Urbane Künste Ruhr

Urbane Künste Ruhr is a polymorphous decentralized institution for contemporary art in the Ruhr region, under the artistic direction of Britta Peters since January 2018. Founded following the Capital of Culture year Ruhr.2010, Urbane Künste Ruhr works together in co-operation with local and international partners to initiate projects in public spaces, exhibitions, residency programmes and events. A long-term cooperation project is the permanent sculpture trail Emscherkunstweg, which is implemented together with the Emschergenossenschaft and the Regionalverband Ruhr.
Along with the Ruhrtriennale, Tanzlandschaft Ruhr and ChorWerk Ruhr, Urbane Künste Ruhr is part of Kultur Ruhr GmbH, whose proprietors are the State of North Rhine-Westphalia and the Regionalverband Ruhr and whose headquarters is located in Bochum.