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Vier Personen in der Jahrhunderthalle Bochum. Von links nach rechts: Dr. Vera Battis-Reese, Geschäftsführerin der Kultur Ruhr GmbH, Ina Brandes, Ministerin für Kultur und Wissenschaft des Landes Nordrhein-Westfalen, Lydia Steier, Intendantin der Ruhrtriennale 2027-2029, und Garrelt Duin, Regionaldirektor des Regionalverbandes Ruhr

Lydia Steier übernimmt die Intendanz der Ruhrtriennale 2027-2029

View of the interior of the Jahrhunderthalle Bochum, featuring its expansive space, high steel beams, and large windows letting in natural light. The hall appears both open and industrial.

Guided tour at Jahrhunderthalle Bochum

In a minimalist, softly blue-lit room, a person in work clothes crouches beside an open reel-to-reel tape recorder, adjusting its controls; headphones and cables lie on the floor. A strong light illuminates their hair.

Artists At Work: Ganz nah an den Künstler:innen der Ruhrtriennale

Group photo at the 2025 general meeting of the Friends of the Ruhrtriennale. In the foreground are (from left to right) Dr Vera Battis-Reese, Ivo Van Hove, Dr Michael Vesper, Thomas Wördehoff and Bettina Eickhoff. In the background, numerous members of the Friends' Association sit in the auditorium and look towards the camera.

Anniversary: 20 years of the Friends of the Ruhrtriennale

On the left is the director Frieda Lange looking directly into the camera, on the right is the conductor Hartmut Haenchen conducting.

Mortier Awards 2025 – Award winners announced

A shirtless musician bathed in red light. The motion blur creates a dynamic and almost ghostly effect. The background is completely black.

Additional performance of Sharon Eyal's ‘Delay The Sadness’

Close-up of a group of young adults sitting opposite each other.

Open Call: International festival campus 2025

The Jahrhunderthalle Bochum at night, illuminated by striking red light on the water tower and entrance area, with car light trails in the foreground.

With ZEIT REISEN to Ruhrtriennale

A large crowd celebrates in the Jahrhunderthalle Bochum filled with spotlights, fog, and scaffold structures.

The Third Room x Ruhrtriennale: Line-Up released

Discussion event in the Brave New Voices series at the Ruhrtriennale 2024 in the Jahrhunderthalle Bochum: Four people sit or stand on a stage in front of a large tree, surrounded by industrial architecture. In the foreground, an audience follows the discussion round attentively.

Brave New Voices 2025: Dialogues on climate protection, capitalism and AI

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