Hugo Kükelhaus Society e.V. Soest

Since the society’s founding in 1993, the active examination of the ideas and the archive of works of Hugo Kükelhaus has been furthered with workshops, exhibitions and events in the form of symposia. In this connection, the matter of his work’s topicality is given priority time and again. This way, it is intended to prevent that the central statements become fixed in dogmas. The adoption of Kükelhaus’ thoughts in their social and temporal context is to be documented at the same time.

The Kükelhaus Society offers people who focus on  the life and work of Hugo Kükelhaus – whether in academic papers, for example diploma theses, dissertations, publications or in artistic approaches – the possibility for a longer study visit in Soest. 

After his death, the heirs of Hugo Kükelhaus donated the extensive estate which had been left in the artist’s former working rooms to the city of Soest. It contains the library, the literary, philosophical and artistic inheritance, the correspondence and also several personal documents and anthologies.

The estate stock was reviewed from 1988 to 1993 by a researcher in the Soest city archive. Due to its accessible sources, Soest is an important centre for the study of the  life and works of Hugo Kükelhaus.
Since 1993 the Hugo Kükelhaus Society has been the responsible institution of the estate management. It took over the responsibilities agreed by contract from the city of Soest in close cooperation with the city archive and the heirs of Hugo Kükelhaus.