From Munch to street art, from chocolate to wooden toys: as European Capital of Culture 2025, Chemnitz is stepping up its game once again in the second half of the summer. The highly acclaimed art show "European Realities" at the Gunzenhauser Museum will run until 10 August, after which the art collections on Theaterplatz will focus on the Norwegian artist Edvard Munch and the feeling of fear.
Meanwhile, 70 graffiti artists, duos and collectives from 25 countries are working on transforming a former hospital into a gallery for urban art. The result can be inspected by interested parties over three weekends from August 22.
The Munch show is one of the highlights of the Capital of Culture year. The star painter himself was in Chemnitz in 1905 and created several paintings here. According to the art collections, the exhibition will include 140 paintings, prints, photographs, sculptures and video installations on the themes of fear and loneliness. Munch's works will be juxtaposed with works by other artists such as Max Klinger, Karl Schmidt-Rottluff, Francisco de Goya, Neo Rauch and Marina Abramović. A lithograph of his best-known motif of the scream will be on display, together with Andy Warhol's interpretation of "The Scream".
