Paul Klee lived, as we do today, in a time of great technological transformations. The new achievements called into question people’s perception of matter, space and time. X-rays, telephones and electricity dissolved the familiar picture of the world. Artists like Paul Klee reacted to this as well. 

Isamu Noguchi is one of the most experimental artists of the 20th century. In his varied work he made sculptures from a great variety of materials such as stone, bronze, aluminium, plastic and ceramics. As well as works on paper, he designed stage sets, lamps, furniture and public squares. The extensive exhibition explores Noguchi as a citizen of the world, who moved between the USA, Japan and Europe and merged different cultural traditions and technologies in his incomparable body of work. 

The British artist Bridget Riley is one of the most prominent representatives of post-war abstract painting. With precision, playfulness and a vigorous spirit of enquiry, her work, which has received numerous distinctions, explores the dynamics of form, colour, space, and perception. 

Paul Klee was fascinated by the way children look at the world. His son Felix was to him a constant source of inspiration and ideas. In this context, the Zentrum Paul Klee has invited a group of children aged between 8 and 12 to curate a large Klee exhibition in the course of a 10-month exchange.

As co-founder of the legendary group of artists Der Blaue Reiter (The Blue Rider), Gabriele Münter is among the most important artists of German Expressionism, and is seen as a pioneer of modern art. In a professional world dominated by men she created an extremely diverse body of work over six decades, and developed a powerful independent pictorial language.