For a film project by artist Melanie Manchot for the Ruhr Ding: Schlaf in 2023, we are looking for contact with people who are typical night workers.

We are devastated by the war waged by Russia against Ukraine and Europe. Our solidarity is with all Ukrainians, regardless of their appearance, migration history and sexual orientation.

Urbane Künste Ruhr and the Haus der Geschichte des Ruhrgebiets welcome new artists as part of the residency programme Zu Gast bei Urbane Künste Ruhr.

For the project Absoprtion we are looking for people who are interested in becoming part of a group of cultivators and working with the artist Asad Raza.

Urbane Künste Ruhr, in cooperation with the Stiftung Geschichte des Ruhrgebiets in Bochum, awards two residency scholarships to artists interested in working with archives.

We are eagerly awaiting the year 2022 and will soon be providing the first insights into our diverse programme of projects, exhibitions and events.

In 2026, the renowned travelling biennial will take place in the Ruhr area.

Soil from the Absorption project by Asad Raza will be given away free of charge from 27.9. to 09.10.2021.

Julius von Bismarck and Marta Dyachenko will build a miniature landscape for the Emscherkunstweg on an open space in the Duisburg-Nord Landscape Park.

Urbane Künste Ruhr is pleased to announce a new cooperation with the Stiftung Geschichte des Ruhrgebiets in Bochum as part of the residency program Zu Gast bei Urbane Künste Ruhr.

Titled Neustadt Julius von Bismarck has designed a large-scale installation in collaboration with Marta Dyachenko, which recently arrived by barge in the port of Duisburg.