“If people cannot come to art, we bring art to the people!” — this is the credo of the association KUNST FÜR ANGELN, founded four years ago by collector Ingrid Roosen-Trinks. Since then, she has enriched Germany’s northernmost region with several exhibitions each year.
Close to the Danish border — surrounded by countryside — artworks from the Roosen-Trinks collection as well as new works by young regional artists attract thousands of visitors annually. The changing art exhibitions, held in barns and estates, address contemporary themes while also giving the youngest participants — in the Kinder Kunst Club Angeln — the opportunity to demonstrate their creativity.
The next opening will take place on Sunday, April 19, 2026, at 2:00 p.m., in the presence of numerous artists.
Open House! Everyone is welcome at KUNST FÜR ANGELN at the Wittkielhof near Kappeln. The collector will personally guide visitors through the exhibitions.
April 19, 2026, 2:00 p.m.!
For 15 years Ingrid Roosen-Trinks enriched Berlin’s art and cultural scene with her collection of contemporary art – and especially with her OPEN HOUSE events. Since 2022 she has been curating large exhibitions on various themes every spring and autumn at the Wittkielhof, which she discovered on her trips through the northern Schleswig-Holstein region. She also invites children to workshops held on site and in local preschools and schools. The starting point is always original artworks from the collection.
outlook 2026
“Drinnie” – from word to artwork.
What began as a podcast phenomenon now becomes visible:
The exhibition “I am a Drinnie” translates retreat, introspection, and the comfort zone into contemporary art.
From April 19, 2026, at Wittkielhof near Kappeln.
One term. One feeling. One exhibition.
Opening & Open House:
April 19, 2026
at Art for Angeln
Wittkielhof
review 2025
Kunst für Angeln brought art to people and people to art also in 2025.
CHILDREN’S WORKSHOPS
At the autumn workshop 2025, 33 children painted their works of art based on suggestions from the Flensburg artist Henrik Becker.
Next CHILDREN’S WORKSHOP:
APRIL 2026!
ART IN THE
SCHOOL
KUNST FÜR ANGELN and the Nordlicht-School in Süderbrarup opened on April 26 2023 the second art exhibition with paintings of contemporary art from the ROOSEN-TRINKS Collection.
ART COMES TO
KIDS
The association KUNST FÜR ANGELN and the Protestant Kita Werk Schleswig-Holstein will present also 2025 latest works of art from the day care center children from Flensburg, Gelting and Scheggerott: the art comes back to the kindergarten and will inspire children to create their own works of art.
The results will be exhibited in the KIDS ART CLUB ANGELN at the WITTKIELHOF, Schleswig-Holstein’s only museum for children’s art!
Miscellaneous
Miscellaneous from the collection and the artists.
YOUR VISIT
Getting there, guided tours, surroundings, booking and more.
STATEMENTS
Friendship, passion, art expertise: statements of fellow companions
THE IDEA
The association KUNST für ANGELN e.V. would like to enrich the region with Art and Culture and to offer free access to contemporary art in an uncomplicated, personal manner, set in a rural landscape.
THE WITTKIELHOF
The Wittkielhof is a typical anglian manor house, characteristic for the Angeln peninsula in the north of Schleswig-Holstein, which was built in the 19th century.