Internationally renowned collection
The Staatsgalerie is one of Germany's great art museums. Our collection comprises painting, sculpture and graphic art from the Middle Ages to the present, including many masterpieces and an internationally outstanding collection of modern art. Special highlights are Oskar Schlemmer's »Figurinen zum Triadischen Ballett« from the early 1920s, the famous »Rückenakte« (1909‒1930) by Henri Matisse, numerous works by Picasso,including the sculpture group »Die Badenden« (1956) and the Joseph Beuys Room, which was still personally furnished by the artist.
Museum as a school of seeing
Art is a cultural language through which people communicate with each other. In the process, the art of the present always responds to the art of previous epochs.
In our digital age, the museum has the task of being a »school of seeings« and conveying culture through the visual, the image and its narrative.
Art for the democratic society
Who owns the museum? This is a question we ask ourselves again and again. Not least with the museum presentation of the work »Love is in the bin« by the British street artist Banksy. The work triggered a global media hype in 2018 and hung in our collection for over 10 months to explore its art value.
We stand for an open discourse on art, art history and society. In our exhibitions and programmes, from lectures to events, we constantly offer new opportunities to engage with art as a seismograph of society.
We stand for an open, liberal, democratic as well as diverse society and thus for the participation of all. Our collection belongs to the citizens. We offer them a variety of digital and analogue access to art and art history. Due to its historical origins, the canon of our collection is very European and Western, with a strong male gaze. Female positions are only rudimentarily represented and contemporary works by African, Asian or Latin American artists are completely missing. We are aware of this and try to break it up in various ways. Since 2021, for example, we have been collecting more works by female artists by setting a quota.
The house offers 12,000 m² of exhibition space, divided between the Alte Staatsgalerie by architect Georg Gottlob Barth (1843) with the extension by Albert von Bok (1888), the postmodern building by James Stirling (1984) and the Steib Halls by the Basel architect couple of the same name (2002). All the buildings are interconnected.
In addition to the Alte and Neue Staatsgalerie, the Kunstgebäude at the Schlossplatz was added in 2024, providing an exhibition and event space of around 1,100 m².
The Staatsgalerie in the Kunstgebäude
From mid-2021 to early 2024, the Kunstgebäude at the Schlossplatz was extensively renovated by Vermögen und Bau Stuttgart. In close cooperation with the State Office for Historic Preservation, the requirements for a modern exhibition and event venue with multifunctional and technically sophisticated rooms were successfully implemented. The existing exhibition spaces were revitalized and the restaurant was moved from the first floor to the ground floor including an outdoor terrace facing Stauffenbergstraße and Schlossplatz.
The Staatsgalerie Stuttgart is responsible for the building management on behalf of the state of Baden-Württemberg since April 2024 and ensures the technical operation of the building. In addition to our role as an operator, we are also responsible for displaying art in the front part of the Kunstgebäude. After completing the extensive renovation, we opened the Kunstgebäude on April 5, 2024 with the sculpture exhibition “Florian Slotawa. Stuttgart sichten” (Florian Slotawa. Viewing Stuttgart).
Since then, the Staatsgalerie has been responsible for hosting various exhibitions and events in the part of the building overlooking the Schlossplatz – including those presented by other cultural institutions such as the Archäologisches Landesmuseum and the Kunstmuseum Stuttgart. In 2025, for example, we showed “Katharina Grosse. The Sprayed Dear” at the Kunstgebäude as part of the Große Landesausstellung (Great State Exhibition of Baden-Württemberg).
The back part of the Kunstgebäude with its glass wing and square hall, which has a separate entrance, is still used by the Württembergischer Kunstverein Stuttgart. The Stuttgarter Künstlerbund (Stuttgart Artists' Association) presents itself in the newly created gallery spaces on the upper floor. The ISOPI Café & Restaurant operates as the tenant of the restaurant area.
Together with the mentioned protagonists, we ensure that the iconic Kunstgebäude at the Schlossplatz will be available to culture and urban society in the long term. Thus, this central location in Stuttgart can be used by various target groups for a wide range of cultural activities, welcoming all visitors.
The Kunstgebäude Stuttgart now has its own website:
The new platform provides centralized information about exhibitions and events at this traditional cultural venue on Stuttgart's Schlossplatz.
All-Day-Café in the Kunstgebäude:
Information about offers from the Württembergischer Kunstverein and the Stuttgarter Künstlerbund:
