Events in the Münsterland

The exhibition at the FARB tells the story of Borken's rifle from its medieval beginnings to the present day. present. Fascinating background information on the history of the the festive culture, which is still an important part of rifleman an important part of the shooting culture and is actively lived in Borken. lived in Borken.

The opening will take place on 13.08.2023 from 15.00 to 17.00 hrs.

The new special exhibition at the rock'n'popmuseum tells of disco history and club culture. With the help of numerous exhibits and hands-on stations, the exhibition transports its guests into the extraordinary, vibrating world of nightclubs and disco sounds.

Under the title "SEARCHING PERFECT SHAPES", the two artists Beate Gärtner and Michelle Adolfs invite you to a special exhibition from 2.45 p.m. that opens up new aesthetic spaces by means of virtual reality and augmented reality. Throughout the Klosterpark, 3D sculptures can be experienced digitally, entering into a new relationship with architectural features and the natural space. Using a smartphone or tablet, the artworks can be brought onto the screen, superimposed on the live camera image. The result is a game with visual axes and concrete forms that open up an expanded world in motion. The artists sound out digital in-between worlds and show a creative rethinking of sculpture - weightless and interactive.

The project "MyVR_Planet.DA" - part of this year's KunstKommunikation project scholarship - finds its first work conclusion here. The basic principle is a reduction with an abstract language of forms; they are small interventions in our field of vision - everyone controls their own experience. The artists have worked with the works in the tradition of Heinrich Neuy's Bauhaus. In autumn, another exhibition will follow at the Heinrich Neuy Bauhaus Museum in Borghorst, where the digital objects can be experienced haptically with the help of 3D printing.

Georg Paul's (1901-1980) role models were the Bauhaus masters, especially Oskar Schlemmer. Especially the "Triadic Ballet" inspired him again and again. The exhibition is therefore complemented by works by Oskar Schlemmer.

On the 50th anniversary of Pablo Picasso's death, numerous art exhibitions are taking place around the world. This is also the case at the Picasso Museum in Münster.

After the exhibition on native wild plants, the exhibition "Native Wild Animals" opens on 1 October at the Coesfeld Nature Conservation Centre at Alter Hof Schoppmann in Darup. On display are photorealistic animal portraits by the painter Dagmar von Fürstenberg, who discovered her love of painting in childhood, has already participated in numerous group and solo exhibitions in Germany and abroad and has been working as a freelance artist since 1988. She particularly enjoys animal motifs.

Another part of the exhibition are sculptures by metal artists from Zimbabwe. Maisonette Bhiri, Joarum Mahwiti, Patience Mahwiti and Edward Mukondon together with Berthold Ochtrup from Darup form the group TiRiPo, which means "We are here". They make small and large wild animals out of scrap metal, which can be seen not only in the exhibition but also on the outdoor grounds of Alter Hof Schoppmann.

The exhibition can be visited daily from 10 am - 6 pm until 29.12. 2023.

Who does not know it, the thread of life, the red thread? Who is not interwoven with others? We encounter threads in myths, in language and also in art, where they are often used as metaphor, model or medium. The theme of this exhibition is therefore the symbolic meanings of threads for people and human life.

Thus, FÄDEN brings together works by contemporary women artists, exemplary spinning and weaving utensils as well as graphics with motifs from selected Greco-Roman myths. These works, deliberately brought together from different contexts and categories, are "interlinked" in such a way that they offer visitors - to stay with the metaphor - numerous connecting threads to engage with the use and meaning of thread as a symbol of personal and social narratives. Spaces of thought and association open up between the poles of fate and responsibility, trust and scepticism, individuality and collectivity, and power and powerlessness. The exhibition thus builds bridges from antiquity via the present into a possible tomorrow.

Since 2018, the Draiflessen Collection has owned the "Stichting Ariadne's Naaikussen". This collection of almost 2,000 historical needlework and sewing utensils, a collection of textile samples and a specialist library was assembled over several decades by Clementine Kuttschrütter, née Brenninkmeijer. The treasures date predominantly from the 18th and 19th centuries and are artistically crafted from precious materials. In addition to items still in use today such as needles, scissors, thimbles or elaborate sewing boxes, they also include such items as yarn balls, sewing clamps or shuttles for frivolity work, whose practical significance and aesthetics we can experience anew.
The first presentation of "Ariadne's Naaikussen" in the rooms of the Draiflessen Collection introduces highlights and marks the start of the scholarly treatment of this outstanding collection. It is also a tribute to the passionate collector, who would have turned 90 this year.