Actual and upcoming exhibitions
Arising
Reinterpretations
To mark the gallery's 25th anniversary, in addition to the ‘normal’ gallery exhibitions, there will be a three-part themed exhibition. Related Bible passages and illustrations by Gustave Doré will be provided as a starting point.
Here is the English tender document for download.
- Edition 1: Judith shows the head of Holofernes
- Edition 2: The Tower of Babel
- Edition 3: Arche Noah
Notes
Reinterpretation in the form of new paintings, sculptures, videos or drawings. Accompanying text for your own interpretation.
The use of artificial intelligence is permitted. However, an exact list of AI tools is then required.
Additional documents can be found here. Prof. Dr. Gerhard Kilger (Wilhelmsfeld near Heidelberg) is available to provide project advice.
IDEAS, SUPPORTING MATERIALS, ETC.
FAQs
If you have any suggestions, please feel free to share them.
Contact- Each submitted work must be accompanied by a text that reflects a personal engagement with the respective Bible passage. Without an accompanying text, participation in the art project ‚Arising' is not possible.
- Research into the respective Bible passages is left to the individual.
- Will artificial intelligence replace ‚God' as the final authority?
- No, you can select two topics (editions). There is also a wildcard that allows you to combine one edition and one wildcard. The number of wildcards is limited and requires special justification.
- Can targeted murder be justified under extreme circumstances?
- Which is more important: the bloody deed itself or the public display?
- Is the aspect of female seduction still relevant today?
- How can a bloody deed give rise to hope in the first place?
- Is there any justification for restricting technical development?
- How relevant is the principle of “punishment” today?
- What corresponds today to the confusion caused by linguistic diversity at that time?
- Are seed banks a modern-day equivalent of Noah's Ark?
- Where does the belief come from that only a catastrophe can enable a real new beginning?
- Does research/development into planetary colonisation correspond to the idea of Noah's Ark?
- In principle, all common art forms are permitted except performance art.
- In general, the copyright of other artists must be respected – this applies in particular to collages and the use of AI.
- The exhibition space at Wertheim Castle comprises four rooms with a total area of 120 square metres. Due to monument protection regulations, it is generally not possible to hang heavy works of art.
When using AI, the following documentation is expected:
- Platform and models used
- List of works by other artists used
- The prompt may be published as well, but this is not mandatory.
art karlsruhe
5. to 8.2.2026
Hall 4 (dm-arena), box R03 and Paper Square (Hall 3)
Artists:
- Jörg Bach, Eberhard Bitter, Michael Falkenstein, Sieglinde Gros and Anastasiya Nesterova (One Artist Show).
Exhibitions in the past (a selection)
C.A.R. in Essen
24. to 26.10.2025
Halls 5, 6, 12 and C 70, C 88 – UNESCO-Welterbe Zollverein
Artists:
- Jörg Bach (Sculpture)
- Maria Kirchhof (Painting)
- Brita Kreutzfeldt (Painting)
- Sieglinde Gros (Sculpture)
- Anastasiya Nesterova (Print)
- Conrad Schierenberg (Painting)
Navigation: Fritz-Schupp-Allee, D-45899 Gelsenkirchen
Art Summer Castle Wertheim – Part 3
Conrad Schierenberg (*1937–†2022) – Paintings
Schierenberg's paintings are rather classical in their themes of landscape, portraiture and still life. Throughout his life, he was able to inspire visitors time and again with his unique painting style, readings of his own poems and his personality. In the 40-minute retrospective “Ich wollte Himmel (mit Zeitzeugen)” (I wanted heaven (with contemporary witnesses)), which can be seen in the exhibition, you can learn a lot about his unusual biography, his love of prose and poetry (he has several publications to his name) and his deep connection to his homeland – the southern Black Forest.
Opening: 15.8.2025 at 11:30 Uhr, Introduction: Ina Nolte, City Wertheim • Duration: 15.8.–21.9. 2025
Open at: Fr., Sa., Su.: 10:00–13:30 and 14:30 bis 18:00.
The illustrated price list (D) is available for download here..
Art Summer Castle Wertheim - Part 2
Michael Falkenstein (Woodcut/Prints) – Between noise and relief
Relief-like printing plates and prints by Neuss artist MICHAEL FALKENSTEIN (master student of Prof. K. Klapheck, Düsseldorf Art Academy) were on display. Minimalist avant-garde works in black and white centred around thermal baths, modular synthesizers, portraits and landscapes, pushing the boundaries of abstraction.
Opening: Su., 13.7. um 11:30 Uhr, Welcome: Ch. Schlager
Duration: 11. July until 10. August 2025
Open on Th.-Su.: 11:00–13:30 and 14:30– 17:00
Illustrated price list available on request.
Art Summer Castle Wertheim – Part 1
Maria Kirchhof – TEMPERARE
Maria Kirchhof's works are classically rendered in egg tempera and follow the principle of medieval chiaroscuro painting. The artist's artistic role models are the works of Rembrandt and Leonardo da Vinci. Many of her works are imbued with spirituality and religion or deal with self-image. In her constant search for the “inner self”, Maria Kirchhof also uses artificial intelligence tools – an exciting, contemporary contrast to her classical approach.
Duration: 27.4.–18.5.2025 • Opening: only invited persons
Open at: Th.–Su. 11:00–13:30 and 14:30–17:00
art karlsruhe 2025
25 Jahre ART-isotope
Klassische Moderne und Gegenwartskunst
Preview: Mi., 19.02. von 13:00–20:00 Uhr (mit VIP-Karte ab 11:00 Uhr)
Messetage: Do. bis Sa., 20.–22.02.2025 von 11:00–19:00 Uhr und
So., 23.02.2025 von 11:00–18:00 Uhr
Stand: dm-Arena, Stand H4/L19
Adresse: Messeallee 1, 76287 Rheinstetten – beide Eingänge Ost und West sind zugänglich
C.A.R. 2024
Contemporary Art Ruhr
UNESCO-Welterbe Zollverein, Essen
Hall 5, 6, 8 and 12
Opening hours in October:
- Friday, 25.10.: 19:00–22:00
- Saturday & Sunday, 26./27.10: 11:00–19:00
Participating artists: Drawing: Eberhard Bitter • Painting: Sònia Aniceto, Brita Kreutzfeldt, Dorothea Schüle • Sculpture: Jörg Bach
ART summer 2024
Castle Wertheim
DOGS – between instinct and affection
Drawing, Object, Painting, Photography, Prints and Sculpture - 7.7. to 18.8.2024, Thu-Sun. 11:00-13:30 and 14:30-17:00 and by appointment
Irina Bartels, Julia Belot, Eberhard Bitter, Piot Brehmer, Hagga Bühler, Julija Burdack, Ankalina Dahlem, Claudia Dermutz, Anja Flügel, Sieglinde Gros, Claudia Grünig, Prof. Ottmar Hörl, Susana Infurna Buscarino, Ewald Janz, Heike Jeschonnek, Andrea Legde, Petra Meyer, Sybille Möndel, Kerstin Römhild, Welf Schiefer, Dorothea Schüle, Antje Vega, Elke Vogelsang, Elizabeth Weckes, Viola Welker, Sandra Wörner, Dagmar Wolf-Heger und Ulrike Zimmermann
The following lectures will take place:
Friday, 12.7. at 19:00: Prof. Ottmar Hörl: Der Kunstmarkt und die Kunst
Thursday, 8.8. at 19:00: Axel Schöber: KI – zwischen Reizüberflutung u. Innovation
Sunday, 18.8. at 15:00: Dagmar Wolf-Heger: Wolf & Natur – Wolfsnatur
Welf Schiefer
Collage, printmaking, drawing
orbit2024-01
Duration: 29.1. to 16.3.2024
Location: RUHRGRAFEN, Schillingstr. 38, 44139 Dortmund
Open: Mo.–Fr. 13:30–18:30 Uhr
Printmaking from 1968 until today
A journey through time in the techniques of aquatint, cardboard print, fine art print, linoleum print, lithography, etching and screen printing
Prof. Jürgen Brodwolf, Prof. Hans-Jürgen Diehl, Rolf Escher, Tanja Hirschfeld, Felix Gephart, Horst Janssen, Constantin Jaxy, Werner Lehmann, Georg Meissner, Martin Rasp, Lars Reiffers and others
Duration: 11.11. to 22.12.2023
Adress: Hof Sümmermann, Von-Steinen-Str. 1, 58730 Fröndenberg
Open: Th.–Su. 14:00–19:00
Archive since 2000
(under reconstruction)
PDF files for the following time intervals are stored here for the transition:
2001-04 • 2005-07 • 2008-10 • 2011-13 • 2014-16 • 2017-19 • 2020-23
The documentation on the Kunstommer Burg Wertheim orbits - for example 2019 and 2020, the art competitions ‚ART-spanner - Edition 1 and Edition 2‘, ‚ARTor-Wand' and the themed exhibitions ‚Mythos Boot-Neu betrachtet‘, ‚In motion - aus dem Leben der Boote' and ‚Durchblicke' are also currently being revised.
If you would like to receive further details, please send us an e-mail.
If you would like to receive further details, please send us an e-mail.
Kooperation mit
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Status: 23.10.2025 • V10.2
by ART-isotope and Blocsmaster