blerta Haziraj, Doruntina Kastrati, Anita Mucolli, Leart Rama, Abi Shehu and Dardan Zhegrova

Thursday, 21 December 2023 at 7:30 pm

The filmclub münster presents eight short films from its 75-year history.

Admission free



Saturday, 16 December at noon

We invite you to a guided tour of the exhibition "Bad Zeit" with curator Kristina Scepanski.

Meeting point: Foyer of the Westfälischer Kunstverein

Admission free.

RADAR | Afghan tea time with Hafiza Qasimi

Saturday, 25 November 2023 at 2 pm

We cordially invite you to an Afghan tea time with the artist Hafiza Qasimi, which will take place as part of the RADAR exhibition "Courage to Live".

In the RADAR room and following the opening of the Jahresgaben 2023, where the artist is also represented with works.

Saturday, 25 November 2023 at noon

We cordially invite you to the opening of this year's exhibition of  Jahresgaben (editions). With works by Taslima Ahmed, Leda Bourgogne, Beth Collar, Keren Cytter, Hafiza Qasimi, Sophie Rebentisch, Daniil Shumikhin and caner teker.

Sunday, 19 November 2023 at 8pm

Auditorium | LWL Museum für Kunst und Kultur, Domplatz 10, 48143 MünsterAdmission: 22 €, concessions / members: 18 €

Jasper Blom - saxophone
Sean Fasciani - bass
Felix Schlarmann - drums

Saturday, 8 November at 6 pm

We invite you to a guided tour of the exhibition "Bad Zeit" with curator Kristina Scepanski.

Meeting point: Foyer of the Westfälischer Kunstverein

Admission free.

Saturday, 28 October 2023 at 6 pm

We cordially invite you to the exhibition opening "Bad Zeit" by Beth Collar.
Join us for a reception with snacks and drinks from 6 pm.

The exhibition will be on view from 11 am onwards, admission is free.

 



Guided Tour with Beth Collar and Kristina Scepanski

Saturday, 28 October 2023 at 2 pm

Join us for a guided tour of the exhibition „Bad Zeit“ with the arist Beth Collar and curator Kristina Scepanski.

Meeting point: Foyer of the Westfälischer Kunstverein

Admission free.

Opening | RADAR: Hafiza Qasimi „Courage to Live“ 

Saturday, 28 October 2023 at 6 pm

Parallel to the opening of „Bad Zeit“ by Beth Collar we like to invite you to the opening of RADAR: Hafiza Qasimi „Courage to Live“.

Friday, 6 October 2023 from 3pm - 6 pmand Saturday, 7 October 2023 from 11 am - 2 pm

As part of the programme accompanying the exhibition "Mêlée" by Leda Bourgogne, we cordially invite you to the poetry workshop "Poetry as a form of self-defence" with Leda Bourgogne and Donna Stonecipher.

Registration at: info@westfaelischer-kunstverein.de



Thursday, 28 September at 6 pm

With curator Kristina Scepanski through the exhibition „Mêlée“ by Leda Bourgogne

Monday, 18 September 2023, 8 pm:


Film screening Katya Bankowsky, „Shadow Boxers“, 1999, 72 min. (English version), selected by Leda Bourgogne at Schloßtheater, Melchersstr. 81, 48149 Münster

Find out more here

Monday, 4. September 2023 at 7 pm

With "Westfälische Küche - Thekengespräche", our newly relaunched event format designed by members is going into the second round!

We're moving the conversation from the kitchen to the bar - because that's still the best place to chat over a cold drink. Together with our guest Stefan Querl, the director of the Villa ten Hompel we'll be behind the bar, serving you drinks and looking forward to relaxed conversations in our usual unconventional setting. We are looking forward to
to see you!
 
Organised by Jana Bernhardt, Helena Düsing, Marijke Lukowicz, Jana Peplau and Elena Winkler.



Guided Tour | Leda Bourgogne „Mêlée“

Saturday, 26 August at 6 pm

We invite you to a guided tour of the exhibition "Mêlée" with curator Kristina Scepanski.

Meeting point: Foyer of the Westfälischer Kunstverein

Admission free.

Schauraum | Nacht der Museen und Galerien (Night of the Museums and Galleries)

Saturday, 26 August 4 pm to midnight

Every year museums, galleries and other exhibition venues open their doors from 4 pm to midnight for the "Night of the Museums and Galleries". This year, too, the Westfälischer Kunstverein joins in.

Artist Talk | „Cathedral“

Friday, 11 August 2023 at 7 pm 

As part of the programme accompanying the exhibition "RADAR: Mountains for Münster" by Daniil Shumkhin, we cordially invite you to the Artist Talk "Cathedral" with the artist and Kateryna Ray (LWL-Museum für Kunst und Kultur).

RADAR is a cooperation between the LWL-Museum für Kunst und Kultur and the Westfälischer Kunstverein. The exhibition is curated by Jana Peplau (Westfälischer Kunstverein) and Marianne Wagner (LWL-Museum für Kunst und Kultur).

 

 

Guided Tour | Leda Bourgogne „Mêlée“

Saturday, 15 July at 2 pm

We invite you to a guided tour of the exhibition "Mêlée" with the artits Leda Bourgogne and curator Kristina Scepanski.

Meeting point: Foyer of the Westfälischer Kunstverein

Admission free.

Saturday, 15 July at 6 pm

Parallel to the opening of "Mêlée“ from Leda Bourgogne we like to invite you to the opening of RADAR: Daniil Shumikhin  "Mountains for Münster.

Saturday, 15 July 2023 at 6 pm

We cordially invite you to the exhibition opening "Mêlée“ by Leda Bourgogne.
Join us for a reception with snacks and drinks from 6 pm.

The exhibition will be on view from 11 am onwards, admission is free.

 



Saturday, 1 July 2023 at 6pm

We cordially invite you to the performance "trans-" by caner teker.

 

Saturday, 24 June 2023 at 8 pm

Doors open at 7.30 pm
Westfälischer Kunstverein, Rothenburg 30, 48143 Münster
Admission is free.

 

 

Guided Tour

Saturday, 10 June at noon

We invite you to a guided tour of the exhibition "Canvas Automata" with the curator Kristina Scepanski.

Meeting point: Foyer of the Westfälischer Kunstverein

Admission free.

Friday, 9 June 2023 at 8 pm

We cordially invite you to the performance "Notizen in hellem Rosa treffen auf Granit" by Leila Orth in the context of the RADAR exhibition "Ciao Eden" by Sophie Rebentisch.

The exhibition is curated by Jana Peplau (Westfälischer Kunstverein).

RADAR is a cooperation between the LWL Museum of Art and Culture and the Westfälischer Kunstverein.

Artisttalk | Taslima Ahmed x Merlin Carpenter

Friday, 9 June 2023 at 8 pm 

In context of the exhibition "Canvas Automata" by Taslima Ahmed, we cordially invite you to the artist talk by Taslima Ahmed with Merlin Carpenter.

Admission is free.

Lecture | „Das Gehirn der Kunst“ from Prof Dr E.-J. Speckmann

Wednesday, 11 June 2023 at 6 pm

What is going on in the brain during a creative process? The neurophysiologist, painter and sculptor Erwin-Josef Speckmann combines findings from brain research and artistic practice by looking at the processes in the human brain during the contemplation and creation of art. One thing is certain: a significant aspect is that the brain (and thus the ego) is aware of itself. This is a characteristic feature of human perception, to which Taslima Ahmed also refers in her current exhibition "Canvas Automata" when she compares it to computer vision. 

The lecture will be held in german.

 

 

Monday, 5 June 2023 at 8 pm


With "Westfälische Küche - Thekengespräche" we are presenting our new event format designed by members of the Westfälischer Kunstverein!

We're moving the conversation from the kitchen to the bar - because that's still the best place to chat over a cold drink. Together with our guest, we will stand behind the bar, serve you drinks and look forward to relaxed conversations in our usual unconventional setting.
We look forward to seeing you!

 

Organised by Jana Bernhardt, Helena Düsing, Marijke Lukowicz, Jana Peplau and Elena Winkler.



Münster Lecture von Taslima Ahmed

Tuesday, 23 May 2023 at 6 pm

Münster Lecture: Taslima Ahmed talks about her artistic work, as part of the lecture series of the Münster University of Fine Art (Kunstakademie Münster, Leonardo-Campus 2, 48149 Münster).

In english.

Filmplädoyer from Taslima Ahmed

Montag, 22. Mai 2023 um 20 Uhr

Artist Taslima Ahmed gives a film talk on Michael Crichton's "Westworld" from 1973 at the Schloßtheater.

Venue: Schloßtheater, Melchersstraße 81, 48149 Münster, Germany
Admission: 8€ / 5€ reduced for members of the Kunstverein with filmclub card 

Lecture in English. German version.

 



Guided Tour

Friday, 12 May at 5 pm

We invite you to a guided tour of the exhibition "Canvas Automata" with the curator Kristina Scepanski.

Meeting point: Foyer of the Westfälischer Kunstverein

Admission free.

Sunday, 23 April 2023 at 8pm

Auditorium | LWL Museum für Kunst und Kultur, Domplatz 10, 48143 MünsterAdmission: 22 €, concessions / members: 18 €

Jan Klare - alto- and bass saxophone
Julia Brüssel - violin
Luc Ex - bassguitar
Onno Govaert - drums

Guided Tour

Thursday, 20 April at 6 pm

We invite you to a guided tour of the exhibition "Canvas Automata" with the curator Kristina Scepanski.

Meeting point: Foyer of the Westfälischer Kunstverein

Admission free.

Members’ excursion to Bielefeld and Herford

Saturday, 15 April 2023

Meeting point: Kunstverein Bielefeld, Welle 61, 33602 Bielefeld

We will visit the Kunstverein Bielefeld and the Kunsthalle Bielefeld as well as the Marta in Herford.

At each of the three exhibition venues, the great local colleagues Oriane Durand, Benedikt Fahrnschon and Anna Roberta Goetz will welcome us and guide us through the current exhibitions.

We will meet on site at the Kunstverein Bielefeld at 1pm and will travel on to Herford by train.

Please register by e-mail.

 

 

Thursday, 30 March 2022 at 8pm

Auditorium | LWL Museum für Kunst und Kultur, Domplatz 10, 48143 MünsterAdmission: 22 €, concessions / members: 18 €

Sabeth Pérez - vocals
Hubert Nuss - piano
Stefan Rey - bass
Hans Dekker - drums

Opening | RADAR: Sophie Rebentisch "Ciao Eden"


Saturday, 18 March from 6 pm

Parallel to the opening of "Canvas Automata“ from Taslima Ahmed we like to invite you to the opening of RADAR: Sophie Rebentisch "Ciao Eden".

 

 

Opening | Taslima Ahmed "Canvas Automata“

Saturday, 18 March from 6 pm

 

We cordially invite you to the exhibition opening "Canvas Automata“ from Taslima Ahmed.
Join us for a reception with snacks and drinks from 6 pm.

With a welcom by Manfred Heilemann and an introduction from curator Kristina Scepanski.

The exhibition will be on view from 11 am onwards, admission is free.

 

 

Guided Tour

Saturday, 18 March at 2 pm

We invite you to a guided tour of the exhibition "Canvas Automata" with the arist Taslima Ahmed and curator Kristina Scepanski.

Meeting point: Foyer of the Westfälischer Kunstverein

Admission free.

Thursday, 14 February 2023 at 6 pm

 

The Westfälischer Kunstverein hosts a film screening to commemorate its advisory board member, the co-founder and artistic director of the Theater im Pumpenhaus, Ludger Schnieder. We will show the film Die Abfahrer, a road movie set in the Ruhr area featuring the young Ludger Schnieder as an actor.

In cooperation with the Filmwerkstatt Münster.

Friday, 10 February 2023 at 8 pm

We would like to kindly invite you to the concert "Encore" by Allerleirauh.

Unfortunately, the concert has to be cancelled due to illness.

Venue: Westfälischer KUnstverein

Admission free.

Guided Tour

Saturday, 28 January 2023 at noon

We invite you to a guided tour of the exhibition "Architektonische Psychodramen" with the curator Kristina Scepanski.

Meeting point: Foyer of the Westfälischer Kunstverein

Admission free.

Wednesday, 21 December 2022 at 7:30 pm

On Short Film Day 2022, filmclub münster presents the five short films of the Human/Nature project at the Westfälischer Kunstverein.Free admission!

 

 

 

Lecture | What is there to see when we look at art? by Prof. Dr. Bart Verschaffel (Vandenhove Centre for Architecture and Art / UGhent)

Thursday, 15 December 2022 at 7 pm

What is there to see when we look at art? And what is it about?

In his essays, which are as elegant as they are opinionated, the Belgian philosopher and theorist Bart Verschaffel devotes himself to an inventive range of topics relating to contemporary art: from laughter and the grotesque, to the work of art as a gift, to the modern concept of beauty, and finally to the relationship between architecture and sculpture. This led to an exchange between the theorist and the artist Suchan Kinoshita, whose exhibition Architektonische Psychodramen is currently on show at the Westfälischer Kunstverein.

Bart Verschaffel (b 1956) philosopher, is emeritus professor at Ghent University (Belgium), where he taught Theory of Architecture and Architectural Criticism. He publishes in the fields of architectural theory, aesthetics, visual arts and cultural philosophy. His latest publications – also translated into English – include Mock Humanity! Two Essays on James Ensor’s Grotesques (2018); What is True, What is Real? Picturing Figures and Faces (2021) and the compilation What Artistry Can do. Essays on Art and Beauty (2022).

Verschaffel is the director of the VANDENHOVE Centre for Architecture & Art at Ghent University, where he is the curator of the Charles Vandenhove art collection.

 

 

Guided Tour

Tuesday, 1 December at 6 pm

We invite you to a guided tour of the exhibition "Architektonische Psychodramen" with the curator Kristina Scepanski.

Meeting point: Foyer of the Westfälischer Kunstverein

Admission free.

Monday, 28 November 2022 at 8pm

Auditorium | LWL Museum für Kunst und Kultur, Domplatz 10, 48143 MünsterAdmission: 22 €, concessions / members: 18 €

Tim Berne, Saxophone
Matt Mitchell, Piano

Opening | Jahresgaben 2022

Saturday, 26 November 2022 at noon

We invite you to the opening of this year's exhibition of our Jahresgaben.

We will meet in the foyer of the Westfälischer Kunstverein.

RADAR: Reading-Performance „LEFT IN THE DARK“

Friday, 11 November at 7 pm

In the context of the RADAR exhibition "RUSTY TEARS" by Keta Gavasheli, we cordially invite you to the reading performance "LEFT IN THE DARK" with Kaity Fox and Nelson Guay as sound consultant.

Admission free.

Guided Tour

Friday, 11 November at 2 pm

We invite you to a guided tour of the exhibition "Architektonische Psychodramen" with the curator Kristina Scepanski.

Meeting point: Foyer of the Westfälischer Kunstverein

Admission free.

Monday, 17 October 2022 at 7 pm


The artist Suchan Kinosthita gives a film talk on Mike Kelley's "Day is Done" at the Schloßtheater.

Venue: Schloßtheater, Melchersstraße 81, 48149 Münster, Germany
Admission: 8 € / 5 € reduced for members of the Kunstverein with filmclub card

Opening | RADAR: Keta Gavasheli "RUSTY TEARS“

Saturday, 15 October from 6 pm

Parallel to the opening of "Architektonische Psychodramen“ from Suchan Kinoshita we like to invite you to the opening of RADAR: Keta Gavasheli "RUSTY TEARS“.



Opening | Suchan Kinoshita "Architektonische Psychodramen“

Saturday, 15 October from 6 pm

We cordially invite you to the exhibition opening "Architektonische Psychodramen“from Suchan Kinoshita.
Join us for a reception with snacks and drinks from 6 pm.

With a welcom by Tobias Viehoff (Board Westfälischer Kunstverein) and an introduction from curator Kristina Scepanski.

The exhibition will be on view from 11 am onwards, admission is free.

 

 

Guided tour

Saturday, 15 October at 2 pm

Guided tour through the exhibition "Architektonische Psychodramen“ with the artist Suchan Kinoshita and curator Kristina Scepanski.

Meeting point: Foyer Westfälischer Kunstverein

Admission free.

Lecture: „Sterben für die Kunst. Obszöne Tiertötungen im Kunstraum und die Rhetorik der Unausweichlichkeit“

Tuesday, 15 September at 6 pm

Lecture by Prof. Jessica Ullrich: „Sterben für die Kunst. Obszöne Tiertötungen im Kunstraum und die Rhetorik der Unausweichlichkeit“.

The lecture will be held in german.

Schauraum - Night of Museums and Galleries

Saturday, 3. September, 4 pm–midnight

Every year on the first Saturday in September, museums, galleries and other exhibition venues open their doors from 4 pm to midnight for the "Night of the Museums and Galleries". This year, too, the Westfälischer Kunstverein joins in.




Guided tour as part of Schauraum - Night of Museums and Galleries

Saturday, 3 September at 8 pm

Tour of the exhibition Eliza Ballesteros - BUTCHER'S COIN.



Guided Tour

Friday, 26 August at 5 pm

Tour of the exhibition Eliza Ballesteros - BUTCHER'S COIN.



Guided Tour

Tuesday, 14 Juli at 6 pm

Tour of the exhibition Eliza Ballesteros - BUTCHER'S COIN.



Guided Tour

Wednesday, 29 June at noon 

Tour of the exhibition Eliza Ballesteros - BUTCHER'S COIN.



Guided Tour

Saturday, 25 June at noon

Tour of the exhibition Eliza Ballesteros - BUTCHER'S COIN with the curator and the artist.



Opening | Eliza Ballesteros - BUTCHER’S COIN

Saturday, 24 June at 7 pm

Opening: Eliza Ballesteros
BUTCHER’S COIN
25 June – 18 September 2022

With a welcome by Tobias Viehoff (Board of the Westfälischer Kunstverein) and an introduction by Angela Theisen (Curator).

Opening: RADAR: Meike Schulze Hobeling
„Teil der Oase III“
25 June – 18 September 2022

 




Guided tour

Saturday, 14 May 2022 at 12 pm 

through the exhibition Sara Sadik - Ultimate Vatos: Force & Honneur

Friday, 13 May 2022 from 6 p.m.

In May, a concert by "The Puffins" (Marlon Bösherz) will take place as part of the RADAR exhibition "SOFAS ( R/L + Stier + Nikita )" by Philipp Krabbe.

On this day, the Westfälischer Kunstverein will also join the Long Friday of the LWL Museum für Kunst und Kultur. The latter organises a long night on every second Friday of the month.
Therefore, admission is free from 6 p.m. at both institutions.

Admission to the concert is free.

RADAR is a cooperation between the LWL Museum für Kunst und Kultur and the Westfälischer Kunstverein.


Guided tour

Friday, 29 April 2022 at 5 pm

through the exhibition "Sara Sadik - Ultimate Vatos: Force & Honneur"

 

 

Long Friday

Friday, 8 April 2022 from 6 pm

The LWL Museum für Kunst und Kultur organises a Long Night on every second Friday of the month.

This Friday, the Westfälischer Kunstverein joins the Long Friday of the LWL Museum für Kunst und Kultur.
Therefore, admission is free at both institutions from 6 p.m. onwards.

Wednesday, 6 April 2022 from 6 pm

With:

Iryna Shum, the Consul General of Ukraine in Düsseldorf
Jakub Wawrzyniak, the Consul General of the Republic of Poland in Cologne

Support for Ukraine!

Together with Slavs and Tatars, the Westfälischer Kunstverein is releasing an exclusive edition of 100 sweaters and 100 T-shirts (T-shirts are sold out!). The proceeds will go to the Blau-Gelbe Kreuz, Deutsch-Ukrainischer Verein e.V., which supports humanitarian aid in Ukraine.

At 6 pm, Iryna Shum, the Consul General of Ukraine in Düsseldorf and Jakub Wawrzyniak, the Consul General of the Republic of Poland in Cologne will share with us some insights on their current work facing the war in Ukraine. Join us at the foyer of the Westfälischer Kunstverein!

You cannot join us but still wish to support the fundraiser and acquire a sweater or a t-shirt? Write to us!

Guided tour

Thursday, 31 March 2022 at 6 pm 

through the exhibition Sara Sadik - Ultimate Vatos: Force & Honneur

Saturday, 26. March 2022 at 8pm

Auditorium | LWL Museum für Kunst und Kultur, Domplatz 10, 48143 Münster
Admission: 24 €, concessions / members: 20 €

Wayne Escoffery - SaxophoneDavid Kikoski - PianoUgonna Okegwo - BassMark Whitfield Jr. - Drums

Opening programme at all three venues, Free admission

Friday, 26. November 2021

 

4 pm, Kunsthalle Münster
On Cycles, Monopolies and Responsibility

Welcome: Markus Lewe, Major Stadt Münster
Andreas Siekmann, Artist in conversation with Merle Radtke, Director Kunsthalle Münster

6 pm, LWL-Museum für Kunst und Kultur
Narratives: Capital Flow – Superfluity - Finiteness

Welcome: Matthias Löb, Head of LWL
Alice Creischer, Artist, Andreas Löschel, resource economist in conversation with Marianne Wagner, Curator LWL-Museum für Kunst und Kultur

8 pm, Westfälischer Kunstverei
Reality Surpasses Fiction Begrüßung

Welcome: Tobias Viehoff, Chairman Westfälischer Kunstverein
Raphael Smarzoch, Author and Journalist, Miriam Zeh, Literary Critic in conversation with Kristina Scepanski, Director Westfälischer Kunstverein

 

A joint project by Kunsthalle Münster, LWL-Museum für Kunst und Kultur and Westfälischer Kunstverein
27 November 2021 – 27 February 2022

A series of events to mark the anniversary.

28 August - 24 October 2021

Public programme: here

Opening hours:
Tuesday-Sunday 11 am -7 pm

Admission free
Kindly register for the events at: info@westfaelischer-kunstverein.de
 

Covid 19-Pandemic
Please observe the applicable 3G rules when visiting and bring appropriate proof (either/or double-vaccinated, flow-tested, recovered).

Sunday, 29 August 2021 at 8 pm

“The Steve Swell Recovering Tour”

Bart Maris - trumpet
Jan Klare - woodwinds
Wilbert de Joode - bass
Michael Vatcher - drums

Venue: Westfälischer Kunstverein, Rothenburg 30, 48143 Münster
Admission: 20 €, concessions / members: 16 €

RADAR: Camillo Grewe and Ulrike Grewe

„Hallo, habe unlesbare Signale von dir erhalten, melde mich bald.“

Opening
Saturday, 28 August at 6 pm

Friday, 2 July 2021 at 5 pm 

with curator Kristina Scepanski through the exhibition Maria D. Rapicavoli - „The Other: A Familiar Story“

We kindly ask you to register: info@westfaelischer-kunstverein.de

Friday, 25 June at 4:30 pm

Accompanying Pablo Schlumberger's exhibition "Horror Vacui".

 

On Friday 25 June, Fion Pellacini brings to life Pablo Schlumberger’s dyonisian installation with music. 

 

Fion Pellacini (lives and works in Hamburg and Dortmund) is a visual artist and musician. His work has been seen and heard at Kunstverein Harburger Bahnhof, Hamburg and David Roberts Art Foundation, London, among others.

Tuesday, 1 June 2021 at 6 pm 

with curator Kristina Scepanski through the exhibition Maria D. Rapicavoli - „The Other: A Familiar Story“

We kindly ask you to register: info@westfaelischer-kunstverein.de

 

The artistic director of Burg Hülshoff, Jörg Albrecht, talks to eight international artists in the foyer of  Westfälischer Kunstverein about their visions of a world and art beyond nation states and national languages: With the poet and performer Mette Moestrup; the novelists Stefanie de Velasco and Jan Brandt; the performance artist Nástio Mosquito; the choreographer Olivia Hyunsin Kim; the opera singer Shlomi Moto Wagner; the scenograph Philine Rinnert and filmmaker Ian Purnell.

>> The talks are held in German and in English and can be watched online: here

 

 

 

Tuesday, 4 May 2021 at 6 pm (online)
in English

Münster Lecture: Maria D. Rapicavoli talks about her artistic work, as part of the lecture series of the Münster University of Fine Arts

Zoom-conference: Meeting-ID 643 3086 1073 // Code 884112

More information: here

Tuesday, 16  April 2021 at 7:30 pm  | online
(in German)

with Christian Odzuck, Artist

=> access link

 

 

+++ the screening is cancelled +++

 

 

The artist talk is cancelled. 

Thursday, 18 March 2021 at 6 pm | access link: https://tinyurl.com/xaw7dkju

(The talk will be held in German.)

Westfälische Küche | online

Tuesday, 16 February 2021 at 7:30 pm

 

 

Soft opening: Saturday, October 24th from 11am to 7pm

Given the current circumstances there won't be an opening reception. However, the team of the Kunstverein and the artist are on site and are available for discussions and tours of the exhibition.

Opening day: Saturday, October 24th from 11am to 7pm

Yilmaz Güney "YOL – The Full Version" (2017)

(Turkish/Kurdish with German subtitles)

 

Monday, 7 September 2020, 8:30 pm

Wednesday, 9 September 2020, 6:30 pm

at Schloßtheater, Münster

Tickets: 0251-22579

Ève Chabanon "Chapter 3". Footnotes and Annotations

Friday, 24 July 2020, 5-7 pm, CEST
Online, in English

More information here

Sign up to visit event here

exhibition opening

Friday, 10 July 2020, 6-9 pm, registration required

exhibition opening

+++ postponed until further notice +++

+++ postponed until further notice +++

Friday, 6 March at 6 pm

Admission free

Tuesday, 3 March 2020
at 6 pm

(the lecture will be in English)

„The Black Wave“

Opening

Friday, 21 February 2020 at 7 pm

RADAR: Paula Fröhlich "Loop"

Opening

Friday, 21 February 2020 at 7 pm

the music of
Ornette Coleman, Julius Hemphill & Dewey Redman

Tuesday, 28 January 2020 at 8pm

Venue: Westfälischer Kunstverein, Ausstellungssaal, Rothenburg 30, 48143 Münster
Admission: 22 €, members 18€

Yousry Nasrallah: المدينة / El Medina / The City, 1999, 105 min.
Egyptian-Arabic original with English subtitles

Sunday, 2 February at 1 pm, admission free

Opening | Editions 2019

Nel Aerts, Jonas Justen, Sonia Kacem, Anne Krönker, Anna López Luna, Katharina Monka, Heiko Schäfer, Lara Tabet

Saturday, 30 November 2019 
at noon

Monday, 25. November 2019 at 8pm

Foyer | LWL Museum für Kunst und Kultur, Domplatz 10, 48143 Münster
Admission: 18 €, concessions / members: 14 €

Sunday, 3. November 2019 at 8pm

Auditorium | LWL Museum für Kunst und Kultur, Domplatz 10, 48143 Münster
Admission: 20 €, concessions / members: 16 €

throught the exhibition "Between the scenes"

Saturday, 19 October 2019 at noon
(In English and German)

Opening

Friday, 18 October 2019 at 7 pm

Opening

Friday, 18 October 2019 at 7 pm

Saturday, 28. September 2019 at 8pm

Auditorium | LWL Museum für Kunst und Kultur, Domplatz 10, 48143 Münster
Admission: 22 €, concessions / members: 16 €

Friday, 19 September 2019 at 7 pm

Talk with guests 

Jan Philipp Eppinger (elementary school teacher, Ludgerischule Hamm) 

Carmen Thomas (journalist, coach and head of 1st ModerationsAkademie für Medien + Wirtschaft, Köln)

Malte Zenses (artist, Berlin)

 

 

Fig.: Material- und Raumstudien

5-8 September 2019

Exkursion | De Oude Warande, Tilburg

Saturday, 31 August at 11:30 am

Exkursion to Tilburg, NL

Guided tours through the group exhibition 

Wednesday, 3 July at 6 pm

Saturday, 17 August at noon

Friday, 9 August at 8 pm, admission free

Jonas Justen "Plötzlich Vorstand"

 

 

"L’Intrus REDUX"

Friday, 14 June at 7pm

Nel Aerts „Haus der Wanderer“ 
curator's tour 

Tuesday, 7 May at 6pm

Nel Aerts „der Schlangenbeschwörer“ 
at Kunsthalle Lingen
guided tour with curators Meike Behm (Direktorin Kunsthalle Lingen) and Kristina Scepanski (Direktorin Westfälischer Kunstverein)

Thursday, 4 April at 6:30 Uhr at Kunsthalle Lingen

Nel Aerts "Haus der Wanderer"

 Opening: Friday, 8 March at 7 pm

 

 

Wedensday, 3 October 2018 at 8 pm

at Westfaelischer Kunstverein, Rothenburg 30, 48143 Münster
Admission: 22 €, concessions 16 €

Erika Stucky - vocals, mini-akkordeon, film
Knut Jensen - ukulele, keys, electronica, vocals

 

 

Lecture Performance

(!) Sunday, 16 September at 5 pm +++ CHANGE OF DATE +++

Thursday, 23 August at 6 pm 

through the exhibition "A reversal of what is expected" by Femke Herregraven

Mira Sasse in conversation with Alexander Wagner (literary scientist, Wuppertal) 

 Thursday, 16 August at 6 pm

Thursday, 26 July at 7 pm

Guests:
Prof. Dr. Gerd Althoff (Historian of Medieval Times, Münster)

Sujin Bae & Jonathan Lemke (Duo, Amsterdam)

Siglind Willms (Dipl.-Psychologist und Psychotherapist, Münster)

Friday, 20. July at 6 pm

through the exhibition "A reversal of what is expected" by Femke Herregraven

Friday, 6 July at 7 pm

RADAR: Mira Sasse „Gepräge“

 

 

Friday, 22. June at 11-6 pm 

Sunday, 10 June 2018 at 8 pm

at Auditorium of LWL-Museums für Kunst und Kultur, Domplatz 10, 48143 Münster
Admission: 18 €, concessions 14 €

Tony Lakatos - tenor saxophone
Ansgar Specht - guitar
John Hondorp - hammond B3
Udo Schräder - drums

 

 

Thursday, 24 May at 6 pm


Guided tour with the guest curators' team of the University of Fine Arts Münster through the exhibition "Zu Gast"

 

 

Thursday, 17 May at 6 pm

Miriam Jonas "SWING"

 

 

Morning After-breakfast and exhibition walkthrough with the guest curators' team of the University of Fine Arts Münster 

Saturday, 5 May at noon

 

 

 

Friday, 4 May at 7 pm

 

 

 

Friday, 4 May at 7 pm

Opening: Miriam Jonas „SWING

Wednesday, 2. May 2018 at 8pm

Auditorium | LWL Museum für Kunst und Kultur, Domplatz 10, 48143 Münster
Admission: 24 €, concessions / members: 18 €

 

 

Thursday, 10 April at 7 pm

„I Utter Other“ 

Lecture Performance by Slavs and Tatars
(in English)

at Westfälischer Kunstverein

 

 

Guided tour with Kristina Scepanski

Friday, 23 March at 6 pm

through the exhibition Slavs and Tatars „Saalbadereien / Bathhouse Quackeries

 

Guided tour with Kristina Scepanski

Saturday, 3 March 2pm

through the exhibition Slavs and Tatars „Saalbadereien / Bathhouse Quackeries“

Thursday, 27 February at 7 pm

RADAR: Lulu MacDonald „Paper, Snow, A Ghost“

Guided tour with Kristina Scepanski

Thursday, 15 February at 6 pm

through the exhibition Slavs and Tatars „Saalbadereien / Bathhouse Quackeries“

 

Tuesday, 13. February 2018 at 8pm

Auditorium des LWL Museums für Kunst und Kultur, Domplatz 10, 48143 Münster
Admission: 16 €, concessions / members: 13 €

 

 

Friday, 9 February at 8 pm

through the exhibition „Paper, Snow, A Ghost“ by Lulu MacDonald

 

Saturday, 3 February at 12 pm

Friday, 2 February at 7 pm

Opening: Lulu MacDonald „Paper, Snow, A Ghost“

Thursday, 30 January at 7 pm

„The Tranny Tease“ 

Lecture Performance by Slavs and Tatars
(in English)

at Auditorium des Landesmuseums, Domplatz 10

 

 

Sunday, 14 January at 6pm

RADAR: Nicola Gördes and Stella Rossié „Warum verlieben wir uns immer in die fiesen Jungs??“

 

 

Sunday, 14 January at 4 pm

On the occasion of the donation of 
Walter Stöhrer's, "April, 1964", oil on linnen, 165x135 cm

Lecture on Walter Stöhrer's work by Klaus Gerrit Friese, Berlin 

Friday, 15 December, 6pm

RADAR: Nicola Gördes and Stella Rossié „Warum verlieben wir uns immer in die fiesen Jungs??“

Till 6pm: „KOMET" (2014)
After 6pm: „2017– The chicks would dig it and we’d get laid a lot" (2017)

 

 

Sunday, 3 December at 2 pm

Guided tour through the Jahresgaben/Editions 2017 with Kristina Scepanski (director)

Thursday, 16 November at 6 pm

Guided tour through the Jahresgaben/Editions 2017 with Jenni Henke (assistant curator)

Helen Reed & Hannah Jickling "Multiple Elementary"

Saturday, 11 November at 2 pm
(in English and German)

 

 

Simultaneous openings

Friday, 10 November 

6 pm: Reiner Ruthenbeck, LWL-Museum für Kunst und Kultur
7 pm: Editions 2017, Westfälischer Kunstverein
8 pm: RADAR: Nicola Gördes und Stella Rossié, Galerie der Gegenwart

Rainer Werner Fassbinder „Acht Stunden sind kein Tag“ (1972)

Eight Hours Are Not a Day

Sunday, 22 October 11 am–8 pm

 

 

Tuesday, 10 October at 7 pm

Thursday, 21 September at 7 pm

Guided tour with Kristina Scepanski

Saturday, 2 September at 2pm
through the exhibition "Surplus of Myself" by Tom Burr.

Saturday, 26 August 2017 - Sunday, 27 August 2017


Guided tour with Kristina Scepanski

Friday, 21 July -postponed to- 8pm

through the exhibition "Surplus of Myself" by Tom Burr.

Guided tour with Kristina Scepanski

Friday, 23 June at 6pm through the exhibition "Surplus of Myself" by Tom Burr.

Exhibition walkthrough with Tom Burr

Sunday, 11 June 2017 at 5 pm

Opening Tom Burr "Surplus of Myself"

Friday, 9 June 2017 at 7 pm

Lecture by Tom Burr

Münster Lecture at University of Fine Arts, Münster
Monday, 29 May at 6 pm

Music performance of a graphic score arranged and conducted by Christina Vantzou
Book launch of Void Flowers, Vol. 2 published by Bywater Bros. and Westfalischer Kunstverein

Saturday, 6 May 2017 at 2 pm

Thursday, 27. April 2017 at 5 pm

RADAR: Lena Dues "Aquarius"

Thursday, 6 April 2017 at 7 pm at Westfälische Kunstverein.

Saturday, 1 April at 2pm through the exhibition "Creative Writing" Zin Taylor.

Panel discussion about the film "act & punishment".

Tuesday, 21 March at 7 pm. Admission free.

Thursday, 16 March at 7pm

RADAR: Lena Dues "Aquarius"

Friday, 10 March at 6pm through the exhibition "Creative Writing" Zin Taylor.

Saturday, 4 March 2017 at 2 pm

Friday, 3. March 2017 at 7 pm

RADAR: Lena Dues "Aquarius"

Friday, 3 March 2017 at 7 pm

Kunsthalle Münster, Kunstmuseum Pablo Picasso Münster, Skulptur Projekte Münster and Westfälischer Kunstverein

Thursday, 16 February 2017, 7pm at Westfälischen Kunstverein

RADAR: Book launch & Artist Talk

Thrusday, 26. January 2017 at 7 pm

RADAR: Jessica Twitchess "Pivot Joint Economy Class"

Saturday, 21.01.2017 at 8pm
Westfälischer Kunstverein, Rothenburg 3, 48143 Münster
Admission: 16 €, concessions / members: 13 €

Guided tour with Kristina Scepanski

Friday, 20. January 2017 at 7 pm through the exhibition "She Shah" Raphaela Vogel.

Opening Raphaela Vogel "She Shah"

Friday, 9. December 2016 at 7 pm

RADAR: Opening

Friday, 9. December 2017 at 7 pm

RADAR: Jessica Twitchell "Pivot Joint Economy Class"

Exhibition walkthrough with Raphaela Vogel

Thursday, 8. December 2016 at 6 pm

Sunday, 20.  November 2016 at 8pm

LWL Museum für Kunst und Kultur, Auditorium (Lecture hall), Domplatz 1, 48143 Münster

Sunday, 16.  October 2016 at 8pm

LWL Museum für Kunst und Kultur, Auditorium (Lecture hall), Domplatz 10

Ray Anderson (Trombone), José Davila (Tuba, Trombone), Steven Bernstein (Trumpet), Tommy Campbell (Drums)

Thursday, 22. September 2016 at 8pm
LWL-Museum für Kunst und Kultur, Auditorium (Lecture hall), Domplatz 10­, 48143 Münster

Volker Wink (Sax), Axel Zinowsky (Guitar), Thomas Hufschmidt (Piano), Caspar van Meel (Bass), Jochen Welle (Drums)

Tuesday, 13 September at 7pm

with the guests Imke Itzen, Monika Kerkmann and Burkhard Maus

Artist Talk

„Palmyra is everywhere“

Thursday, 15 September 2016 at 7pm

Artist Verena Issel in open dialogue with archaeologist Luisa Goldammer (University of Münster)
at Westfälischer Kunstverein, Rothenburg 30, 48143 Münster

Thursday, 1 September 2016 at 7pm

at Westfälischer Kunstverein, Rothenburg 30, 48143 Münster

Thursday, 18 August at 7pm

Dr. Rose-Maria Gropp (Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, Feuilleton, head of department Art Market)

RADAR: Guided Tour "Aset in Tadmor"

Friday, 12 August at 7pm

Thursday, 11 August at 7pm

Berenice Gührig (restorer at LWL-State Museum)

RADAR: Kunstpause Verena Issel "Aset in Tadmor"

Thursday, 11 August 2016 at 12.30pm

with Marijke Lukowicz

Thursday, 4 August at 7pm

Meike Behm (chairwoman of the association of German Kunstvereine, ADKV)

Thursday, 28 July at 7pm

Klaus Honnef (former director of Westfälischer Kunstverein, 1970-74)

Opening Verena Issel "Aset in Tadmor"

Thursday, 21 July 2016 at 7pm, admission free

at Westfälischer Kunstverein, Rothenburg 30, 48143 Münster

Thursday, 7 July and Friday, 8 July, 11 am-7 pm

at Westfälischer Kunstverein, Rothenburg 30, 48143 Münster

Wednesday, 6 July, 3pm-7pm

at Westfälischer Kunstverein, Rothenburg 30, 48143 Münster

Kunstpause: Tomoko Mori "Ostkreuz ⟷ Hikkaduwa"

Thursday, 30 June at 12:30 pm
short guided tour through Tomoko Mori's exhibition "Ostkreuz ⟷ Hikkaduwa" in Galerie der Gegenwart with Marijke Lukowicz

Wednesday, 22 June at 7pm

Artist Talk with Tomoko Mori

Wednesday, 8 June at 7pm 

Thursday, 2 June at 6pm
Sunday, 3 July at 2pm

through the exhibition "Creatures of the Mud"

Saturday, 21 May at 11am

Opening Tomoko Mori "Ostkreuz ⟷ Hikkaduwa"

Friday, 20 May at 7pm, admission free

Friday, 20 May at 7pm, admission free

Guided tour with Kristina Scepanski

Sunday, 1 May at 2pm

Kunstpause: Effrosyni Kontogeorgou "Unfolding"

Thursday, 21 April at 12:30 pm
short guided tour through Effrosyni Kontogeorgou's exhibition "Unfolding" in Galerie der Gegenwart with Marijke Lukowicz

Thursday, 7 April at 7pm

Thursday, 31 March at 8pm

at Westfälischer Kunstverein, Rothenburg 30, 48143 Münster
Admission: 8 €, concessions/members 5 €

Guided tour with Kristina Scepanski

Thursday, 17 March at 6pm

Guided tour with Kristina Scepanski

Friday, 19 February at 6pm

Saturday, 6 February at 11am

Friday, 5 February at 7pm (admission free)

Friday, 5 February at 7pm (admission free)

Guided tour with Kristina Scepanski

Friday, 15 January at 6pm

Thursday, 14 January at 12:30 pm
short guided tour through Jan Hoeft's exhibition "Curiosity Gap" in Galerie der Gegenwart with Marijke Lukowicz

Lecture by Dr Tanja Pirsig-Marshall "Morgner, wer ist Morgner"

Dienstag, 12 January at 7pm
lecture (in German) by curator Dr Tanja Pirsig-Marshall on painter Wilhelm Morgner at Westfälischer Kunstverein

Mittwoch, 16. Dezember um 20 Uhr
im Foyer des Westfälischen Kunstvereins

Eintritt 12 €, ermäßigt und für Mitglieder 8 €

Opening Editions 2015

Sunday, 6 December at 2pm (Admission free)

Friday, 13 November at 7pm
with Kristina Scepanski and Dr. Marianne Wagner

As part of the exhibition series RADAR
A co-operation of LWL-Museum für Kunst und Kultur and Westfälischer Kunstverein

16 November – 7 December 2015

at Schloßtheater, Melchersstraße 81, 48149 Münster

Saturday, 31 October at 11 am
(new date!)

Friday, 30 October at 7pm (admission free)

Friday, 30 October at 7pm (admission free)

RADAR
A cooperation of LWL-State Museum and Westfälischer Kunstverein 

Guided tour with Kristina Scepanski

Thursday, 10 September at 6pm 
through the exhibitions "Para/Photography" Michael Part and Artie Vierkant 

 

filmclub münster

The film club münster was founded on 11 June 1948 as a film club in the British zone of occupation. It is the oldest still existing film club in Germany! Reduced admission for members of the Westfälischer Kunstverein to all events of the film club.

 

 

 

Jazz at the Kunstverein

Since 1972 Jazz concerts are part of the programme of Westfälischer Kunstverein.