Kunsthalle Bielefeld

[1] Initiated in 1950 with a donation by Oetker and gradually expanded from 1954 with municipal acquisitions, the collection focuses on Expressionism, international sculpture, and contemporary art.

The museum stands in a sculpture garden featuring works by Auguste Rodin, Henry Moore, Richard Serra, Ólafur Elíasson and other modern sculptors.

At the 50th Venice Biennale in 2003, the Kunsthalle presented the documentary "Ilya und Emila Kabakov: Die Utopische Stadt.

Recent examples have been devoted to Emil Nolde, Rirkrit Tiravanija,[4] and the locally born artist Peter August Böckstiegel together with Conrad Felixmüller.

[1] Richard Kaselowsky was a controversial figure in Bielefeld due to his Nazi past, including membership in not only the NSDAP but also the Freundeskreis der Wirtschaft.

The composer Hans Werner Henze cancelled the piano concert he had written for the inauguration, and the Minister-President of North Rhine-Westphalia, Heinz Kühn, excused himself from the ceremony along with two federal ministers.

After the attempt to reach an uncontroversial solution failed, the city council changed the name to simply Kunsthalle Bielefeld,[1] whereupon Rudolf Oetker ended his support and withdrew all the works that he had loaned to the collection.