When does the exhibition take place?

The event is scheduled for 18.08.2026 at 11:00 AM. The show runs according to BLMK throughout the summer of 2026.

How much is the entrance fee?

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

Where is the venue located?

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

Is the exhibition barrier-free accessible?

Yes, the exhibition spaces are accessible by elevators.

Are there tours or educational offers?

BLMK regularly offers tours and art mediation formats. For this exhibition, the museum's own dates and offers apply.

Strangers and Freedom: Pückler Becomes a Lively Art Dialogue in Cottbus

Name: Strangers and Freedom. Pückler - Dialogue About a Cosmopolitan. Mona Höke and Kathrin Karras
Start: 2026-08-18T13:00:00+02:00
End: 2026-08-18T21:00:00+02:00
Location: Brandenburgisches Landesmuseum für Moderne Kunst - Dieselkraftwerk Cottbus

Strangers and Freedom at the Diesel Power Plant: Mona Höke and Kathrin Karras in Dialogue with Pückler

At the Brandenburg State Museum of Modern Art, Strangers and Freedom unfolds as an art experience that sets painting, photography, and collaborative image production in a concentrated dialogue with Hermann Prince of Pückler-Muskau. The three-part exhibition cycle connects historical reflection with contemporary aesthetics and opens a space for artwork observation, cultural encounters, and art historical curiosity.

A Cosmopolitan as a Reflection of the Present

The exhibition questions strangeness, movement, and freedom as aesthetic and societal experiences. Mona Höke and Kathrin Karras approach Pückler not as a museum monument but as a projection surface for questions about identity, boundary crossing, and perception. Their collaborative work interweaves photography, digital image production, and unique painting, giving the theme a multifaceted, contemporary tension.

Painting, Photography, and the Open Image

Mona Höke's artistic position is characterized by a poetic, often graphically condensed visual language; in art critical evaluations, her proximity to visual poetry and gestural painting is highlighted. Kathrin Karras develops photographic series in which memory, space, and imagined landscapes play a central role. In Strangers and Freedom, this results in a visual language that consciously keeps boundaries between medium, authorship, and narrative open.

The Diesel Power Plant as an Exhibition Venue

The former industrial monument in the Cottbus waterfront area significantly shapes the atmosphere of the show. The clear spaces, modern museum architecture, and barrier-free accessible exhibition areas create a precise framework for art observation. Especially at this location, the conversation between historical figure and contemporary art gains a special spatial depth.

Education, Tours, and Aesthetic Experience

The BLMK sees itself as a place of cultural education and regularly offers access for different visitor groups through its program. This exhibition is also suitable for an extensive visit as it intertwines historical, media-related, and content levels. Those who engage with the works experience an exhibition that not only informs but also sharpens the act of seeing itself.

Conclusion

Strangers and Freedom promises a challenging, poetic, and contemporarily relevant exhibition in Cottbus. Between painting, photography, and art history, an intense art experience is created that makes Pückler newly readable and invites visitors to their own interpretation. A visit on-site is absolutely worthwhile.