The 30th edition of ROHKUNSTBAU will take place from 12 July to 2 November. The theme of the 30th ROHKUNSTBAU is ‘Aesthetic Rearmament.’ In view of the (re)nationalisation and (re)ideologisation of cultural policy on a global level, which is becoming increasingly invasive towards art and society, a return to the autonomy of art is essential.
Image above: Anselm Reyle, Untitled, 2025, Neon-Installation, image courtesy of the artist and Galerie Barbara Thumm.
ROHKUNSTBAU – the name has been synonymous with international exhibitions of contemporary art in Brandenburg for three decades now. The 30th ROHKUNSTBAU means: for the 30th time, top-class artists from numerous countries are entering into dialogue with the historical architecture of a Brandenburg castle with their works, thus opening up new perspectives and ways of looking at the present.
This year with a new curator: the Berlin cultural historian and exhibition organiser Christoph Tannert will flood the rooms of the baroque castle Altdöbern in the district of Oberspreewald-Lausitz with contemporary art.
The exhibition ‘Aesthetic Rearmament’ relies on the intrinsic power of art and its ability to resist media-induced uniformity in viewing habits and behaviour. Through site-specific works, the exhibition seeks alternatives to the loss of experience within a reality dynamised by AI. At the heart of the exhibition are 18 advanced artistic positions that see their social function precisely in insisting on the very essence of art: its autonomy, freedom and creativity.
Artists
Dafni Barbageorgopoulou (GR), Roland Boden (D), Birgit Dieker (D), Alexander Endrullat (D), Ute Faber (D), Bertram Hasenauer (A), Suah Im (KOR), Thomas Judisch (D), Bianca Kennedy (D), Szymon Kobylarz (PL), Mukenge | Schellhammer (COD/D), Katrin Plavčak (A), Anselm Reyle (D), Yvonne Roeb (D), Frank Seidel (D), Marcel Walldorf (D), Erwin Wurm (A), Thomas Zipp (D).
WHEN?
Opening: Saturday, 12. July 2025, 3 pm.
Exhibition dates: Saturday, 12. July – Sunday, 02. November 2025
Opening times:
Fr. 1 pm. – 6 pm.
Sa – Sun 12 am.– 6 pm.
WHERE?
Schloss Altdöbern,
Am Park 8, 03229
Altdöbern
