Annual Exhibitions 2026

Annual Exhibitions

• Faculty I Fine Arts: Opening July 17 | 7 pm | Pfotenhauerstr. 81/83
  • Locations: Brühlsche Terrasse 1, Pfotenhauerstr. 81/83, Gewandhausstraße 2, Weiße Gasse 8
  • Duration: July 18–26
  • opening hours: 11 am – 6 pm

• Faculty II Conservation/Restoration, Stage and Costume Design, Theater Design, Art Therapy: Opening July 18 | 4 pm | Güntzstr. 34
  • Locations: Studios and labs: Güntzstr. 34
  • Duration: July 18–19, 
  • opening hours 11 am to 6 pm

Rundgang 2026 begins with a first look into the studios and exhibitions of the Dresden Academy of Fine Arts. Already in the afternoon, the first classes open their studios, before the Faculty I annual exhibition opens in the evening. Exhibitions, encounters, music and conversations invite you to experience Rundgang right from the start.

Program

Friday, July 17

• Weisse Gasse
  • 2.00 pm–6.30 pm | Preview - Class of Prof. Aladağ
    Even before the official opening of Rundgang, the class of Prof. Aladağ opens its rooms. The preview offers an opportunity to discover current works and talk with the students.
  • 2.00 pm–6.00 pm | Sculpture in Process: Come Hungry and Bring Some Dips – Eating from the Common Ground. 
    Performance by Hannah Doepke.
    An open project that combines artistic work with communal eating. Visitors are invited to become part of the event over bar & snacks.
• Gewandhausstraße 2
  • 4.00 pm–6.30 pm | Preview - Class of Prof. Westphalen. 
    The class of Prof. Westphalen offers a first look at their current works and opens the exchange with visitors already before the official opening.
• Pfotenhauerstraße 81/83
  • 7.00 pm | Opening of the Faculty I Annual Exhibition – Fine Arts
    The Faculty I annual exhibition opens with the presentation of the DAAD Prize for international students. Afterwards, the studios invite you to Open Studios as well as food and drinks in the outdoor area.
  • 8.00 pm, Seminar Room | Book Release & Exhibition »Dresden–Warszawa – Collective Diary«
    Lemon Press presents the publication on the Warsaw excursion of the orientation phases in Fine Arts as well as Stage and Costume Design.
  • Evening music program
    7.30 pm–8.30 pm | Jonny Jamaika
    8.30 pm–9.30 pm | Nola
    9.30 pm–10.30 pm | Simon
    10.30 pm–11.30 pm | Sona
• all locations
  • from 2.00 pm | Die Meister*in: [WT] Demolition - Prof. Dr. Wenner
    With Lydia Henkel, Caroline Anne Kapp, Josef Panda, Xiaoyu Tang (master students under Prof. Dr. Wenner), special guests Felizitas Stilleke & surprises.
    The intervention accompanies Rundgang across various locations. Bar, band & beauties. 
     

Saturday, July 18

• Weisse Gasse
  • 12 pm | Guided Tour - Class of Prof. Aladağ. Guided tour through the exhibition of the class of Prof. Aladağ.
• Brühlsche Terrasse 1
  • 11.00 am–6.00 pm | „Ums Verrecken" ("Over My Dead Body"). Work by Fritz Kautge, PLACEHOLDER in the foyer, curated by Robin Goldbach and Barbara Daisenberger 
     

• Güntzstraße 34
  
  Stage and Costume Design Tour and Summer Festival

  11.00 am–6.00 pm. The projects »Studio ANIARA«, »FORTUNE COOKIES OR CULTURAL AP(PROP)RIATION«, »THE NEW FASCIST BODY«, individual projects as well as first-year student work will be presented. 

  • Foyer | Studio ANIARA
    Emily Siedler, Fiona Klinner, Felicitas Raake, Willy Eisenbeiss, Merle Siems, Defne Belkis, Michela Bisogno, Federico Verdalay, katharina langsdorff, Prof. Theda Nilsson-Eicke 

    In cooperation with the Sculpture and Spatial Concepts classes of the HfBK Dresden (Prof. Susan Philipsz), the class Image and Space - Drawing, Graphics, Painting of the HfBK Dresden (Prof. Olav Westphalen) and the class for Photography-based and Moving Images of the UdK Berlin (Prof. James Richards), lecturer Claire Lefèvre.

  • Lecture Hall | FORTUNE COOKIES OR CULTURAL AP(PROP)RIATION
    Svenja Illgen, Sofie Scheuer, zhenya efros, Viola Tullii, Leni Diehr, Vendela Thönebe, Jiyun(June) Yeom, Daniel Slepzov, Therese Haack, Ivan Petrosan, Prof. Barbara Ehnes,  Lecturers: Prof. Knut Klaßen, Sichi Li, Soyoung Park. 

    In cooperation with the Moving Image classes of the HfBK Dresden (Prof. Nicole Vögele, Lamia Šabić) and the class for Performative Arts of the HGB Leipzig (Prof. Jule Flierl, Anna Zett) as well as the program for Applied Theater Studies/Production Dramaturgy (Prof. Stefanie Wenner, Xiaoyu Tang).

    In cooperation with and supported by the Kunstgewerbemuseum / Dresden State Art Collections.  

  • R228 | THE NEW FASCIST BODY

    Fyndus Stützle, Lale Spielmann, Jiyeon Noh, Adrian Heveling, Josefine Freitag, Liska Rulff, Julie Meret Schärfe, katharina langsdorff, Ileana Aciocirlanoaei, Anselm Nötzold, Prof. Kattrin Michel.

    Based on the book "The New Fascist Body" by Dagmar Herzog (lecturer). Lecturer: Caroline Kapp. 

    In cooperation with Katharinenhof Großhennersdorf.

  • Room 229 | Individual Projects + Diploma Interim Review 

    zhenya efros, Sophie Carp, Till Fiedler, Katharina Link, Kim Josephine Schlöch, Marat Gogaev, Adrian Heveling, katharina langsdorff, Defne Belkıs.

  • Room 334 | Presentations by First-Year Students

    marten Krybus, Lena Meier, Karol Schlaffke, Bahar Shafie Khorassani, Sofia Thalmann, Gabriel Weiss. Artistic assistant: Philine Rinnert.

Sunday, July 19

• Brühlsche Terrasse,
  • 3.00 pm, Foyer | Landscape painting - Canaletto View
    A musical reading of Dresden's most famous cityscape. Graphic score after Bernardo Bellotto for voice, flute, bagpipe, megaphone and playback. Concept and performance: Barnabas Jacob Herrmann.
• Güntzstraße
  • 11.00 am–6.00 pm | Project Presentations Stage and Costume Design
    The project presentations follow the same program as the previous day.
  • 1.00 pm | Guided Tour Conservation/Restoration
    The tour offers insights into the conservation/restoration programs and their current work.
• Zentralkino, Kraftwerk Mitte 16, 01067 Dresden
  • 3 pm | The Moving Image class of Prof. Vögele presents films and video works. Afterwards there will be an opportunity for conversation over an apéro.

Monday, July 20

• Gewandhausstraße
  • 1.00 pm – 6.00 pm | Guided Tour – Class of Prof. Westphalen
    Joint tour through the exhibition of the class. Meeting point at the shop window

Tuesday, July 21

• Pfotenhauerstraße
  • 4.00 pm–6.00 pm Large Studio, class of Prof. J. Hopf | Artist Talk.
    The class of Prof. J. Hopf talks with Dr. Doreen Mende, Head of Research at the Dresden State Art Collections, about artistic practice and research.

Wednesday, July 22

• Brühlsche Terrasse
  • 4.00 pm–8.00 pm, Courtyard | Carpet and Tea
    The classes of Prof. Nicolai and Prof. Brandmeier invite you to an open afternoon and evening program with concerts and performances. The format creates space for encounters and artistic exchange in the courtyard and the courtyard studio of the Brühlsche Terrasse.

  • 4 pm Courtyard studio of the class of Prof. Brandmeier | 
    Piano Concert
    Margarita Shlyakhetko plays Claude Debussy: Book II, L.123, No. 8 »Ondine«.

    followed by: Performance »Needle Bundles»
    Fritz Kautge and Tabea Tabel present the performance »Needle Bundles«.

• Weisse Gasse
  • 5 pm | Guided Tour - Class of Prof. Aladağ
    Joint tour through the exhibition of the class of Prof. Aladağ.

Thursday, July 23

• Weiße Gasse
  • 12.00 pm | Guided Tour - Class of Prof. Aladağ
    Joint tour through the exhibition of the class of Prof. Aladağ.

Friday, July 24

• Brühlsche Terrasse, 
  • 12.30 pm–4.30 pm, Courtyard | Screen Printing Event - Class of Prof. Westphalen
    The class of Prof. Westphalen invites you to a live screen printing session with sales. Visitors can follow the printing process and purchase prints directly on site.
  • 5.00 pm, Courtyard | Diploma Ceremony Fine Arts
    The graduates of Faculty I receive their diplomas in a formal ceremony.
  • 7.00 pm, Octagon | Opening of the Diploma Exhibition
    The diploma exhibition is officially opened with welcoming remarks by Rector Prof. Oliver Kossack, greetings from State Secretary Prof. Dr. Heike Graßmann of the SMWKT, an introduction to the exhibition by curator Susanne Greinke, and the presentation of the Diploma Prize. Afterwards, Open Studios as well as food and drinks in the courtyard of the Brühlsche Terrasse invite you to get to know the works and meet the students and graduates 
  • 7.30 pm–9.00 pm | Screen Printing Event - Live Evening Sale
    The live printing and sale continue into the evening.

Saturday, July 25 

• Weiße Gasse
  • 12.00 pm | Guided Tour - Class of Prof. Aladağ
    Joint tour through the exhibition of the class with insights into the works and an opportunity for exchange.