Exhibitions
Changing contemporary art formats and an experimental cultural program are launched on two floors of the bunker. Here, disciplines, positions and cultural actors are linked with each other in innovative ways. A lively, open exchange can arise, which emotionalizes, opens spaces and releases thoughts.
Artistic positions, questions and answers form a dialogue with the architecture and history of the site, which is special in every respect.
Opening hours and information
Exhibition opening hours
Wed & Fri: 17:00-21:00
Sat: 14:00-21:00
Sun: 14:00-18:00
The exhibition rooms are currently closed. We will reopen with the vernissage of our new exhibition “Harald Naegeli - Drawings by a Sprayer” on February 13 - then the regular opening hours will apply.
Admission prices exhibition
Regular: 4.00 EUR / Reduced: 3.00 EUR (students and holder of social pass) / Disabled persons incl. accompanying person: free / Children and young people up to 14 years: free
No dogs allowed.
Address:
Bilker Bunker
Aachener Straße 39
40223 Düsseldorf
Location on GoogleMaps
In this solo exhibition of works by Harald Naegeli, we are exploring the multifaceted visual world of the prominent “Sprayer of Zurich” and showing a selection from institutions and private collections in Düsseldorf for the first time.
Duration: 13.02.-02.04.2025
Image: Discarded print sheet with drawings from 1987 - 1989 from the catalog “Harald Naegeli. Drawing” from 1990 and a spray drawing. © Harald Naegeli, 2025, on loan from the Zarius Collection.
Art or damage to property? The Zurich sprayer has been challenging this question since 1977. In her sensitive portrait, director Nathalie David shows Harald Naegeli's multifaceted personality - as a visionary, controversial artist, rebel, philosopher and sharp-witted, humorous person who has always outraged some and delighted others with his art. The film is Naegeli's testament and a tribute to the utopian artist.
We will open our exhibition for you on March 18 at 7 p.m., the film starts at 8 p.m., drinks will be available at our mobile bar.
Our art educators will guide you through the exhibition “Harald Naegeli - Drawings by a Sprayer” and give you a deeper insight into the artist's imagery and background.
Date: March 22, 2025 at 3 pm
Participation including admission: regular 12€, reduced 8€
Number: 15 people
Duration: approx. one hour
Private guided tours can be requested individually at any time, simply send an email with the desired date, content and number of people to info@bilkerbunker.de. We offer guided tours of the exhibition, the entire bunker and the architecture.
In a dialogical guided tour, we discover together the diverse spray figures and motifs in the drawings of the artist Harald Naegeli. What exactly is graffiti and what is so special about the sprayer's dancing, light figures?
After exploring the exhibition (approx. 30 minutes), we will get creative ourselves and paint environments for Harald Naegeli's figures, or make our own with pipe cleaners (approx. 45 - 60 minutes).
Parents can, but do not have to, take part.
Let's go on a journey of discovery together, we look forward to seeing you!
Date: Sat. March 15, 2 - 3:30 p.m. max.
Participation incl. admission: 10€ per child (material costs are included)
Number: 10 children
On Sunday, March 23, the exhibition area will become a pop-up café. From 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. we invite you to a morning pint in the Bilker Bunker and offer you a gastronomic offer of coffee, beer and sodas.
To mark the occasion, we will be showing film footage of Harald Naegeli by Mathias Ackeret from 1995 and a slide film by Paul-Bernd Berger. The exhibition and our store will be open for you at the same time.
The regular admission prices for the exhibition apply.
Air-raid shelter no. 25 - the Bilk high-rise bunker on the corner of Aachener Straße and Karolingerstraße was built as such in 1942. The architect Carl Krieger (1875-1957) was responsible for the planning.
In 1995, the grey bunker in Bilk was given a colorful makeover at the request of the local population: within six weeks, it was painted by an international group of artists under the direction of Klaus Klinger (Farbfieber). The “Time Travelers” mural symbolizes the fragile coexistence of different cultures in a shared world.
In 2016, the project developer KÜSSDENFROSCH took over the bunker and developed a multi-layered art and culture concept. The redesign of the bunker was implemented by Bilker Bunker gGmbH with the creativity, courage and ideas of committed neighbors and the citizens' initiative “Bilk Pro Bunker”. We would like to thank everyone involved for their time and commitment.
Past exhibitions and events in the Bilker Bunker
05.09.2024 – 08.01.2025
22.02.2024 – 02.05.2024
30.08.2023 – 19.01.2024
SHOPPING FOR A GOOD CAUSE
In our small but nice shop at the main entrance you can buy artists' catalogues, architecture books, limited art prints, editions and our »Bilker Bunker« merchandise consisting of posters, shoppers, T-shirts and sweaters. And best of all: the generated funds go to charitable causes and support our art and cultural formats!
The shop is open during the exhibition hours (Wed & Fri 5:00 pm–9:00 pm and Sat & Sun 12:00 pm–6:00 pm).
An overview of all past press releases including the corresponding downloads can be found on the overview page:
Together with our friends and supporters, we have made it our goal to establish the »Bilker Bunker« as a relevant place and enrichment of the art and culture scene. Special thanks go to:
Anyone who would like to support the »Bilker Bunker« is welcome to contact:
Christina von Plate
info@bilkerbunker.de
The »Bilker Bunker« stands for high quality and innovative cultural formats. It is a model for progressive urban development, retells history and promotes social cohesion.
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