Press release
What happens when artists place children at the centre of their process? From 18 July 2025 to 1 February 2026, Haus der Kunst is answering this question with the group exhibition “For Children. Art Stories since 1968”. As the highlight of the year, “For Children” presents works specifically created for children and young adults from 1968 to the present and extends across various indoor and outdoor spaces of the building. It explores universal topics – such as humanity, society, politics, economics, ecology, technology, and the future – that we first encounter as children and that continue to resonate in adulthood. While the works primarily address children, these fundamental subjects invite visitors of all ages to engage in an intergenerational dialogue.
The exhibition inhabits different spaces within the building and is conceived as a three-part exhibition. The Archive Galerie shows the historical starting point of the project and highlights the activities of the KEKS group, which emerged in the 1960s, while two large installations frame the group show and open the space to the public sphere. The artist Ei Arakawa-Nash, inspired by the legacy of the avant-garde group Gutai, invites visitors to draw on the museum floor in his interactive installation. While artist Koo Jeong A opens the building to the Eisbach River and the English Garden with a skateable sculpture.
The exhibition continues the future-oriented approach of Haus der Kunst by challenging traditional narratives and the canon, while taking a step towards new ways of exhibition making, from display to interpretation.
Artists included amongst others Koo Jeong A, Agus Nur Amal PMTOH, Ei Arakawa-Nash, Tarek Atoui, Nairy Baghramian, Yto Barrada, Antoine Catala, Neha Choksi, dis, Olafur Eliasson, Harun Farocki, Emily Floyd, Jan Peter Hammer, KEKS, Eva Koťátková, Basim Magdy, Ana Mendieta, Meredith Monk, Bruce Nauman, Ernesto Neto, Rivane Neuenschwander, Lygia Pape, Rachel Rose, Afrah Shafiq and Tromarama.
Duration
18.7.25 – 1.2.26
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For Children. Art Stories since 1968
Ei Arakawa-Nash
Mega Please Draw Freely, 2021
Photo: Brotherton-Lock
For Children. Art Stories since 1968
Rivane Neuenschwander in collaboration with Guto Carvalhoneto
The Name of Fear/Vaduz (Enge Räume/People in Disguise), 2021
Cotton twill, polyester, quilt batting, pvc, buttons
98 x 92 x 10 cm
Photo: Mateus Augusto Rubim
For Children. Art Stories since 1968
Koo Jeong A x Wheelscape
Evertro, 2015
Liverpool Biennale, UK
Photo: Gareth Jones
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Koo Jeong A, OooOoO Malmö, 2024. Malmö Konsthall, Sweden. Photo: Helene Toresdotter/AlexanderOlivera. Courtesy the artist and Pilar Corrias, London © Koo Jeong A
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Eva Koťátková, Blankets, Monsters, Anna and the World, installation view, Meyer Riegger, Berlin, 2022. Courtesy of the artist and Meyer Riegger. Photo: Oliver Roura
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Eva Koťátková, Blankets, Monsters, Anna and the World, installation view, Meyer Riegger, Berlin, 2022. Courtesy of the artist and Meyer Riegger. Photo: Oliver Roura
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Emily Floyd, Steiner Rainbow, 2006, MDF, two-part epoxy paint, 1801 × 361 × 180 cm © Emily Floyd, artwork photography by John Brash, image courtesy of Anna Schwartz Gallery. Collection QAG GOMA
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Basim Magdy, PINGPINPOOLPONG, or how I learned to laugh at failure, 2018, Ping Pong table, metal and 3D printed parts, Vinyl lettering, metal cups © Basim Magdy, 2020
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Harun Farocki, Bedtime Stories: Bridges, 1977 © Harun Farocki 1977
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Harun Farocki, Bedtime Stories: Ships, 1977 © Harun Farocki 1977
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DIS, Circle Time with Ceyenne Doroshow, 2021, 13:32 min (video still)
Featuring Ceyenne Doroshow
Directed by Terence Nance
Edited by Ryan Trecartin
Produced by TELFARTV, The Umma Chroma, Replica, DIS
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Jan Peter Hammer, The Jungle Book, 2013
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The Lost Jungle
Live simulation, real-time internet-based data, website, sound
Infinite duration
2021-2025
Commissioned for UOB–Museum MACAN Children’s Art Space, 2021 (updated version supported by Haus der Kunst München, 2025)
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Installation view of Tarek Atoui: The Whisperers at The FLAG Art Foundation, 2022
Photography by Steven Probert
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Ólafur Elíasson, The cubic structural evolution project, 2004. 21st Century: Art in the First Decade, 18 December 2010 – 26 April 2011, QAGOMA, Brisbane, Australia, photo: Mark Sherwood © Ólafur Elíasson
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Ólafur Elíasson, The cubic structural evolution project, 2004. 21st Century: Art in the First Decade, 18 December 2010 – 26 April 2011, QAGOMA, Brisbane, Australia, photo: Mark Sherwood © Ólafur Elíasson
