Allows admission on any exhibition day in the booked month without prior reservation and is not time-bound. The duration of stay is unlimited.
OPENING HOURS:
From September 19 - Only for a short time!
Tue/Wed/Sun & holidays 10 AM – 6 PM
Thu/Fri/Sat 10 AM – 8 PM
New Year's Eve 10 AM – 4 PM
Last admission: 1 hour before the end of the exhibition
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“House of Banksy Mannheim”: The new pop-up exhibition about the street art superstar!
The creators of the successful exhibition “The Mystery of Banksy – A Genius Mind,” which mesmerized visitors in Heidelberg (halle02 at the freight station) in 2021 and has now established itself as the most-visited and thus most successful show about the street art superstar worldwide with over 3 million visitors, are now coming to Mannheim for the first time! Starting September 19, 2025, with the new pop-up exhibition “House of Banksy Mannheim – An Unauthorized Exhibition"!
At Kunststraße 5-6 (N 7, former Saturn), in the heart of Mannheim City, an unprecedented presentation of over 150 motifs of the celebrated artist will be showcased in a space of over 2,000 sqm. This exhibition, which has already attracted nearly 350,000 visitors at its first three stops in Munich, Hamburg, and Leipzig, is currently the most extensive and sought-after exhibition about Banksy in Europe and stands out significantly from all previously shown displays of his art!
Graffitis, photographs, sculptures, video installations, and prints on various materials such as canvas, fine art paper, wood, aluminum, plaster, concrete, and brick have been reproduced and compiled specifically for this exhibition. In an elaborate and unique setting, visitors will gain a comprehensive insight into the complete works of this exceptional artist. This homage and the image installations shown there are not authorized by the artist himself due to his anonymous status. About 80% of all exhibited graffitis and work motifs are now scarcely or not at all accessible in their original form. They have been removed, torn down, destroyed, painted over, or ripped from walls and subsequently auctioned off for large sums of money. Some of them, especially his screen prints, are now in private ownership or owned by art dealers.
The no less impressive reproductions, created live on-site for each exhibition by an internationally renowned team of graffiti artists, allow viewers to follow in Banksy's footsteps and make his art understandable and experiential in a way never seen before. “We want to make the works and especially the message behind each of his actions and works accessible to the public again and point out how important it is to protect the few remaining originals in public space. An exhibition like this with originals is not possible in this dimension for the reasons mentioned,” says Oliver Forster, the producer of the exhibition.
The exhibition “House of Banksy – An Unauthorized Exhibition” brings the message of this artistic genius closer to a wider audience without the need for extensive travel. Here, one can visit the most famous street art works of Banksy in one place and engage with his explorations of various focal issues such as war, xenophobia, police violence, people on the run, capitalism, global warming, violence against women, CCTV, and the Corona pandemic in a completely different way. A major Austrian daily newspaper wrote: “A Banksy exhibition is like a sprayed mirror of society” – and a Banksy exhibition is always current and close to the spirit of the times. Banksy wants to excite and move people with his art, while also polarizing and provoking thought. There is no comparable artist who repeatedly manages to stage himself with his sometimes spectacular yet thoughtful actions in a media-effective way. He does not use his art to draw attention to himself or his latest work, but to point out grievances and focal points that we all prefer to close our eyes to. The locations are deliberately and carefully chosen by him. It is perhaps for this reason that Banksy is undoubtedly one of the most significant artists of our time. He is often referred to by media and experts as the modern Robin Hood.
This extraordinary art experience is curated by Virginia Jean. The young curator and gallery owner, originally from England and now living in Berlin, is a versatile designer and an unstoppable creative force. After her long-term work in the classical art market, she created numerous projects and exhibitions in the field of street art. Banksy has always been a great influence and inspiration in her life due to her background and her passion for creativity and free art as a medium of communication. She is an expert on his works and a specialist in the street art industry.
“Banksy addresses significant truths and problems in our world through his creations, which we tend to conveniently ignore. A Banksy work touches everyone and is directed at everyone, whether they want it or not. That is why it is so important to me personally to exhibit Banksy’s works, to make them accessible to the world, and to celebrate them. Banksy is making history with his art – the history that is our reality right now. The exhibition is a must for anyone who enjoys engaging with art, politics, global events, and especially themselves and who has a sense of bittersweet irony,” says the creative director of the exhibition, who also curated “The Mystery of Banksy – A Genius Mind.”
01.02.26 - 22.02.26
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