How do we stay in touch with sociopolitical reality without losing touch with ourselves? How can we hold on to what we believe in—even when the systems around us prove to be fragile or hostile?

Zeeba Rosh - let it burn a million times

Syvakos Daria - What We Lost in the Water

in touch – Goldrausch 2026 presents current works by the fifteen Goldrausch 2026 fellows* working in Berlin.

The works explore everyday forms of communication, resistance, and intimacy, as well as an often unfulfilled promise: the desire for connection and belonging.

“The exhibition understands ‘touch’ as a complement to seeing: an intimate gesture, a fundamental way of forming relationships, and an essential element of the artistic process.” Maj Smoszna (exhibition curator)

The works depict real and dreamlike places, explore communities, draw on memories and personal stories, or design everyday and imagined objects. At a time when artistic and cultural infrastructures are under pressure, “in touch” sends a message in support of preserving and strengthening these spaces of exchange and solidarity. Creating sustainable structures is the core idea of the Goldrausch Women Artists Project: This one-year professional development program promotes public recognition of outstanding artistic practices by women / FLINTA.

Since 1989, the program has supported more than 500 female artists and created a diverse network that strengthens solidarity, sustainable professionalism, and public visibility—particularly among underrepresented groups. Project Director Hannah Kruse sums it up: “Much has changed for the better. What remains to be done is to finally overcome deep-seated structural inequality—using the tools of the professional development project, but also through political measures that enable equality.”

Fifteen brochures are being published to accompany the exhibition; they are available individually as well as in a comprehensive catalog. The exhibition is accompanied by an extensive program of performances and workshops.

A collaboration between the Goldrausch Künstlerinnenprojekt and the nGbK.

This year’s scholarship recipients: Kristina Kusmina Dreit, Jelena Fužinato, Jane Garbert, Rahel grote Lambers, rezzan gümgüm, Ksti Hu, Suah Im, Alma Itzhaky, Wiebke Mertens, Esther Rosenboom, Marie Salcedo Horn, Miriam Schmidtke, Daria Syvakos, Hyejeong Yun, and Rosh Zeeba.

They were selected from over 260 applications by a jury consisting of Barbara Esch-Marowski, Julia Lübbecke, Jenny Schlenzka, Maj Smoszna, as well as Hannah Kruse and Veronika Bartelt from the Goldrausch team.

Opening: September 9, 2026, 6:00–10:00 p.m.

Dates: September 10–20, 2026

Location: nGbK, Karl-Liebknecht-Straße 11/13,

floor (access via escalator), Alexanderplatz, 10178 Berlin-Mitte

Hours: Tue–Sun 12 PM–6 PM + Fri 12 PM–8 PM

Special opening hours: Thu–Sun, 12 p.m.–8 p.m. (September 10–13)

Admission: Free

Contemporary Art

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