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Browser Art Since the Beginnings of the World Wide Web
February 01, 2025 – August 24, 2025
We all access the Internet on a daily basis. And web browsers play a crucial role in deciding what we see – and what we don’t. This quickly became a source of inspiration for artists. The exhibition offers insights into the 30-year development of browsers, based on a research project investigating browser art at KIT’s Institute for History of Art and Architecture. Visitors can explore browser visions through interactive installations.
The Story That Never Ends. The ZKM Collection
April 05, 2025 – September 20, 2026
With this exhibition, the ZKM | Karlsruhe provides a comprehensive insight into its own collection, which, with around 12,000 works, is one of the largest and most important media art collections in the world. Based on the presentation of iconic works and archive material from the ZKM’s holdings, the exhibition tells of the interwoven stories of art and technology since the 1950s with a special focus on the perspective of restoration and conservation. Visitors learn about the challenges that ephemeral technological media pose for museums around the world.
200 Jahre KIT – 100 Objekte. Teile des Ganzen.
Ausgewählte Objekte aus der Geschichte des KIT
March 28, 2025 – October 19, 2025
This exhibition showcases objects from the 200-year history of KIT, both on site and on the Internet. Historic scientific instruments and teaching models meet artworks, everyday objects, and items with poignant stories such as the hydrogen-powered van developed at KIT in the 1980s.
Johan Grimonprez.
All Memory is Theft
June 07, 2025 – November 9, 2025
The exhibition presents a comprehensive retrospective on the work of Belgian film and media artist Johan Grimonprez. His body of work is an archaeological expedition to the boundaries of today’s media landscape. Grimonprez combines fragments from films, TV news, advertisements, home video and the Internet to weave new narratives which call our perception of reality into question.
[MASTERCLASS] #11
July 18, 2025 – September 28, 2025
For the eleventh time, the one-year scholarship program [MASTERCLASS] will present the works of six youth talents from the Karlsruhe area at the ZKM. The selected students receive opportunities to explore their work in an artistic environment and contribute to exhibitions at the ZKM together with professional cultural creators and the ZKM team.
Fellow Travellers.
Art as a Tool to Change the World (Phase 2)
July 25, 2025 – March 22, 2026
How can we as a society address the numerous crises of our time, and what active role can art play in this endeavor? In its second phase, the exhibition »Fellow Travellers« will be extended to include new projects, which show how certain artistic practices become long-term tools for environmental and social change. The works on display enable resonant conversations between different places and local communities.
Hidden on Tape.
Early Video Art in Europe
October 25, 2025 – May 10, 2026
For the first time, this exhibition presents a comprehensive overview of the emergence of video art in Europe from the 1960s until the 1990s. It showcases works from 26 European countries, connecting early experiments with the manipulation of electronic signals to interventions in TV studios and spatially choreographed video installations. »Hidden on Tape« brings numerous artworks to light that were previously tucked away in video tape archives, offering new perspectives on the history of video art.