Museum Angewandte Kunst, Frankfurt
As a key partner of World Design Capital 2026, the Museum Angewandte Kunst stands for an active and dynamic engagement with design, fashion and social developments. With its open collection practice, innovative presentation formats and focus on both contemporary and timeless questions, it provides a space where cultural values, everyday culture and aesthetic visions of the future intersect.
©Rose StachFebruary
May 2026
May 2026
07
Sa
Feb
24
Su
May
Wolle. Seide. Widerstand.
Museum Angewandte Kunst, Frankfurt am Main
Carpets by contemporary artists as critical expressions of socio-political themes.
Museum Angewandte Kunst, Frankfurt
©Roberto Fortuna / Sugar cane knife, 1800s, Danish West Indies/ Nationalmuseet / CC BY-SA 2.0 Joe Haupt / Vintage RCA "AA" Transistor Radio Battery / CC BY-SA 2.0 Arend041 / Scharnier lossepen001 / GNU Free Documentation License young shanahan / Bunker B-S 4 Lány / CC BY-SA 2.0 Unknown author / Body image scanner avatar / CC 0 El nomad / Portable radio Olympic, by Mykola Lebid / CC 0 Gr5/ Tatyana McFadden 2025 / CC 0 Seabee314 / Iron Glaze Teapot With Bamboo Handle / CC 0 Gift of H. O. Havemeyer, 1896 / Vase MET DT190 / Tiffany / CC 0May
June 2026
June 2026
14
Th
May
28
Su
Jun
Positions on Freedom. Gestaltung und ihre Grenzen – the thing Fellowship 2026
the thing
Designers and companies develop positions on the theme of freedom, documented in both analogue and digital formats and presented in a comprehensive exhibition.
Museum Angewandte Kunst, Frankfurt
©Ben Kuhlmann May
August 2026
August 2026
21
Th
May
09
Su
Aug
Design for Democracy. What design can achieve!
Museum Angewandte Kunst
The exhibition presents current design projects from the Frankfurt RheinMain region and connects them with international initiatives and key figures.
Museum Angewandte Kunst, Frankfurt
August 2026
February 2027
February 2027
28
Fr
Aug 26
07
Su
Feb 27
Adler, Orden, Wahlurne. Redesigning Democratic Representation
HFBK Hamburg
In its first exhibition, the fictional “Office for Design of Democracy” (ODD) presents four redesigns for democratic representation.
Museum Angewandte Kunst, Frankfurt
July
October 2026
October 2026
23
Th
Jul
25
Su
Oct
Im Modus der Serie. Differenz, Variation und Wiederholung in Architektur und Design
Museum Angewandte Kunst Frankfurt am Main
The exhibition offers new approaches to the topic of seriality and examines serial strategies and processes in order to highlight both the potential and the limitations of seriality.
Museum Angewandte Kunst, Frankfurt
©Georgia Guirguis. Courtesy the artist/Oscar MurilloMay 2026
30
Sa
10:00 – 18:00
WDC-Hub: Social Mapping
DAS MINSK, Oscar Murillo
This session is a part of an ongoing project entitled "Social Mapping", a tribute to the spirit of community expressed through drawing and marking, which will be accompanied by other drawing sessions across the country.
WDC-Hub im Museum Angewandte Kunst
