KW Institute

KW is short for K unst W erke. In English that means art works. The KW Institute for Contemporary Art opened in 1991. It produces and shows contemporary art . These are works of art made by artists of today. All of the exhibitions at KW look at present-day questions. The exhibitions consider social and political questions. This starts with the works of art and goes on to look at the artist’s views on these questions.

The director of the KW Institute for Contemporary Art is Emma Enderby. She and her team of curators are responsible for the exhibitions.

KW does not have its own collection. This means that it is free to create very different exhibitions. It sometimes asks artists to create works of art and then shows these works of art.