Kunstpalais, Erlangen

The Kunstpalais Erlangen is the successor institution of the Städtische Galerie Erlangen. Since 1974, it has been located in the Palais Stutterheim, which was built between 1728 and 1730 by order of and for Christian Hieronymus von Stutterheim and is situated in the center of the Huguenot city. After a two-year renovation phase, the Kunstpalais opened in 2010 with exhibition space on the first floor and basement of the Palais Stutterheim doubled to more than 500 m² under founding director Claudia Emmert.

The exhibition program of the Kunstpalais, conceived by Claudia Emmert, focused on relevant positions of the international art scene that offer a connection to contemporary discourse within and outside of art. Conceptual references to questions of literature, philosophy and film were given special consideration. Interdisciplinary accompanying programs, among others in cooperation with the Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, anchored the content of the art on a broad social level. Amely Deiss has been the new director of the Kunstpalais and the Städtische Sammlung since February 2015.

The Städtische Sammlung Erlangen belongs to the Kunstpalais. It comprises more than 4500 graphics, multiples, artists' books and portfolios. It reflects essential currents of international art after 1945 and sees itself as a history of ideas of art, which is continued with the targeted acquisition of selected contemporary graphics and photographs.

In the summer of even-numbered years, special exhibitions are usually held on the premises of the Kunstpalais as part of the Comic Salon Erlangen.