When does the exhibition take place?

The exhibition can be seen from 12.05.2026 at the BLMK Diesel Power Station Cottbus and runs according to the program until 31.05.2026.

What is the admission fee?

The price for a single ticket is 4 EUR. On selected days and for certain groups, there are discounts or free entry.

Is the museum barrier-free?

Yes, all exhibition rooms, the event hall, and the mukk at the Cottbus Diesel Power Station are accessible by elevators.

Is photography allowed in the exhibition?

Photography and filming are only permitted for private purposes. The museum accepts no liability for publications on the internet or in social networks.

What are the opening hours?

The BLMK in Cottbus is open from Tuesday to Sunday from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m.

Are there tours or educational programs?

Yes, BLMK offers tours and art educational formats. The exact dates and fees will be published in the program.

Photographs that Irritate and Captivate: BLMK Shows Cottbus Anew

Name: Strange? Remarkable! Photographs from the BLMK Collection
Start: 2026-05-12T13:00:00+02:00
End: 2026-05-31T21:00:00+02:00
Location: Dieselkraftwerk

Photographs that Slow Down the Gaze: Strange? Remarkable! at BLMK Cottbus

The Brandenburg State Museum for Modern Art invites you to an exhibition at the Diesel Power Station Cottbus that makes seeing itself the theme. Strange? Remarkable! Photographs from the BLMK Collection brings together photographic works that irritate, surprise, and trigger a moment of pause. The exhibition is designed as a selection from the collection and emphasizes those images that do not allow the viewer to pass by, but rather invite them to a close examination of the work.

Irritation as an Aesthetic Experience

At the center of this exhibition are photographs that may appear strange and thereby unfold their power. What initially seems alien opens up space for attention, interpretation, and comparison. The exhibition relies on the productive tension between uncertainty and insight: An image that stops you stays in the memory. Thus, photography becomes visible not only as a documentary medium but as an artistic form with its own rhythm, composition, and claim to truth.

Photography as Collection Work and Art History

The BLMK has a significant collection of photography, established in 1979. This tradition gives the exhibition in Cottbus particular authority: it shows how museum collection, art historical classification, and curatorial selection work together. Photography is not read in isolation here but as part of a larger visual culture, in which observation, experimentation, memory, and historical testimony intertwine.

The Diesel Power Station as a Place of Observation

The Diesel Power Station in Cottbus, with its clear architecture and barrier-free accessible exhibition spaces, provides a fitting framework for this concentrated visual language. The spatial effect supports the slow reception of the works: light, distance, and gaze direction create an atmosphere where photographic details, surfaces, and image boundaries unfold particularly precisely. Those who walk through the spaces here experience an art experience that quietly begins and lingers in thought for a long time.

Art Education, Tours, and Museum Experience

The BLMK connects exhibition practice with cultural education. For visitors, this creates not only aesthetic impressions but also access to photographic forms, visual strategies, and collection contexts. The exhibition is suitable for a conscious, calm art experience as well as for an in-depth museum visit focusing on modern and contemporary art in Brandenburg.

Those who want to experience photography beyond quick effects will find in this exhibition a precisely curated invitation to see closely. Strange? Remarkable! promises an exhibition that transforms irritation into insight and makes the BLMK collection visible in new sharpness. A visit to the Diesel Power Station Cottbus is definitely worthwhile in person.