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.

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In German and English

In the exhibition space in the Lippold Gallery, first floor