ART AT ERA
Since 1999, ERA has enriched Trier’s cultural landscape with diverse exhibitions showcasing European artists, from emerging talents to established creators, both from Germany and abroad. The Academy’s spacious foyer, bright cafeteria and glazed gallery, added in 2011, provide ideal spaces and lighting conditions for the presentation of paintings, graphics, photographs, sculptures and other visual artworks.
Art has always played a major role at ERA – so much so that over the years a particular piece has become nothing less than the symbol of our Academy: La jaula de la libertad (the cage of freedom).
Visitors to ERA’s headquarters and participants in our training events are all familiar with this monumental sculpture made by the great Spanish Basque artist Eduardo Chillida. Specially designed for the space in front of the ERA conference centre and installed there in 1998, this work masterfully illustrates the dialectic between law and freedom.
Besides the reproductions of Roman busts that can be found in our main building, many works of art have subsequently been donated to ERA and are on permanent display in our premises. Since its creation, ERA has also hosted hundred temporary art exhibitions and thus supported various artists – beginners or established, local or international.
26
Years
100
Exhibitions
Exhibition from 6 November 2025 to 30 January 2026.
Current exhibition: Annual Showcase 2025 – Kultur- und Kunstverein Trier e.V.
ERA’s exhibition programme celebrates a significant milestone with its 100th exhibition, featuring the annual showcase of the Kultur- und Kunstverein Trier e.V., which is simultaneously marking its own fifth anniversary. The exhibition takes place in two sessions, with opening events in November and December 2025, including the popular “Lange Nacht der Kunst” (Long Night of Art) in December, when Trier’s art venues invite visitors to an evening tour through the city’s cultural spaces.
This double milestone brings together an inspiring collection of works from 27 talented artists, offering visitors a rich encounter with contemporary European art.
Featured artists include Kerstin Arnold, Suren Aurora, Peter Becker, Susanne Binder, Dominique Breidenstein, Rainer Breuer, Christina Bublitz, Martina Diederich, Dagmar Engels, Barbara Friedrich, Rita Gierens, Christian Gödert, Marion Heintz-Hött, Magdalena Ising, Christof Janik, Gerhard Kaiser, Martina Kefer, Katharina Kling, Gabbro Kokott, Viktoriya Mykhaylova, Alexandra Prischedko, Slawa Prischedko, Viktoria Prischedko, Annette Resch, Barbara Siegert, Monika Wender and Gitte Welter.
Vernissage 1st session:
Thursday, 6 November 2025 at 7 p.m.
Music: Guitar duo Marco Palone and Andreas Kefer
7:30 p.m. Art salon: Rainer Breuer guides a prominent guest through the exhibition
Opening reception, second session:
The opening of the second session will take place as part of the ‘Long Night of Art’ on Saturday, 6 December 2025, at 6 p.m.
Followed by an art salon at around 7 p.m.
