Kunsthal Rotterdam

Walk-in workshop Look different for once! (8 years and older)

Tuesday 2 May, Thursday 4 May and Saturday 6 May
Haus-Rucker-Co,   an exuberant and rebellious Vienna-based collective of architects and artists, challenges people to look at the world around them in a different way. For example, they made The Flyhead (1968), a special pair of glasses that allows you to view everything around you with insect eyes. What would it be like to see the world with different eyes? Try it out! Choose a pair of glasses or an accessory and draw a picture of what you see. Does this look different than normal?

• Tuesday 2 May from 12:00 - 16:00 hrs
• Thursday 4 May from 12:00 - 16:00 hrs
• Saturday 6 May from 12:00 - 16:00 hrs

This drop-in workshop is suitable for children ages eight and up. No registration is necessary, just drop by and join in!

Family Tour Patricia Piccinini 

Sunday 30 April, Monday 1 May and Sunday 7 May
Be amazed by Patricia Piccinini's surreal fantasy world! Wander through the exhibition Metamorphosis accompanied by a guide and come face to face with hyper-realistic sculptures. So recognizable, endearing and yet strange. Meet hybrids between humans and animals; furry, friendly creatures embracing each other and fascinating creatures you've never seen before - yet think you recognize. 

• Sunday30 April from 12:00 - 12:30 hrs and from 13:00 - 13:30 hrs
• Monday 1 May from 12:00 - 12:30 hrs and from 13:00 - 13:30 hrs
• Sunday 7 May from 12:00 - 12:30 hrs and from 13:00 - 13:30 hrs

Every visitor with a Kunsthal entrance ticket may participate in the family tours for free. Registration on the day itself at the counter.

LOOK&DO TOUR PATRICIA PICCININI (6 TO 12 YEAR-OLDS)

Every day 
Set off on a Look&Do Tour of the exhibition Patricia Piccinini. Metamorphosis. Get up-close and personal with the hyperrealistic sculptures of this Australian artist. You will encounter hybrids between humans and animals: furry, endearing creatures embracing each other, and thousands of fleshy flowers. By working on short assignments, you will discover everything you need to know about Piccinini’s fascinating beings.

SET TO WORK IN THE KunsthalLAB

Every day
Take a plunge in the KunsthalLAB and create your own little crown, just like princess Arabella. Have your picture taken with princess Arabella and her granny Omi in a set inspired by the book, or start colouring in the Princess Arabella at the Kunsthal drawing, especially designed by Mylo Freeman. 

Giant Billiard

Every day
In the new exhibition Mind Expanders, on view starting Saturday, April 29, you will find the legendary installation Giant Billiard. On the 14-by-14-meter white air cushion topped by three giant inflatable balls, anyone taller than 1.20 meters is welcome to play, bounce, climb and dance. On the bouncy surface, you are part of an environment without established rules and manners. A ball with a three-metre diameter may come rolling towards you at a high speed. So what will you do? Will you jump to save your life, allow yourself to be knocked over, or pass the ball to someone else? Come by and find out for yourself!

Stapelgek 010: voor architecten in de dop!

Every day
Be inspired by the imaginative (building) artists Haus-Rucker-Co in the exhibition Mind Expanders. They wanted the world to look like vanilla ice cream: light, fresh, tasty and soft. Sounds good right? Become our newest Kunsthal urban planner and make the city look completely different. Build, move and change the city in a way you like. No one has seen Rotterdam like this before!