Art In The Tunnel

What Art In The Tunnel does

KIT – Kunst im Tunnel is a nonprofit contemporary-art exhibition venue located in a repurposed underground tunnel along the Rhine promenade at Mannesmannufer 1b in Düsseldorf, Germany. Operated by Kunsthalle Düsseldorf gGmbH under municipal support from the Landeshauptstadt Düsseldorf, the venue presents rotating exhibitions of contemporary art and photography, supplemented by a KIT Café, art education programs (Bildung), and exhibition publications (Publikationen). Curatorial programming draws internationally recognized artists — notably Laurenz Berges's 2026 solo exhibition "Verschwinden (ARCHIV)" — alongside performing-arts programming through a 2026 partnership with the asphalt Festival, which transforms the tunnel into an experimental concert soundstage curated by composer Bojan Vuletic.

The organization operates as a municipally supported gGmbH (nonprofit) governed by a Supervisory Board chaired by City Councillor Annette Klinke and managed by Ariane Berger and Gloria Hasnay. Its technology footprint is modest: standard web hosting via domainfactory GmbH (Ismaning, Germany), newsletter distribution through Clever Elements GmbH (Berlin), and GDPR-compliant data handling under the DS-GVO framework. Marketing is conducted through the bilingual website (DE/EN), a double opt-in newsletter, press releases with downloadable images (press contact Dirk Schewe), and earned media partnerships with cultural organizations.

The revenue model is a mix of museum admission fees, on-site café and publication sales, and recurring public funding from the City of Düsseldorf; exact admission pricing is not publicly disclosed. KIT's customer base consists of individual visitors (arts and culture enthusiasts) and educational groups attending school and university programs — a distributed consumer audience reached through a single direct-venue distribution channel. There are no external investors, funding rounds, or M&A activity; KIT is structurally embedded in Düsseldorf's public cultural infrastructure rather than operating on a venture or growth-equity thesis.

Name

Art In The Tunnel

Legal name

Kunsthalle Düsseldorf gGmbH

Website

https://kunst-im-tunnel.de

Company type

Private

Founded year

2007

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

KIT – Kunst im Tunnel is a nonprofit contemporary-art exhibition venue in an underground tunnel in Düsseldorf, Germany. Operated by Kunsthalle Düsseldorf gGmbH with municipal support, it presents rotating exhibitions, performing-arts events, education programs, and a café for arts and culture visitors.

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Headquarters

HQ city

Düsseldorf

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

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GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

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Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure, Others

Revenue model

1. Museum Admissions: KIT operates as a public exhibition space charging admission fees for exhibitions and special events. The venue is supported by the Landeshauptstadt Düsseldorf and Kunsthalle Düsseldorf, indicating a mixed public funding and admissions revenue model.

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Core offering

KIT – Kunst im Tunnel is an underground contemporary art exhibition space located in a tunnel along the Rhine river promenade in Düsseldorf. It presents rotating exhibitions featuring internationally renowned artists, hosts concerts and performing arts events, and offers educational programs and publications. The venue is operated by Kunsthalle Düsseldorf gGmbH with public funding from the Landeshauptstadt Düsseldorf.

Product overview

KIT – Kunst im Tunnel is a unified exhibition space operated by the Landeshauptstadt Düsseldorf and Kunsthalle Düsseldorf gGmbH. The venue offers contemporary art exhibitions within its distinctive underground tunnel architecture, supplemented by a café, educational programs, and published materials. The facility hosts rotating exhibitions and special events, including temporary festival programs featuring multidisciplinary arts.

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Products and services

• KIT – Kunst im Tunnel Exhibition Space An underground exhibition space in a tunnel along the Rhine river promenade in central Düsseldorf, hosting rotating contemporary art exhibitions featuring internationally renowned artists and serving as a venue for concerts and performing arts events.
• KIT Café A café located within the KIT facility offering refreshments to visitors attending exhibitions and events.
• Publications (Publikationen) Published materials including exhibition catalogs and art-related publications produced by or associated with KIT exhibitions and programming.
• Art Education (Bildung) Educational programs and art education offerings for visitors of various age groups, including school and university groups visiting KIT.
• Das asphalt Festival zu Gast im KIT A temporary festival program featuring theater, music, dance, literature, and performance art hosted at KIT, transforming the tunnel venue into a soundstage for experimental concerts curated by composer Bojan Vuletic.

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Technology focussed No

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Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered flagship and core.

• asphalt FestivalflagshipStrategic or Co-development Partner · 10 July 2026The 14th edition of the asphalt Festival 2026 marks the first time the festival is hosted at KIT – Kunst im Tunnel. The festival transforms special locations in Düsseldorf's cityscape into temporary venues for theater, music, dance, literature, and performance art. The extraordinary tunnel architecture of KIT becomes a temporary soundstage for experimental concerts curated by composer Bojan Vuletic. KIT also hosts the first solo exhibition in Düsseldorf of internationally renowned photographer Laurenz Berges as part of the festival. Project management shared between Dirk Handte (KIT) and Bojan Vuletic (Asphalt Festival). Four concert evenings are programmed during the exhibition run.
• Landeshauptstadt DüsseldorfcoreOthersKIT – Kunst im Tunnel is an exhibition space of the Landeshauptstadt Düsseldorf (City of Düsseldorf) and the Kunsthalle Düsseldorf. As a municipal cultural institution, KIT receives public funding and support from the city government.
• Kunsthalle DüsseldorfcoreOthersKIT is an exhibition space of the Kunsthalle Düsseldorf, a registered gGmbH. The Kunsthalle provides administrative oversight and management, with Ariane Berger and Gloria Hasnay serving as management (Geschäftsführung). KIT's address for administrative matters is listed as Grabbeplatz 4, the location of the Kunsthalle.

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Broad incumbents

• Tate Modern: London-based flagship of contemporary and modern art globally. Overlaps in programming and audience type but operates at vastly larger scale and international tourism reach than KIT.

Direct peers

• Kunstmuseum Basel: Major Swiss contemporary and modern art museum combining historical depth with strong contemporary programming. Comparable in operating profile as a publicly supported museum serving a German-speaking cultural audience.
• Bundeskunsthalle: Federal art and exhibition hall in Bonn, presenting large-scale contemporary exhibitions, performing arts, and themed cultural programming. Conceptually aligned with KIT's mix of visual and performing arts in a single venue.
• K21 Kunstsammlung NRW: Contemporary art collection of the state of North Rhine-Westphalia, also based in Düsseldorf. Comparable as a non-collecting contemporary exhibition venue serving a similar regional audience and curatorial tier.
• Kunsthalle Düsseldorf: Parent organization and sister venue of KIT, operating contemporary art exhibitions in central Düsseldorf under the same gGmbH management (Ariane Berger and Gloria Hasnay). Directly comparable in mission, audience, and institutional structure.
• ZKM | Center for Art and Media Karlsruhe: German center for contemporary media and experimental arts with strong performing-arts and experimental-music programming. Comparable in curatorial focus on experimental, cross-disciplinary contemporary work.
• Palais de Tokyo: Paris-based center for contemporary art and experimental performance programming in an architecturally distinctive industrial space. Comparable in its emphasis on experimental concerts, performance, and unconventional venue identity.
• Museum Ludwig: Major contemporary and modern art museum in nearby Cologne (Rhineland), covering similar 20th- and 21st-century programming. Comparable in scale, audience profile, and German Rhineland cultural ecosystem.
• MMK Museum für Moderne Kunst Frankfurt: Museum for modern and contemporary art in Frankfurt operating as a city-backed Kunsthalle-style institution. Comparable in mission, public funding model, and contemporary art focus.
• Kunsthalle Wien: Municipal contemporary art exhibition hall in Vienna presenting rotating international contemporary art shows. Comparable non-collecting Kunsthalle model with city-government backing.

Market position

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Customer concentration

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• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/kit---kunst-im-tunnel

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Investments

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