The programme.
Talks, art walks and curated themes: the programme connects the fair with the discourses of our time.
Book your art walk.
Guided fair tours
This year, too, you can book a guided tour of the fair. The Art Walks powered by E.ON Foundation take you to the highlights of the fair and dive into the thematic focuses of Art Düsseldorf with you. Tickets and all information about the tours are available in the ticket shop.
To the ticket shop →Private tours
Book a tour tailored to your interests: on your schedule, personal, flexible and professionally guided. In a 60-minute tour, our art guides share fascinating insights into art and current developments — customised to your interests.
- Group sizemax. 15 people
- Price€240 net, incl. headsets (plus admission)
- Duration60 minutes
Guided fair tours
This year, too, you can book a guided tour of the fair. The Art Walks powered by E.ON Foundation take you to the highlights of the fair and dive into the thematic focuses of Art Düsseldorf with you. Tickets and all information about the tours are available in the ticket shop.
To the ticket shop →Private tours
Book a tour tailored to your interests: on your schedule, personal, flexible and professionally guided. In a 60-minute tour, our art guides share fascinating insights into art and current developments — customised to your interests.
- Group sizemax. 15 people
- Price€240 net, incl. headsets (plus admission)
- Duration60 minutes
The talk programme.
Three days, three themes — conversations about art, Europe and the responsibility of a fair. 17–19 April 2027, Talk Stage, Areal Böhler.
- 14:0060 Min
Kunst schafft Orte für Erkenntnis
Jennifer BraunThe Gen Z Art CriticAnnkathrin KohoutAutorin und KulturwissenschaftlerinAnn-Katrin GünzelChefredakteurin Kunstforum InternationalModerationCarsten ProbstPräsident AICA Deutschland - 15:0060 Min
Kunst schafft Orte für Engagement
Gil BronnerSammlung PhilaraKathrin JentjensKuratorin & Mediatorin Neue AuftraggeberStephan MuschickGeschäftsführer E.ON FoundationModerationTatjana KimmelFreunde des Kunstpalast e.V. - 16:0060 Min
Kunst schafft Orte für Begegnung
Linda ConzeKuratorin KunstpalastHedwig FijenDirektorin Manifesta 16 RuhrMarcel SchumacherLeiter Kunsthaus nrwModerationSabine OelzeKunstjournalistin, Deutschlandfunk / WDR
- 14:0060 Min
Ost und West. Eine alte Geschichte – und ein neuer DDR-Hype?
Katharina NeuburgerLudwig Stiftung AachenRenate GoldmannVAN HAM Art EstateStefan SchmidtkeGeschäftsführer Kulturhauptstadt Europas Chemnitz 2025ModerationBettina BöttingerWDR - 15:0060 Min
Zusammenhalt und Zerrissenheit einer Staatengemeinschaft: Wo fängt Europa an, wo hört es auf?
Mark TerkessidisAutor & MigrationsforscherMarkus AmbachKuratorFarzane VaziritabarKünstlerinModerationChristiane MeixnerTagesspiegel - 16:0060 Min
Kunst versus Politik: Ein neuer alter Machtkampf?
Lars Hendrik BegerKulturjournalist, DeutschlandfunkGeorg Schöllhammertranzit.at, Herausgeber springerinIvor Stodolsky und Marita MuukkonenArtists at RiskModerationSebastian FrenzelMONOPOL
- 15:0060 Min
Ökonomie, Verantwortung und Nachhaltigkeit – Bilanz einer Messe
Jacob BilabelProjektleitung Green CultureStephan MuschickE.ON FoundationThomas G. SchneiderGeschäftsführer HasenkampWalter GehlenDirektor der Art Düsseldorf
Art Talks & Walks powered by E.ON Foundation. Curated by Bettina Haiss / Kathrin Luz Communication and Art Düsseldorf.
Sections 2027.
Main, Solo, Next and Paper: the sections structure Art Düsseldorf — from established positions and focused solo presentations to young galleries and works on paper. Which galleries will show in which section in 2027 will be announced here once the selection is confirmed.
To the galleries →Curatorial topics 2027.
Each edition of Art Düsseldorf is shaped by curatorial themes that give the fair a conceptual framework. Galleries relate their presentations to these themes and submit corresponding contributions. A common thread runs through the fair, placing the works in the context of current discourse.
The Power of Words
Artistic works engaging with language, writing, text, voice or AI-generated speech. Between text art, the spoken word and decolonial perspectives, the submitted artists explore how language shapes perception, exposes power structures and opens up new forms of expression.
Thinking with Material
In an increasingly digital world, craft and materiality take on new meaning in contemporary art. Artists work with natural, recycled and innovative materials, linking traditional techniques with current social and ecological questions. The deliberate return to craft, textile, ceramics, wood, glass and other material processes counters virtual and algorithmic image worlds and stands for presence and the immediate experience of art. The material is not a passive carrier of an idea but the place of its emergence: in working with the material – in its resistance, its idiosyncrasies – a thinking begins that proceeds from the material and unfolds only in the work, before the eyes of the viewers.
Roots & Identities
Across generations, artists grapple with questions of identity, origin and belonging. While older generations often reflect on personal, cultural or geographic roots, the younger generation expands these perspectives with the influences of a globally connected, digital world. Personal experiences, family histories and cultural heritage meet new forms of community and self-understanding. The aim is to present works that connect past and present and show how identity continuously evolves without losing its roots.
Curated sections.
Fragile Realities
Fragile Realities brings together artistic practices that engage with shifts in reality. The works do not attempt to explain crises — they approach fragility through the body, through materials or through forms of memory. Only spaces founded by women gallerists are invited: a structural perspective on curatorial practice, networks and visibility within the art system.
Curated by Pola van den Hövel.
International Practices
International Practices presents curated international perspectives as an integral part of Art Düsseldorf. The format brings together collections, collaborations and artistic positions from abroad, opening up new dialogues and connections shaped by practices from different cultural contexts.
Most recently with the anonymous art project, Tokyo (curated by Eriko Kimura) and J. Park. The Art of Noise, Daegu (curated by Gregor Jansen).
Fragile Realities
Fragile Realities brings together artistic practices that engage with shifts in reality. The works do not attempt to explain crises — they approach fragility through the body, through materials or through forms of memory. Only spaces founded by women gallerists are invited: a structural perspective on curatorial practice, networks and visibility within the art system.
Curated by Pola van den Hövel.
International Practices
International Practices presents curated international perspectives as an integral part of Art Düsseldorf. The format brings together collections, collaborations and artistic positions from abroad, opening up new dialogues and connections shaped by practices from different cultural contexts.
Most recently with the anonymous art project, Tokyo (curated by Eriko Kimura) and J. Park. The Art of Noise, Daegu (curated by Gregor Jansen).