Anselm Kiefer's 11-Metre 'Black Flakes' Unveiled in David Chipperfield Pavilion in Künzelsau
On 13 October, a concrete pavilion created by David Chipperfield Architects Berlin was inaugurated next to Museum Würth 2 in Künzelsau. This structure is dedicated to Anselm Kiefer's 2007 painting Schwarze Flocken (Black Flakes), which collector Reinhold Würth acquired in 2008 and had been kept in storage for almost twenty years. Commissioned by the Würth Group in 2025, the pavilion's design was influenced by Kiefer. Spanning 140 sq. m, the building includes a portico and is designed to maximize natural light. Maria Würth remarked that it provides an appropriate setting for the artwork. The event also marked the reopening of Kunsthalle Würth in Schwäbisch Hall, showcasing the exhibition Anselm Kiefer—All That Is the Case until 3 October 2027.
Key facts
- Black Flakes (Schwarze Flocken, 2007) measures 11.2m high and 7.1m wide
- Reinhold Würth bought the painting directly from Kiefer's studio in 2008
- The painting spent almost two decades in storage before going on view
- David Chipperfield Architects Berlin designed the 140 sq. m concrete pavilion
- The pavilion opened on 13 October in the sculpture garden beside Museum Würth 2 in Künzelsau
- Kiefer specified the room's proportions, doorway size and position, and wall colours
- The work is made with oil, emulsion, shellac, earth and branches on canvas
- Kunsthalle Würth in Schwäbisch Hall reopened after a three-year renovation adding 600 sq. m, with a Kiefer exhibition running until 3 October 2027
Entities
Artists
- Anselm Kiefer
- David Chipperfield
- Paul Celan
- Reinhold Würth
- Maria Würth
- Bernhard Danigel
- Tianna Williams
- Martin Reichert
- Berhard Danigel
- Thomas Schöpf
Institutions
- Würth Group
- Würth Collection
- Museum Würth 2
- Kunsthalle Würth
- David Chipperfield Architects Berlin
- The Art Newspaper
- David Chipperfield Architects
- Carmen Würth Forum
- Wallpaper
- Studio Menges Tugushi
- The Hepworth Wakefield
- Turner Contemporary
- Dezeen
- Kraft + Kraft Architektenpartnerschaft mbB
- Mayer-Vorfelder und Dinkelacker
- Kardorff Ingenieure Lichtplanung
- Gagosian
- designboom
Locations
- Künzelsau
- Germany
- Stuttgart
- Schwäbisch Hall
- Berlin
- Romania
- Czernowitz
- Chernivtsi
- Ukraine
- Transnistria
- Moldova
- West Yorkshire
- Margate