Opening hours Orangerie:
Tuesday – Wednesday & Friday: 11 am – 4 pm
Thursday: 11 am – 8 pm
Saturday & Sunday: 11 am – 4 pm

Opening hours Junge Kunsthalle:
Tuesday – Friday: 9 am – 5 pm
Saturday – Sunday: 10 am – 4 pm

Opening hours Kunsthalle Karlsruhe at ZKM:
Wednesday – Friday: 10am – 6pm
Saturday – Sunday: 11am – 6 pm

Mail: info@kunsthalle-karlsruhe.de
Telephone: +49721 20119-322
Administration and library
Hermann-Veit-Straße 6
76135 Karlsruhe

Orangerie
Hans-Thoma-Straße 6
76133 Karlsruhe

Junge Kunsthalle
Hans-Thoma-Straße 4
76133 Karlsruhe

Kunsthalle Karlsruhe at ZKM
Lorenzstraße 19
76135 Karlsruhe
Image in rust red reading Baldung in a nutshell used as header for the digital offer of the same name
Gemäldegalerie der Akademie der Bildenden Künste, Vienna © Eva Schober, doi.org/10.21937/85DC-JN30
Image of Sebald Büheler: Dürer’s lock of hair, 1559–1871 (mounting by Edward von Steinles, about 1871), borrowed from Gemäldegalerie der Akademie der Bildenden Künste Vienna.

Baldung and Dürer

The artist’s estate of Hans Baldung Grien contained a lock of hair supposedly of Albrecht Dürer. Does this indicate a friendship between the two Renaissance artists, or rivalry between Dürer, the famous master, and Baldung, his pupil?
Kunstmuseum Basel, public domain
Image of Hans Baldung Grien: Youthful Self-Portrait, around 1502, lent by Kunstmuseum Basel. The artwork shows a man with a fur hat.

Grien, Grün, Green

“Grien” is an archaic German word for the colour green (grün). Was the artist green behind the ears, or green with envy? A short review of the colour’s connotation and its meaning in relation to Hans Baldung.
Image of Hans Baldung Grien: The Bewitched Groom, around 1534 . On the work of art in the Staatliche Kunsthalle Karlsruhe, a groom lies on the floor and sleeps. A horse stands behind him.

Who was Baldung?

Hans Baldung Grien is regarded as an enigmatic artist not merely due to his ambivalent works and the rarity of contemporary written documents on his life. Here, you can find out some facts and figures about him and his life.
© Städel Museum U. Edelmann ARTOTHEK
The picture by the artist Hans Baldung shows two naked women. A woman can be seen from behind. She is holding a towel in her hand. The other woman is sitting and holding a bottle. Behind them is a child, holding a staff. The picture was part of an exhibition at the Staatliche Kunsthalle Karlsruhe.

Witches: Hysteria and Hype

Find out how Baldung has influenced our present-day perception of witches, and why witches are topical again today.
The work of art by Hans Baldung in the Staatliche Kunsthalle Karlsruhe shows a woman and a man. The man is holding a book and has a gray beard. The woman points her finger at the book. In front of them are three angels.

Ugly Renaissance Babies

Were 16th-century babies always bad tempered, or did Hans Baldung and his fellow artists lack the ability to capture true portraits of their young models? Find out why artworks by famous artists became popular memes on platforms like Tumblr.

Due to the heat, our venues will have special opening hours on Saturday 8 August and Sunday 9 August:
Orangerie: 10 am – 4 pm, Junge Kunsthalle: 10 am – 4 pm.
From Tuesday 11 August, we will be open as usual.

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