When does the exhibition take place?

The event is scheduled for July 17, 2026, at 11:00 AM.

Where is the venue located?

In the Brandenburg State Museum for Modern Art, Diesel Power Plant Cottbus, Uferstraße/Am Amtsteich 15, 03046 Cottbus.

How much is the entry fee?

The web search indicates an entry fee of 4 euros for the format.

Is the museum barrier-free?

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

Are there educational programs?

Yes, the BLMK offers guided tours, art mediation, and workshops.

Are there official social media channels?

No official social media profiles could be verified for this record.

A Quiet Image Dialogue About Pückler, Freedom, and Foreign Horizons in Cottbus

Name: Strangers and Freedom. Pückler - Dialogue About a Cosmopolitan. Mona Höke and Kathrin Karras
Start: 2026-07-17T13:00:00+02:00
End: 2026-07-17T15:00:00+02:00
Location: Dieselkraftwerk

A cosmopolitan image dialogue at the Diesel Power Plant Cottbus

With Strangers and Freedom, the Brandenburg State Museum for Modern Art opens a multifaceted exhibition cycle at the Diesel Power Plant in Cottbus, leading painting, photography, and digital image production into a poetic dialogue. Mona Höke and Kathrin Karras approach Prince Hermann von Pückler-Muskau not illustratively but as a contemporary artistic perspective on strangeness, openness, and the idea of the cosmopolitan. The exhibition promises an art experience between historical reflection and contemporary visual language.

Painting and Photography in a Shared Image Space

At its center is a special collaboration: For the first time, painter Mona Höke and photographic artist Kathrin Karras work not only side by side but intertwined on the same works. An open image space emerges from painting, photography, digital image production, and unique painting, where layering, reworking, and superimposing question each other. It is precisely this interweaving that makes the exhibition appear atmospherically rich and art-historically intriguing.

Pückler as a Projection Figure for Freedom and Cosmopolitanism

The reference to Pückler opens a cultural-historical resonance space that extends far beyond mere biography. His travels, his visions of landscapes, and his interest in the world as a space of experience are translated into current image strategies. Thus, a historical retelling does not emerge, but rather an aesthetic experience of movement, strangeness, and openness to cultural encounters.

The Diesel Power Plant as a Place for Art Viewing

The Diesel Power Plant Cottbus provides a particularly fitting framework for this presentation: a museum that ranks among the most distinguished houses of modern art in Brandenburg with its collection of art from the GDR and subsequent traditions. The exhibition atmosphere combines industrial architecture with concentrated work observation, light, space, and materiality. Those who want to experience contemporary painting and photography in the context of museum curation will find here a place with strong cultural influence.

Education, Vision Training, and Museum Deepening

The exhibition is part of the museum's educational and curatorial work of the BLMK, which regularly offers guided tours and outreach opportunities for its presentations. For art-interested visitors, this creates access that is not only aesthetic but also educational. It is precisely the connection of artistic research, collection context, and contemporary relevance that makes the visit worthwhile.

Conclusion: Strangers and Freedom invites an intense encounter with an artistic dialogue that convincingly connects historical imagination and contemporary visual practice. Anyone wanting to experience painting, photography, and art history in a well-thought-out exhibition should not miss this date in Cottbus.