Kollabor is the offering for small children and their adult companions: a space where art can be experienced hands-on.

Children aged 0 to 4 and their accompanying adults are cordially invited back to the side-light gallery. A place has been set up there that enables encounters with art and free creative play and allows small children to discover their surroundings with all of their senses, with their hands and feet.

Since the launch of kollabor, the sculpture Civilian Defense Vaduz by American artist Dan Peterman has been the centre point of this space.

From 31 October 2024, the sculpture Civilian Defense Vaduz will be accompanied by artworks designed by Chantal Küng.

For her so-called Play sculptures, the artist orientated herself on the concept of open-ended play (toys) and researched playscapes and playgrounds in art. Using fabric, sheep's wool and darning wool, she created oversized objects that appeal to all the senses: they can be touched, changed and smelled – bounced, moved and connected to each other. Regardless of age or disability, Open play aims to give people the opportunity to explore art in a playful and sensual way.

Ana Lupas created fabric and wool sculptures for children in the 1970s. Pictures of these works will be on show in the side-light gallery parallel to the exhibition Ana Lupas: Intimate space – Open gaze (1 November 2024 – 16 March 2025).

Early aesthetic, cultural experiences and encounters with education are essential for a child's development. With the aid of the kollabor, Kunstmuseum Liechtenstein intends to contribute to aesthetic education in the field of visual arts and thus to implementation of UN children's rights from early childhood.

The name kollabor reveals another of the Kunstmuseum's main objectives: to enable and encourage collaborative processes. That means working together with individuals, groups or organisations, learning from one another and engaging in open-ended experiments. The topics and modes of use enabled in the kollabor are developed in a collaborative process of learning and working together with children, their accompanying adults, artists, art educators and teachers.

(The project is sponsored by the Binding Foundation)