© Christian Gödert – Trier BigFive

Exhibition from 6 November 2025 to 30 January 2026

Kultur- und Kunstverein Trier e. V.

For our 100th exhibition, we are particularly pleased to welcome the Kultur- und Kunstverein Trier e.V., which will also be celebrating its 5th anniversary as part of its 2025 annual exhibition. A double reason to celebrate – and to encounter inspiring 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, Gitte Welter

© Dr. Alfred Kuckartz – Without title

Exhibition from 25 September 2025 to 24 October 2025

Dr. Alfred Kuckartz

Under the title ‘Art as a hobby and a passion – traces of a life’, ERA presents the works of a man whose life story is as impressive as his paintings.

Dr Alfred Kuckartz, a doctor and artist from the Düren district, now lives in his adopted home of Daun. There, he worked for over 28 years as chief physician of general surgery and later as acting head of the emergency room. Even after his retirement, he remains true to his calling: to this day, he is still involved as an emergency doctor and prison doctor at Wittlich Prison – a doctor with heart and dedication!

He devotes himself to painting with the same passion. For him, it has always been more than just a balance to the demanding everyday life of the clinic – it has become a source of strength, a mirror of inner thoughts and feelings. Joy, doubts and dreams found their expression on canvas and paper.

This exhibition not only displays works of art, but also tells a life story. It invites you to meet a man who leaves his mark with both scalpel and brush.

© Anton Huber – Justitia I

Exhibition from 16 Mai 2025 to 11 July 2025

Under the title ‘EXIL > ERA > NOW’, twelve artists from Atelier EXIL Trier are presenting their current works in the rooms of the ERA. The exhibition brings together works that not only impress with their aesthetic power, but also focus on social, humanistic and sustainable themes.

Founded in 2022, Atelier EXIL is an open community of currently 22 artists. Their common goal is to use artistic means to take a stand, provide impetus and create spaces for reflection and dialogue. The diversity of artistic forms of expression ranges from painting, sculpture and ceramics to photography, printmaking and mixed media.

Featured artists include:

• Harry Morrison – Original graphic print
• Taleh Mirkazim – Painting
• Helena Boddenberg – Ceramics
• Anne Morrison – Original graphic print
• Andrjana Becker – Photography & Painting
• Sven Klausnitzer – Painting
• Elke Reis – Sculptur & Painting
• Marion Heintz-Hött – Painting
• Klara Morrison – Original graphic print
• Anton Huber – Painting
• Paul Morrison – Original graphic print
• Annette Thul – Mixed Media

„EXIL > ERA > NOW“ symbolises the journey from a protected creative retreat (EXILE) to collaboration with socially relevant institutions (ERA) to the current artistic discourse (NOW) – in the heart of the city, in the heart of life.

© Nestor Goyanes – Cartas a la mar

Exhibition from 19 September to 25 October 2024

A transdisciplinary artistic project

Water spoor is a transdisciplinary artistic project that proposes a cross between different geographies, objects and people, where artists explore the displacement of migrants in relation to the tensions that are established in the framework of cultural identity. Reflected on the feeling provoked of what is being the son or grandson of immigrants, as heirs of an experience of no return, land that is not one’s own and to which there is a need to revisit.

Intimate works are presented, developed from compilations of oral recollections and found objects, which have been passed down through the generations, as witnesses to people’s displacements. They have been transformed, reinterpreted as artistic devices through paintings, engravings, photographs and installations. What is treasured? What is it that lasts? What stories accompany these objects? What stories are transmitted?

Featured artists include:

Ramin Aryaie (Köln, Germany) _ Graciela Buratti (Buenos Aires, Argentina)
Néstor Goyanes (Buenos Aires, Argentina) _ Lalia Mathilde (Francia/Madrid)
Dorette Polnauer (Trier, Germany) _ Irene Serra (Buenos Aires, Argentina)
Marisa Zorgno (Tucumán, Argentina)

© Kerstin-Arnold_I-love-my-life_

Exhibition from 7 November 2024 to 24 January 2025

Kultur- und Kunstverein Trier e. V.

The Kultur- und Kunstverein Trier e.V. (KUKT for short) invites art lovers and interested parties to its third annual exhibition. As the KUKT artists work with different painting techniques and styles, variety and diversity are guaranteed at the exhibition. Whether acrylic, watercolour, drawing, photography, video installation or sculpture, the exhibited works of art showcase the diversity and individuality of the participating artists. It is an interesting mix that gives visitors an insight into the work of the individual artists.

Featured artists include:

Alexandra Prischedko, Annette Krämer, Anton Huber, Barbara Siegert, Christian Gödert, Christina Bublitz, Dagmar Engels, Dina Isabel Scholtes, Elke Reis, Elmar Hubert, Gerhard Kaiser, Kerstin Arnold, Magdalena Ising, Marion Heintz-Hött, Martina Diederich, Martina Kefer, Maggie Fritzen, Monika Wender, Dr. Peter Becker, Rainer Breuer, Rita Gierens, Slava Prischedko, Susanne Binder, Ursula Dahm, Victoria Prischedko