Strangers and Freedom at the Prince Pückler Museum Branitz: Experience Art and Landscape

Between Oriental Fantasy and Garden Art: Pückler Experienced Anew

The special exhibition Strangers and Freedom: Connecting Worlds. Pückler's Orient in His Landscapes invites you on 23.09.2026 from 10:00 to 17:00 at the Prince Pückler Museum Park & Castle Branitz in Cottbus. In the historic setting of the castle, an art experience unfolds that intertwines landscape, memory, and contemporary imagery. Admission: Adults 11.00 €, reduced 8.00 €, children and teenagers up to 18 years free. ([cottbus.de](https://cottbus.de/veranstaltungen/sonderausstellung-fremde-und-freiheit-welten-verbindend-puecklers-orient-in-seinen-landschaften-47/))

A Dialogue with Pückler's World Journey

The exhibition starts with Pückler's journey to the Orient and connects this historical perspective with artistic present. Mona Höke and Kathrin Karras approach the theme not illustratively, but as an open, multifaceted exploration of works: painting, photography, collage, and layering create new spaces between landscape imagery and memory. The breakfast room thus becomes a place of aesthetic experience, where Pückler's work and contemporary art illuminate each other. ([cottbus.de](https://cottbus.de/veranstaltungen/sonderausstellung-fremde-und-freiheit-welten-verbindend-puecklers-orient-in-seinen-landschaften-47/))

Painting, Photography, and Shared Image Spaces

Mona Höke, born in 1971 in Guben, has been working freelance in Cottbus and Berlin since the 1990s; her work is rooted in the connection of literature, form, and color. Kathrin Karras, born in 1967 in Guben, develops a distinctive photographic handwriting that consciously transcends the conventions of traditional photography. In Branitz, two positions meet that produce a common imagery through layering, reworking, and condensation. ([galeriebrandenburg.de](https://galeriebrandenburg.de/mona-hoeke/?utm_source=openai))

Branitz as a Historical Resonance Space

The Prince Pückler Museum Park & Castle Branitz is one of the most significant landscape art ensembles in Germany. The park was created from 1846 onwards as Pückler's second major garden project and is considered a masterpiece of landscape design with an ordered zoning structure, watercourses, and the famous pyramids as oriental-inspired memorials. This spatial dramaturgy lends the exhibition a special depth: art and place communicate directly here. ([pueckler-museum.de](https://www.pueckler-museum.de/pl/park-palac/park-branitz/?utm_source=openai))

For Education Enthusiasts and Art Lovers

The exhibition addresses visitors who want to experience art history not just as reading but spatially. Those interested in curating, cultural education, garden art, photo art, and contemporary painting will find a multifaceted exhibition format with high educational value here. The interplay of historical figure, museum space, and artistic intervention makes the visit a concentrated, inspiring encounter with Branitz and its idea of openness to the world. ([cottbus.de](https://cottbus.de/veranstaltungen/sonderausstellung-fremde-und-freiheit-welten-verbindend-puecklers-orient-in-seinen-landschaften-47/))

Conclusion

This special exhibition does not provide a mere look back, but a lively dialogue about strangeness, freedom, and the connections in art. Those who wish to experience Pückler, landscape thinking, and contemporary image art in an extraordinary historical space should definitely visit Branitz on this day. ([cottbus.de](https://cottbus.de/veranstaltungen/sonderausstellung-fremde-und-freiheit-welten-verbindend-puecklers-orient-in-seinen-landschaften-47/))

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Sources:

• City of Cottbus/Chóśebuz - Special Exhibition Strangers and Freedom
• Prince Pückler Museum - Park Branitz
• Prince Pückler Museum - Park Facilities and Buildings
• Gallery Brandenburg - Mona Höke Biography
• Kathrin Karras - Biography
• Kathrin Karras - Strangers and Freedom
• MWFK Brandenburg - Foundation Prince Pückler Museum Park and Castle Branitz