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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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The landscape around Leipzig is an important constant in the works of the writer Wolfgang Hilbig and the painter Wolfgang Mattheuer. In this publication, published by Wallstein, Martin Ehrler examines the links between Mattheuer's landscapes and Romanticism, among other things. The book comprises 286 pages with 26 illustrations.

You can find all information here!

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Werner Tübke created over 100 studies, sketches, drafts and preliminary stages as part of the commission for the complete stage set for the new production of the opera "Der Freischütz" for the Bonn Opera. The works in the collection of the Panoramamuseum Bad Frankenhausen are recorded in this 238-page catalog and classified in terms of art history by the director Dr. Gerd Lindner.

You can order the catalog here!

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The new online exhibition "Silent Intensity. The World of Günther Blau" at the Museum Kunst und Kulturgeschichte Marburg, offers an overview of the work of the artist, who interpreted the world in a quiet and at the same time very haunting way. In six chapters, you will gain a comprehensive insight into Günther Blau's life, his artistic development, his multifaceted world of motifs and the historical contexts in which the painter moved.

Click here for the exhibition !

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The Middle Rhine Museum in Koblenz is showing the exhibition "Dream Landscape - Nightmare Landscape" from 12.10.2024 to 9.3.2025!

The exhibition shows 14 positions of contemporary landscape painting. In their diversity, they impressively demonstrate how they add new aspects to the canon of landscape painting that has grown since the Middle Ages. Among others, works by Markus Matthias Krüger, Johannes Hüppi and Robert Schneider are on display

You can find more information here!

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Leif Borges has painted the official portrait of the outgoing President of the Saxon State Parliament, Dr. Matthias Rößler. The painting was hung in the state parliament on September 30.

The LVZ reports in an article that you can read here.

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The Kunsthalle Talstraße in Halle (Saale) is showing the exhibition "Sehnsucht - Romantik" from 11.8. to 3.11.2024!

The exhibition brings together works of different media across genres, in which one can speak of a transhistorical continuity of romantic ideas. Among others, paintings by Sten Gutglück and Markus Matthias Krüger will be on display.

You can find more information here!

You can find a report by Ulrike Thelmann from the MDR Kulturdesk on mdr.de

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Freddy Langer writes in the FAZ of August 1 about the exhibition "Strandbilder" by Werner Tübke at the Tübke Museum in the artist's former studio. Extended until the beginning of September 2024!

You can read the article here:
www.faz.net

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For MDR Kultur's "Ostkurve" column, Michael Triegel talks about the political significance of his paintings and art in general on the occasion of the upcoming state elections in the East.

You can listen to the contribution here:
www.mdr.de

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Torture test. Art between politics and society. Under this title, the Neue Nationalgalerie in Berlin is showing its collection from 1945 - 2000 until September 28, 2025, including important works by Wolfgang Mattheuer, Werner Tübke, Willi Sitte and many others.

Further information can be found here:
www.smb.museum

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"Beginning and end". Special exhibition with drawings and watercolors by Werner Tübke from 13.7. - 3.11.2024.

Where?
In the Panorama Museum, Bad Frankenhausen

Further information:
www.panorama-museum.de

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Exhibition of Johannes Hüppi's paintings at the Kunstverein Münstlerland Coesfeld from July 14 to September 15, 2024

Further information:www.kunstverein-muensterland.de

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The 29th annual exhibition of Rohkunstbau e.V. will take place at Altdöbern Castle from July 6 to October 6, 2024. In addition to works by Cornelia Schleime and Via Lewandowsky, paintings by Markus Matthias Krüger will also be on display.

Where? Altdöbern Castle / Am Park / 03229 Altdöbern

You can find more informationhere!

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Including paintings by Gero Künzel, the 30th annual Leipzig exhibition will open on June 21, 2024 at 8 pm in the Werkschauhalle at Spinnerei Leipzig. The exhibition will run until July 13, 2024.

You can find more information here:
www.leipziger-jahresausstellung.de

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Opening on 22.6.2024 at 6 pm

Exhibition of 40 paintings by the artist Johannes Hüppi at the Kunsthalle Rostock from 23.06. - 23.06. -28.07.2024

Further information:
Kunsthalle Rostock

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The 6th PaulinerFORUM will take place on June 5, 2024 at 5 pm. The artist Michael Triegel will give a lecture on the topic "From the visible to the invisible" followed by a discussion.

Where? Aula of the University Church of St. Pauli
Augustusplatz 10, 04109 Leipzig

The PaulinerFORUM is a discourse platform linked to the University Church of St. Pauli in Leipzig, which addresses current debates on religion, culture and politics. Admission is free.

You can find more information here!

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On May 25, the "Museum Tübke Atelier" was officially opened on the top floor of the former Tübke Villa in Leipzig. The permanent exhibition is dedicated to the life and work of the Leipzig artist Werner Tübke in his last place of work. A special exhibition highlights the motif of the beach in Tübke's oeuvre and can be seen until August 10.

The MDR reported on the opening.

Opening hours of the "Museum Tübke Atelier"
Tue. - Fri. 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
Sat. 10 a.m. - 2 p.m.

Further information on the Tübke Atelier Association and the Museum Tübke Atelier can be found here.

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To mark the 20th anniversary of Werner Tübke's death on May 27, 2024, numerous exhibitions will be on display. Among others, the Städtische Galerie Meiningen ada is showing graphic works by Tübke in the exhibition"Letzte Wahrnehmung"(Last Perception), while the Welttheater Wolfsschlucht in Meiningen is presenting Tübke's stage works for "Freischütz". The exhibition "Beginning and End" in Bad Frankenhausen will be showing drawings and watercolors from mid-July. The Museum Tübke Atelier is presenting an exhibition of Werner Tübke's beach paintings and the exhibition "Tübke and Italy" can be seen at the Museum of Fine Arts Leipzig until mid-June.

The renowned art critic and longtime friend of Tübke, Eduard Beaucamp, reports on the artist and man Werner Tübke here.

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The FAZ reports on the painting cycle "Jahrhundertreflexion" by Robert Schneider. In it, the artist, who died in 2021, explores the culture of destruction. Our Frankfurt branch is currently showing the artist's paintings depicting the oil fields of Azerbaijan.

You can find the link to the article here!

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Patrik Scherrer writes his interpretation of the Leif Borges painting Was dancing with tears in my eyes from 2023 in Bildimpuls.

"(...) In the delicate colors of the portrait, the woman's face beautifully rendered in every detail and the contrasting soft landscape, a creative beauty with life-changing power shines through. The echoes of Mary and Jesus blur the boundaries between image and reality and open up access to these two human archetypes and role models."

You can find the entire texthere!

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An interview with Michael Triegel will be broadcast on SWR2 on 29.03.2024 at 17.05. The interview with Dietrich Brants lasts about 45 minutes. Further information and the interview can be found here!

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As part of the exhibition "Passionately figurative. The Fritz P. Mayer Collection", a panel discussion with art critic Eduard Beaucamp, Kunstmuseen director Prof. Dr. Kai Uwe Schierz and curator Thomas von Taschitzki will take place on Tuesday, March 26, 2024, at 6:30 pm at the Angermuseum Erfurt.

Based on the Fritz P. Mayer Collection, the central theme of the panel discussion is the art of the Leipzig School, its position in contemporary art and its controversial reception since reunification.

You can find more information here!

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From March 22 to May 5, 2024, the Heimatverein Göpfers e.V. is showing graphic works by Ulrich Hachulla and his son Andreas Hachulla at the Kulturgut Quellendorf.

Where? Kulturgut Quellenhof
Garbisdorf No. 6
04618 Göpfersdorf

Viewing by arrangement.
Contact: Dirk Schatz
Mail:

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From 02.03. - 16.06.2024 the Roentgen-Museum Neuwied presents a special exhibition with around 60 selected works from the art collection of the Krüger Museum Foundation. These include works of Rhine Romanticism and Impressionism as well as their contemporary interpreters. A large number of top-class paintings and prints by Wolfgang Mattheuer also make up a significant part of the Krüger Collection.

Where?
Roentgen Museum Neuwied
Raiffeisenplatz 1a (near the train station)
56564 Neuwied

You can find more information here!

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WOLFGANG MATTHEUER - THE LANDSCAPES

From March 16 to April 21, 2024, the Galerie Alte Schule in Ahrenshop is showing works on paper by Wolfgang Mattheuer in cooperation with the Mathar Collection. On display are graphic notes, sketches, drafts, studies and preparatory works for important works by the artist

Where?
Gallery Alte Schule Ahrenshoop
Dorfstraße 16
18347 Ostseebad Ahrenshoop

You can find more information here!

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Until June 16, 2024, the Museum der Bildenden Künste Leipzig is showing works by the Leipzig artist Werner Tübke (1929-2004) that were created in the context of his engagement with Italy in the exhibition "Tübke and Italy". The exhibition was curated by Frank Zöllner and students from Leipzig University and features paintings, prints and hand drawings.

You can find more information here!

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The new, large-format painting "Tabula Smaragdina" by Michael Triegel was ceremoniously presented to the museum on permanent loan by the MdbK's Förderkreis. The painting, donated from the estate of Rosemarie and Klaus Guggenberger, was painted especially for the museum and can be viewed during the museum's opening hours in the "Bilderkosmos Leipzig".

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The organization "Future for Religious Heritage" has selected the Cranach-Triegel-Retabel as one of the finalists in the "Religious Heritage Innovator of the Year 2023" competition. The competition recognizes the most important European projects dedicated to the protection and enhancement of religious sites.

Ingeborg Ruthe also reports on this in the Berliner Zeitung on December 20

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The Cranach Altarpiece completed by Michael Triegel is returning to Naumburg Cathedral after a one-year exhibition tour. From December 3, the altar will once again be on public display in the west choir during regular opening hours. Further information can be found here.

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From November 25, the Kunsthalle Basel will be showing works by Sven Hoppler in a group exhibition entitled "Before, after and everything in between".

Exhibition duration: Nov 25, 2023 - Jan 07, 2024

Further information at www.kunsthallebasel.ch

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Ingeborg Ruthe writes in the Berliner Zeitung and the Frankfurter Rundschau about the change in the perception of art from the GDR. "The art of the German East, reviled as "inferior" because "ideologically contaminated" in the fatal German-German pictorial dispute since the 1990s, is celebrating its revival".

Click here for the online article in the Berliner Zeitung

Click here for the online article of the Frankfurter Rundschau

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The White House Markkleeberg is organizing a comprehensive exhibition for the Leipzig artist Matthias Ludwig. Around 40 works created in recent years will be on display. The exhibition offers a comprehensive overview of the artist's work to date.

Where? Weißes Haus, Raschwitzer Straße 13, 04416 Markkleeberg
Opening hours : Tuesday to Thursday 10:00 - 17:00
Admission is free!

You can find more information here!

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From October 6, 2023, the Kunstforum Ostdeutsche Galerie Regensburg will be showing the exhibition We love Picasso. It shows the influence of Pablo Picasso on young German, Polish and Czech artists. Picasso's work was particularly well received in the GDR in the 1950s. However, according to the opinion of the time, stylistics clashed with the socialist realism prescribed by the state, which is why the artists had to change their painting style as a result. The exhibition includes 7 works by Willi Sitte.

Further information on the exhibition

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The Forum Gestaltung in Magdeburg is showing the exhibition "Absolvententreffen" from September 8, 2023 to November 26, 2023. This show will feature a large number of works by artists and designers for whom the Magdeburg School of Applied Arts was the starting point of a professional artistic career.

One of these graduates is Rolf Händler, whose work will also be on display.

Where? Exhibition hall Forum Gestaltung, Brandenburger Straße 10, 39104 Magdeburg

Opening hours: Wednesday to Sunday 2.00 pm - 6.00 pm
and by appointment

You can find more information here!

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After the Tübke Foundation moved out of the attic of the Tübke Villa in December 2022, the non-profit Tübke Atelier e.V. was formed with the intention of not leaving the artist's former studio rooms unused and empty, but to use them as a living exhibition, memorial and educational space. The redesigned museum will open on May 25, 2024.

The aim of the Tübke Atelier Association is to preserve the artistic legacy of the Leipzig artist Werner Tübke at his place of work, the artist's former studio in the attic of the so-called "Tübke Villa" in Leipzig Gohlis, and to bring it closer to visitors. The association's activities initially focus on restoring and preserving the studio rooms and developing a new, contemporary exhibition and communication concept. Interested visitors will be given free public access to Werner Tübke's former workspace. Permanent and special exhibitions will make Werner Tübke's work and life accessible to the public in an appealing way.

Link to the homepage Museum Tübke Atelier

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From 16.08. - 16.09. the Galerie Hinter dem Rathaus is showing works by Gero Künzel and Henry Walinda.

Where? Behind the town hall 8, 23966 Wismar
Opening hours: Tue. - Sat. 11.00 a.m. to 5.00 p.m.

You can find more information here!

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Under the title "Passionately figurative. The Fritz P. Mayer Collection", the Kunsthalle Jesuitenkirche in Aschaffenburg is showing an exhibition on Leipzig School painting from August 5, 2023 to January 14, 2024, featuring works from the Fritz P. Mayer Collection, which is one of the most important private collections of figurative art.

You can listen to a report on the exhibition by Stefanie Blumenbecker here.
Further information on the exhibition can be found here.

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The exhibition "Halle by the Sea", which can initially be seen from 24.06.2023 - 17.09.2023 at the Moritzburg Art Museum in Halle (Saale) and will later travel to the Ahrenshoop Art Museum, shows how artists from Halle have engaged with the Ahrenshoop artists' colony, the Baltic Sea and maritime motifs right up to the present day.

The exhibition includes works by Willi Sitte. Illustration: Willi Sitte, Contemplation, 1952, oil on cardboard, 54 x 61 cm.

Further information on the exhibition (Kunstmuseum Moritzburg website)

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The Leipzig Annual Exhibition takes place from July 7, 2023 - July 29, 2023. Various positions of Leipzig artists will be shown. Among other things, the latest work by our artist Matthias Ludwig will also be on display.

Where:
Leipziger Baumwollspinnerei
Werkschauhalle / Hall 12
Spinnereistraße 7 | 04179 Leipzig

Opening hours
Tue. - Sat. 1-6 p.m.

You can find more information here!

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From December 2023, the Naumburg Altarpiece will once again be on display in the west choir of Naumburg Cathedral, as UNESCO has now decided and the state of Saxony-Anhalt has announced.

The altar can currently be viewed in the Marble Hall in Klosterneuburg Abbey near Vienna. You can find more information here!

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The Leipziger Volkszeitung recently published an article about the "Intermezzo" exhibition. Jürgen Kleindienst offers a brief insight into the exhibition at Galerie Schwind, which can be seen until June 24.

You can find the article here!

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After three years of renovation, the Kunsthalle Rostock will reopen its main building on May 6, 2023 and show works from its collection. In addition to works by Willi Sitte, Wolfgang Mattheuer, Werner Tübke and Michael Triegel, the work "Girl with Candlestick" by Matthias Ludwig, which is new to the Kunsthalle Rostock collection, will also be on display.

Further information and link to the exhibition

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In the current issue of Die Zeit, Michael Triegel and Sven Hoppler report on their current projects. Michael Triegel talks about the process of creating his resurrection windows in the St. Johannis Church in Plauen. Sven Hoppler talks about the central work in his current exhibition Tell's Sohn und der Lauchträger at Galerie Schwind in Berlin. The result is the texts Auferstehung (Resurrection), recorded by Evelyn Finger. The Leipzig painter Michael Triegel creates modern church windows and Deposition from the Cross. The young Swiss painter Sven Hoppler plays with biblical motifs.

To the article on Zeit.de.

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On Easter Sunday, the stained glass window designed by Michael Triegel on the theme of "Resurrection" will be unveiled during an ecumenical Easter Vigil service in St. Johannis Church in Plauen. In addition to the birth of Jesus, his baptism and the crucifixion and burial, the three-part stained glass window with the motif of the resurrection will continue the theological message of St. Johannis Church.
The so-called "resurrection window" is located centrally in the choir and can be viewed during the regular opening hours of the church.

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Exhibition from March 25 to May 7, 2023

In cooperation with the Mathar Collection, the Galerie Alte Schule Ahrenshoop is showing 100 sketches, drawings, preliminary studies and final sheets of Mattheuer's well-known motifs such as "Der Jahrhundertschritt", "Trotz alledem!" and "Hinter der Maske".

You can find more information here!

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The artists' association Walkmühle in Wiesbaden shows from 31.3. until 25.6.2023 a group exhibition dealing with the theme of fear. Among others, works by Markus Matthias Krüger and Günther Blau will be on display.

You can find more information here!

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From 23.03. - 07.04.2023, Halle 14 at the Baumwollspinnerei is showing a group exhibition with paintings by Matthias Ludwig and other positions from the Leipzig School. The exhibition examines the connections between teacher-student relationships and the extent to which each generation of artists reacts to and is shaped by their time and environment.

Where? Hall 14 basement, Spinnereistraße 7, 04179 Leipzig
Vernissage: 23.03.23 at 6 pm

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In the Leipziger Volkszeitung of January 6, Jürgen Kleindienst writes about the Tübke Foundation moving out of its premises in Springerstraße and the plans to establish an association to restore and run Werner Tübke's studio.

Link to the Museum Tübke Atelier

To the article on LVZ.de

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On the occasion of the exhibition "Under Blue Skies - Wolfgang Mattheuer & Markus Matthias Krüger", an artist talk with Markus Matthias Krüger will take place on January 28, 2023 from 3 - 4 pm.
Moderation: Uwe Neumann, Director of the Kunsthalle Rostock
Where? In the show depot of the Kunsthalle Rostock

The participation fees are included in the admission price.

Further information on the exhibition can be found here.

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From December 17, 2022, the Paderborn Diocesan Museum will be presenting one of the most famous and most discussed works of contemporary sacred art: the Marian altarpiece from the west choir of Naumburg Cathedral by Lucas Cranach and Michael Triegel. The altar will be on display in Paderborn until June 11, 2023.

To the homepage of the Paderborn Diocesan Museum

Further information can also be found on the homepage of the Archdiocese of Paderborn

The Neue Zürcher Zeitung writes about the Naumburg Altar and its journey under the title "The Altar of Offense"

The TAZ also reported on 23.12.22 under the title "Unrest in the cathedral"

The Westfalen Blatt also reports that "the controversial Marian altar from Naumburg Cathedral is coming to Paderborn"

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Since 10.12.22 and until 19.02.23, the Kunsthalle Rostock is showing the exhibition "Under blue skies" as its third station. This exhibition focuses on the landscape paintings of Wolfgang Mattheuer and Markus Matthias Krüger.

Further information on the exhibition can be found here.

The NDR showed a report about the exhibition and a short interview with Markus Matthias Kürger in the Nordmagazin on 11.12.22.

And the Ostseezeitung writes: "Mattheuer would have liked this": Rostock Kunsthalle shows works from two generations of artists

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Press review:

Stefan Trinks reports on the current discussions on the Naumburg Altarpiece by Michael Triegel and Lucas Cranach with the monument protection committee Icomos in the FAZ of 31.10.22 and cites further arguments in favor of the altarpiece in the article"Naumburg has the better arguments" in the FAZ of 30.11.22.

Ingeborg Ruthe also writes about the current developments surrounding the Naumburg Altar in the Berliner Zeitung and in the Frankfurter Rundschau on 21.11.2022.

MDR Kultur Das Radio will broadcast a one-hour special entitled "World Heritage in the Crossfire" on Friday 25.11.22. 6-7 pm, in which all positions on the subject of the Triegel meets Cranach altar project and the World Heritage will be examined once again.

On 2.12.22, ZDF will show a short report on the topic "Cranach-Triegel-Altar leaves Naumburg Cathedral"

Evelyn Finger wrote about the Naumburg altar by Michael Triegel in the newspaper Zeit on 30.11.22: "To remove this altar is sacrilege!"

A documentary publication on the creation of the altar has been published, which you can purchase in our store.

Feature photo: © Falko Matte/United Cathedral Founders

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The Kunsthalle Palazzo in Liestal (CH) is showing a group exhibition entitled "Mnemosyne" with Sven Hoppler and other artists from the border triangle as part of Regionale 23. In Greek mythology, Mnemosyne embodies the goddess of memory and the mother of the arts.

Opening | Sat, 26.11.2022, 13:00
Exhibition duration | 27.11.2022-08.01.2023

Further information can be found at: www.palazzo.ch

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Insel Verlag has published the book "Heiligenlegenden". The legends of saints selected, translated and annotated by Christian Lehnert from the "Legenda aurea", together with pictures by Michael Triegel, explore the question of what or who a saint is. The book is available from Insel Verlag for €14.

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For the opening of the Minsk in Potsdam, the museum is showing works by Wolfgang Mattheuer and Stan Douglas under the title "The Neighbor Who Wants to Fly" from 24.9.2022 - 15.1.2023. Further information can be found here.

Ingborg Ruthe writes about the reopening in the Berliner Zeitung under the title"A gem for Eastern art: Spectacular in Potsdam's "Minsk"". Read the article.

Kevin Hanschke discusses the exhibition in the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung under the title "The tough ones in the garden". To the article.

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Wolfgang Schilling writes in MDR Kultur about Markus Matthias Krüger and the art generation of the 80s. "Krüger doesn't want to tell a story with his pictures, but rather seduce his audience to immerse themselves in what they see."

Click here for the article on Mdr.de

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Gert Heiland writes in the Wetzlarer Neue Zeitung about Joscha Bender, his career and the Domesticated exhibition at the Schwind Gallery in Frankfurt. "The precision of his figures also comes from the drawing. (...) Bender's art invites you to look closely."

You can find the complete article here.

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To mark the exhibition "Under Blue Skies", which is currently on display at the Angermuseum in Erfurt, DIE ZEIT interviewed eight painters and authors on the subject of the sky. Markus Matthias Krüger and Michael Triegel, among others, explain their thoughts on the blue firmament.
You can read the entire article in the 11.08.2022 issue of DIE ZEIT or online here.

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From August 6 to November 1, 2022, the Kunsthalle Jesuitenkirche Aschaffenburg is presenting a retrospective exhibition of the Leipzig painter Erich Kissing (*1934). The exhibition focuses on Kissing's long-standing relationship with his model Kerstin, which appears in numerous works in his oeuvre in a finely painted manner and in surrealistic scenes. In addition to the 30 works by Erich Kissing on display, the exhibition also includes works by artists such as Leif Borges, Michael Triegel and Günter Rössler, for whom Kerstin was also a model.

A comprehensive catalog has been published to accompany the exhibition.

Further information about the exhibition can be found here.

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From July 31 to November 6, 2022, the exhibition "Under Blue Skies" with paintings by the artists Markus Matthias Krüger and Wolfgang Mattheuer will be on display at the Angermuseum Erfurt. The exhibition juxtaposes two generations of Leipzig landscape painting and was previously shown at the Kunsthalle Jesuitenkirche in Aschaffenburg. An extensive catalog has been published to accompany the exhibition.
Further information on the exhibition can be found here.

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On July 3, 2022, the new altar of the Virgin Mary in the west choir of Naumburg Cathedral was consecrated. The Leipzig artist Michael Triegel thus completes the painting by Lucas Cranach the Elder, created in 1519 and partially destroyed, whose works form the side wings. With the installation of the altar, the cathedral regains its liturgical center after 500 years.

Stefan Trinks wrote a detailed report on the altar in the FAZ of July 5, 2022. You can find the complete article here.

© Falko Matte/United Cathedral Founders (photo)

The project is accompanied by a documentary publication, which you can purchase in our store.

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The exhibition hall for contemporary art acentmetresducentredumonde in Perpignan/ France shows from July 15 to October 2, 2022 a group exhibition with paintings by Matthias Ludwig and other positions of contemporary, figurative painting.

You can find more information here!

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This year's annual exhibition in Leipzig features around 40 artists. Works by Günther Thiele and Sten Gutglück are also on display.

Exhibition period June 24 - July 16, 2022
Opening on June 23, 2022 | 8 p.m.

Leipziger Baumwollspinnerei
Werkschauhalle / Hall 12
Spinnereistraße 7 | 04179 Leipzig

You can find more information here!

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The change of seeing - new painting from Germany

Künstlerhaus Bethanien presents its latest publication. Editors Mark Gisbourne and Christoph Tannert present 81 of the most important painters living in Germany over the last two decades.

Works by Markus Matthias Krüger are also presented in the catalog.

You can find more information about the book here!

From 22.07. - 11.09. the Künstlerhaus Bethanien is showing an accompanying exhibition of the same name.

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The Galerie im Bürgerhaus Zella-Mehlis is showing works by the artist Gero Künzel from 20.05.22 - 30.06.22.

Further information about the exhibition can be found here!

Gallery in the Zella-Mehlis community center
Louis-Anschütz-Str. 28
98544 Zella-Mehlis
Tel.: 03682 / 40 317

Opening hours:
Mon/Wed/Fri/Sat 10 am - 12 noon
Tuesday 10 am - 5 pmThursday 10 am - 2 pm
Closed Sun/Public holiday

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Maria Haase has made a film portrait of Sten Gutglück and his Flizstift pictures. These are simply born out of the moment. "Perhaps Sten Gutglück's felt-tip pen drawings seem so true to life because we all have our own experiences with such pens. But none of us has ever been able to create such works with felt-tip pens as Sten Gutglück does."

Link to the artist profile of Sten Gutglück

https://www.mariahaase.de/

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Wolfgang Mattheuer and Markus Matthias Krüger

The Kunsthalle Jesuitenkirche Aschaffenburg is showing the exhibition "Under Blue Skies" from 26.03.2022 to 10.07.2022. Over 40 works each by the Leipzig artists Wolfgang Mattheuer and Markus Matthias Krüger will be on display. In addition to private loans, exhibits from the Haus der Geschichte (Bonn), the Museum of Cultural History Magdeburg and the Moritzburg (Halle/Saale) will also be on display.

The exhibition will subsequently be shown at the Angermuseum Erfurt and the Kunshalle Rostock.

The exhibition is accompanied by a catalog of the same name. It comprises 192 pages with numerous illustrations and text contributions by Sarah Alberti, Eduard Beaucamp, Mark Fisbourne and Jenns Howoldt.

Further information about the exhibition in Aschaffenburg can be found here!

Link to the catalog

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On the occasion of the current events in Ukraine, cultural journalist Ingeborg Ruthe turns her attention to Wolfgang Mattheuer's 1965 work "Cain and Abel".

You can find a link to the article here.

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The birthplace of Pope Benedict XVI in Marktl/Inn is showing 11 works by Michael Triegel in a special exhibition entitled "Face to Face".

The exhibition can be seen from 24.04.2022 - 04.10.2022.

You can find more information here!

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With the TÜBKE MONUMENTAL project, the Kunstkraftwerk in Leipzig presents a completely new approach to one of the most important works of figurative painting of the 20th century, the panoramic painting "Early Bourgeois Revolution in Germany" by Werner Tübke.

The exhibition will be on display from 11.03.2022 - 31.12.2022.

You can find more information here!

©Kunstkraftwerk 2022, photo: Luca Migliore

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The Opelvillen Rüsselsheim Art and Cultural Foundation is showing the exhibition "Daphne without Apollo" from March 13, 2022 - July 31, 2022.

The show presents works from the Klöcker collection that depict transitions from one living being or object to another. For thirty years, the married couple Maria Lucia and Ingo Klöcker from Bad Homburg have been collecting art with a personal focus: depictions of women. In the meantime, they have been able to collect a wide variety of paintings, drawings, graphics, photographs and sculptures from the post-war period to the present day, which show surprising positions and striking transformations.

Among others, works by Ulrich Hachulla, Erich Kissing, Wolfgang Mattheuer, Werner Tübke and Arno Rink will be shown.

You can find more information here!

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The Institut für Kirchenbau und kirchliche Kunst der Gegenwart in Marburg presents Sven Hoppler in its calendar and on its homepage with the painting "Der Morgen danach".

You can find more information here!

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The painting "Deus absconditus" by the painter Michael Triegel is on permanent loan to the Catholic parish church of St. Matthias in Berlin.
Find an interview with Michael Triegel in the Tagespost:

To the article

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The Museum der Bildenden Künste in Leipzig is showing the exhibition from 10.2. - 6.6.2022 Picture cosmos Leipzig. 1905-2022. In the TAZ am Wochenende, Sarah Alberti discusses the current exhibition and the painting "Erster Rentnertag" by Ulrich Hachulla under the title: Kein Bilderstreit - Malerei in und aus Leipzig. The article can be accessed at taz.de.

To the exhibition

To the article

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From today we welcome you to our new homepage, which we have realized together with Polygraph Design and Sebastian Vogel.

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The comprehensive retrospective "Willi Sitte - Sitte's World" at the Moritzburg Art Museum is being extended until February 6, 2020.

More information:
www.kunstmuseum-moritzburg.de

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Galerie Schwind wishes you a good start to the new year 2022

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For many decades, Rolf Händler (1938-2021) enriched painting in the German capital with his unique signature style; his paintings can be found in all major German museums, such as the Nationalgalerie Berlin, the Museum Barberini Potsdam and the Kunstsammlungen Dresden. Rolf Händler has now died in Berlin after a serious illness. He was 83 years old.

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From November 5 to December 31, 2021, the Nogueira da Silva Museum in Braga (Portugal) is exhibiting works by Ana Monteiro under the title "The Myth of Sisyphus". Ana Monteiro's paintings are executed in the finest painting style. They are full of symbols, enigmatic images whose stories remain mysterious.

"I want everything to be explained to me or nothing at all (...) The absurd arises from this confrontation between the human call and the unreasonable silence of the world." Albert Camus

You can find more information here!

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"Who am I?" Letters to a friend
With essays by Eduard Beaucamp and Golo Mann
Edited by Annika Michalski and Matthias Bormuth

To the store: www.wallstein-verlag.de

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The Angermuseum in Erfurt is showing the exhibition The Art of Talking to Flowers Exhibition duration: 27.06.-17.10.2021.
The exhibition explores various facets of the significance of flowers in painting.
In addition to the work Begonias by Emil Nolde, the exhibition includes paintings by our artists: Leif Borges, Günther Blau, Ulrich Hachulla, Rolf Händler, Wolfgang Mattheuer and Michael Triegel.

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From April 30 - October 31, 2021, the Bach Museum in Leipzig is showing the exhibition "Bach & Triegel. In dialog". On display are paintings, drawings and prints by the Leipzig artist, which enter into a dialog with compositions by Johann Sebastian Bach.

The Bach Museum will be open again from May 21, 2021. Please book an appointment in advance on 0341/9137 207 or . All further information about your visit to the museum can be found in the section: Your visit in times of Corona.

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The Panorama Museum in Bad Frankenhausen is showing a cross-section of the artist's oeuvre in the exhibition "Frank Hauptvogel - In den Gärten" until June 6, 2021.

Due to the current situation, a visit is unfortunately not possible at the moment. Further information and a virtual tour of the exhibition can be found here.

The exhibition is accompanied by a catalog with texts by Gerd Lindner, Meinhard Michael and André Schinkel.

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We visited our artist Sten Gutglück in his studio. In the video, we are allowed to look over his shoulder as he creates his latest work. We learn a lot about his paintings, his still lifes and his sometimes melancholy landscape and figure paintings.

To the video on Youtube

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