A kunsthalle () is a facility that mounts temporary art exhibitions, similar to an art gallery. It is distinct from an art museum by not having a permanent collection.

In the German-speaking regions of Europe, Kunsthallen are often operated by a non-profit ' ("art association" or "art society"), and have associated artists, symposia, studios and workshops. They are sometimes called a Kunsthaus.

Origin, spelling and variants

The term kunsthalle is a loanword from the German Kunsthalle, a compound noun formed by combining the two nouns Kunst (art) and Halle (hall).

Like all nouns in German, the word is written with an initial capital letter. In English, it should be written with a lower-case letter (kunsthalle) unless it is the first word of a sentence or part of a title. The plural form Kunsthallen is usually rendered as kunsthalles.

The term is translated as kunsthal in Danish, kunsthal in Dutch, kunstihoone in Estonian, taidehalli in Finnish, kunsthall in Norwegian and konsthall in Swedish.

List of kunsthalles

This list contains exhibition venues, museums, and art societies that can be considered kunsthalles.

Austria

  • Kunsthaus Graz, Graz
  • Kunsthalle Krems (foundation)
  • Kunsthalle Wien; see also Museumsquartier, Vienna (municipal)
  • KunstHausWien, Vienna
  • Secessionsgebäude (Secession Building), Vienna

Belgium

  • , Ghent
  • Kunsthalle Lophem, Loppem
  • , Antwerp

Czech Republic

  • Kunsthalle Praha, Prague
  • Galerie Rudolfinum, Prague

Denmark

  • Kunsthal Aarhus, Aarhus
  • Kunsthal Charlottenborg, Copenhagen
  • Nikolaj Kunsthal, (previously known as Kunsthallen Nikolaj), Copenhagen

Estonia

  • Tallinn Art Hall, Tallinn (Tallinna Kunstihoone)

Finland

  • Kunsthalle Helsinki, Helsinki (Helsingin Taidehalli)
  • Kunsthalle Kohta, Helsinki (Kohta Taidehalli)
  • Kunsthalle Turku, Turku (Turun Taidehalli)

France

  • La Kunsthalle Mulhouse, Alsace
  • Château de Montsoreau-Museum of Contemporary Art, Montsoreau

Georgia

  • Kunsthalle Tbilisi, Tbilisi

Germany

  • Kunsthalle Baden-Baden (state-run)
  • Kunsthalle Bielefeld — with permanent collection (municipal)
  • Kunsthalle Bonn (German federal)
  • Kunsthalle Bremen — with a permanent collection (Kunstverein in Bremen)
  • Kunsthalle Bremerhaven (Kunstverein Bremerhaven)
  • Kunsthalle Darmstadt (Kunstverein Darmstadt)
  • Kunsthalle Düsseldorf (municipal)
  • Kunsthalle in Emden — with permanent collection (foundation)
  • Kunsthalle Erfurt (municipal/Erfurter Kunstverein)
  • Schirn Kunsthalle Frankfurt, Frankfurt (municipal)
  • Kunsthalle Hamburg — with permanent collection, see Hamburger Kunsthalle (state-run)
  • Kunsthalle Göppingen (municipal/Kunstverein Göppingen)
  • Kunsthalle Karlsruhe — with permanent collection (state-run)
  • Kunsthalle Fridericianum Kassel, Fridericianum (municipal)
  • Kunsthalle zu Kiel — with permanent collection (state-run)
  • Kunsthalle Königsberg, now a market in Kaliningrad
  • Kunsthalle der Sparkasse Leipzig (foundation)
  • Kunsthalle Kunstverein Lingen (Kunstverein Lingen)
  • Kunsthalle Mainz, Mainz
  • Kunsthalle Mannheim — with permanent collection (municipal)
  • Kunsthalle München, Munich
  • Kunsthalle Münster, Münster
  • Kunsthalle Nürnberg (municipal)
  • Kunsthalle Rostock, Rostock
  • Kunsthaus Tacheles, Berlin
  • Kunsthalle Tübingen — with permanent collection (municipal/foundation)
  • Kunsthalle Wilhelmshaven (municipal/Verein der Kunstfreunde Wilhelmshaven)

Hungary

  • Kunsthalle Budapest, Budapest, Hungary

Italy

  • AnonimaKunsthalle, Varese
  • Kunsthalle Bozen, Bolzano
  • Kunsthalle Meran, Merano

Netherlands

  • , Amersfoort
  • Kunsthal Rotterdam, Rotterdam

Norway

  • Bergen Kunsthall, Bergen
  • Kunsthall Oslo, Oslo
  • Kunsthall Stavanger, Stavanger
  • Kunsthall Trondheim, Trondheim

Poland

  • Kunsthalle Breslau/Wrocław
  • Kunsthalle Danzig/Gdańsk

Portugal

  • Kunsthalle Lissabon, Lisbon, Portugal

Romania

  • Kunsthalle Bega/Timișoara

Slovakia

  • Kunsthalle Bratislava, Bratislava
  • Kunsthalle Košice, Košice

Sweden

Switzerland

  • Kunsthalle Arbon
  • Kunsthalle Basel (Basler Kunstverein)
  • Kunsthalle Bern (Verein der Kunsthalle Bern)
  • , Fribourg
  • Neue Kunst Halle St. Gallen (foundation)
  • Kunsthalle Zürich (municipal/Verein Kunsthalle Zürich)
  • Kunsthaus Zürich

United States

  • New Museum, New York City, New York
  • Aspen Art Museum, Aspen, Colorado