When does the exhibition take place?

The exhibition starts on 21.07.2026 at 10:00 AM and runs according to sources until 24.01.2027.

Where is the GRIMMWELT Kassel located?

The GRIMMWELT is located at Weinbergstraße 21, 34117 Kassel.

What is the admission fee?

The admission fee for the special exhibition is 5 euros. The regular entry for the whole GRIMMWELT with special exhibition is higher.

Is the exhibition suitable for families?

Yes, the exhibition is explicitly aimed at adults, families, and children. A puzzle trail and interactive elements complement the visit.

Is the GRIMMWELT barrier-free?

Yes, the exhibition visit is accessible barrier-free. There are also barrier-free paths for arrival and seating options in the building.

Are there guided tours or educational offers?

Yes, the GRIMMWELT offers guided tours, audio guide options, and museum educational formats.

Helga Gebert unfolds fairytale-like images filled with wit and depth in Kassel

Name: Between Figures | Helga Gebert
Start: 2026-07-21T12:00:00+02:00
End: 2027-01-24T01:00:00+01:00
Location: GRIMMWELT Kassel

Between Image, Word, and Fairy Tale: Helga Gebert at the GRIMMWELT Kassel

With BETWEEN FIGURES | HELGA GEBERT. Telling in Image and Word, the GRIMMWELT Kassel places an artist in the center whose illustrations, picture books, and narrative worlds have shaped German children’s and youth literature since the 1970s. The exhibition offers a poetic view on the interplay between illustration, literature, and cultural memory.

A Work Between Tradition and Idiosyncratic Present

Helga Gebert, born in 1935 in Freiburg im Breisgau, works as an illustrator, painter, author, and translator. The exhibition showcases over 200 works, including partially unpublished pieces, biographical traces, and interactive stations. Central to the exhibition are fairy tale images of the Children's and Household Tales by the Brothers Grimm and 1001 Nights, as well as her own imaginative stories. It is precisely this mixture of tradition and invention that gives the artistic experience its unique tension.

Illustration as a Form of Retelling

The curation not only inquires about the finished image but about the process of storytelling itself. How does a drawing change the perception of a character? How does an expression, a posture, or a color tone shift the meaning of a fairy tale? Helga Gebert’s work responds with fine humor, surprising visual solutions, and a dense world of characters that oscillates between familiarity and irritation. Thus, an exhibition emerges that productively combines aesthetic experience and art historical contextualization.

Family-Friendly, Playful, Sensory

Especially for families, the exhibition opens a vibrant museum pedagogy: A puzzle trail for children, interactive elements, and an exhibition catalog deepen the engagement with the works. Adults, in turn, find access through the art historical perspective on the renewal of German-language children's books, which Gebert co-shaped in the 1970s. The exhibition atmosphere promises focused viewing, discovering, and further thinking.

GRIMMWELT Kassel as a Place of Cultural Education

The GRIMMWELT considers itself an artistically, media, and interactively mediated experience space around the Brothers Grimm. The heart of it remains the hand copies of the Children's and Household Tales, which are part of the UNESCO World Document Heritage. Therefore, those who visit the special exhibition not only experience a solo exhibition project but also the special context of a house that brings together language, literature, and visual culture in a contemporary manner.

Conclusion

BETWEEN FIGURES | HELGA GEBERT opens a multifaceted view of the art of storytelling. Between fairy tales, memory, and her own visual language, an exhibition unfolds that appeals equally to children and adults. Anyone who wants to experience illustration art not just by viewing but in its cultural depth should definitely visit this exhibition live in Kassel.