kunsthalle

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noun

A facility that holds temporary art exhibitions, typically with loaned works.

UncommonScrabble 17

Meanings

kunsthalle1

nounkunsthalle (plural kunsthalles)

plural kunsthalles · alternative Kunsthalle

  1. A facility that holds temporary art exhibitions, typically with loaned works.

    But in terms of contemporary art, the Hammer was operating more like a kunsthalle, a temporary home for a constantly changing roster of exhibitions.

    2007 July 8, Jori Finkel, “A Museum That Lives Within Its Means”, in New York Times
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    Some—following the Kunsthalle model—do not have the collection on show and hold exhibitions of loaned works, but often mixed with works from the founder's collection.

    2021, Georgina Adam, The Rise and Rise of the Private Art Museum (Hot Topics in the Art World), Chicago: Lund Humphries, →ISBN

Kunsthalle2

nounKunsthalle (plural Kunsthalles)

plural Kunsthalles

  1. Alternative letter-case form of kunsthalle

    Some—following the Kunsthalle model—do not have the collection on show and hold exhibitions of loaned works, but often mixed with works from the founder's collection.

    2021, Georgina Adam, The Rise and Rise of the Private Art Museum (Hot Topics in the Art World), Chicago: Lund Humphries, →ISBN

Origin

  1. GermanKunsthalle
  2. Englishkunsthalle

Borrowed from German Kunsthalle (literally “art hall”).

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Cite this entry
APA

kunsthalle. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/kunsthalle

MLA

“kunsthalle.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/kunsthalle. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “kunsthalle,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/kunsthalle.

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