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Expanded Field I – Migrating the Colour Fields at Kunstraum MITTE37

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An Evening When Chicago and Burgdorf Drew Closer The finissage of Expanded Field I – Migrating the Colour Fields at Kunstraum MITTE37 on 25 June became a memorable highlight of the transatlantic symposium The Ocean Between. From the very first welcome by Kunstraum initiator Susanne Schumacher, it was clear that this evening would be more than a traditional exhibition closing. It unfolded as a space of encounter, exchange, and artistic resonance between Chicago, Burgdorf, and Hannover. A Reunion — and an Evening Filled With Energy Symposium founder Marianna Buchwald opened the program by introducing the artists whose works and performances shaped the exhibition: Amy Hanks, Daniela Castro, Judith Meyer, Kao Ra Zen, Kathryn Hempel, Kevin B. Chatham, Rychard Syska, Lori Kaplan, Marianna Buchwald, Sarah W. Holmes, Beate Axmann, and Takako. A particularly warm moment was the reunion with Lori Kaplan. Her vibrant works had already captivated visitors at the opening. She spoke about her affect...
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New Horizons – A Curatorial Perspective on Transcultural Dialogue in Contemporary Art

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New Horizons unfolds as a transcontinental meeting point where contemporary artistic practice becomes a catalyst for cultural understanding and shared imagination. Under the curatorial direction of Dr. Müberra Bülbül and the coordination of Davaasambuu Batnasan, the exhibition and symposium held on 8–9 July 2026 at the Mongol Art Gallery in Ulaanbaatar bring together artists from Asia and Europe to explore how artistic expression can transcend borders and open new spaces of dialogue. Embedded within Mongolia’s traditional cultural festivals, the project positions art as a universal language capable of bridging worlds, revealing how local traditions and global perspectives can coexist, intersect, and enrich one another.   The participating artists — including Davaasambuu Batnasan Müberra Bülbül,  Doris Bocka,  Thomas Hillebrand, Mustafa Bülbül,  Lars Schumacher,  İwa Kruczkowska, Beatriz Ramirez,  Brian Testa, Leonor Trindade, Sousa Ayush Dunkhuu Gan-Oc...
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Location: Ulaanbaatar, Mongolei
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KUNSTdemokratie – A Participatory Exhibition

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KUNSTdemokratie – A Participatory Exhibition by Rainer Wieczorek Zwitschermaschine, Berlin   25 July – 2 August 2026, daily 4–8 pm   Opening: 24 July 2026, 6 pm   Potsdamer Str. 161, 10783 Berlin KUNSTdemokratie presents a ten‑day exploration of art as an open, evolving and socially resonant practice. Conceived by artist, sociologist and Dadasoph Rainer Wieczorek, the exhibition understands art not as a finished object but as a living process shaped by bodies, voices, gestures, materials and shared situations. At a time when cultural institutions increasingly seek new forms of accessibility, participation and social relevance, Wieczorek offers a distinctly contemporary response: here, art is not merely shown but shared; not presented but practiced; not consumed but negotiated. Unfolding at Zwitschermaschine Berlin from 24 July to 2 August 2026, the exhibition becomes a laboratory of democracy, where aesthetic, social and political dimensions intersect. Wiec...
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Location: Potsdamer Str. 161, 10783 Berlin, Deutschland
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Chicago Meets Burgdorf – Art Connects at Kunstraum MITTE37

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Kunstraum MITTE37 demonstrated on Saturday evening just how much potential lies within this new space. The opening of the exhibition EXPANDED FIELD I – migrating the colour fields became one of those rare moments when a small town suddenly feels expansive: open, cosmopolitan, and full of life. The room was filled, the atmosphere attentive and curious. Five artists from Chicago and Germany stood together, speaking about their work, their paths, their sources of inspiration, and what it means to exhibit, improvise, and experiment with new forms in a major US metropolis. A conversation unfolded naturally, with the audience joining in with genuine interest. Chicago in Burgdorf – direct, personal, in dialogue. Encounters like these are more than program points; they are moments when networks open and connections become visible. In her opening remarks, Susanne Schumacher, founder of the Kunstraum, set a clear tone: MITTE37 sees itself as a place of dialogue – especially in the 250th year of ...
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Location: Mittelstraße 37, 31303 Burgdorf, Deutschland
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EXPANDED FIELD I migrating the colour fields

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Contemporary Positions from Chicago in Burgdorf: EXPANDED FIELD I – migrating the colour fields at Kunstraum MITTE37 From 6 to 25 June 2026, the newly founded Kunstraum MITTE37 in Burgdorf presents EXPANDED FIELD I – migrating the colour fields , bringing together twelve contemporary artistic positions from Chicago for the first time in Germany. The exhibition opens a transatlantic field of resonance in which artists working across painting, performance, dance, music and film introduce their practices and engage directly with the public. It forms part of the international art symposium THE OCEAN BETWEEN , initiated in 2016 by Chicago- and Hanover-based artist and curator Marianna Buchwald . For Buchwald, the ocean is not a dividing line but a living in‑between space where artistic energies, cultural experiences and aesthetic impulses circulate freely. Over the past years, this network has fostered numerous collaborations between Chicago and the Hanover region—connections that ultimate...
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Location: Mittelstraße 37, 31303 Burgdorf, Deutschland
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Exhibition SofaLoft Hannover "The Ocean Between IX"

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Wenn Kunst Grenzen überschreitet, entsteht ein Raum, der größer ist als jede einzelne Disziplin. The Ocean Between IX öffnet im Juni 2026 genau diesen Raum: ein offenes Feld zwischen Kontinenten, getragen von Künstler*innen aus den USA, Deutschland und Afrika. Unter dem Leitmotiv Migrating The Color Fields – Expanded Field wird Kunst nicht gezeigt, sondern in Bewegung gesetzt – zwischen Körper und Bild, Film und Performance, Ritual und Gegenwart. Seit seinen Anfängen versteht sich The Ocean Between als lebendiges Netzwerk über den Atlantik hinweg. 2026 weitet sich dieses Netzwerk erneut aus: Tanz, Film, Musik, Malerei, Lichtkunst und Performance verschränken sich zu einem gemeinsamen Terrain, das sich über mehrere Orte erstreckt – vom Sofa Loft Hannover als pulsierendem Zentrum über den Kunstraum MITTE37 als kuratorischen Denkraum bis zu Medienhaus, Bürgerschule und Scharniertheater. Jede Bühne bringt ihre eigene Energie ein und formt zusammen eine künstlerische Landschaft, die die Reg...
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Location: Jordanstraße 26, 30173 Hannover, Deutschland
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KAFKA – International Mail Art

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  KAFKA – International Mail Art A global art project honouring an author whose imagery continues to resonate In 2024, the centenary of Franz Kafka’s death was commemorated. A hundred years later, it is more evident than ever how inexhaustibly his work inspires artists around the world. Kafka’s texts—marked by psychological acuity, radical imagination, and a form that is both simple and immensely powerful—remain an open archive of human existence. His world is a cosmos of images that unsettle and move us, at once familiar and strangely distant. Those who share a similar sensitivity recognise in it the beauty and the unease of life, tightly interwoven. A project that transcends borders For many years, the Jan Matejko Academy of Fine Arts in Kraków has been developing artistic projects inspired by Kafka’s aphorisms from “Reflections on Sin, Suffering, Hope, and the True Way.” Within the framework of the 2024 programme “Freedom – Boundaries of Identity,” a new impulse emerged: an ...
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Location: plac Jana Matejki 13, 31-157 Kraków, Polen
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