When does the Resonance Spaces exhibition take place?

The exhibition runs from 6.3.2026 to 24.1.2027. The entry is noted from 14.04.2026.

Where is the New Gallery located?

The New Gallery is located at Schönen Aussicht 1, 34117 Kassel.

What is the admission fee?

The regular admission is 8 euros, reduced 5 euros. Admission is free for those under 18.

Is the exhibition wheelchair accessible?

Yes, the museum is wheelchair accessible and has an elevator as well as barrier-free toilets.

Are there guided tours or educational offerings?

The New Gallery offers guided tours and educational programs. Exact dates will follow from the institution.

Is photography allowed in the exhibition?

Information will follow. Please check the museum's current guidelines before your visit.

An Anniversary in Images: Resonance Spaces Opens Kassel's Memory of the Present

Name: Resonance Spaces
Start: 2026-04-14T12:00:00+02:00
End: 2027-01-24T18:00:00+01:00
Location: Neue Galerie

Resonance Spaces in the New Gallery: Memory as an Artistic Experience

With Resonance Spaces, the New Gallery in Kassel opens an exhibition that connects the 50th anniversary of the institution with a precise, contemporary gaze. The show presents key recent acquisitions and demonstrates how modern and contemporary art establishes a dynamic relationship between personal memory, collective memory, and media image culture.

An Anniversary that Resonates with the Present

Since its opening in 1976, the New Gallery has showcased works from state and municipal collections and is closely connected to the history of documenta in Kassel. It is from this profile that Resonance Spaces draws its strength: the exhibition understands collection not as a static order, but as a living resonance body for questions of memory, history, and visibility. Visitors experience an exhibition atmosphere where sculpture, film, installation, and object art engage in dialogue with one another.

Works between Archive, Image, and Sensation

At the center are works that engage with trace securing and historical consciousness in very different ways. Pinar Ögrenci develops a collaborative remembering in Aşît that brings together personal and political experiences. Jürgen O. Olbrich collects discarded photographs and transforms seemingly incidental remnants into a poetic archive of everyday life. Michal Heiman questions psychological testing structures, opening a critical perspective on perception and normalization. Ute Lindner reflects on time, light, and image traditions in her Exposure Times, with a fine sensitivity to media transformations.

Curating with Documenta Reference

The curatorial line utilizes the special history of the New Gallery as a place of modern and contemporary art. On 3500 square meters of exhibition space, a panorama of 19th-century art unfolds, from abstract painting to international contemporary art. The museum educational potential lies not just in the contemplation of works but also in the question of how exhibitions create spaces of memory and how collections make cultural education visible.

Visit, Orientation, and Accessibility

The New Gallery is located at Schönen Aussicht 1 in Kassel and is open from Tuesday to Sunday from 10 AM to 5 PM; on every fourth Friday of the month until 7 PM. The regular admission prices are 8 euros, reduced 5 euros, and entry is free for those under 18. The museum is wheelchair accessible, has an elevator, barrier-free toilets, a changing table, and a multimedia guide in sign language. Assistance dogs are also permitted.

Those interested in modern art, documenta history, and the aesthetic experience of collection will find here an exhibition with intellectual depth and sensory presence. Resonance Spaces invites visitors not only to view images but to rediscover their historical, psychological, and societal layers within the museum space. A visit is definitely worthwhile, as this exhibition does not explain memory but makes it experienceable.