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New Special Exhibition at the Zingst Local History Museum: “Encounter in the Sand.” Werner Tübke, Moritz Götze, and Their Contemporaries.
June 21–November 8, 2026

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New Special Exhibition at the Tübke Atelier Museum: The Ordered World. Watercolors by Werner Tübke and Michael Triegel.

The landscapes shown here were created during travels through Italy, Switzerland, Austria, the Caucasus, and southern England. They are more than just topographical views; rather, both artists are able to capture fleeting moods and atmospheric nuances using minimal means.

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Interview with Andreas Main for the format "Tag für Tag" on DLF
From the visible to the invisible: The religious in the work of painter Michael Triegel

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Current permanent exhibition at the Museum of Fine Arts Leipzig

On 1000 square meters on the third floor, the museum presents works from its own collection of modern and contemporary art. With works by Wolfgang Mattheuer and Werner Tübke, among others.

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Opening on Saturday, 18.04.2026 at 6 pm

Exhibition duration: 19.04. -21.06.2026

The exhibition at the Kunsthalle Rostock shows around 100 drawings from the years 1941-2002 by the Leipzig painter Wolfgang Mattheuer and thus marks the beginning of a series of personal exhibitions that will take place on the occasion of his 100th birthday in 2027. The drawings come from the artist's estate, which comprises several thousand sheets, and show impressions of Mattheuer's numerous trips to Germany and abroad.

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For several years, director Paul Smaczny accompanied the artist Michael Triegel during the creation of the Naumburg Altarpiece. The result is the film "Triegel meets Cranach - Painting in the Conflict of Times", which will be released in German cinemas on February 5, 2026.

Further information:
www.weltkino.de

Sachsenspiegel reports on the world premiere of the film at Passage Kino Leipzig on 25.01.2026:
www.ardmediathek.de

Michael Triegel on MDR um 4 - Guests for coffee
www.ardmediathek.de

Michael Triegel on ARD Mittagsmagazin from February 4, 2026, from 1:43:30
www.ardmediathek.de

Exhibition review in the BILD, from 1.02.2026
www.bild.de

Jens Hinrichsen reports in the Monopol of 5.2.2026
www.monopol-magazin.de

Stefan Trinks reports in the FAZ of 6.2.2026
www.faz.net

Marcus Wöller reports in the WELT of 9.2.2026
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Since November 2, 2025, the Cranach-Triegel altar from Naumburg Cathedral has been in the chapel of the Campo Santo Teutonico in the Vatican, where it will be on display for two years. After ICOMOS threatened to withdraw the World Heritage title from Naumburg Cathedral, the altar had to be removed from the west choir. The two-year exile is now intended to cool down the explosive situation and give those involved the opportunity to find a good solution.

Michael Triegel gave an interview to Gudrun Sailer from Rome about the new location of the altar. Read the full article here:
www.vaticannews.va

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Exhibition in the Kunsthalle Jesuitenkirche in Aschaffenburg.

Until February 22, 2026

The approximately 50 works on display offer a multi-layered insight into the work of one of the most idiosyncratic representatives of figurative painting in post-war German art. Grützke's powerful visual language, characterized by intellectual acuity and subversive humour, consistently places people at the center. His works do not depict idealized images, but tragicomic, complex and deeply social individuals. Over the course of half a century, he created an unmistakable oeuvre that dissects role models, masquerades and social absurdities with a sharp eye. A narrative panorama of human behavior unfolds in portraits, group pictures and scenic compositions.

Further information:
www.museen-aschaffenburg.de

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Exhibition at the Mittelrhein Museum Koblenz from 27.09.2025 to 1.03.2026. Including works by Robert Schneider.

Further information:
www.mittelrhein-museum.de

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Guido Erbrich traces the special features in the work of Leipzig artist Michael Triegel.
To the feature on Deutschlandfunk Kultur:
www.deutschlandfunkkultur.de

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Tübke's watercolors and drawings in graphite, pen and chalk testify to his great creative freedom and independence. They are an essential part of his artistic work: he collected ideas in them, made formal considerations and developed a wide variety of themes. The Städel is now presenting the outstanding donation of 46 drawings and watercolors by Tübke from Barbara and Eduard Beaucamp in an exhibition dedicated to his graphic work and his metaphorical visual language.

Städel Museum
2. July - September 28, 2025

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The exhibition sheds light on the diverse and sometimes contradictory meanings of freedom in the present and in history by relating current social debates to the freedom movements since the 18th century - particularly in Poland, the Czech Republic and East Germany. With works by Wolfgang Mattheuer, among others.

Deutsches Hygiene Museum Dresden
20. June 2025 - May 31, 2026

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STRANGE!
Surrealisms 1950-1990 from the collections of the Nationalgalerie

With, among others, Wolfgang Mattheuer, Volker Stelzmann, Harald Metzkes

30.05.2025 to 16.11.2025
Scharf-Gerstenberg Collection

Under the title STRANGE!, around 60 works by 40 artists from East and West are brought together, in which echoes of Surrealist art can be found - be it through motivic or stylistic quotations, be it through ideological similarities. All created during the Cold War, they bear witness to the unifying power of an art that resists the impositions of the prevailing "reality" with its works.

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On the occasion of its 40th anniversary, the Stiftung Kunstforum Berliner Volksbank is showing the exhibition MENSCH BERLIN from 20.2.-22.6.2025 with works by Fritz Cremer, Wolfgang Mattheuer, Werner Tübke and Willi Sitte, among others.

www.kunstforumberlin.de

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Leif Borges has painted the official portrait of the outgoing President of the Saxon State Parliament, Dr. Matthias Rößler. The painting was hung in the state parliament on September 30.

The LVZ reports in an article that you can read here.

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Freddy Langer writes in the FAZ of August 1 about the exhibition "Strandbilder" by Werner Tübke at the Tübke Museum in the artist's former studio. Extended until the beginning of September 2024!

You can read the article here:
www.faz.net

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For MDR Kultur's "Ostkurve" column, Michael Triegel talks about the political significance of his paintings and art in general on the occasion of the upcoming state elections in the East.

You can listen to the contribution here:
www.mdr.de

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Torture test. Art between politics and society. Under this title, the Neue Nationalgalerie in Berlin is showing its collection from 1945 - 2000 until September 28, 2025, including important works by Wolfgang Mattheuer, Werner Tübke, Willi Sitte and many others.

Further information can be found here:
www.smb.museum

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"Beginning and end". Special exhibition with drawings and watercolors by Werner Tübke from 13.7. - 3.11.2024.

Where?
In the Panorama Museum, Bad Frankenhausen

Further information:
www.panorama-museum.de

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Exhibition of Johannes Hüppi's paintings at the Kunstverein Münstlerland Coesfeld from July 14 to September 15, 2024

Further information:www.kunstverein-muensterland.de

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Including paintings by Gero Künzel, the 30th annual Leipzig exhibition will open on June 21, 2024 at 8 pm in the Werkschauhalle at Spinnerei Leipzig. The exhibition will run until July 13, 2024.

You can find more information here:
www.leipziger-jahresausstellung.de

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Opening on 22.6.2024 at 6 pm

Exhibition of 40 paintings by the artist Johannes Hüppi at the Kunsthalle Rostock from 23.06. - 23.06. -28.07.2024

Further information:
Kunsthalle Rostock

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On May 25, the "Museum Tübke Atelier" was officially opened on the top floor of the former Tübke Villa in Leipzig. The permanent exhibition is dedicated to the life and work of the Leipzig artist Werner Tübke in his last place of work. A special exhibition highlights the motif of the beach in Tübke's oeuvre and can be seen until August 10.

The MDR reported on the opening.

Opening hours of the "Museum Tübke Atelier"
Tue. - Fri. 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
Sat. 10 a.m. - 2 p.m.

Further information on the Tübke Atelier Association and the Museum Tübke Atelier can be found here.

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To mark the 20th anniversary of Werner Tübke's death on May 27, 2024, numerous exhibitions will be on display. Among others, the Städtische Galerie Meiningen ada is showing graphic works by Tübke in the exhibition"Letzte Wahrnehmung"(Last Perception), while the Welttheater Wolfsschlucht in Meiningen is presenting Tübke's stage works for "Freischütz". The exhibition "Beginning and End" in Bad Frankenhausen will be showing drawings and watercolors from mid-July. The Museum Tübke Atelier is presenting an exhibition of Werner Tübke's beach paintings and the exhibition "Tübke and Italy" can be seen at the Museum of Fine Arts Leipzig until mid-June.

The renowned art critic and longtime friend of Tübke, Eduard Beaucamp, reports on the artist and man Werner Tübke here.

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Until June 16, 2024, the Museum der Bildenden Künste Leipzig is showing works by the Leipzig artist Werner Tübke (1929-2004) that were created in the context of his engagement with Italy in the exhibition "Tübke and Italy". The exhibition was curated by Frank Zöllner and students from Leipzig University and features paintings, prints and hand drawings.

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The new, large-format painting "Tabula Smaragdina" by Michael Triegel was ceremoniously presented to the museum on permanent loan by the MdbK's Förderkreis. The painting, donated from the estate of Rosemarie and Klaus Guggenberger, was painted especially for the museum and can be viewed during the museum's opening hours in the "Bilderkosmos Leipzig".

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The Cranach Altarpiece completed by Michael Triegel is returning to Naumburg Cathedral after a one-year exhibition tour. From December 3, the altar will once again be on public display in the west choir during regular opening hours. Further information can be found here.

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Under the title "Passionately figurative. The Fritz P. Mayer Collection", the Kunsthalle Jesuitenkirche in Aschaffenburg is showing an exhibition on Leipzig School painting from August 5, 2023 to January 14, 2024, featuring works from the Fritz P. Mayer Collection, which is one of the most important private collections of figurative art.

You can listen to a report on the exhibition by Stefanie Blumenbecker here.
Further information on the exhibition can be found here.

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Insel Verlag has published the book "Heiligenlegenden". The legends of saints selected, translated and annotated by Christian Lehnert from the "Legenda aurea", together with pictures by Michael Triegel, explore the question of what or who a saint is. The book is available from Insel Verlag for €14.

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To mark the exhibition "Under Blue Skies", which is currently on display at the Angermuseum in Erfurt, DIE ZEIT interviewed eight painters and authors on the subject of the sky. Markus Matthias Krüger and Michael Triegel, among others, explain their thoughts on the blue firmament.
You can read the entire article in the 11.08.2022 issue of DIE ZEIT or online here.

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From August 6 to November 1, 2022, the Kunsthalle Jesuitenkirche Aschaffenburg is presenting a retrospective exhibition of the Leipzig painter Erich Kissing (*1934). The exhibition focuses on Kissing's long-standing relationship with his model Kerstin, which appears in numerous works in his oeuvre in a finely painted manner and in surrealistic scenes. In addition to the 30 works by Erich Kissing on display, the exhibition also includes works by artists such as Leif Borges, Michael Triegel and Günter Rössler, for whom Kerstin was also a model.

A comprehensive catalog has been published to accompany the exhibition.

Further information about the exhibition can be found here.

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From July 31 to November 6, 2022, the exhibition "Under Blue Skies" with paintings by the artists Markus Matthias Krüger and Wolfgang Mattheuer will be on display at the Angermuseum Erfurt. The exhibition juxtaposes two generations of Leipzig landscape painting and was previously shown at the Kunsthalle Jesuitenkirche in Aschaffenburg. An extensive catalog has been published to accompany the exhibition.
Further information on the exhibition can be found here.

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On July 3, 2022, the new altar of the Virgin Mary in the west choir of Naumburg Cathedral was consecrated. The Leipzig artist Michael Triegel thus completes the painting by Lucas Cranach the Elder, created in 1519 and partially destroyed, whose works form the side wings. With the installation of the altar, the cathedral regains its liturgical center after 500 years.

Stefan Trinks wrote a detailed report on the altar in the FAZ of July 5, 2022. You can find the complete article here.

© Falko Matte/United Cathedral Founders (photo)

The project is accompanied by a documentary publication, which you can purchase in our store.

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The exhibition hall for contemporary art acentmetresducentredumonde in Perpignan/ France shows from July 15 to October 2, 2022 a group exhibition with paintings by Matthias Ludwig and other positions of contemporary, figurative painting.

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The painting "Deus absconditus" by the painter Michael Triegel is on permanent loan to the Catholic parish church of St. Matthias in Berlin.
Find an interview with Michael Triegel in the Tagespost:

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