The exhibition Grund und Boden. How we live together at the K21 of the Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen is about human coexistence: about war, displacement, flight and the destruction of nature, but also about reconstruction and regeneration, about living, planting, owning and sharing.
It invites visitors to create visions for a just and sustainable future. The exhibition spans the entire K21 and the neighbouring Ständehauspark and also takes a look at the ground on which the museum stands - both geographically and historically. Taking the museum's parliamentary past as a starting point, 34 international artists and collectives address different forms of resource management - from indigenous economic practices and collective ownership to utopian blockchain projects.
With works by: Havîn Al-Sîndy, Maria Thereza Alves, Asche Lützerathi (otherhosted by Sybling - JP Raether & Sarah Friend), Joseph Beuys, AA Bronson, Johannes Büttner, Cercle d'Art des Travailleurs de Plantation Congolaise (Artists' Association of Congolese Plantation Workers, CATPC), Liu Chuang, Simon Denny, Jan Dibbets, Nir Evron, Simone Fattal, Ximena Garrido-Lecca, Jef Geys, Robert Gober, Dor Guez, Andreas Gursky, Christopher Kulendran Thomas, Mierle Laderman Ukeles, Richard Long, Gordon Matta-Clark, Boris Mikhailov, Lutz Mommartz, Grace Ndiritu, Simone Nieweg, Chris Reinecke, Ugo Rondinone, Thomas Ruff, Lin May Saeed, Shimabuku, terra0, Ron Tran, Franz West, Alex Wissel
Exhibition duration: 29 November 2025 to 19 April 2026
Exhibition opening "Ground and soil. How we live together" at K21 on Friday, 28 November from 7 - 10 pm - admission free!
Speakers: Susanne Gaensheimer, Director; Marie Haff, Head of General Project Funding, German Federal Cultural Foundation; Janina Stanton-Mohr, Deputy Head of Communications, German Postcode Lottery; Kolja Reichert, Curator
DJ set afterwards with FILAR (Source: Kunstsammlung NRW)
Every 1st Wednesday of the month for "Open House. The KMPG Art Evening" until 10 pm
