Collections & Archives

The collection and the archives contain works and documents from the 20th and 21st centuries. The special feature of the ZKM's collection activities is its focus on the electronic arts.

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The collection and the archives contain works and documents from the 20th and 21st centuries. The special feature of the ZKM's collection activities is its focus on the electronic arts. 

The video art collection is one of the largest in Europe and the computer art collection is the largest of its kind in the world. In addition, there is an extensive collection of works of electronic music.

By combining all artistic genres in one collection - from painting, sculpture, video art, performance and computer-based works to music - and the availability of numerous documents that provide a deeper insight into historical events, it becomes possible to gain a diverse perspective on 20th and 21st century art and history.

Art of the 20th and 21st century

Collection
Discover about 9,000 works of art of the 20th and 21st centuries from the ZKM collection, which was founded in 1989.

ARCHIVES

Under archives you will find the acquired archives of artists and scientists and the ZKM archive of past exhibitions, events and projects.

LIBRARY

The library contains about 60,000 books and digital data carriers. To this end, around 120 magazines and five newspapers are subscribed to.

Medien Kunst Netz

»Media Art Net« is a digital publication that invites you to discover the history of media art. »Media Art Net« is used worldwide by students and teachers for study and further education.

www.medienkunstnetz.de

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PROJECTS
A Summary of the Projects of the Department Wissen and its Divisions Collection, Archives, Library and Research

 

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DIGITAL PROGRAM
A summary of the digital programs of the Department Wissen and its Collection, Archives, Library, and Research sections.

PEOPLE

Christina Wolter
Robert Kool Bell
Friedrich Seidenstücker
Lea Bertucci
Ingo Metzinger
Barbara Fischer
George Saliba
Brian O‘Doherty
Achim Szepanski
Herbert Fischer
Jana Schmitt
Wolfgang Jass
Shoji Sadao
Mario Casamassima
Nikolaj Tarabukin
Hans Henny Jahnn
Wim Crowel
Shannon Peet
H5
Bill McMullen
Irina Bucan
Dennis W. Fisher
Julien Patrick Claassen
Robert Mallary
Klaus Heid
Nicolás Kretz
Alexander Rodtschenko
Marianne Amacher
Stacey Spiegel
Johann Niegl
Daniel Kurth
Jürgen Scheible
Joris Ivens
Gabriele Fontana
Ida Applebroog
Julia Barry
Kultur Polizei
Julian Milkis
Erdem Gündüz
Yoshitaka Shimano
Carbonid Solo
Dieter Beck
Werner Schweer
Pól Ó Braonáin
Franz Hummel
Barbara Honrath
Achim Thorwald
Saram de Rohan
Padeluun
Bernhard Schulze
Kamal Zharif Kamaludin
Kathleen O’Reilly
Anna-Maria Drago Jekal
Jeff Kensmoe
Termos Tentet
Mélodie Mousset
Sean Snyder
Claudia Catarzi
Harry Niemann
C. Franke
Artur Schnabel
Michael Brodsky
Emilio Tadini
Marianne Kneuer
Pieter Snayers
Tabea Zimmermann
Michel Verjux
Dominik Kautz
Hannah Flügler
Gerhard Wolfstieg
Bang on a Can All-Stars
Dominique Staendaert
Leonie Bodeving
Albert Capellani
William Verplank
Marcus Kollros
Margaret Leng Tan
Jaap de Jonge
Julia Kristeva
Gotthold Ephraim Lessing
Stephan Groß
Apollonios von Perge
G. Calvin Weston
Robert Silverman
Wolfgang Ritthoff
Marlen Lienkamp
Hermann Glaser
Werner Heß
Gilles Grand
Jürgen Parisi
Kees Wieringa
Marco Cantalupo
Stephan Goetz
Alexandra Scott
Chiharu Nishizawa
O. Gosho
Erwin Wurm
Isabelle Fremeaux & John Jordan
Antonella Brambati
Pulsford
Ton Illegems
Halina Blatt-Stevens
Paul Kevin Thomason
Giulio Sanuto
Marcus Antonius Wesselmann
Charles Vacanti
Bruno Costarelli_Dstance.net
Thomas Spier
Marguerita Albrecht
Pandit Pran Nath
Pieter Baan Müller
Bruno Zurkirchen
2bit Ishii (buffer Renaiss)
Floyd Gilmore
Cornelius Hauptmann
Lee Hoiby
Christian Voigt
Haruki Amanuma
Victor Vasarely
Chris Stein
Tamara Lorenz
Bruna Andrade
Ane Mette Ruge
Jankel Adler
Julian Beck
Jacques-Henri Lartigue
Hermann Pitz
Klaus-Martin Treder
Péter Sarkadi
Alexandre St-Onge
Liu Ding
João R. A. Borba
Christina Hänsel
Özden Demir
Melvyn Poore
Brett Baker
Elliot Woods
David Eagle
Kai Schlüter
Gérard Buquet
Maria Jorda-Langfeldt
James Reineking
Leen Kelchtermans
Jana Merseburg
Charles Ames
Johann Baptist Graser
Thomas S. Ray
Serge Houppin
Michael Newman
Lucas Media Becknell

ZKM | Karlsruhe
Wissen – Collections, Archives and Research

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76135 Karlsruhe ​
Germany

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E-Mail: wissen@zkm.de 

Contacts

ZKM | Collections
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ZKM | Archives
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ZKM | Library
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Image Requests
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