 In the autumn of 2007, Lauter was released from the municipal council for alleged financial irregularities by the management of the Kunsthalle and simultaneously entrusted with the position of Cultural Representative for the Visual Arts of the City of Mannheim (2008-2009).Ulrike Lorenz (2008-2019)

In 2008, the art historian Ulrike Lorenz became director of the Kunsthalle.In 2009, after a renewal in the juvenile-style building (1907) of the Kunsthalle, the collection was reopened.