Current Exhibitions

The exhibition provides a new insight into the collection of ZKM, which is one of the largest and most important media art collections in the world.

The exhibition will be the first German retrospective of Brazilian artist, theorist and designer Waldemar Cordeiro (1925–73).

The exhibition offers insights into 30 years of alternative browser development. You can discover and try out browser visions yourself using interactive installations.

The Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) will be a guest at the ZKM with a multifaceted exhibition to mark the 200th anniversary of its founding.

With »Fellow Travellers« we are creating a polyphonic and dynamic exhibition space at ZKM, through which artists, scientists, communities, and citizens can collaborate and learn from each other. Collectively, we want to find new, practical ways to shape our planetary coexistence.

In the context of the exhibition platform »Fellow Travellers«, the art project by Khanda Hameed and Nabaz Samad addresses the special role of women in the struggle to preserve the Kurdish language and identity.

The computer game platform of ZKM. It invites visitors to engage in informative and creative exchange – and, of course, to play games. The exhibition is aimed at gamers of all ages, but also at visitors who have little experience with computer games.

Video games are popular around the world - but not everyone can enjoy them fully. Barriers in controls, presentation or design make access difficult for many people. But there are solutions: From adjustable game settings and difficulty levels to personalisable controllers.

The main building of the Staatliche Kunsthalle Karlsruhe has been closed for extensive renovation. However, significant parts of the collection are still on display to the public – as guests at ZKM | Karlsruhe.

With »All Memory Is Theft«, the ZKM presents its extensive retrospective on Belgian film and media artist Johan Grimonprez (*1962), whose work explores the boundaries between theory and practice, art and cinema, documentary and fiction.

For the 11th time, the [MASTERCLASS] scholarship program at the ZKM is presenting the works of six talented young people from the Karlsruhe metropolitan area who have been supported over the course of a year.

In July 2025, »Fellow Travellers« will open the new exhibition chapter »Assembling Grounds: Practices of Coexistence«. The chapter was developed in India and Sri Lanka on the basis of the ZKM traveling exhibition »Critical Zones. In Search of a Common Ground « (2022–24).

The ZKM | Karlsruhe is honoring the work of the Stuttgart-based artist Ulrich Bernhardt (*1942) with an exhibition called »Ulrich Bernhardt. NOW: It was, will be and is«. Bernhardt is one of the most important pioneers of media art in Baden-Württemberg.

In the MO Vilnius the new exhibition »GamePlay – Playing for Impact« invites you to play, reflect, and learn more about the multifaceted forms that video games can take.

bMEDIA is a digital platform and part of the exhibition »BioMedia. The Age of Media with Life-like Behavior«.

Enter a virtual exhibition model of »Iconoclash«, a historical landmark project of the ZKM.