Press

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E-Mail: presse(at)nrw-forum.de
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Here you can find all the media-relevant information, images and press material related to the exhibitions, events and projects at the NRW-Forum Düsseldorf. The image material that is provided may be used free of charge for topic-related reports and if a notice of the respective copyright is included. Please do not hesitate to contact us if you have any questions, or require additional material. If you are not yet on our press release distribution list we would be pleased to add your name to our list. Please send us an e-mail.

Upcoming press events

Friday, March 15th, 11 a.m.: Press conference META Marathon

Thursday, March 28th, 11 a.m.: Press preview Two Rivers: Joachim Brohm/Alec Soth

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Current Exibitions

Viviane Sassen: Yellow Vlei © Viviane Sassen

Bauhaus and Photography—On New Visions in Contemporary Art

7/12/18-10/3/19

The Staatliche Bauhaus not only played a key role in the history of twentieth-century design and art, but also in photography. From December 7, 2018 through March 10, 2019, the exhibition “Bauhaus and Photography—On New Visions in Contemporary Art” at the NRW-Forum Düsseldorf brings together photographs by proponents of this “new vision” with works by contemporary artists.

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Coming Up

Sophia © Hanson Robotics Limited

Meta Marathon 2019: Robotics

15-17/03/2019

Live, love, party, and work with robots non-stop for 42 hours: from March 15 to March 17, 2019, the META MARATHON 2019 is dedicated to the subject of robotics. Not only can visitors participate in workshops, talks, and performances, they can also share their living space with robots, including the opportunity to spend the night at the NRW-Forum.

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Scary Beauty / Keiichiro Shibuya / Foto: Kenshu Shintsubo

Körperwende

From Nam June Paik to Hiroshi Ishiguro

29./3. - 5./5./2019

In the 1960s, Nam June Paik built the first non-human action artist in history. In 2018, the Japanese roboticist Hiroshi Ishiguro had his android, Alter 3, conduct an opera and Pinar Yoldas' Kitty AI ruled the world. From March 29 to May 5, 2019, the exhibition Körperwende at the NRW-Forum Düsseldorf shows how artists negotiate the boundaries between human and machine, between living, artificial, and inanimate bodies.

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About NRW-Forum Düsseldorf

Plakatmotiv © NRW-Forum Düsseldorf / Idee & Design: KesselsKramer

The NRW-Forum Düsseldorf in Data

Campaign by KesselsKramer

Nothing seems more important today than collecting data. The behaviour of museum visitors can also be recorded and evaluated for marketing purposes. The international advertising agency KesselsKramer has designed a campaign for the NRW-Forum Düsseldorf based on a public survey conducted by the city of Düsseldorf and surveys conducted by the NRW-Forum and focusing on the data itself.

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