The Unboxing Experience

The Clemens Sels Museum in Neuss is not only a place with an art collection that is unique in Germany. It is also special in that the history and present of the museum have always been the responsibility of women - from the founder Pauline Sels to the long-standing directors. The fact that over 130 female artists are represented in the collection, whose works were previously hardly or not at all visible, forms the starting point for an exhibition project that is designed as a work in progress. Part one will start in April under the title “The Unboxing Experience” as an inventory, with part two starting in June, in which selected works will enter into a dialog with contemporary artists.

“The Unboxing Experience” is curated by Lara Bader and Marlene Kurz, scholarship holders of Residence NRW⁺ 2024/2025. In addition to the project for the Clemens Sels Museum Neuss, the two curators from Germany and Switzerland have been invited to develop and realize an exhibition with the NAK Neuer Aachener Kunstverein.

The project takes place as part of Residence NRW⁺, a scholarship program for artists and curators that cooperates with various museums, art galleries and art associations throughout NRW. Residence NRW⁺ is a program of the Kunsthalle Münster, an institution of the City of Münster, www.residencenrw.de.

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