29. Nov 2025
12. Apr 2026

Archistories

Architecture in Art


In summary

The Staatliche Kunsthalle Karlsruhe reopens the doors of its historic Orangery after extensive renovations.

 

The artwork by modern artist Robert Delaunay depicts the Eiffel Tower in Paris. The painting is very abstract and expressive.

With Archistories, it presents a rich and multifaceted exhibition exploring the relationship between art and architecture across five centuries of creation. More than 100 works by 70 artists — spanning from the 17th century to today — delve into the many dimensions of built space: from utopias and memories to social critique and visual poetry. Paintings, drawings, engravings, and sculptures engage in dialogue with contemporary installations, videos, and photographs, creating a vibrant and surprising encounter. The exhibition raises aesthetic, environmental, and cultural questions, revealing how architecture becomes memory, critique, and a source of inspiration.

Exhibited artists

Franz Ackermann – Nevin Aladağ – Johann Wilhelm Baur – Samuel Beckett – Jean-Jacques de Boissieu – Stephen Craig – Nicolas Daubanes – Robert Delaunay – Alain Delorme – Rudolf Dischinger – Otto Dix – Louis Ducros – Josef Wilhelm Durm – Elger Esser – Lyonel Feininger – Günther Förg – Carl Ludwig Frommel – Giuseppe Galli da Bibiena – Armin Goeck – Vincent van Gogh – Niklas Goldbach – Laurent Goldring – Dionisio González – George Grosz – Beate Gütschow – Henri Joseph Harpignies – Erich Heckel – Candida Höfer – Judith Hopf – Karl Hubbuch – Heinrich Hübsch – Victor Hugo – Alexander Kanoldt – Hubert Kiecol – Barbara Klemm – Fritz Klemm – Günther Knipp – Jochen Kuhn – Wolfgang Laib – Fernand Léger – Nicolas François Daniel Lhuillier – Axel Lieber – Johannes Lingelbach – Claude Lorrain – Albert Marquet – Isa Melsheimer – Adolph Menzel – Friedrich Mosbrugger – Henrique Oliveira – Julia Oschatz – Johann Andreas Pfeffel – Francesco Piranesi – Giovanni Battista Piranesi – Camille Pissarro – Werner Pokorny – Domenico Quaglio – Hans Peter Reuter – Hubert Robert – Johann Heinrich Roos – Gabriel Jacques de Saint-Aubin – Georg Scholz – Sean Scully – Hermann Sprauer – Erwin Spuler – Jakob Kudsk Steensen – Hito Steyerl – Artur Peter Stoll – Rebecco Ann Tess – Francesco Tironi – Wilhelm Trübner – Hendrick Cornelisz. van Vliet – Friedrich Weinbrenner – Michael Wesely – Helmut Wimmer – Fritz Winter

Guided Tours in English

DECEMBER

FRI12
16:30 UHR
Guided Tour in English. Archistories – Architecture in Art

JANUARY

FRI16
16:30 UHR
Guided Tour in English. Archistories – Architecture in Art

FEBRUARY

FRI27
16:30 UHR
Guided Tour in English. Archistories – Architecture in Art

MARCH

FRI13
16:30 UHR
Guided Tour in English. Archistories – Architecture in Art
With the kind support of
Wüstenrot Stiftung
Fontana Stiftung
Ministerium für Wissenschaft, Forschung und Kunst Baden-Württemberg