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The stage is set for current works by students, graduates, and master’s students from Prof. Kerstin Drechsel’s Painting and Graphic Arts class at the Academy of Visual Arts, Leipzig, and from Prof. Tilo Baumgärtel and Prof. Heide Nord’s Painting class at Burg Giebichenstein University of Art and Design, Halle.

The participating artists work with painting in a thoroughly classical manner while also exploring the medium’s boundaries: from artistic graphics to video and comics, and on to object art and installation. The panorama of selected works offers a comprehensive insight into the vitality and freshness of the classical medium, as it is taught today at two of the most significant art academies in eastern Germany, each with its own long-standing traditions.

With Kerstin Drechsel and Tilo Baumgärtel, two very different painterly approaches shape the work in the specialized classes and make the exhibition a fascinating panoramic view of young painting and its perspectives on the artistic future.

Featuring works by:

Luke Carter, Anne Chpakovski, Franziska Dathe, Niklas Dietzel, Leon Friederichs, Kristina Hajduchova, Luna Haser, Selma Kan, Mathilda Köhler, Marthe Lallemand, Felix Lorenz, Klara Schöll, and Anali Vakili from the HGB Leipzig

Rike Bewer, Ben Billhardt, Sarah Goerke, Henning Gundlach, Nina Hach, Luca Japkinas, Youjeong Kim, Yerina Lee, Louisa Pieper, Naomi Pietros, Tom Plehn, Michelle Sorin, Johanne Iris Kyrilla Steiner, and Elektra Tzamouranis from Burg Giebichenstein Halle

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Dates
June 2026
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