Kunstmuseum Reutlingen

In the location's words:

With two locations, three programmatic focuses and around 2,000 square meters of exhibition space, the Reutlingen Art Museum is one of the largest municipal institutions for modern and contemporary art in southwest Germany. The Kunstmuseum Reutlingen | Spendhaus, a six-storey half-timbered building that was built in 1518 as a granary for the care of donations, has been home to collection presentations and temporary exhibitions since the museum was founded in 1989. On the one hand, the focus is on the collection with its emphasis on artistic woodcuts and relief printing from the 19th century to the present day. Important parts of the collection include works by Wilhelm Laage (1868-1930) and HAP Grieshaber (1909-1981). The donation of the Ziegler Collection, which was transferred to the Kunstmuseum in 1954, forms the basis of the municipal art collection with its 1578 works on paper and 394 paintings from the Renaissance to the Romantic period. 50 years later, the Hamburg building contractor Peter Kemna donated his exquisite woodcut collection to the art museum. In addition to historical and contemporary positions in the field of woodcuts and letterpress printing, the Kunstmuseum Reutlingen | Spendhaus presents monographic exhibitions and group exhibitions with contemporary artists whose works on paper or wood add new aspects to the medium. The exhibitions of the winners of the internationally renowned Jerg Ratgeb Prize are also held in the Spendhaus.