Museum der bildenden Künste Leipzig

Featuring 300 works by 106 artists from all genres, Point of No Return is the first appreciation of how fine arts perceived the Peaceful Revolution in the GDR and the radical change of East German society.

In his painting, Tim Eitel (* 1971) creates analogies with reality, using what he has seen and experienced to construct fictitious, parallel worlds.

The title of the dominating installationnods to a central statement within molecular biology of the 20th century.

In Note to Self, Hurtig presents an intricate spatial assemblage that addresses the conflicts experienced by individuals when exposed to the pressure to self-optimise as entrepreneurial entities.

Ursula Reuter Christiansen (* 1943) studied at the Düsseldorf Arts Academy, where she enrolled in Joseph Beuys’ sculpture class. She married the composer and fluxus artist Henning Christiansen in 1969, moved to Denmark, and since then has focused on the media of film and painting. Rural, family life on the island of Møn and influences from the feminist art movement in Denmark feature largely in her work. The Red River is the artist’s first institutional, solo exhibition in Germany.

Underbelly is an entirely new immersive installation inspired by and developed for the luminous spaces of MdbK. In it, the viewer enters a sort of an oversized belly — soft and open for inspection.

Udo Lindenberg (*1946) is an artist that has proved capable of formulating the desire for freedom and peace as well as criticism of antiquated soci...

MdbK Third Space ist ein weiterer Meilenstein in der Reihe zu unterschiedlichen Realitäten in der Kunst. Standen in Reality Virtual Reality (2018) ...

DOK Neuland is presenting VR experiences and 360° films under the title in the scope of DOK Leipzig. The immersive worlds of the twelve new media works featured here, hailing from countries such as Kenya, Taiwan, and Israel, offer viewers a chance to encounter underrepresented narratives and stories situated beyond the usual perspectives of majority society.

With the exhibition Impressionismus in Leipzig 1900–1914 the MdbK addresses its own history at the beginning of the 20th century. The largely forgotten exhibitions of Max Liebermann, Max Slevogt and Lovis Corinth are reconstructed and correlated to the paintings purchased by the museum at that time.

Der Titel der ersten Ausstellung von Michael Riedel (*1972) in Leipzig – wo er seit 2017 die Professur für Malerei und Grafik an der Hochschule für...