Leipzig, metropolis of contemporary art
2024
Highlights of the trip
During your stay you can enjoy the following highlights: Culture / Heritage.
Best times to go
The best time(s) to go is/are : Printemps, Eté.
Petit Futé
Where to stay ?
The map of your stay "Leipzig, metropolis of contemporary art"
Detail of the stay : Leipzig, metropolis of contemporary art
How to get there
Fine Arts to start
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Spend your day at the Fine Arts Museum, which is well worth it. It will show the evolution of modern art in Germany and particularly in Leipzig, where important artists such as Max Klinger (symbolism), Max Beckmann (New Objectivity), Werner Tübke (socialist realism), and Neo Rauch (New Leipzig School) were born or worked in the 20th century. Temporary exhibitions are often at the forefront of artistic and exciting news.
Places of interest : MUSEUM DER BILDENEN KÜNSTE - MUSÉE DES BEAUX-ARTS
La Spinnerei, an artists' district
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Direction Rome of contemporary art in Leipzig, in the west of the Plagwitz district: the Spinnerei. The old factory has been transformed into a gigantic artists' district with workshops, galleries, museums and all kinds of events related to contemporary art. There are several exhibition spaces to visit, then you have to take your time, hang out at the big café, possibly meet artists...
Discover the Westerwerk
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A day of walks in Plagwitz, the new quarter of artists and pq. One of the most fashionable museum areas of the moment is Karl-Heine-Strasse, many artists'galleries and workshops have recently emerged; there is what to do...
Places of interest : WESTWERK KARL-HEINE-STRASSE
Artistic walk
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A day's walk in Leipzig in search of murals scattered throughout the city. Karl-Liebknecht-Strasse is a privileged stopover: Fischer-Art's murals, Blek le Rat's graffiti "La Vierge et l'Enfant" and the communist signs of Feinkostgelände reign there. In Plagwitz, some street art works have become cult, such as the "Weisse Dame", a 1920s advertisement. In the evening, land at Galerie Kub, also in the Südvorstadt, a favourite place for performances and installation exhibitions, hosted by art students.
Places of interest : KARL-LIEBKNECHT-STRAßE
