A kunsthalle is a facility that mounts temporary art exhibitions, similar to an art gallery. It is distinct from an art museum by not having a permanent collection.
In the German-speaking regions of Europe, Kunsthallen are often operated by a non-profit ("art association" or "art society"), and have associated artists, symposia, studios and workshops. They are sometimes called a Kunsthaus.
Origin, spelling and variants
The term kunsthalle is a loanword from the German Kunsthalle, a compound noun formed by combining the two nouns Kunst (art) and Halle (hall).
Like all nouns in German, the word is written with an initial capital letter. In English, it should be written with a lower-case letter (kunsthalle) unless it is the first word of a sentence or part of a title. The plural form Kunsthallen is usually rendered as kunsthalles.
The term is translated as kunsthal in Danish, kunsthal in Dutch, kunstihoone in Estonian, taidehalli in Finnish, kunsthall in Norwegian and konsthall in Swedish.
List of kunsthalles
This list contains the exhibition venues, museums, and art societies that can be considered as kunsthalles.
Austria
Kunsthaus Graz, Graz
Kunsthalle Krems (foundation) Kunsthalle Wien; see also Museumsquartier, Vienna (municipal) KunstHausWien, Vienna Secessionsgebäude (Secession Building), Vienna
Belgium
, Ghent
Kunsthalle Lophem, Loppem
, Antwerp
Czech Republic
Kunsthalle Praha, Prague
Denmark
Kunsthal Aarhus, Aarhus
Kunsthal Charlottenborg, Copenhagen
Nikolaj Kunsthal, (previously known as Kunsthallen Nikolaj), Copenhagen
Estonia
Tallinn Art Hall, Tallinn (Tallinna Kunstihoone)
Finland
Kunsthalle Helsinki, Helsinki (Helsingin Taidehalli) Kunsthalle Kohta, Helsinki (Kohta Taidehalli) Kunsthalle Turku, Turku (Turun Taidehalli)
France
La Kunsthalle Mulhouse, Alsace
Château de Montsoreau-Museum of Contemporary Art, Montsoreau
Georgia
Kunsthalle Tbilisi, Tbilisi
Germany
Kunsthalle Baden-Baden (state-run) Kunsthalle Bielefeld — with permanent collection (municipal) Kunsthalle Bonn (German federal) Kunsthalle Bremen — with a permanent collection (Kunstverein in Bremen) Kunsthalle Bremerhaven (Kunstverein Bremerhaven) Kunsthalle Darmstadt (Kunstverein Darmstadt) Kunsthalle Düsseldorf (municipal) Kunsthalle in Emden — with permanent collection (foundation) Kunsthalle Erfurt (municipal/Erfurter Kunstverein) Schirn Kunsthalle Frankfurt, Frankfurt (municipal) Kunsthalle Hamburg — with permanent collection, see Hamburger Kunsthalle (state-run) Kunsthalle Göppingen (municipal/Kunstverein Göppingen) Kunsthalle Karlsruhe — with permanent collection (state-run) Kunsthalle Fridericianum Kassel, Fridericianum (municipal) Kunsthalle zu Kiel — with permanent collection (state-run) Kunsthalle Königsberg, now a market in Kaliningrad Kunsthalle der Sparkasse Leipzig (foundation) Kunsthalle Kunstverein Lingen (Kunstverein Lingen) , Mainz Kunsthalle Mannheim — with permanent collection (municipal) , Münster Kunsthalle Nürnberg (municipal) Kunsthalle Rostock, Rostock Kunsthaus Tacheles, Berlin Kunsthalle Tübingen — with permanent collection (municipal/foundation) Kunsthalle Wilhelmshaven (municipal/Verein der Kunstfreunde Wilhelmshaven)
Italy
AnonimaKunsthalle, Varese
Kunsthalle Bozen, Bolzano
Kunsthalle Meran, Merano
Netherlands
, Amersfoort
Kunsthal Rotterdam, Rotterdam
Norway
, Bergen
Kunsthall Oslo, Oslo
Kunsthall Stavanger, Stavanger
Kunsthall Trondheim, Trondheim
Poland
Kunsthalle Breslau/Wrocław
Kunsthalle Danzig/Gdańsk
Portugal
Kunsthalle Lissabon, Lisbon, Portugal
Romania
Kunsthalle Bega/Timișoara
Sweden
Switzerland
Kunsthalle Arbon
Kunsthalle Basel (Basler Kunstverein) Kunsthalle Bern (Verein der Kunsthalle Bern) , Fribourg Neue Kunst Halle St. Gallen (foundation) Kunsthalle Zürich (municipal/Verein Kunsthalle Zürich) Kunsthaus Zürich