When is the exhibition on view?

The exhibition runs from April 11, 2026, to June 7, 2026.

How much is the admission fee?

The regular admission is 5 euros. Reduced entry costs 3 euros.

Where does the exhibition take place?

At the Kasseler Kunstverein e. V. at Friedrichsplatz 18 in 34117 Kassel.

Is the exhibition accessible for wheelchair users?

Information to follow. The Kasseler Kunstverein refers to its visitor information and service area.

Are there special educational offers?

The Kasseler Kunstverein is known for art education. For current tours, talks, or workshops please check the exhibition page.

When is the best time to visit?

On weekdays in the early afternoon, it is usually quieter. Those who want more time for work examination and reading the texts should plan a longer visit.

Tanja Nis-Hansen's Painting Transforms Language into a Touching Spatial Landscape.

Name: What an old Woman Will Wear
Start: 2026-04-11T13:00:00+02:00
End: 2026-06-07T20:00:00+02:00
Location: Kasseler Kunstverein e. V.

When Painting Becomes Language: Tanja Nis-Hansen at the Kasseler Kunstverein

With What an old Woman Will Wear, the Kasseler Kunstverein presents an exhibition that condenses painting, text, and performance into a powerful art experience. The Danish artist Tanja Nis-Hansen showcases 30 large-format oil paintings that together form the acronym GRWM and draw attention to vulnerability, mortality, and the social conditions of the art market.

A Space Between Image, Body, and Concept

The exhibition unfolds a unique atmosphere: colors, inscriptions, and image surfaces encounter each other not as opposites but as a multifaceted form of expanded painting. Language becomes an ornament here, everyday formulas gain a new, reflective depth. It is in this that the aesthetic experience of this show lies: seeing tips into reading, and reading into reflection.

GRWM as a Typographic Landscape

The large-format oil paintings arrange themselves into a typographic landscape, where the letters are not merely read but experienced as physical placements. The work connects image space, surface, and meaning while also referring to the tensions between self-presentation, care, and societal expectations. Tanja Nis-Hansen thus operates in the expanded field of painting and pushes the boundaries between image, object, and performative gesture.

Art Market Under the Microscope

Particularly striking is the accompanying edition of screen-printed T-shirts that refer to precarious working conditions in the art system. In doing so, the exhibition opens a critical resonance space: it speaks not only about the body but also about the reality of production, visibility, and value in the contemporary art field. Historically, the show is located at the intersection of conceptual art, feminist imagery, and contemporary painting.

The Kasseler Kunstverein as a Space for Contemporary Art

Founded in 1835, the Kasseler Kunstverein stands for the mediation of contemporary art and for a curatorial approach that makes experimental positions visible. In the spacious exhibition space at the Fridericianum, a precise framework is created for a work examination that focuses on materiality, spatial effect, and layers of meaning. Those interested in current painting, art education, and cultural education will find a place of high relevance here.

Conclusion

What an old Woman Will Wear promises a wise, sensual, and intellectually stimulating exhibition about body, language, and the fragile inner life of contemporary art. Anyone who wants to experience painting not just visually but physically in space should definitely visit this exhibition live.