Public presentation of works by Emma Zimmermann, graduate of UdK Berlin, in the former studio of Bernhard Heiliger in the East Wing of Kunsthaus Dahlem

Opening: 5 June 2026, 6 pm

The exhibition traces specific cultural and political developments in Socialist Yugoslavia from 1945 to 1960, a period marked by the rapid evolution of formal visual language and content. While acknowledging this cultural phenomenon, the curatorial framework also seeks to foreground its pragmatic background and raison d’être, which points to the fact that great cultural breakthroughs have often come at the expense of human suffering.

With the exhibition Emilio Vedova – More than Movement for Its Own Sake, Kunsthaus Dahlem dedicates a show to the Venetian artist that focuses on his Berlin years from 1963 to 1965. This period marks an important phase in Vedova’s career, during which he embarked on new artistic paths.

The Freiburg painter Bert Jäger (1919–1998) devoted himself to gestural painting in the style of Informel. The exhibition Bert Jäger – When Seeking Kindred Spirits presents paintings and drawings from Jäger’s early creative phase in the early 1960s, placing these works in dialogue with those of Emilio Vedova.

Bernhard Heiliger gehört zu den bedeutendsten Bildhauern der deutschen Nachkriegsmoderne. Mit zahlreichen Ausstellungen im In- und Ausland wurde er auch über die Grenzen der Bundesrepublik Deutschland hinaus bekannt. Bisher wurde jedoch kaum erforscht, welchen entscheidenden Beitrag viele einflussreiche Frauen zu seinem Erfolg geleistet haben. Die Ausstellung »Bernhard Heiliger – Die weiblichen Köpfe« widmet sich diesen…