A kunsthalle () is a facility that mounts temporary art exhibitions, similar to an art gallery. It is distinct from an art museum by not having a permanent collection.
In the German-speaking regions of Europe, Kunsthallen are often operated by a non-profit ("art association" or "art society"), and have associated artists, symposia, studios and workshops. They are sometimes called a Kunsthaus.
Origin, spelling and variants The term kunsthalle is a loanword from the German Kunsthalle, a compound noun formed by combining the two nouns Kunst (art) and Halle (hall).
Like all nouns in German, the word is written with an initial capital letter. In English, it should be written with a lower-case letter (kunsthalle) unless it is the first word of a sentence or part of a title. The plural form Kunsthallen is usually rendered as kunsthalles.
The term is translated as kunsthal in Danish, kunsthal in Dutch, kunstihoone in Estonian, taidehalli in Finnish, kunsthall in Norwegian and konsthall in Swedish.
List of kunsthalles
This list contains exhibition venues, museums, and art societies that can be considered kunsthalles.
Austria Kunsthaus Graz, Graz Kunsthalle Krems (foundation) Kunsthalle Wien; see also Museumsquartier, Vienna (municipal) KunstHausWien, Vienna Secessionsgebäude (Secession Building), Vienna
Belgium , Ghent Kunsthalle Lophem, Loppem , Antwerp
Czech Republic
Kunsthalle Praha, Prague Galerie Rudolfinum, Prague
Denmark Kunsthal Aarhus, Aarhus Kunsthal Charlottenborg, Copenhagen Nikolaj Kunsthal, (previously known as Kunsthallen Nikolaj), Copenhagen
Estonia Tallinn Art Hall, Tallinn (Tallinna Kunstihoone)
Finland Kunsthalle Helsinki, Helsinki (Helsingin Taidehalli) Kunsthalle Kohta, Helsinki (Kohta Taidehalli) Kunsthalle Turku, Turku (Turun Taidehalli)
France La Kunsthalle Mulhouse, Alsace Château de Montsoreau-Museum of Contemporary Art, Montsoreau
Georgia Kunsthalle Tbilisi, Tbilisi
Germany Kunsthalle Baden-Baden (state-run) Kunsthalle Bielefeld — with permanent collection (municipal) Kunsthalle Bonn (German federal) Kunsthalle Bremen — with a permanent collection (Kunstverein in Bremen) Kunsthalle Bremerhaven (Kunstverein Bremerhaven) Kunsthalle Darmstadt (Kunstverein Darmstadt) Kunsthalle Düsseldorf (municipal) Kunsthalle in Emden — with permanent collection (foundation) Kunsthalle Erfurt (municipal/Erfurter Kunstverein) Schirn Kunsthalle Frankfurt, Frankfurt (municipal) Kunsthalle Hamburg — with permanent collection, see Hamburger Kunsthalle (state-run) Kunsthalle Göppingen (municipal/Kunstverein Göppingen) Kunsthalle Karlsruhe — with permanent collection (state-run) Kunsthalle Fridericianum Kassel, Fridericianum (municipal) Kunsthalle zu Kiel — with permanent collection (state-run) Kunsthalle Königsberg, now a market in Kaliningrad Kunsthalle der Sparkasse Leipzig (foundation) Kunsthalle Kunstverein Lingen (Kunstverein Lingen) Kunsthalle Mainz, Mainz Kunsthalle Mannheim — with permanent collection (municipal) Kunsthalle München, Munich Kunsthalle Münster, Münster Kunsthalle Nürnberg (municipal) Kunsthalle Rostock, Rostock Kunsthaus Tacheles, Berlin Kunsthalle Tübingen — with permanent collection (municipal/foundation) Kunsthalle Wilhelmshaven (municipal/Verein der Kunstfreunde Wilhelmshaven)
Hungary Kunsthalle Budapest, Budapest, Hungary
Italy AnonimaKunsthalle, Varese Kunsthalle Bozen, Bolzano Kunsthalle Meran, Merano
Netherlands , Amersfoort Kunsthal Rotterdam, Rotterdam
Norway Bergen Kunsthall, Bergen Kunsthall Oslo, Oslo Kunsthall Stavanger, Stavanger Kunsthall Trondheim, Trondheim
Poland Kunsthalle Breslau/Wrocław Kunsthalle Danzig/Gdańsk
Portugal Kunsthalle Lissabon, Lisbon, Portugal
Romania Kunsthalle Bega/Timișoara
Slovakia Kunsthalle Bratislava, Bratislava Kunsthalle Košice, Košice
Sweden
Switzerland Kunsthalle Arbon Kunsthalle Basel (Basler Kunstverein) Kunsthalle Bern (Verein der Kunsthalle Bern) , Fribourg Neue Kunst Halle St. Gallen (foundation) Kunsthalle Zürich (municipal/Verein Kunsthalle Zürich) Kunsthaus Zürich
United States New Museum, New York City, New York Aspen Art Museum, Aspen, Colorado Institute of Contemporary Art , San Jose, California MassArt Art Museum, Boston, Massachusetts Kunsthalle Detroit, Michigan Contemporary Arts Museum Houston, Texas Portsmouth Museum of Art Dallas Contemporary Texas MOCA Ohio Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania The Renaissance Society at the University of Chicago Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis Center for Maine Contemporary Art, Rockland, Maine Blaffer Art Museum University of Houston, Texas Visual Arts Center at the University of Texas at Austin Moss Arts Center Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia Sarasota Art Museum Ringling College of Art and Design, Sarasota, FL
See also Art exhibition Art gallery
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