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Press releases

Interested journalists have the possibility to download press releases and photos of the Kunstfest 2023 here. Contact persons for further questions, interview requests and press cards are:

Marcus Gränz

P + 49 (0) 3643 / 755 292
marcus.graenz@nationaltheater-weimar.de

Imke Tramnitz

P + 49 (0) 176 21 20 28 20
kunstfest-weimar@imketramnitz.de

Press releases

  • Kunstfest Weimar 2023 setting standards

    Weimar, 13th September 2023

    Kunstfest Weimar 2023 became history last weekend: in 19 days this year, some 160 events took place at 30 venues in Weimar and 15 others across the whole of Thuringia. Out of these 45 projects, 20 were either…

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  • Additional project funding and world premiere for Kunstfest Weimar

    Weimar, August 30, 2023.
    The Kunstfest Weimar is pleased to announce further support for its project "Kriegsweihe" from the Thuringian State Chancellery. For the closing gala of the four-day, interdisciplinary urban space concert, the house…

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  • Press release for the opening of the art festival

    Weimar, August 21, 2023.
    On August 23, KUNSTFEST WEIMAR 2023 will open with the erection of an ephemeral installation by the important Düsseldorf object artist Günther Uecker on Weimar's Theaterplatz. Uecker, who became famous with his…

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  • Supporting program flyer for download

    You can download our supporting program flyer here.

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  • Press release on the Kunstfest Weimar 2023 - Press conference

    Weimar, June 21, 2023.
    The program of the Kunstfest Weimar 2023 is under the slogan "Remembering creates the future": the artistic director Rolf C. Hemke presented the overall program of the largest East German festival for contemporary…

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  • Weimar Art Festival 2023 Program Catalog

    Here you can get the program catalog for the Kunstfest Weimar 2023.

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  • First program selection in overview

    Here you can download the first program selection for the Kunstfest Weimar 2023 as a preliminary program flyer.

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  • Press release for Kunstfest Weimar 2023 - Preview

    Under the heading "Remembering creates the future", the Weimar Art Festival will take place this year from August 23 to September 10. The program preview that has just been published already offers numerous references to this. To kick off…

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