All the best, dear Hans: Hans Scheuerecker at BLMK Cottbus
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Hans Scheuerecker at the BLMK: A birthday exhibition full of painterly energy
For the 75th birthday of Hans Scheuerecker, the Brandenburg Museum of Modern Art is dedicating an exhibition to the Cottbus artist featuring important works from the museum's collection and from private collections. The presentation runs from May 30 to August 23, 2026, at the Diesel Power Plant Cottbus and provides a concentrated art experience between painting, graphics, and drawing. ([cottbus-news.de](https://www.cottbus-news.de/veranstaltungen/ausstellungen/alles-gute-lieber-hans-hans-scheuerecker-26052907012435))
An artist with shaping lines of East German contemporary art
Hans Scheuerecker is among those artists who developed a distinctive and unmistakable signature in the art of the GDR and the post-unification period. The BLMK regards him as an important figure in painting and graphics; he early on combined expressive imagery, performative energy, and a strong presence of the gestural. Since 1979, Scheuerecker has been working as a freelance painter, graphic artist, activist, and stage designer, and in 1992 he was the first artist to receive the Art Prize of the State of Brandenburg. ([potsdam-museum.de](https://www.potsdam-museum.de/de/exponat/142-hans-scheuerecker?utm_source=openai))
The collection as a resonance space
The exhibition brings together key works from the BLMK collection and supplements them with loans from private collections. This creates a view of the works that not only shows individual pieces but makes an artistic development visible in the dialogue between museum collection, regional art memory, and private ownership. This connection gives the exhibition a special authority and cultural-historical depth. ([cottbus-news.de](https://www.cottbus-news.de/veranstaltungen/ausstellungen/alles-gute-lieber-hans-hans-scheuerecker-26052907012435))
The Diesel Power Plant as a stage of perception
The Diesel Power Plant Cottbus offers an exhibition atmosphere with its industrial architecture, high spaces, and museum calm that brings Scheuerecker's works into sharp focus. The house is open Tuesday to Sunday from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m.; the exhibition rooms, the event hall, and the mukk. are accessible via elevators. The location itself enhances the art experience, as light, material, and space respond to the expressive power of the images. ([cottbus-news.de](https://www.cottbus-news.de/veranstaltungen/ausstellungen/alles-gute-lieber-hans-hans-scheuerecker-26052907012435))
Cultural education and deep engagement with the works
The BLMK explicitly considers itself a place of cultural education. Guided tours and mediation formats accompany the visit and provide access to context, technique, and art historical classification. A guided tour is scheduled for this exhibition, which further deepens the engagement with Scheuerecker's work. ([cottbus-news.de](https://www.cottbus-news.de/veranstaltungen/ausstellungen/alles-gute-lieber-hans-hans-scheuerecker-26052907012435))
Conclusion
This exhibition not only celebrates a birthday but makes a formative artistic attitude newly experienceable in an impressive museum space. Those who appreciate painting with energy, regional anchoring, and art historical relevance should visit this exhibition live and experience the special atmosphere of the BLMK themselves. ([cottbus-news.de](https://www.cottbus-news.de/veranstaltungen/ausstellungen/alles-gute-lieber-hans-hans-scheuerecker-26052907012435))
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