„Subversion trifft Staatskunst“ (“Subversion meets statecraft”)
Review by Nadine Lange
FAS . Feuilleton
„Die Möglichkeiten einer Parallelwelt“ (“The possibilities of a parallel world”)
Review by
Berliner Morgenpost . Berliner Illustrierte Zeitung
„Kunst, Sexualität und Verbote“ (“Art, Sexuality and Prohibitions”)
Artikel von Lorina Speder
www.berlinermorgenpost.de
Berliner Zeitung
“LGBTQ*DDR”
Review by Ingeborg Ruthe
Announcement : Claus Michaletz Preis & KVOST Stipendium 2026
The Kunstverein Ost is announcing this year’s KVOST Stipendium, which is awarded in combination with the Claus Michaletz Preis since 2022. The 10,000 Euros prize is established in memory of the publisher and founder of the Secco Pontanova Foundation, Claus Michaletz. The full amount of the prize money goes to the scholarship holders. The scholarship is aimed at artists whose biographical roots lie in Central and Eastern Europe / the former Eastern Bloc.
The works created in this process will be presented in a solo exhibition starting with Berlin Art Week in September 2026.
The application documents are now available: KVOST Scholarship
Application deadline is April 17, 2026.
taz . kultur
„Beidseits des Grenzflusses Dnister“
Review by Tom Mustroph
The current situation of the art scene in the Republic of Moldova
KVOST TALK . 06.02.2026 . 7 pm
Talk with Lilia Dragneva (artist, curator, and scholar) and Volker Kreidler (photographer and curator)
Lilia Dragneva is one of the most prominent experts and activists in the contemporary Moldovan art scene. She has been director of the Centre for Contemporary Art [ksa:k] since 2000 and is curator of the BUNKER Gallery in Chișinău. She teaches art history, management, and curatorial practices at both AMTAP and the Al. Plămădeală Academy of Fine Arts.
Finnisage & Performance . PATRYK KUJAWA
25.01.2026 . 4 pm
LAUNCH OF “Old Habits, New Beginnings”
17.01.2026 · 7 PM
On January 17, artist Anna Raczyńska will launch her first monograph Old Habits, New Beginnings at KVOST. Together with collabarators of the book, we will explore the dualistic approach behind its visual concept – combining Polish and German language, designers, and writers – while reflecting on the complexity of Central and Eastern European identities, within which Raczyńska’s practice is situated. Michalina Sablik and Sophia Yvette Scherer, whose text contributions are featured in the book, will be in conversation with Anna.
The event is kindly supported by Adam Mickiewicz Institute and the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage Poland.
