Meanings
kunsthalle1
plural kunsthalles · alternative Kunsthalle
- 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 Times1 more example
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
plural Kunsthalles
- 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
- GermanKunsthalle
- Englishkunsthalle
Borrowed from German Kunsthalle (literally “art hall”).
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kunsthalle. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/kunsthalle
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