Kunsthalle

A kunsthalle is a facility that mounts temporary art exhibitions, similar to an art gallery.^[1] It is distinct from an art museum by not having a permanent collection.

In the German-speaking regions of Europe, Kunsthallen are often operated by a non-profit [de] ("art association" or "art society"), and have associated artists, symposia, studios and workshops. They are sometimes called a Kunsthaus.

Origin, spelling and variants[]

The term kunsthalle is a loanword from the German Kunsthalle, a compound noun formed by combining the two nouns Kunst (art) and Halle (hall).

Like all nouns in German, the word is written with an initial capital letter. In English, it should be written with a lower-case letter (kunsthalle) unless it is the first word of a sentence or part of a title. The plural form Kunsthallen is usually rendered as kunsthalles.^[2]

The term is translated as kunsthal in Danish, kunsthal in Dutch, kunstihoone in Estonian, taidehalli in Finnish, kunsthall in Norwegian and konsthall in Swedish.^[3]

List of kunsthalles[]

This list contains the exhibition venues, museums, and art societies that can be considered as kunsthalles.

Austria[]

Kunsthaus Graz, Graz
Kunsthalle Krems (foundation)
Kunsthalle Wien; see also Museumsquartier, Vienna (municipal)
KunstHausWien, Vienna

Belgium[]

[nl], Ghent
Kunsthalle Lophem, Loppem
[nl], Antwerp

Denmark[]

Kunsthal Aarhus, Aarhus
Kunsthal Charlottenborg, Copenhagen
Nikolaj Kunsthal, (previously known as Kunsthallen Nikolaj), Copenhagen

Estonia[]

Tallinn Art Hall, Tallinn (Tallinna Kunstihoone)

Finland[]

Kunsthalle Helsinki, Helsinki (Helsingin Taidehalli)
Kunsthalle Kohta, Helsinki (Kohta Taidehalli)
Kunsthalle Turku, Turku (Turun Taidehalli)

France[]

La Kunsthalle Mulhouse, Alsace
Château de Montsoreau-Museum of Contemporary Art, Montsoreau

Georgia[]

Kunsthalle Tbilisi, Tbilisi

Germany[]

Kunsthalle Baden-Baden (state-run)
Kunsthalle Bielefeld — with permanent collection (municipal)
Kunsthalle Bonn (German federal)
Kunsthalle Bremen — with a permanent collection (Kunstverein in Bremen)
Kunsthalle Bremerhaven (Kunstverein Bremerhaven)
Kunsthalle Darmstadt (Kunstverein Darmstadt)
Kunsthalle Düsseldorf (municipal)
Kunsthalle in Emden — with permanent collection (foundation)
Kunsthalle Erfurt (municipal/Erfurter Kunstverein)
Schirn Kunsthalle Frankfurt, Frankfurt (municipal)
Kunsthalle Hamburg — with permanent collection, see Hamburger Kunsthalle (state-run)
Kunsthalle Göppingen (municipal/Kunstverein Göppingen)
Kunsthalle Karlsruhe — with permanent collection (state-run)
Kunsthalle Fridericianum Kassel, Fridericianum (municipal)
Kunsthalle zu Kiel — with permanent collection (state-run)
Kunsthalle Königsberg, now a market in Kaliningrad
Kunsthalle der Sparkasse Leipzig (foundation)
Kunsthalle Kunstverein Lingen (Kunstverein Lingen)
[de], Mainz
Kunsthalle Mannheim — with permanent collection (municipal)
[de], Münster
Kunsthalle Nürnberg (municipal)
Kunsthalle Rostock, Rostock
Kunsthaus Tacheles, Berlin
Kunsthalle Tübingen — with permanent collection (municipal/foundation)
Kunsthalle Wilhelmshaven (municipal/Verein der Kunstfreunde Wilhelmshaven)

Italy[]

AnonimaKunsthalle, Varese
Kunsthalle Bozen, Bolzano
Kunsthalle Meran, Merano

Netherlands[]

[nl], Amersfoort
Kunsthal Rotterdam, Rotterdam

Norway[]

[no], Bergen
Kunsthall Oslo, Oslo
Kunsthall Stavanger, Stavanger
Kunsthall Trondheim, Trondheim

Poland[]

Kunsthalle Breslau/Wrocław
Kunsthalle Danzig/Gdańsk

Portugal[]

Kunsthalle Lissabon, Lisbon, Portugal

Romania[]

Kunsthalle Bega/Timișoara

Sweden[]

Switzerland[]

Kunsthalle Basel (Basler Kunstverein)
Kunsthalle Bern (Verein der Kunsthalle Bern)
[de], Fribourg
Neue Kunst Halle St. Gallen (foundation)
Kunsthalle Zürich (municipal/Verein Kunsthalle Zürich)
Kunsthaus Zürich

United States[]

Aspen Art Museum, Aspen, Colorado^[3]
Institute of Contemporary Art, San Jose, California
MassArt Art Museum, Boston, Massachusetts
Kunsthalle Detroit, Michigan
Contemporary Arts Museum Houston, Texas
Portsmouth Museum of Art
Dallas Contemporary Texas
MOCA Ohio
Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
The Renaissance Society at the University of Chicago
Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis
Center for Maine Contemporary Art, Rockland, Maine
Blaffer Art Museum University of Houston, Texas
Moss Arts Center Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia

Other countries[]

Kunsthalle Budapest, Budapest, Hungary
[cs], Prague, Czechia
[sk], Košice (German: Kaschau), Slovakia
Kunsthalle Bratislava, Bratislava, Slovakia^[4]

References[]

^ Finkel, Jori (2007-07-08). "A Museum That Lives Within Its Means". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2020-12-19.
^ "kunsthalle". Wiktionary. Retrieved 2020-12-19.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b Finkel, Jori (2014-10-07). "The Future of the American Kunsthalle". ARTnews.com. Retrieved 2020-07-18.
^ "Kunsthalle Bratislava". Kunsthalle Bratislava. Retrieved 2021-08-27.

[1] Finkel, Jori (2007-07-08). "A Museum That Lives Within Its Means". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2020-12-19.

[2] "kunsthalle". Wiktionary. Retrieved 2020-12-19.

[:0-3] Jump up to: ^a ^b Finkel, Jori (2014-10-07). "The Future of the American Kunsthalle". ARTnews.com. Retrieved 2020-07-18.

[4] "Kunsthalle Bratislava". Kunsthalle Bratislava. Retrieved 2021-08-27.

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