When can I see the exhibition Pieces for Works?

The exhibition is on view from April 2, 2026, to January 10, 2027, at the Kunsthalle Mannheim.

How much is the admission fee?

The regular admission fee is 16 euros. The reduced admission fee is 14 euros. A family ticket costs 28 euros.

When is the Kunsthalle Mannheim open?

The Kunsthalle is open Tuesday to Sunday and on holidays from 10 AM to 6 PM. On the first Wednesday of the month, extended opening hours apply until 10 PM.

Are there public tours?

Public tours and lectures as part of the accompanying program of the exhibitions are offered starting at 6 euros.

Where is the exhibition taking place?

The exhibition takes place at the Kunsthalle Mannheim at Friedrichsplatz 4, 68165 Mannheim.

Is admission free at certain times?

On the first Wednesday of the month, admission is free during the MVV Art Evenings from 6 PM to 10 PM. Free admission also applies to children and teenagers under 18.

When art begins to sound: Alexander Tillegreen opens new realms of perception

Name: Alexander Tillegreen – Pieces for Works
Start: 2026-11-11T10:00:00+01:00
End: 2027-01-10T18:00:00+01:00
Location: Kunsthalle Mannheim

When art begins to sound: Alexander Tillegreen at the Kunsthalle Mannheim

The exhibition Pieces for Works by the Danish artist and composer Alexander Brix Tillegreen transforms the Kunsthalle Mannheim into a resonance space for seeing, hearing, and spatial perception. From April 2, 2026, to January 10, 2027, ten newly developed, site-specific sound works engage in a dialogue with selected pieces from the museum collection.

A museum as a sound space

Alexander Brix Tillegreen, born in 1991 in Taarbæk, Denmark, lives and works in Copenhagen and Berlin. His artistic practice combines contemporary composition, sound installation, psychoacoustic phenomena, field recordings, and experimental instrumentation. In Mannheim, sound works are created that are not merely musical accompaniment, but coexist as autonomous installations with painting, sculpture, works on paper, and architecture.

Reperceiving visual art

As compositional starting points, Tillegreen chose works by Auguste Rodin, Rosemarie Trockel, László Moholy-Nagy, Anna Mahler, Francis Bacon, Edvard Munch, Isa Genzken, Édouard Vuillard, and Louise Nevelson. The artist translates visual properties such as texture, spatiality, rhythm, and layering into auditory structures. This shifts the classic viewing of works: the eye follows forms and materials, while the ear discovers hidden relationships in the exhibition space.

Between sculpture, architecture, and perception

The sound installations are distributed across several rooms of the Kunsthalle and create different sound zones. Some acoustic interventions remain at the threshold of perception, while others develop an immersive effect. Language, musical references, and performative sound open up suggestive and symbolic layers of meaning. The exhibition atmosphere changes with each step, each distance, and each new encounter with a work of art.

Aesthetic experience and cultural education

Pieces for Works invites visitors to experience art not only visually but physically, spatially, and temporally. The exhibition offers an accessible entry point into contemporary art and makes audible how closely memory, attention, and meaning are interconnected. In the context of Mannheim as a UNESCO City of Music, a unique art experience arises between collection, composition, and institutional curating.

Conclusion: See, hear, and rediscover art

Visitors can expect a concentrated viewing of works in which sound, image, and architecture intertwine inseparably. The spatial effect of the installations can be fully realized only on site. Anyone interested in sound art, contemporary art, museum collections, and new forms of exhibition design should definitely experience this extraordinary art event live at the Kunsthalle Mannheim.