The permanent exhibition offers visitors a chronological overview of Klee's artistic oeuvre and presents around seventy works as well as biographical material and archive items, which are changed regularly.
As one of the most important artists of modernism, Paul Klee (1879–1940) sought new forms of expression that did justice to the social and cultural upheavals of his time. He questioned everything that was taught in Europe and orientated himself towards children's drawings and non-European cultures as well as the structures and processes of nature. He also explored artistic movements such as Expressionism, Cubism, Dadaism, Surrealism and Constructivism without joining any of these groups. Klee commented on political events with ironic detachment in numerous works. The First and Second World Wars had far-reaching consequences for Klee's life. His networks broke up and led to the artist's isolation.
In the ‘Fokus Room’ we organize small exhibitions with a thematic focus on particular aspects of Paul Klee's work as well as with artists and topics with surprsing references to Klee's œuvre.
Filmserie Unpacking Klee
Entdecken Sie unsere neue Filmserie Unpacking Klee in der Dauerausstellung Kosmos Klee im Zentrum Paul Klee oder hier online!
Upcoming guided tours
Tue 1.4.2025
—12:30Treffpunkt: beim Café
Sun 6.4.2025
—12:00Treffpunkt: beim Café
Sun 13.4.2025
—12:00Treffpunkt: beim Café
Tue 15.4.2025
—12:30Treffpunkt: beim Café
Sun 20.4.2025
—12:00Treffpunkt: beim Café
Sun 27.4.2025
—12:00Treffpunkt: beim Café
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Plan your visit
When would you like to visit the Zentrum Paul Klee?
Upcoming exhibitions
19.7.2025–5.10.2025
7.11.2025–22.2.2026
7.6.2025–14.9.2025
Fokus Room
19.9.2025–18.1.2026
Fokus Room
Event archive
Sun 30.3.2025
—15:00Punto d'incontro: al Café
Sun 30.3.2025
—12:00Treffpunkt: beim Café
Sun 23.3.2025
—12:00Treffpunkt: beim Café
Tue 18.3.2025
—12:30Treffpunkt: beim Café
Sun 16.3.2025
—12:00Treffpunkt: beim Café
Sat 15.3.2025
—10:30Treffpunkt: beim Café