Allows visits on any exhibition day in the booked month without prior reservation and is not time-bound. The duration of stay is unlimited.
OPENING HOURS:
From September 19 - Only for a short time!
Tue/Wed/Sun & Public Holidays 10 AM – 6 PM
Thu/Fri/Sat 10 AM – 8 PM
Last admission: 1 hour before the end of the exhibition
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“House of Banksy Mannheim”: The new pop-up exhibition about the street art superstar!
The creators of the successful exhibition “The Mystery of Banksy – A Genius Mind”, which captivated visitors in Heidelberg (halle02 at the goods station) in 2021 and has since established itself as the most-visited and therefore the most successful exhibition about the street art superstar worldwide with over 3 million visitors, are now coming to Mannheim for the first time! Starting from September 19, 2025, with the new pop-up exhibition “House of Banksy Mannheim – An Unauthorized Exhibition”!
At Kunststraße 5-6 (N 7, former Saturn), in the heart of Mannheim City, an unprecedented presentation of over 150 motifs of the celebrated artist will be displayed on an area of over 2,000 square meters. This exhibition, which has already attracted nearly 350,000 visitors at its first three locations in Munich, Hamburg, and Leipzig, is currently the most extensive and sought-after exhibition about Banksy in Europe and clearly sets itself apart from all previously shown representations of his art!
Graffitis, photographs, sculptures, video installations, and prints on various materials such as canvas, fine art paper, wood, aluminum, plaster, concrete, and brick have been specially reproduced and compiled for this exhibition. In an elaborate and unique setting, visitors are offered a comprehensive insight into the entire work of the exceptional artist. This homage and the displayed image installations are not authorized by the artist himself due to his anonymous status. About 80% of all exhibited graffitis and work motifs are now hardly or no longer accessible in their original form. They have been removed, torn down, destroyed, sprayed over, or ripped from the walls and subsequently auctioned off for high prices. Some of them, especially his screen prints, are now in private ownership or held by art dealers.
The equally impressive reproductions, created live on location by an internationally renowned team of graffiti artists for each exhibition, allow the viewer to walk in Banksy's footsteps and experience his art in a completely unprecedented way and up close. “We want to make the works and especially the message behind each of his actions and works accessible to the public again and point out how important it is to protect the few remaining originals in public spaces. An exhibition like this populated with originals is, for the reasons mentioned, not possible in this dimension,” says Oliver Forster, the producer of the exhibition.
The exhibition “House of Banksy – An Unauthorized Exhibition” brings the message of this artistic genius closer to a broader audience without the need for extensive travel. Here, one can visit the most famous street art works of Banksy in one place and engage with his confrontations of various focal issues such as war, xenophobia, police violence, people on the run, capitalism, global warming, violence against women, CCTV, and even the Corona pandemic in a completely different way. A large Austrian daily newspaper wrote: “A Banksy exhibition is like a sprayed mirror of society” – and a Banksy exhibition is always current and close to the zeitgeist. Banksy wants to inspire and touch people with his art, while also polarizing and prompting reflection. There is no comparable artist who consistently manages to present himself dramatically in the media with his sometimes spectacular and well-thought-out actions. He does not use his art to draw attention to himself or his latest work, but to highlight grievances and focal points that we all too readily close our eyes to. The locations are deliberately and carefully chosen by him. It is perhaps for this reason that Banksy undoubtedly ranks among the most significant artists of our time. Media and experts often refer to him as the modern Robin Hood.
This extraordinary art experience is curated by Virginia Jean. The young curator and gallery owner, originally from England and now living in Berlin, is a versatile designer and an indelible creative. After her long-time work in the classical art market, she created numerous projects and exhibitions in the field of street art. Due to her background and her passion for creativity and free art as a means of communication, Banksy has always been a significant influence and inspiration in her life. She is an expert on his works and a specialist in the street art industry.
“Banksy addresses significant truths and problems in our world with his creations, which we’d rather close our eyes to. A Banksy piece touches everyone and is directed at everyone, whether they want it or not. That’s why it is so personally important to me to exhibit Banksy’s works, to make them accessible to the world and to celebrate them. Banksy writes history with his art – the history that is currently our reality. The exhibition is a must for anyone who enjoys engaging with art, politics, general world events, and especially themselves and has a sense of bittersweet irony,” says the creative director of the exhibition, who has also curated “The Mystery of Banksy – A Genius Mind”.
December 1, 2025 - December 31, 2025
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