When does the exhibition take place?

The event is scheduled for 08.07.2026 at 11:00 AM. The exhibition duration according to event details runs until 23.08.2026.

Where can the exhibition be seen?

At the Brandenburg State Museum for Modern Art - Diesel Power Plant Cottbus, Am Amtsteich 15, 03046 Cottbus.

What is the entrance fee?

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

Is the museum wheelchair accessible?

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

What topics are at the forefront?

The focus is on Hermann von Pückler-Muskau, cosmopolitanism, strangeness, freedom as well as the interplay of painting and photography.

Is there more information about the house?

BLMK presents modern and contemporary art and offers educational programs, collection references, and changing exhibitions.

Strangers and Freedom opens a poetic view of Pückler's cosmos

Name: Strangers and Freedom. Pückler – Dialogue about a Cosmopolitan. Mona Höke and Kathrin Karras
Start: 2026-07-08T13:00:00+02:00
End: 2026-08-23T21:00:00+02:00
Location: Brandenburgisches Landesmuseum für Moderne Kunst - Dieselkraftwerk Cottbus

A sensual dialogue about Pückler, freedom, and the image of the stranger

At the Brandenburg State Museum for Modern Art in Cottbus, a multifaceted exhibition cycle titled Strangers and Freedom unfolds, bringing painting and photographic art into a poetic dialogue with the thoughts and actions of Prince Hermann von Pückler-Muskau. Mona Höke and Kathrin Karras combine their artistic signatures into a work where photography, digital image production, and unique painting intertwine. The result promises an artistic experience that connects historical perspectives with contemporary imagery.

A Cosmopolitan as a starting point

The exhibition draws upon Pückler's figure as a traveler, garden artist, and boundary crosser, making him the starting point for an aesthetic experience about belonging, mobility, and openness. The title Strangers and Freedom marks not just a motif, but an attitude: art as a space for encounter, where origin, perspective, and memory are renegotiated. Those interested in art history, cultural education, and contemporary exhibition curation will find a concise approach to a historically charged topic here.

Between canvas, photography, and joint image creation

Mona Höke is known for a painting that develops from color, signs, and graphic density. Her works are characterized by a pictorial mobility in which surfaces, lines, and ornamental structures merge into a vibrant rhythm. Kathrin Karras works photographically and often conceptualizes the image stemming from spaces, landscapes, and border experiences. In this encounter, a body of work is created which demands contemplation in the best sense: not as a quick grasp, but as slow reading of layers, transitions, and atmospheric tensions.

The museum as a space for experience

The Diesel Power Plant Cottbus provides the appropriate setting for this exhibition. The building connects industrial architecture with modern art and creates an exhibit atmosphere in which light, space, and materiality intensify the visual impact. The collections of BLMK are particularly characterized in the fields of painting, photography, poster art, graphics, and sculpture. Thus, the exhibition convincingly blends into the profile of the house and simultaneously strengthens the dialogue between collection, contemporary art, and mediation.

Cultural education and visitor value

For visitors, the exhibition presents not only an aesthetic approach but also a cultural-historical one. The theme of Pückler leads into debates about landscape, European image, mobility, and the role of the cosmopolitan in art. Particularly in connection with guided tours and museum educational formats, a visit emerges that combines insight and observation. Thus, the exhibition becomes more than just an appointment in the calendar: a concentrated place of cultural education and inspiring art contemplation.

Conclusion: Strangers and Freedom promises a clever, sensual, and art-historically charged visit to the exhibition in Cottbus. Those who wish to experience painting, photography, and contemporary reflection in dialogue should visit this exhibition live at the Diesel Power Plant.