In his paintings and sculptures, Ryan Cullen addresses political and ideological structures. Nazanin Noori explores the connection between architecture, sculpture and sound, creating multi-sensory narratives that combine intercultural poetic and musical sources. Prateek Vijan examines who is granted access to which systems and in what way. With his installations, he confronts visitors with situations of exclusion and barriers, which he makes spatially tangible.
The Kulturkreis has awarded the ars viva prize for visual arts annually since 1953 to outstanding young artists under 35 living in Germany. The Marta Herford is the first of two exhibition venues. The exhibition will move to the Kunstverein Braunschweig in December.
Nazanin Noori’s installation is activated as a sound space daily at the following times:
11 a.m., 1.20 p.m., 3.40 p.m., and additionally at 6 p.m. on Wednesdays
Accompanying program
Opening of the exhibition “ars viva 2026 – Ryan Cullen, Nazanin Noori, Prateek Vijan”
We warmly invite you and your friends to the opening of the exhibition ars viva 2026 – Ryan Cullen, Nazanin Noori, Prateek Vijan in the Lippold Gallery (1st floor).
The opening speeches will take place at 7:00 PM in the Marta Forum.
You will be welcomed by Kathleen Rahn, Director of Marta Herford, Dr. Daniel Teubner, First Deputy Mayor of the City of Herford, and Ulrich Sauerwein, Chairman of the Visual Arts Committee, Kulturkreis der deutschen Wirtschaft. Friederike Korfmacher, Assistant Curator at Marta Herford, will then give an introduction to the exhibition.
The Marta art speakers will be present in the exhibitions from 6 – 9 PM to answer your questions or discuss the art.
The Marta Café is open and offers a delicious selection of food and drinks.
We look forward to your visit!
Admission
Admission is free from 6 to 10 PM!
The exhibition is open from 6 PM.
Artist talk: ars viva 2026 – Ryan Cullen, Nazanin Noori, Prateek Vijan
To mark the opening of the exhibition ars viva 2026 – Ryan Cullen, Nazanin Noori, Prateek Vijan, the exhibiting artists will discuss their artistic practice and the works in the exhibition in conversation with Friederike Korfmacher (Assistant Curator, Marta Herford). In addition, Min-young Jeon (Head of Curatorial Department, Visual Arts, Kulturkreis der deutschen Wirtschaft) will speak about the work of the Kulturkreis der deutschen Wirtschaft and the ars viva prize.
The exhibition presents the three ars viva prizewinners of 2026, focusing on a young generation of artists. The contributions developed and selected specifically for the show comment in different and striking ways on cultural, social, and political interconnections.
Ryan Cullen (*1992 in Boston, USA) addresses political and ideological structures in his paintings and sculptures. In an interplay of surfaces, images, and material presence, the value system of a capitalist present unfolds. Nazanin Noori (*1991 in Wiesbaden, Germany) explores the connection between spatial architecture, sculpture, and sound, creating multisensory narratives in which intercultural poetic and musical sources converge. Prateek Vijan (*1991 in New Delhi, India) examines who is granted access to which systems, and in what way. With his installations, he confronts visitors with situations of exclusion and barriers, making them spatially tangible.
The Kulturkreis has awarded the ars viva prize for visual arts annually since 1953 to outstanding young artists under 35 living in Germany.
Ticket
Included in the exhibition admission
Information
In German and English
In the exhibition space in the Lippold Gallery, first floor
Thanks
We would like to express our sincere thanks to the Marta Herford Corporate Partners and Corporate Premium Partners, as well as the Marta Fund for New Art, for their long-term support of our program.
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