Saturday, 12 September, 2026
Sunday, 13 September, 2026
2pm-6pm
ACHTERHAUS
Ruhrstr. 88 (Backyard)
22671 Hamburg
Germany
www.achterhaus-ateliers.de
Bug Marathon, Frauke Hänke/Claus Kienle, 2026
Thematic group exhibition.
Curated by Christiane Erdmann and Verena Schmidt.
The city has always been a shared habitat in which humans and animals have coexisted. Cities do not only offer attractive conditions for people; animals, too, continually claim new urban habitats for themselves. With the thematic exhibition “urbs animalis – The City as a Habitat for Animals and Humans”, the Walkmühle Artists’ Association seeks not only to draw attention to the ambivalent position of animals in urban spaces, but also to explore the diverse interactions and interspecies relationships that arise from encounters between animals and humans.
Our image of the animal as something entirely different from ourselves is no longer tenable. Animals are not only far more intelligent than we once believed, but also more inventive, more empathetic, and even more versed in matters of aesthetics than previously assumed. They are so similar to us that the traditional distinctions and hierarchies have become questionable. The fact that we, as humans, also belong to this group—namely, the mammals—has led many animal rights advocates to prefer distinguishing between human and non-human animals rather than continuing to uphold the human–animal dualism. It appears that this shift in thinking is not merely the logical consequence of scientific discoveries in the field of contemporary animal research, but is instead nourished by many different sources.
Artists have always possessed the keenest sensitivity for perceiving such fundamental changes. They sense cracks in the foundations of social conventions long before they become visible and investigate them through their own artistic means.
The thematic group exhibition brings together twenty-four international contemporary artistic positions, featuring works from a wide range of artistic disciplines, including painting, photography, and sculpture, as well as performance, installation, and digital media. Selected by curators Christiane Erdmann and Verena Schmidt through both targeted curatorial research and an international open call, the exhibition presents a balanced combination of established artists and emerging talents.
The exhibition examines the common roles and expectations attributed to animals. The status of our animal counterparts fluctuates between friend and foe, useful creature and pest, but they also appear as anecdotal figures, sources of entertainment, objects of consumption, or figures of identification..
Participating artists: DIANA BAGNOLI • FRITZ BORNSTÜCK • FRANK BRECHTER • MAGRIET VAN BREEVOORT • CATHERINE CHALMERS • MARCUS COATES • TANJA FENDER • ZOHAR FRAIMAN • MYRIAM GROSS MALL • FRAUKE HÄNKE + CLAUS KIENLE • ELKE HÄRTEL • INK • SAJANA JOSHI • KRÕÕT JUURAK + ALEX BAILEY • FELIX KIESSLING • HARTMUT KIEWERT • MICHELLE LLOYD • CHARLOTTE LYBEER • KERSTIN MATIJASEVIC • ROBERT ROEST • CORINNA SCHNITT • VIOLETTA VOLLRATH • MARCEL WALLDORF • EIJI WATANABE
Exhibition opening:
Thursday, 20 August 2026
7pm
Exhibition:
20 August - 15 November, 2026
Opening hours:
Tu + Th 10am - 3pm, We + Fr 5pm - 8pm,
Sa 2pm - 7pm, Su + holidays 11am - 7pm
Künstlerverein Walkmühle e.V.
Walkmühle 3
65195 Wiesbaden
Germany
www.walkmuehle.net
Tin can phone, Frauke Hänke/Claus Kienle, 2026
Every human being is a complex set of routines, beliefs and attempts at establishing order. Defects, disruptions and irritations are often viewed as threats – but perhaps this is actually where our true potential lies. It is precisely when something tilts or contradicts itself that spaces emerge for new perceptions.
Annual Exhibition of the Professional Association of Visual Artists Hamburg
Opening:
Friday, 6 February 2026, 7 pm
Exhibition:
7 February - 15 March 2026
Artist talk with Jens Rausch & Lena Schmidt:
Saturday, 21 February 2026, 3 pm
Guided tours:
Thursday, 12 February 2026, 6 pm
Sat, 28 February 2026, 3 pm
Opening hours:
Tuesday - Sunday, 11am-6pm
Kunsthaus Hamburg
Klosterwall 15
20095 Hamburg
Germany
www.kunsthaushamburg.de
... to be continued!
An intercontinental art project in collaboration with Matthias Berthold (Germany), Klaus Pamminger (Austria), Hlynur Hallsson (Iceland), Gerhard Brandl (Austria), Marc Lüders (Germany), Will Menter (France), Tone Voke (USA), Frederick Bell (Belgium), Wolfgang Zurborn (Germany), Steven Scott (England), Chris Ashley (USA), Nanna Lüth (Germany), Eirún Sigurðardóttir (Iceland), Jóna Hlíf Halldórsdóttir (Iceland), Wulf Winckelmann (Germany), Isa Loitzl (Austria), Pablo Zweig (Argentina), Marion Anna Simon (Germany), Karin Borghouts (Belgium), Karlotta Blöndal (Iceland), Björn Schülke (Germany), Stefan Oppermann (Germany) und Gústav Geir Bollason (Iceland).
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