The Kunsthalle Recklinghausen is a modern and contemporary art gallery that has been running changing exhibitions since the 1950s. It sits in a functional post-war building not far from the city centre, and its programme tends toward German and international contemporary art with occasional retrospectives of lesser-known 20th-century figures.
The Kunsthalle is connected to the Ruhrfestspiele tradition — it was founded as a companion to the theater festival and has maintained a close relationship with the performing arts ever since. The result is a programme that feels more adventurous than you might expect from a mid-sized Ruhr city gallery. Exhibitions change roughly every two months; check what's on before visiting as it's not worth a special trip if nothing particularly interests you.