Curated group exhibition
With the exhibition VERTICAL HORIZONS, the nüüd.berlin gallery presents a powerful artistic statement on attitude, vulnerability and resistance at the beginning of 2026. Twenty-three artists showcase paintings, photography, works on paper and sculptures – works that confront the current social climate, in which polarisation, exclusion and right-wing tendencies are on the rise.
Image gallery
Drowned Dreams, Maria Sybilla Merian (1647-1717), 2024
STASI - secret rooms, Untersuchungsgefängnis Potsdam - ehemalige Zelle, 2004
Marcelo, 2023, C-Print auf AluDibond, 100 x 75 cm
‘To place the horizon vertically,’ says gallery owner Henner Merle, ‘means to change perspective – away from the comfortable view into the distance, towards an attitude that takes responsibility.’
The exhibition brings together 23 exclusive original works, unique pieces and small limited editions, which, in their thematic and aesthetic coherence, offer a rare overview of relevant contemporary artistic positions.
On display are works by Sabine Beyerle, Daniel & Geo Fuchs, Tanja Selzer, Dale Grant, Marco Kaufmann, Jan Prengel, Georg Meyer-Wiel and Miguel Mas, among others.
The participating artists reflect on questions of identity, memory, migration and physicality – themes that are increasingly regarded as key concepts of a new generation of ‘empathic artists’ on the international art market.
VERTICAL HORIZONS is not an exhibition about politics, but about people. The works open up spaces for compassion, debate and hope.
- Vernissage & performance: Thursday, 8 January 2026, 6 p.m.
Additional information
Opening hours:
Thursday to Saturday from 1 p.m. to 7 p.m. and by appointment.
Thursday to Saturday from 1 p.m. to 7 p.m. and by appointment.
