Events
HAMBURG ART WEEK
CROSSING CURRENTS
3–6 September 2026
During Hamburg Art Week, various events will take place at the Dieter Roth Museum.
Link to the official website of Hamburg Art Week
Literaturwurst-Treffen
Ditterich von Euler-Donnersperg reads texts by Dieter Roth
Friday, 4 September, 4.00 pm
Duration: approx. 1.5 hours. The event will take place in German.
20 euros per person.
Booking required, to register, please click here
Guided Tours
The tours extend over four floors and show all the phases of Dieter Roth’s creative work. The museum can only be visited as part of a guided tour. The tours will take place in German.
Thursday 3 September at 2 pm
Saturday 5 September and Sunday 6 September, at 11 am and 2 pm on both days
Duration: approx. 1.5 hours.
15 euros per person
Booking required, to register, please click here
Hamburger Kunsthalle
ABER ICH | DIE WELT | ICH SEHE | DICH, 05.06. – 04.10.2026
In the frame of the exhibition, Hamburger Kunsthalle is currently presenting Tibidabo – Hundezwinger, 24 Stunden Gebell (1977/78), a major installation of Dieter Roth (1930-1998).
Since the 1970s, Roth established a personal archive and a museum displaying in Hamburg his transdisciplinary production, having developed an intense relationship with the city over the years and until his death. With a rich selection of artworks, the Dieter Roth Museum housed at Abteistraße 57 continues to this day to reflect his exceptional artistic commitment during the second half of the twentieth century and today’s resonance of his oeuvre.
We are pleased to jointly propose a double event around Dieter Roth:
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„Work of the Week“ ABER ICH | DIE WELT | ICH SEHE | DICH
Dieter Roth, Tibidabo – Hundezwinger, 24 Stunden Gebell
With Dr. Dirk Dobke, art historian and president of Dieter Roth Foundation
09.09.2026, 12:00 to 12:30 – presentation in German
Meeting point: Hamburger Kunsthalle, Foyer der Galerie der Gegenwart
Ticket: 4€
Booking online: Dieter Roth: Tibidabo-Hundezwinger 24 Stunden Gebell, 1977/78 | Hamburger Kunsthalle -
Guided tour at the Dieter Roth Museum
led by the museum’s curator Kathrin Haaßengier
02.10.2026 at 1 pm. The tour will be conducted in German.
The admission fee is 10 €, concessions 5 €. Booking is required.
For appointments use our contact form
Revisiting Dieter Roth (1930–1998) (Hamburg, 16-17 Oct 26)
Warburg-Haus Hamburg, 16.–17.10.2026
Anmeldeschluss: 15.10.2026
Prof. Dr. Ina Jessen, HAW Hamburg
The international symposium “Revisiting Dieter Roth (1930–1998): Transnational Networks, Contemporary Perspectives, and Ongoing Research” will take place on October 16 and 17, 2026, at the Warburg-Haus in Hamburg. The format is dedicated to Roth’s multi-perspective modes of creation spanning graphic design, printmaking, architecture, design, and conceptual approaches. As such, it is part of the globally growing yet often fragmented Roth-specific research landscape, bringing together current research projects and actors in the field. At the heart of the symposium is the systematic academic examination of the transnationally created and equally situated work of the German-Swiss artist Dieter Roth.
The research focus centers on the interdisciplinary investigation of Roth’s nomadic working methods between Germany, Iceland, and Switzerland. The aim is to position his artistic stance not only within the context of fine arts, but also in the mirror of his artistic and design-oriented fields of practice at the intersection of design, architecture, applied arts, and institution-critical theory. The symposium forms the core of a network that brings together current exhibition and archival work, oral history-based projects, and art-historical analyses, alongside concrete artistic-technical questions and contemporary conservation challenges.
Initiated in 2026 at HAW Hamburg (Faculty of Design, Department of Theory, History of Art and Design) in cooperation with the Warburg-Haus Hamburg and the Dieter Roth Foundation Hamburg, the symposium marks the starting point for a future internationally touring academic workshop. The goal is to increase the visibility of current Roth research through a concerted initiative and to sustainably strengthen professional networking. Within this framework, Roth’s work will be examined in the medium and long term through the lens of questions concerning authorship, genres, forms and modes of creation, institutional needs, and modes of reception.
Due to the international scope of the event, an active exchange of knowledge will take place between the academic community, collections, institutions, professional peers, interested students from all disciplines, and the general public. Therefore, the symposium will be held in English.
All current information is available on the websites:
https://www.warburg-haus.de/
https://www.haw-hamburg.de/design/
https://dieterrothmuseum.org/
Organizer: Prof. Dr. Ina Jessen
Assistant: Maximilian Gebhardt
Graphic Design: Alice Pham
Day 1, October 16, 2026, 1.00 p.m.–7.00 p.m.
1.00 p.m. Opening remarks at the Warburg Haus (Heilwigstraße 116, 20149 Hamburg)
Birta Fróðadóttir (1.30 p.m. – 2.30 p.m.): Machines Of Organized Chaos: Three Homes Of Dieter Roth In Iceland (working title)
Arnar Freyr (2.30 Uhr – 3.30 Uhr): rot or not. Dieter Roth’s graphic design practice (1955 and 1964)
Giacomo Paravicini, Camillo Paravicini, Gianni and Flurina Paravicini (4.00 p.m. – 6.00 p.m.): Dieter Roth – Applied Arts. Furniture / Ceramics / Textiles / Architecture / Jewelry
Performance: 18.30 – 19.00 Uhr
Martin Engler & David Þór: Engler sieht Roth N° 26 – gänzlich zerknüllt bzw weitgehend verbeult und Jonsson lässt es krachen
Day 2, October 17, 2026 – 10.00 a.m.– 6.00 p.m.
Ina Jessen (10.00 a.m.–11.00 a.m.): Dieter Roth and Transformative Aesthetics: The Mold Museum (1991–2004)
Aðalsteinn Ingólfsson (11.00 a.m.– 12.00 p.m.): Dieter Roth: The Icelandic Interviews
Giacomo Paravicini (12.00 p.m.–12.30 p.m.): Dieter Roth / Enzo Mari. Parallel Worlds
Angela Chang (2.00 p.m. – 3.00 p.m.): “Preservation” Considerations for Works by Dieter Roth in a University Teaching Museum
Bianca Strauß (3.00 p.m. – 4.00 p.m.): Dieter Roth’s Prints: Photomechanical Reproduction as a Creative Act Focusing
Barbara Wien (4.15 p.m. – 4.45 p.m.): „… fürchte die Welt nicht (die geruckte sowieso nicht)!“ (DR) about Review for Everything and the time with Dieter Roth / über die Zeitschrift für Alles und die Zeit mit Dieter Roth
Dirk Dobke (4.45 p.m. – 5.15 p.m.): Together with Dieter Roth – the early years of the Dieter Roth Foundation
Panel Talk moderated by Ina Jessen (5.15 p.m. – 18.00 p.m.)
5.30 p.m. Closing Remarks
Die Kunst des Kunst-Sammelns. Sammlung Kristen
Mittwoch, den 4. März 2026 um 19.00 Uhr, Versmannkai 16, 20457 Hamburg
Es diskutieren:
Gerrit und Tilman Kristen, Privatsammler, die sich auf Gegenwartskunst konzentrieren
Melike Bilir, Galeristin in der Admiralitätsstraße
Dr. Dirk Dobke, Geschäftsführer der Griffelkunstvereinigung Hamburg und Präsident des Dieter Roth Museums
Moderation: Oskar Piegsa, Redakteur im Hamburg-Ressort, DIE ZEIT
https://www.kulturforum-hh.de/programm/
Dieter Roth. Von Käselandschaft zu Schimmelmuseum.
Gespräch mit Dr. Ina Jessen, Kunsthistorikerin
Gastspiel des Museum Ulm in der Kunsthalle Weishaupt
Gespräch innerhalb der Ausstellung: Museum neu buchstabiert. Teil 2: Von M bis Z
in der Kunsthalle Weishaupt
Events at the Dieter Roth Museum
Alternating events take place. The focus is on perspectives that set and address art historical approaches, restoration issues or literary and philosophical emphases. People interested in art and culture are invited to get to know the work of Dieter Roth from different perspectives and in dialogue.
Past topics:
Dr. des. Ina Jessen: Of conservation and reconstruction. Visit of the mould room in Hamburg Harvestehude.
Dr. Dirk Dobke: Dieter Roth’s “Schimmelmuseum” between installation and museum self-representation.
Dr. des. Ina Jessen: Between Life and Art? To Dieter Roth’s table mat.
Tobias Weilandt: Fruit, ground meat, dead insects. A view through Dieter Roth’s mould window.
An event by Kampnagel at the Dieter Roth Museum (05/08/2021 – 15/08/2021)
Internationales Sommerfestival 2021
N. Son, A. Kahrs, F. Kubin, M. Melián, W. Müller, C. Marthaler:
Für Dieter Roth
Information and registration (ticket available only via Kampnagel) please click here.
