Name: Status of Acquisition. Collection Additions from the Years 2021-2025
Start: 2026-07-21T13:00:00+02:00
End: 2026-07-21T21:00:00+02:00
Location: Brandenburgisches Landesmuseum für Moderne Kunst - Dieselkraftwerk Cottbus

New Collection Energy in the Diesel Power Plant: Status of Acquisition in Cottbus

With Status of Acquisition. Collection Additions from the Years 2021-2025, the Brandenburg State Museum of Modern Art in the Diesel Power Plant Cottbus presents an exhibition that focuses on the act of collecting itself. The double exhibition in Cottbus and Frankfurt (Oder) brings together groups of works from painting, photography, graphics, and poster art that have entered the collection through gifts or purchases in the past five years. This creates an accurate insight into a collection that is among the most extensive holdings of modern art in Brandenburg.

A Museum that Connects Contemporary and Art History

The BLMK represents a collection with around 45,000 works; about 75 percent of the collection comes from the GDR era. This makes the exhibition particularly compelling: it showcases not only individual works but also the vibrant continuation of a collecting tradition that intertwines art historical lines, regional perspectives, and contemporary positions. In the Diesel Power Plant, the striking industrial building at Uferstraße, this presentation unfolds a clear, focused exhibition atmosphere.

Art Examination Between Painting, Photography, and Poster Art

The additions shown from the years 2021 to 2025 traverse very different forms of expression in the visual arts. Well-known positions such as Horst Bartnig, Ingrid Behla, Jan Brokof, Helga Paris, Núria Quevedo, Christine Schlegel, Niklaus Troxler, or Albert Weis reveal how diverse the collection of the museum continues to grow. Particularly in the transition of line, surface, motif, and medium, an art experience emerges that simultaneously offers aesthetic experience and art historical classification.

Curatorial Insight into Present-Day Collecting

The exhibition makes visible how museums shape meaning: through selection, context, and curation. Gifts and purchases here are not mere inventory reports, but cultural-historical decisions. Those who walk through the rooms experience not only individual works but also the question of how museum collections develop in the present and which visual languages will be preserved for future generations.

Architecture, Spatial Impact, and Visitor Experience

The Diesel Power Plant Cottbus gives the exhibition a unique spatial impact. The industrial ambiance meets clear museum architecture, making the works appear focused yet open. The exhibition rooms are accessible without barriers via elevators; the opening hours are Tuesday to Sunday from 11 am to 7 pm. This makes the visit ideal for a calm tour with time for careful examination of the works.

Why a Visit is Worthwhile

Status of Acquisition shows how alive a collection grows when it responds to contemporary art, photographic positions, and graphic works. Those who wish to experience modern and contemporary art in Brandenburg will find an exhibition here with substance, intelligence, and visual presence. Definitely visit live: The exhibition offers a rare insight into the inner logic of collecting and the future of an important art museum.