Welcome,

The exhibition QUEER ART IN THE GDR? and the accompanying educational programme are dedicated to queer artistic positions from the GDR from 28. March to 28. June. The focus is on the multifaceted lives of nine artists and their works, including painting, sculpture, ceramics and photography. These biographies reveal how differently the artists responded to […]

The exhibition accompanying the edition will open on 19. December as part of the EIGENHEIM Christmas party in Weimar. An accompanying booklet on the website provides a first impression. The edition was realised with the support of the Cultural Foundation of the Free State of Thuringia and the City of Weimar. Hardly any other colour […]

The restitution of cultural assets expropriated during the Nazi era remains a key task for museums in Germany. The case of the painting St. Anne with the Child and St. John the Baptist, attributed to Lucas Cranach the Elder, exemplifies the historical, legal and ethical challenges involved in returning works of art acquired in the […]

Eight emerging artists and designers from weißensee kunsthochschule berlin were awarded the Mart Stam Prize on 27 November 2025. Named after the Dutch architect, designer and former rector of the university, the prize honors outstanding graduation projects and includes a joint exhibition as well as a dedicated catalogue. The awards ceremony took place in the […]

The Mies van der Rohe House in Berlin-Hohenschönhausen will have a new director as of 15 December 2025 in the form of curator and art historian Dennis Brzek. Building on the work done so far, Brzek wants to raise the profile of the Mies van der Rohe House so that visitors can rediscover it – […]

The Kunstforum Berliner Volksbank Foundation supports an extraordinary project on the art and cultural history of East Germany. Over 70 video interviews offer rare, personal insights into artistic biographies and the art scene in the GDR. The films are now freely accessible on the Kunstforum Berliner Volksbank Foundation website. In 2014, art historian Gabriele Muschter (1946–2023) and […]

On the occasion of Dieter and Hilde Scharf’s 100th birthday, the exhibition highlights the passion for collecting shared by the couple and their daughter Julietta Scharf. From 19. December, numerous works that are not part of the collection and have been on permanent loan to the National Gallery in Berlin-Charlottenburg since 2008 under the name […]

From 12 December 2025 to 13 September 2026, the Hamburger Bahnhof – Nationalgalerie der Gegenwart in Berlin presents the first institutional solo exhibition of Saâdane Afif in the city. The exhibition provides a comprehensive overview of the work of the interdisciplinary artist, who has lived in Berlin since 2003, featuring the multi-part work The Fountain […]

From 8 February to 7 June 2026, the Emil Schumacher Museum in Hagen, in cooperation with the Archiv Geiger, Munich, presents the solo exhibition “FARBE – LICHT – ENERGIE” by painter Rupprecht Geiger. Around 70 works from all phases of the artist’s career provide insight into his lifelong engagement with color, light, and geometric forms, […]