Anselm Kiefer Pavilion

Based on designs by David Chipperfield, a permanent pavilion for Anselm Kiefer’s largest work in the Würth Collection, Black Flakes, is being built on the premises of Museum Würth 2 in Künzelsau, Germany. This will be the first time that the large-format work is shown to the public. Construction works have already begun. The pavilion will open to visitors from October 13, 2026.

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The Anselm Kiefer Pavilion, located in the south-western part of the premises, will be part of the Würth Sculpture Garden around Carmen Würth Forum. It originated from an idea of Anselm Kiefer, who already had several other buildings built for individual works by him. The pavilion reflects the architectural style of Museum Würth 2 and Carmen Würth Forum, also designed by David Chipperfield Architects.

In cooperation with Anselm Kiefer, one of the best-known and most successful German artists after World War II, a minimalist building with several dome skylights is being built whose architecture puts the eleven-meter-high and seven-meter-wide Black Flakes into the center of attention. The large-format painting created in 2007 is meant to be a quotation of the poem of the same name by Paul Celan, one of the most important German-speaking poets of the 20th century. This poem reflects Celan’s traumatic experience during the Holocaust. History and myth, destruction and reconstruction determine Kiefer’s monumental work that explores the nature of the universe and of human beings.

Kunsthalle Würth in Schwäbisch Hall, Germany, opens its doors with an exhibition dedicated to Anselm Kiefer

The pavilion at Museum Würth 2 complements the exhibition of Kiefer’s works at Kunsthalle Würth in Schwäbisch Hall that will be shown for its reopening and 25th anniversary. From October 16, 2026 to October 3, 2027, Kunsthalle Würth will show the exhibition “Anselm Kiefer—All That Is the Case” featuring some 70 important works from all phases of his work owned by the Würth Collection, supplemented by loans from the artist’s own studio.