Kunst im Tunnel or KIT is a
contemporary art
Contemporary art is the art of today, produced in the second half of the 20th century or in the 21st century. Contemporary artists work in a globally influenced, culturally diverse, and technologically advancing world. Their art is a dynamic com ...
museum in
Düsseldorf
Düsseldorf ( , , ; often in English sources; Low Franconian and Ripuarian: ''Düsseldörp'' ; archaic nl, Dusseldorp ) is the capital city of North Rhine-Westphalia, the most populous state of Germany. It is the second-largest city in th ...
. It is the new exhibition space of
Kunsthalle Düsseldorf
Kunsthalle Düsseldorf is an exhibition hall for contemporary art in Düsseldorf.
Building
The present art centre was built in 1967 in Brutalist architecture by the architects Konrad Beckmann and Brockes. They used commercially available precas ...
, located within the
Rheinufertunnel
The Rheinufer Tunnel (german: Rheinufertunnel or "Rhine Bank Tunnel") is a road tunnel in Düsseldorf, Germany. The tunnel is part of the B1 German federal road. At long, it is the sixth longest inner city tunnel in Europe.
The tunnel runs unde ...
- hence the name. It has an underground exhibition area of 850m².
References
Art museums and galleries in Germany
Museums in Düsseldorf
Art museums and galleries established in 2007
2007 establishments in Germany
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