Between worlds — The shaman of Bad Dürrenberg
In March 2026, the State Museum of Prehistory is hosting a major special exhibition entitled “The Shamaness”. It is dedicated to one of the most fascinating discoveries in European prehistory: the burial of a Middle Stone Age woman from Bad Dürrenberg who lived around 9,000 years ago and is considered a shaman according to the […]
Milestones in Bach research: anniversary exhibition at the Bach Museum Leipzig
The Bach Museum Leipzig is celebrating an extraordinary double anniversary this year: 75 years of the Leipzig Bach Archive and 40 years of the Bach Museum. The special exhibition “Milestones in Bach Research” takes visitors on a fascinating journey through the past and present of research into Johann Sebastian Bach and his family. The focus […]
Annika Kahrs — Infra Voice: When giraffes and music share the room
In her exhibition “Infra Voice” at the Kunstmuseum Magdeburg, artist Annika Kahrs unfolds a fascinating world of sounds and images between music, language, animals and humans. The focus is on infrasound — frequencies that are so low that they are barely perceptible to the human ear. It is precisely in this range that giraffes communicate […]
The sound spaces of flowing — Lara Dâmaso’s amphorae at the Kunstmuseum Magdeburg
In the current exhibition “For Our Flowing Voices; I Amphorae”, Lara Dâmaso transforms the monastery church of the Kunstmuseum Magdeburg into a space of resonating sensuality. At the centre of her installation are five amphorae filled with water, whose shapes and sizes are shaped like physical spaces by the flow of the voice. Dâmaso’s voice […]
Community in transition — 50 years of the Magdeburg Art Museum
The Kunstmuseum Magdeburg is celebrating its 50th anniversary in 2025 with the jubilee exhibition “Challenged Community”. Since its foundation, the museum has been a mirror of social change — from GDR art policy and the democratic upheavals of 1989 to the international opening of our time. The exhibition not only highlights key works from the […]
Fragments of a Life — The Hans-Hasso von Veltheim Collection in the Moritzburg Art Museum
With the exhibition “Fragments of a Life — The Hans-Hasso von Veltheim Collection”, the Moritzburg Art Museum offers a unique insight into the life and work of an extraordinary collector, mediator and world traveller. Hans-Hasso von Veltheim (1885–1956) united a fascinating biography in his person: high nobility, Zeppelin airship pilot, art historian, publisher and heir […]
Between beauty and truth — Karl Hofer at the Moritzburg Art Museum
From 21 November 2025 to 15 February 2026, the special exhibition “Karl Hofer — Between Beauty and Truth” at the Kunstmuseum Moritzburg Halle (Saale) will provide an in-depth insight into the work of one of the most independent painters of German modernism. Hofer moved between New Objectivity and Magical Realism and developed an unmistakable visual […]
Handily immortalised — 75 years of the Saxony-Anhalt State Coin Cabinet
The Kunstmuseum Moritzburg Halle (Saale) is celebrating the 75th anniversary of the Saxony-Anhalt State Coin Cabinet with the cabinet exhibition “Halle handy”. The show, which will be on display from 12 October 2025 to 15 February 2026, presents around 150 medals from five centuries, complemented by current works by Halle’s female sculptors.They not only reflect […]