Emil Nolde is considered a leading representative of expressionism and one of the most well-known artists of the 20th century. His work is widely known for its extraordinary intensity of colour. Nolde explored the grotesque, the fantastic and the exotic in order to develop his own pictorial language and escape from the European tradition of art. This exhibition presents a selection of 170 works by the artist and sheds light on these and other themes in his oeuvre.

For the first time, a Paul Klee exhibition provides a glimpse of the relationship between humans and animals. Then and now, our dealings with animals are diverse and contradictory. Animals are feared, trained, pampered or slaughtered. Paul Klee thought intensely about the roles and nature of animals and human beings and commented critically upon their qualities. Join Paul Klee in exploring the animal in humanity and the human side of animals!

The Zentrum Paul Klee is opening its doors to Etel Adnan, a unique exhibition that was organized in close collaboration with this outstanding poetess, artist, and philosopher. Etel Adnan’s work is a combination of not only intensely lyrical, vibrantly colourful paintings, concertina leaflets, and works on paper but also a film piece and large-format tapestries.

Petrit Halilaj’s exhibition at the Zentrum Paul Klee forms part of a series of projects in New York, Runik (Kosovo), Bern and Turin in which the artist explores the history, identity and environment of his hometown in Kosovo. Halilaj is the laureate of the Mario Merz Prize 2018.

The show foregrounds the unique versatility of Paul Klee’s work and his delight in experimenting with new techniques and materials. Besides showing his famous masterpieces, the Zentrum Paul Klee is also mounting pictures that the public has hitherto only seldom had access to. The presentation displays an astounding diversity of painting techniques, unique puppets, the artist’s famous angels as well as Klee rarities.

This is the first exhibition telling the story of Down syndrome.
The exhibition shows traces of people with Down syndrome from different times, and in different countries.
In art and in science.