Pleasure and Leisure.
The people of Dusseldorf are justifiably proud of their city’s vibrant cultural life - a real kaleidoscope of events, performances, shows and festivals.
From poetry readings and chamber music recitals to rap, hip-hop and rock concerts, the city offers something for everybody - every day of the year.
For lovers of classical music, opera and jazz Dusseldorf is a veritable feast, whilst theatregoers too, can choose from a rich offering of traditional and avant-garde plays and musicals.
Quick Infos.
Some things taking place in the city or surroundings may not warrant their own pages, however anything that may be of relevance to our users will be published here...
Himmlisch-Herrlich-Höfisch - 19 September to 11 January 2009.
Heavenly, stately and courtly is the collection of the Prince Elector Jan Wellem which is, together with more than 2.000 loans from other museums, in the focus of the exhibition “Himmlisch-Herrlich-Höfisch” at the Museum Kunst Palast...
As far as the eye can see – 27 September 2008 – 11 January 2009.
The K21 is the only museum in Europe to present this extensive retrospective of the work of Lawrence Weiner, one of the most influential and dynamic figures of conceptual arts. The exhibition shows some 70 typographic works...
Diana & Actaeon: The Forbidden Look on Nudity - 25.10-15.02.2009.
According to an antique myth, the huntsman Actaeon caught nude Diana while bathing. The goddess of hunting punished him with the transformation into a deer and he was killed by his own dogs. His curuiosity became his lethal fate...
International Dance Weeks 2008/2009.
During Neuss' International Dance Weeks, outstanding dancers demonstrate the variety of expressive power of dance. It is already the nineteenth time that contemporary dance from all parts of the world is...
Pina Bausch Dance - 7 - 30 November.
The NRW International Dance Festival 2008 in Dusseldorf, Wuppertal and Essen means three weeks with Pina Bausch. The world-famous dancer, choreograph and iterated art director of this year’s Dance Theatre in NRW...
Pablo Picasso – 16 November 2008 to 8 February 2009.
How did Pablo Picasso define his own person? Did he know he was one of the greatest painters of the 20th century? The Clemens-Sels-Museum will try to find an answer to these questions within their exhibition ‘Pablo Picasso – creativity and...
