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Michael Triegel created an altarpiece of St. Edith Stein for the basilica in Wechselburg near Chemnitz.
You are cordially invited to the solemn dedication of the altar during vespers with music.

When? Friday, May 2, 2025, 6 p.m.
Where? Benedictine monastery at Wechselburg, basilica

Program:
Sermon - Bishop of Dresden-Meißen Heinrich Timmerevers
Reading on Edith Stein
Unveiling of the altarpiece
Short introduction by Michael Triegel

Afterwards, the Benedictine monastery invites you into the Romanesque cellar for home-brewed beer and food.

You can find more information here!

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The Münzmeisterhaus project space in Corburg is showing works by Matthias Ludwig, Jan Dörre and Falk Gernegroß in collaboration with the Stahlberg Collection from April 26 to June 30, 2025. 14 paintings by the three Leipzig artists will be on display.

A tour in the presence of the artists will take place on April 26 at 3 p.m.

A new publication was recently published by Kerber Verlerg. Behind Closed Doors presents 55 further works from the Stahlberg Collection, which is housed in the Lichtenstein Tower in Coburg and has been growing steadily since the 1980s.

Where? Project room in the Münzmeisterhaus, Ketschengasse 7, 96450 Coburg

Opening hours: Thurs. and Fri. 14.00 - 18.00, Sat. 10.00 to 14.00

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The St. Jakobi Church in Chemnitz is showing works by Michael Triegel from March 29 to June 15, 2025. Over 30 prints and drawings by the artist will be on display.

The opening will take place on March 29 at 6 pm.
The artist will be present!

Further information can be found here.

Opening hours: Mon: 11:00 - 15:00, Tue - Sat: 11:00 - 17:00, Sun: 11:00 - 15:00

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From March 30 to June 29, 2025, the Kunsthalle Darmstadt, in collaboration with the Center for New Literature and the International Music Institute Darmstadt, is presenting a unique exhibition on the art scene in the GDR. The exhibition shows fascinating cross-connections and invites visitors to discover and experience. Among others, works by Erich Kissing will be shown.

The opening will take place on March 29 at 7 pm.

Further information can be found here!

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Friede Springer was awarded honorary citizenship of the city of Berlin at a ceremony in the Rotes Rathaus on February 26. Her extensive social commitment in Berlin and her services to strengthening German-Israeli relations were honored.

The portrait of Friede Springer for the Gallery of Honorary Citizens in the House of Representatives was created by Leipzig artist Michael Triegel.

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On the occasion of the 100. On the occasion of Bernhard Heisig's 100th birthday, the Museum of Fine Arts is organizing a cabinet exhibition dedicated to the painter and co-founder of the Leipzig School. The exhibition focuses on the extensive holdings of paintings and prints from the museum's own collection, which were supplemented in 2009 by permanent loans from the Peter and Irene Ludwig Foundation.

The exhibition will be on display from March 20 to June 9, 2025.

Further information can be found here!

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The Suermondt-Ludwig Museum in Aachen is hosting a survey exhibition of the Leipzig artist from March 9 to June 15, 2025. Over 50 paintings from the artist's oeuvre will be on display. Highlights of the exhibition include his portrait of Pope Benedict XVI (2010) and the much-discussed design for the central panel of the Cranach Altarpiece in Naumburg Cathedral (2022).

The opening will take place on March 8 at 6 p.m. in the museum.
The artist will be present.

Further information can be found here!

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On the occasion of its 40th anniversary, the Stiftung Kunstforum Berliner Volksbank is showing the exhibition MENSCH BERLIN from 20.2.-22.6.2025 with works by Fritz Cremer, Wolfgang Mattheuer, Werner Tübke and Willi Sitte, among others.

www.kunstforumberlin.de

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THE MINSK Kunsthaus in Potsdam is showing the exhibition IM DIALOG - Hasso Plattner Collection: Art from the GDR in spring 2025. The second presentation of the collection focuses on dialog as an approach to the art of the former GDR.

The exhibition shows around 50 works from the collection by artists such as Ulrich Hachulla, Rolf Händler, Bernhard Heisig, Wolfgang Mattheuer, Willi Sitte, Werner Tübke and others, mainly from the period from 1966 to 1992.

You can find more information here!

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