Exhibitions

Current exhibitions

Ersatzteillager
Installation by Martin Maleschka and Chemnitz garage users until 29.11.2025.

Silberglanz & Kumpeltod
The mining exhibition at smac until 29.06.2025.

Richard Long: Petrified Wood Circle
[Freiberg] Installation / part of Kunst- und Skulpturenwegs PURPLE PATH until 31.12.2025.

 Mitgliederversammlung
A long-term photographic project by Maria Sturm until 26.04.2025 in shops in Chemnitz city centre.

John Cage: Museumcircle
Until 18 May 2025 in the Rasmussen Hall of the Chemnitz Industrial Museum.

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From March

 Interventionen zur Passion
Altar wrappings in churches in Chemnitz and the Capital of Culture region from 05.03.2025 to 20.04.2025.

 Mehrwert: Schöpfung
Upcycling exhibition in Lößnitz from 28.03.2025 to 30.04.2025. 

Rebecca Horn: The Universe in a Pearl
[Lößnitz] Great art in a small church! From 29.03.2025 to 30.11.2025.

 Annaberger Impuls I und II
[Oederan/Oelsnitz] Wood and Stone: Artistic Creation in the Ore Mountains and Central Saxony from 30 March 2025 and 13 April 2025 respectively.

Schauplatz Eisenbahn
Europe's largest railway museum from 29.03.2025 to 02.11.2025.

 Generationsgeschichten: Überwinden, Identität(en) gestalten
A participatory exhibition about (East) German and (East) European realities from March to December 2025.

From April

Werkschau – Made in Sachsen
Discover, marvel, be inspired. From 02.04.2025 to 04.09.2025.

Beyond Geometry. Frei Otto × Kengo Kuma
A programme for the 100th birthday of Frei Otto from 02. April to June 2025.

Garagenparcours
An adventure trail through the Chemnitz garage landscape from 05.04.2025 to 31.12.2025.

Sonnensucher! Kunst und Bergbau der Wismut
[Zwickau] An exhibition on art and mining at Wismut from 10.04.2025 to 10.07.2025.

Verstrickungen
[Flöha] Ten positions from the ifa art collection from 11.04.2025 to 03.08.2025.

Till Brönner: Melting Pott
[Oelsnitz] MELTING POTT - Photographs of people, machines and togetherness above and below ground from 13.04.2025 to 18.08.2025.

Tales of Transformation
Chemnitz - Gabrovo - Łódź - Manchester - Mulhouse - Tampere. From 25.04.2025 to 16.11.2025. 

European Realities. Realismusbewegungen der 1920er und 1930er Jahre in Europa
Realism movements of the 1920s and 1930s in Europe from 27.04.2025 to 10.08.2025.

From May

Bergschau / Kopec Kreativity
[Zwönitz] Best of creativity of the Ore Mountains and the Czech border region from 07.05.2025 to 30.07.2025.

#3000Garagen – Die Ausstellung
The garage phenomenon at a glance from 09.05.2025 to 31.12.2025.

Offener Prozess
A documentation centre on the NSU complex in Saxony from 17.05.2025.

Fischelant
An interactive art installation on creativity and community spirit in the garage courtyard from 24.05.2025 to 05.10.2025.

Innenlandschaften
A video installation about garage interiors from 24.05.2025 to 15.06.2025.

From June

Corina Gertz: Das abgewandte Portrait
[Schneeberg] The Ore Mountains meet the world in a photo exhibition from  13.06.2025 until zum 31.08.2025.

Jugendkunstbrücke Europas Chemnitz 2025
A joint work by young people from different nations for peace from 25.06.2025 to 03.08.2025.

The cars we like. Chemnitz 25
A humorous examination of the future of the car from 28.06.2025 until 29.11.2025.

From July

Edith Stein
A panorama of life from 07.07.2025 to 17.07.2025. 

Kunstfestival Begehungen
Festival for contemporary art from 18.07.2025 to 17.08.2025.

Stadt am Fluss – Stadt im Fluss
An exhibition on innovation through movement from July to August 2025.

Ruhe (Arbeitstitel)
Photographs from Chemnitz Hospital from July to September 2025. 

Crossborder Creatives
[Zwönitz]Creative across borders from July to August 2025. 

Edvard Munch. Angst
accompanying from 10.07.2025 to 02.11.2025: Angst. And what about you?

From August

Anastasia Khoroshilova
[Jahnsdorf] The Dairy Farmers / The Stadeltransfer. From 01.08.2025 until 31.08.2025.

Stroh zu Gold
An upcycling project of the JVA Chemnitz with the Kulturhaus Arthur from 14.08.2025 until 14.09.2025

Platzgeschichten – Platzvisionen – Platzgestaltung
An architectural intervention for a more sustainable city from 23.08.2025 until 27.08.2025.

Chemnitzer Köpfe
Sculpture exhibition from 27.08.2025 until 25.10.2025.

Kiosk des Unwissens
A temporary installation in public space that wants to show the invisible from August until September 2025.

From September

Donata Wenders: Ode an das Handwerk
[Flöha] Film presentation from 05.09.2025 to 02.11.2025.

Raus aus Chemnitz?
A comic project about the question of leaving or staying from 01.09.2025 until 30.09.2025.

Interpolar Nuclei⁕Topographing Fissures
[Johanngeorgenstadt] Exhibition from September to October 2025 on the true costs of mining in the German-Czech Ore Mountains.

Out of Order
A queerfeminist exhibition about identity and its forms of expression from September to October 2025.

From October

MADE IN – Platform for Contemporary Crafts & Design
[Schneeberg] Exhibition from 23.10.2025 to 31.12.2025 on innovative design and craft ideas.

Hallenkunst
Contemporary exhibition from 24.10.2025 to 08.11.2025.

"Juden, Deutsche und Öl sind unsere besten Exportgüter"
A special exhibition in October 2025 on the free purchase of Romanian Germans 1968-1989.

From November

History of Citizens
A multimedia exhibition about the lives of others from 7.11. 2025 to 29.11.2025.

European Capital of Culture The Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and Media Free State of Saxony European Capital of Culture

This project is cofinanced by tax funds on the basis of the parliamentary budget of the state of Saxony and by federal funds from the Beauftragte der Bundesregierung für Kultur und Medien (Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and Media), as well as funds from the City of Chemnitz.