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Colorful assortment of small, textured ceramic dishes in various shapes and earthy tones.
Dwell
26.09.2025 - 30.06.2026
Joseph Pintz’s functional and sculptural ceramic work explores the role that domestic objects play in fulfilling our physical and emotional needs. Inspired by his Midwestern roots, Pintz creates mundane forms based on utilitarian vessels and other implements associated with the…
Metaxy
The Condition of In-Betweenness
04.09.2025 - 30.09.2025
The ‘Metaxy’ exhibition presented immersive art by young artists diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease at the Direktorenhaus from 4 to 30 September 2025. The works on display spoke of a state in which many people and projects find themselves today: being…
Detail of a sculpted clay pillar featuring intricate, spiraled designs and cracked surface texture.
Echoes in Clay
18.10.2024 - 31.05.2025
Manuel Canu's exhibition „Echoes in Clay: Nature, Craft, and Ephemeral Beauty" delves into the intricate relationship between nature and architecture, exploring contemporary craftsmanship's reimagination of clay as a medium for decoration and structure. A site-specific installation, rooted in dedication to…
Diver in wetsuit working underwater with equipment and a structure, surrounded by blue ocean water.
Sustainable Suisse
23.11.2023 - 15.04.2024
They are everywhere: materials are indispensable innovation drivers for almost all sectors of the economy. New materials can contribute to solving urgent questions of the future, in areas such as mobility, climate and environmental protection as well as in architecture…
Call me Ornament 3
08.09.2023 - 14.10.2023
The third round of our Call me Ornament exhibition starts on 8.09. – 14.10. 2023 im Munich at the gallery of the Bayerischer Kunstgewerbeverein. BAVARIAN CRAFTS COUNCIL (BAYERISCHER KUNSTGEWERBEVEREIN E.V.) Founded in 1851, the Bavarian Crafts Council (BKV) is today…
Call me
Ornament 2
21.04.2023 - 30.07.2023
The second round of our Call me Ornament-exhibition starts on 21.04.2023 with an expanded group of exhibitors. The three-part exhibition is inspired by artists such as Alfons Mucha or Henry van der Velde, whose life's work spanned the most diverse…
Abstract art installation featuring a large speaker-like structure and yellow, soft, rounded forms in a colorful gallery s...
Call me
Ornament 1
14.10.2022 - 04.04.2023
There are still today artists and designers, for whom harmony and wholeness play an incredibly significant role – creating atmospheres, whose daring interactions with the decorative, produce a magnified refinement in objects and interior spaces.
Intricately carved wooden gloves displayed on clear stands, showcasing detailed lace-like patterns.
Radical Craft 3
01.10.2021 - 01.04.2022
A whole new generation of craftspeople, designers and artists are bringing fresh perspectives to field of craft discourse. Today, there is a lively crossover between craft, design, sculpture and technology that is rethinking the definitions of art and design.
Two women in traditional red and white dresses stand on a snowy landscape, surrounded by bare trees, against a cloudy sky.
Belkina
01.10.2021 - 24.11.2021
In the time of Romanticism thinkers kept dreaming of a world where material essence would be under control of the spirit. They were very loyal to an ideal. Nature, love, fantasy just as well as science – were the ways…
Person in a white protective suit holding a large green circular object in a concrete industrial space.
Radical Craft 2
29.10.2020 - 11.07.2021
The second, ongoing exhibition "Radical-Craft 2" continues the theme started in 2020. In the first exhibition, it is about conveying the arts and crafts with design positions in order to show how artistic craft and design interact (e.g. with collectible…
Art installation featuring a woman in a light dress among glass display cases and sculptural pieces in a white room.
Radical Craft 1
24.05.2019 - 05.04.2020
The Direktorenhaus’ annual exhibition, “Radical Craft”, presents 60 designers and artistic craftworkers, who show how important artistic craft is today in creating future designs for society. For modern consumer products the market is no longer trending with static goods, but…
Artist Casey Gray working in his studio, surrounded by colorful artwork and various art supplies.
Casey Gray
21.01.2019 - 15.11.2019
Through his work, San Francisco based artist Casey Gray examines our collective entanglement with the dignity and reality of the everyday.