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

Malcolm Le Grice
Kaikhosru Shapurji Sorabji
Francis Bacon
Michael Nicolas Schott
Marc Ream
Studio Basse Stittgen
Laurie Simmons
Jenny Moore
Werner Schmiedel
Raquel García-Tomás
Dietmar Dath & Jan Werner
Max Cooper
Kirsten Mosher
Pavel Otdelnov
Joel McNeely
Julie Kuzminska
Chris Ohnemus
Klemens Bobenhausen
Micha Acher
Valère Novarina
Miloš Mihajlović
Robert Carlisle
Konrad Rennert
Série B
bcd CyberneticArt team
Bhavisha Panchia
Stephen Scott
Daria Semegen
Emanuele Quinz
Ernst Strouhal
EGO-West
Claudius Boettger-Soller
Wafaa Bilal
Oscar Straus
Michel Portal
Bill Chamberlain
Steve Lacy
Craig Hammond
Owe Ronström
Reinhold Koehler
Stan Vanderbeek
Günter Reich
Warren Smith
Cristina Fiordimela
Marina Fossati
Arvo Pärt
Joël-François Durand
Sandra Elgear
Julian Voss-Andreae
Karl-Heinz Schickhaus
Jakob Tanner
Liu Wei
Jean-François Minjard
Elisabeth Schweeger
Floris van Manen
Terry Chupun
Martin Howse
Karl Steiner
Markus Vater
Rudolf Theilmann
Felix Schlenker
Susana Pilar Delahante Matienzo
Carl Einstein
Sabine Himmelsbach
Ercolino Ferretti
Frank O. Gehry
Brendan Dawes
Marie-Josée Raméro
Trio Rivinius
Hodges
Universal Cosmopolitan Research Project
Luis Fernando Benedit
Adrian Rennertz
Alexander Stublic
Andrzej Wróblewski
Susanna Hefti
Joachim Witt
Heidi Specker
Clara Runge
Vincent Michalke
Tilo Kremer
Nadia Zaboura
Kayle Brandon
Xiaoyan Guo
Sigrun Kiesewetter
Maciej Wisniewski
Klaudia Blake
Yves Hasselmann
Piero Steinle
Stefan Froleyks
J. Nelson
Hilda Paredes
Jörg-Andreas Bötticher
Minoru Miki
Hiroshi Tanabu
Marinus Boezem
Steve Saunders
Chrislo
Richard Fenwick
Alena Pfanz
Oliver Chabrillange
Mauro Saleri
Lélegzet
Karel Cusse-Downsbrough
François Houle
Bernhard Deißler
Manuel Hidalgo
Roger Heaton
Surveillance Camera Players
Herbert Magdison
Gabriele Werner
Birgit Benkö
Dominik Rinnhofer
FOKN Bois
Wolfgang Jass
Markus Seig
Susann Scholl
John McEntire
Olav Val
Henning Wiechers
Robert E. Mulvey
Renate Bertlmann
GUO Cheng
Ray Northcott
Heidi J. S. Tworek
W. Gergijew
Eliav Brand
Ertan Erdogan
Ross Cooper
Sonja Halasvuo
Joshua Simon
Nancy Woo
Stefan Zeyen
Alessandra Burotto Tarky
Gertrud Koch
Leonardo Quartett
Silesian String Quartet
Arnold Springer
ProjektionsAreal
Franziska Vogel
Phillips Barre
Scott Draves
MK 12
Seonghoon Park
Kenan Kolat
Katarina Sjögren
Marilyn Barber
Ulrich Höhne
George Rochberg
Helga Lannoch

ZKM | Karlsruhe
Wissen – Collections, Archives and Research

Lorenzstraße 19
76135 Karlsruhe ​
Germany

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E-Mail: wissen@zkm.de 

Contacts

ZKM | Collections
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E-Mail: collections-and-archives@zkm.de

ZKM | Archives
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ZKM | Library
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Image Requests
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