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until 06.09. | #4738ARTatBerlin | ARTES Berlin currently shows the exhibition Lehrer und Schüler (Teachers + Students) with artists by the gallery, amongst others with Peter Dreher and Erich Heckel, Georg Baselitz and Norbert Bisky, Römer + Römer and A. R. Penck, Karl Otto Götz and Gerhard Richter, Joseph Beuys and Jörg Immendorff, and many more. At the same time, ARTES Berlin is showing an accrochage throughout the year.
Teachers and Students
What happens when teaching becomes inspiration? Tensions arise between generations – characterised by closeness, rupture and further development. The works show how artistic influence leads not to imitation, but to transformation.
The exhibition is dedicated to the artistic dialogue between generations. It features works by artists whose connections are based on forms of transmission – not in the sense of traditional teaching relationships, but as a lively examination of influence, demarcation and further development. The constellations presented show how teaching becomes artistic influence and sometimes also conscious questioning.
Peter Dreher’s quiet realism meets Erich Heckel’s expressive visual language. Two contrasting positions that reveal different approaches to form, colour and perception.
The relationship between Georg Baselitz and Norbert Bisky is equally charged: attitude meets rupture, gesture meets calculated staging – without formal repetition, but in passionate conflict.
Karin Kneffel and Felix Rehfeld represent two positions that oscillate between strict pictorial logic and openness. Light, surface and structure are negotiated in their own unique styles.
Römer + Römer combine photographically inspired painting with the gestural directness of A. R. Penck; symbolism, rhythm and figure interlock to form a visual language between the analogue and the digital.
A central chapter of German post-war art is revealed in the influence of Karl Otto Götz: his impulsive painting had a decisive influence on Gerhard Richter. Richter’s work reflects both closeness to teaching and conscious distance.
Joseph Beuys forms the starting point for another line, whose offshoots diverge widely in political, conceptual and formal terms. Jörg Immendorff followed Beuys’ socio-political aspirations, while Imi Knoebel took advantage of the artistic freedom that had been opened up without ideological baggage.
As a teacher and long-time rector, Markus Lüpertz shaped the Düsseldorf Academy and with it a new generation of artists. His teaching also shows how figurative and mythologically charged visual worlds are constantly being re-examined and transformed.
Ruri Matsumoto, a master student of Katharina Grosse, closes the circle to the present: her clearly structured, colour-intensive works combine individual style with formal influence. Teaching does not mean repetition, but independent further development – an artistic dialogue across generations.
Accrochage
Since February 2025, the exhibition ‘Accrochage’ has been presenting a selection from the ARTES Berlin collection. It invites visitors to rediscover the multifaceted spectrum of the collection. Throughout the year, it focuses on different themes: works from different eras, media and artistic approaches enter into an open dialogue with one another.
Installation view Accrochage, 2025, © Petro Vahner
Accrochage sees itself as a snapshot of a living collection. Well-known positions stand alongside rarely shown works and open up new perspectives on curatorial processes. The openness of the format allows for continuously new perspectives – on the works themselves, on collecting as a practice, and on the diverse relationships that can arise between works of art.
Exhibition dates (teachers and students): Saturday, 12 July – Saturday, 6 September 2025
Image caption title: courtesy by ARTES Berlin
Exhibition Teachers and Students – ARTES Berlin | Zeitgenössische Kunst Berlin – Contemporary Art | Exhibitions Galleries Berlin | ART at Berlin
