• About the tour
• Costs and tickets
• Additional dates
• Art educators

On the occasion of the exhibition:
Eva Frankfurther – Drawn from Life

About the tour

How does Eva Frankfurther see people, and what do her images tell us?

Eva Frankfurther painted and drew people in London’s East End who were often overlooked in everyday life: workers, immigrants and neighbours. With a keen eye and a distinctive sensitivity to colour, gesture and facial expression, she gives them presence and dignity. Her portraits raise questions: Who is seen, and who is not? And how do experiences of work, migration and belonging become inscribed in a portrait?

During the inclusive and creative tour, the art educators invite us to capture our impressions of Frankfurther’s works through our own creative responses and to discuss them together. They also give us deeper insights into the artist’s biography and the historical context in which the works were created, encouraging us to engage critically with her paintings and drawings. We also ask what Frankfurther’s art can mean today: How do we view migration, belonging, work and poverty, and what can her portraits contribute to these debates?

With art educator Hagar Ophir

Costs and tickets

Participation is free of charge. You only pay the admission fee to the Kunsthaus: see prices
Admission tickets are available on site.

Additional dates

Tours in English:

• Sunday, 20 December 2026, 3:30 pm, with Karen Michelsen Castañón
• Sunday, 10 January 2027, 3:30 pm, with Karen Michelsen Castañón
• Sunday, 7 February 2027, 3:30 pm, with Hagar Ophir

Tours in German:

• Sunday, 1 November 2026, 2 pm, with Marian Fuchs
• Sunday, 6 December 2026, 2 pm, with Marian Fuchs
• Sunday, 20 December 2026, 2 pm, with Karen Michelsen Castañón
• Sunday, 10 January 2027, 2 pm, with Karen Michelsen Castañón
• Sunday, 24 January 2027, 2 pm, with Gloria Freiler (Academic Trainee, Kunsthaus Dahlem)
• Sunday, 7 February 2027, 2 pm, with Marian Fuchs

Art educators

► Marian Fuchs completed her studies in Fine Arts at the École supérieure des Beaux-Arts de Nîmes (Nîmes School of Fine Arts), France, earning the DNSEP, a postgraduate diploma, with distinction from the jury. She also obtained certification as a project manager in cultural education and as a multimedia designer. Today, she is an interdisciplinary artist, multimedia designer and freelance art educator. In the latter role, she aims to make the adventure of art accessible to the widest and most inclusive audience possible.

► Anna Meerwein studied graphic design and visual arts at the Berlin University of the Arts (UdK Berlin). As a costume designer, she has worked at theatres in Hamburg, Berlin and New York. She is active as an art educator at various museums in Berlin, where she develops artistic workshops and educational programmes, including initiatives focused on inclusion. In the context of the current exhibitions, she aims to provide a broad audience with access to the works on display through an artistic approach.

► Karen Michelsen Castañón is a visual artist, filmmaker and art educator. Her work explores the ways in which (colonial) histories are told and includes short films and textiles. She questions how both hegemonic and invisible stories are re-enacted in our everyday lives, and how this relates to current events. To what extent does critical historical knowledge stir our (artistic) actions in the present? She is also co-founder of mitkollektiv, an intersectional arts education collective, and of the art education project Reimagine Jetzt!

► Hagar Ophir is a multidisciplinary artist trained as a historian, stage designer and dancer. Her practice explores the potential of art and education projects to create knowledge, with a particular focus on history as a space for rethinking and realising alternative possible presents. She leads workshops at various institutions in Berlin and is also co-founder of mitkollektiv, an intersectional art education collective, as well as the art education project Reimagine Jetzt!