When does the exhibition take place?

The exhibition runs from March 6, 2026, to January 24, 2027.

What is the admission fee?

The regular admission for adults is €8, reduced €5. Admission is free for under 18 years.

Where is the New Gallery located?

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

Is the exhibition accessible for people with disabilities?

Yes, the New Gallery is wheelchair accessible and has an elevator, barrier-free restrooms, and a multimedia guide in sign language.

Are there tours or educational offerings?

Yes, tours and programs for school classes as well as children's tours are offered around the exhibition.

What are the opening hours?

Open Tuesday to Sunday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., also from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on public holidays. Every 4th Friday of the month is open until 7 p.m.

Kassel's New Gallery Impressively Celebrates History, Memory, and Modern Art

Name: Resonance Spaces
Start: 2026-03-06T11:00:00+01:00
End: 2027-01-24T18:00:00+01:00
Location: Neue Galerie

Resonance Spaces at the New Gallery: Kassel's Collection Speaks in Images, Films, and Memories

The special exhibition Resonance Spaces. documenta Art and Other Acquisitions celebrates the 50th anniversary of the New Gallery and invites you to an intense art experience between history, present, and memory. At the center are large-scale installations, films, and objects that create an impressive exhibition atmosphere with their spatial presence and poetic material use.

An Anniversary as a Look at the Collection

Since 1976, the New Gallery has been a key place for modern and contemporary art in Kassel. The exhibition makes visible how the collection of modern and contemporary art has developed over decades. The house's connection to documenta is particularly formative, permanently inscribing international artistic positions, new media, and experimental forms into the collection.

Works Between Archive, Image, and Memory

Resonance Spaces illustrates how diverse memory can be negotiated in art. Pınar Öğrenci unfolds with Aşît a film about collective memory and shared experience. Jürgen O. Olbrich transforms discarded photographic material into an archive of the everyday. Michal Heiman questions structures of psychological tests, while Ute Lindner reflects on time and hanging as visual order systems with her Exposure Times. This creates an examination of works that moves between document, installation, and reflection.

A Space for Aesthetic Experience

The exhibition benefits from the architecture and the museum display of the New Gallery. Here, particularly large-scale objects and media works unfold their effect strongly. Light, material, and the rhythm of the spaces direct the gaze to fine transitions between personal memory and collective history. Those interested in art history, exhibition curation, and cultural education will experience a precise yet sensual presentation of the collection.

Why a Visit is Worthwhile

Resonance Spaces is more than an anniversary exhibition. The exhibition offers a clever approach to documenta art, new acquisitions, and the major themes of the present: memory, archive, history, and visibility. Anyone who wants to understand Kassel's art landscape should see this presentation live and engage in an intense museum visit.