When does the exhibition take place?

The exhibition runs from 13.06.2026 to 16.08.2026 at the Diesel Power Station Cottbus.

How much is the entrance fee?

The regular entrance fee is 4 euros, reduced 3 euros.

Is the museum accessible for people with disabilities?

Yes, the exhibition rooms and event hall are accessible via elevators.

Are there tours or educational offerings?

Yes, BLMK regularly offers tours as well as educational formats and individual appointments through art education.

What are the opening hours?

In Cottbus, the Diesel Power Station is open from Tuesday to Sunday from 11 AM to 7 PM.

Where is the venue located?

The exhibition takes place at the Brandenburg State Museum for Modern Art - Diesel Power Station Cottbus, Am Amtsteich 15, 03046 Cottbus.

A Collection Becomes Present: Acquisition Status at the Cottbus Diesel Power Station

Name: Acquisition Status. Collection Accessions from 2021-2025
Start: 2026-06-20T13:00:00+02:00
End: 2026-08-16T21:00:00+02:00
Location: Brandenburgisches Landesmuseum für Moderne Kunst - Dieselkraftwerk Cottbus

New Collection Pathways at the Diesel Power Station: Acquisition Status as a Living Inventory

With Acquisition Status. Collection Accessions from 2021-2025, the Brandenburg State Museum for Modern Art in the Diesel Power Station Cottbus opens a focused view on the recent expansions of its collection. The dual exhibition in Cottbus and Frankfurt (Oder) brings together groups of works from visual arts, photography, and poster art that have entered the collection through donation or purchase in the past five years. Featured are works by Horst Bartnig, Ingrid Behla, Jan Brokof, Elżbieta Chojna, Karl-Heinz Drescher, Lutz Fleischer, Kerstin Franke-Gneuß, Alex Jordan, Renata Kaminska, Klaus Kehrwald, Eva Mahn, Christoph Niemann, Dietmar Nieschler, Andrzej Nowacki, Helga Paris, Núria Quevedo, Thomas Ranft, Wolfram A. Scheffler, Christine Schlegel, Henrik Schrat, Gudrun Trendafilov, Niklaus Troxler, Claus Weidensdorfer, Albert Weis, and Susanne Werdin. ([cottbus.de](https://cottbus.de/veranstaltungen/aufnahmezustand-sammlungszugaenge-aus-den-jahren-2021-2025-56/))

A Museum that Thinks its Collection Visibly

The BLMK views its collection as an art historical resource and as an educational space at the same time. With over 45,000 works, the institution is among the most important for art from the GDR and its subsequent traditions; the collections are repeatedly placed in new temporal, social, and cultural contexts through changing exhibitions. This is precisely the strength of this exhibition: it not only shows works but also makes acquisition, canon formation, and curatorial decision-making tangible as part of museum thinking. ([blmk.de](https://www.blmk.de/museum/))

Examining Works between Painting, Photography, and Poster Art

The presentation opens up a multifaceted artistic experience, where painterly, graphic, and photographic positions unfold alongside each other. In the industrial environment of the Diesel Power Station, each work gains additional presence: colors, surfaces, and form rhythms enter into a tense dialogue with the architecture. Thus, an exhibition atmosphere is created that feels precise rather than monumental and sharpens the focus on materiality, imagery, and historical anchoring. ([cottbus.de](https://cottbus.de/veranstaltungen/aufnahmezustand-sammlungszugaenge-aus-den-jahren-2021-2025-56/))

Curatorial Perspective and Cultural Education

The BLMK regularly accompanies its exhibitions with tours, lectures, workshops, and museum educational formats. For Cottbus, the institution has an open structure for art education; regular thematic and curator-led tours as well as individually bookable tours are part of the program. Thus, Acquisition Status also becomes a place of cultural education, where collection work is not abstract but concretely tangible. ([blmk.de](https://www.blmk.de/kunstvermittlung/))

Who Should Especially Visit

Anyone interested in modern and contemporary art, East German art history, photography, and poster art will find an exhibition experience with analytical depth and sensual clarity here. The exhibition is aimed at visitors who wish to not only observe collections but read them as living narratives about art, history, and the present. The Diesel Power Station provides an ideal setting for this: easily accessible, clearly structured, and developed with a view towards education and participation. ([blmk.de](https://www.blmk.de/museum/))

Conclusion: Acquisition Status brings together the latest collection accessions into a pointed inventory of the BLMK. Anyone who wants to see how a museum collects and orders its present art historically should experience this exhibition in Cottbus live. ([cottbus.de](https://cottbus.de/veranstaltungen/aufnahmezustand-sammlungszugaenge-aus-den-jahren-2021-2025-56/))