Marta invites you to an open participatory program every first and third Saturday of the month.
Children from the age of 6 have the opportunity to explore the current exhibition and then try their hand as artists. The impressions and ideas gained are implemented in an imaginative way.
Age
From 6 years, min. 3 children
Duration
11 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Cost
12 euros (incl. material)
Registration
no registration required, limited number of participants
In a one-hour tour with our freelance art educators through the current exhibitions, you will receive information about the exhibiting artists and their works and have the opportunity to ask questions about the art.
Ticket
3.50 euros plus exhibition entrance fee
Registration
no registration required
On the last day of the current exhibition Mohamed Bourouissa – Pour Noubia, the artist will return to Marta in January. The conversation between Bourouissa and guest curator Oriane Durand on the occasion of the finissage will provide valuable insights into his work, individual pieces, and the creation process of this solo exhibition.
The exhibition at Marta Herford is the largest to date in Germany by the Algerian-born, Paris-based artist Mohamed Bourouissa (*1978). In a poetic manner and through captivating spatial installations in the Gehry Galleries, the artist addresses themes, using individual protagonists, that range from an ongoing colonial history and structural discrimination to personal memory.
Bourouissa studied photography, among other subjects, at the École nationale supérieure des Arts Décoratifs in Paris (2008) and at Le Fresnoy (2008–2010). He lives and works in Paris. As an interdisciplinary artist, he works with the media of photography, video, installation, sculpture, and drawings. At the center of his artistic exploration are themes such as social dynamics, power relations, and identity. In this context, marginalized groups and individuals “on the fringes of society” are consistently the protagonists of his works.
Bourouissa’s works have been presented internationally in numerous solo and group exhibitions. They are part of significant public and private collections, including the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), New York; Centre Pompidou, Paris; Finnish Museum of Photography, Helsinki; Fondation Louis Vuitton, Paris; Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA), Los Angeles; Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam; and the Philara Collection, Düsseldorf.
His work has been recognized with numerous awards, including at the Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival (2025), the International Short Film Festival (2025), the Photobook Prize of the Paris Photo – Aperture Foundation for the book Périphérique (2022), the Deutsche Börse Photography Foundation Prize (2020), the Prix Fondation Blachère (2010), the Prix Studio Collector of the Fondation Antoine de Galbert (2007), and the first prize at Rencontres d’Arles (2007). He was also nominated for the Mario Merz Prize (2024), the Prix Marcel Duchamp (2018), and the Prix Pictet (2017).
Oriane Durand is a freelance curator and author living in France and Germany. The art historian, who holds a degree, previously directed, among other institutions, the Kunstverein Dortmund and the Kunstverein Bielefeld. In her curatorial practice, her interest lies in discovering young artists and experimental practices. For Marta Herford, she developed this largest overview exhibition of the artist in Germany to date, together with Mohamed Bourouissa.
Information
Event in the Marta Forum
Free admission
