Name: Resonance Spaces
Start: 2026-03-06T01:00:00+01:00
End: 2027-01-25T00:59:59+01:00
Location: Neue Galerie

Resonance Spaces at the New Gallery: When Memory Becomes an Artistic Experience

The New Gallery Kassel celebrates its 50th anniversary with an exhibition that puts contemporary art, documenta history, and collective memory into a powerful dialogue. Resonance Spaces. Documenta Art and Other Recent Acquisitions runs from March 6, 2026 to January 24, 2027 and showcases significant acquisitions from the past years featuring works by Pinar Ögrenci, Jürgen O. Olbrich, Michal Heiman, and Ute Lindner. ([kassel.de](https://www.kassel.de/aktuelles/aktuelle-meldungen/kunst-und-kultur/neue-galerie-sonderausstellung.php?utm_source=openai))

A Space for Images, Films, and Objects with Presence

The focus is on large-scale installations, films, and objects, whose spatial impact turns the museum visit into an intense exploration of the works. The exhibition makes visible how the collection of modern and contemporary art has continuously developed and simultaneously ties into the documenta tradition of the New Gallery. ([kassel.de](https://www.kassel.de/aktuelles/aktuelle-meldungen/kunst-und-kultur/neue-galerie-sonderausstellung.php?utm_source=openai))

Memory as Material of Art

The thematic core lies in the layers of personal and collective memory. Pinar Ögrenci opens a space of collaborative remembering with Aşît, Jürgen O. Olbrich works with found photographic materials, Michal Heiman questions psychological testing structures, and Ute Lindner reflects on time and image traditions in her exposure times. This creates an exhibition atmosphere in which art simultaneously appears as an archive, a question, and an aesthetic experience. ([kassel.de](https://www.kassel.de/aktuelles/aktuelle-meldungen/kunst-und-kultur/neue-galerie-sonderausstellung.php?utm_source=openai))

The New Gallery as a Documenta-Influenced Place

Since 1976, the New Gallery has presented modern and contemporary art from state and municipal collections. Its close connection to documenta continues to characterize the place today; simultaneously, the collection includes paintings, sculpture, and new media from the 19th century to the present. This gives the exhibition a grounded art-historical framework and makes it particularly relevant for art-interested visitors. ([heritage-kassel.de](https://www.heritage-kassel.de/standorte/neue-galerie?utm_source=openai))

Visit with Educational Value

Guided tours are planned for the exhibition; a tour of Resonance Spaces. Documenta Art and Other Recent Acquisitions takes place, for example, with Roland Knieg. The New Gallery is also accessible with barriers minimized, featuring an elevator, accessible restrooms, and a multimedia guide in sign language. Children and teenagers up to 18 years, students of the University of Kassel, and users of the Family App Hessen receive free admission. ([heritage-kassel.de](https://www.heritage-kassel.de/en/fuhrung/resonanzraume-documenta-kunst-und-weitere-neuerwerbungen/607/29279?utm_source=openai))

Those who want to experience art as a living repository of history will find in Resonance Spaces an exhibition of high intellectual density and great sensory presence. The visit is worthwhile for all who want to not only see contemporary art but experience it in its historical and emotional depth. ([kassel.de](https://www.kassel.de/aktuelles/aktuelle-meldungen/kunst-und-kultur/neue-galerie-sonderausstellung.php?utm_source=openai))