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The romance of the landscape
Franz Gallus Weber (1794–1876)

21.02.–25.05.2025
at Grafisches Kabinett

Franz Gallus Weber came to Augsburg as a piece caster to produce cannons, rifles, sabres and small metal parts for the Bavarian military. Due to family misfortunes, he tried to distract himself and - as the son of a sculptor - took up drawing and watercolour painting. His small works of art depict Swabia in a way that we can no longer experience in detail due to the changing times.

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Cry for color
Painting by Braebys

28.3.-6.7.2025
at Café und Liebertzimmer des Schaezlerpalais

The artist Braebys - whose real name was Daniel Schäfer and who died in January 2025 - could not be pigeonholed. He falls out of all categories, social, personal and painterly. Braeby's pictorial worlds are enigmatic, frightening, enigmatic, but also sometimes underlaid with humor. 

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New Connections
Highlights from three Collections

05.04.–05.10.2025
Zentrum für Gegenwartskunst im Glaspalast | H2

The exhibition invites visitors to experience the transformative powers of light, colour and space in artistic compositions. Works from the municipal collection of modern and contemporary art are on display, supplemented by important loans from the neighbouring Kunstmuseum Walter and the collection of the Stadtsparkasse Augsburg.

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Susanne Junker
SO WHAT!

05.04.–06.07.2025
Zentrum für Gegenwartskunst im Glaspalast | H1

At H1, the Augsburg artists' association ‘Die Ecke’ e.V. is presenting the solo exhibition SO WHAT! in collaboration with the art collections and museums of the city of Augsburg. The survey exhibition covers 30 years of artistic work by the artist and photographer Susanne Junker. On display are her most important works from the early 1990s as well as works that have never been shown before

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20:15
Peppi Bottrop | Andreas Breunig | Jana Schröder

05.04.–06.07.2025
at Zentrum für Gegenwartskunst | H2-Cabinets

The exhibition shows works on paper from the current production of three artists. The exhibition is conceived and organised by the Gesellschaft für Gegenwartskunst e.V. (GfG Augsburg) in the Kabinett rooms of H2 in the Centre for Contemporary Art in Augsburg's Glaspalast.

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From drawing to forging
Erich Nüchter (1903-1989)

14.11.2025-15.03.2026
at Grafisches Kabinett

The blacksmith Erich Nüchter (1903-1989) discovered his artistic streak at an early age. His particular fondness for caricature and his constant practice of blacksmithing meant that he was able to transform the material iron into a fine artistic form with great skill and precision.

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SYMBIOSIS | Art between man and nature
Paul Diestel | Clare Langan | Christiane Löhr | Nathan Peter

29.11.2025 – 21.06.2026
at Zentrum für Gegenwartskunst | H1

The exhibition examines the complex relationship between man and nature. It poses the question of how art can make this connection aesthetically and conceptually tangible. The works of the four selected internationally active artists - Paul Diestel, Christiane Löhr, Clare Langan and Nathan Peter - illuminate the symbiosis of man and nature in various facets.

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Small worlds – Children's dreams then and now

28.11.2025-08.02.2026
at Maximilianmuseum

During the Advent and Christmas season, the Maximilian Museum traditionally presents historical toys. This time, some new items - loans and donations from private collections - are on display, including toys from more recent times.

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In the heaven of colour
Unbounded landscapes with Tanja Mohr

11.07.–23.10.2025
at Liebertzimmer und Barockgalerie des Schaezlerpalais

The Munich-based painter Tanja Mohr (born 1968) creates imaginary landscapes that she constantly reinvents. She always defines the pictorial space with a top and bottom, creating subtle color transitions reminiscent of the sfumato of landscape painting from past centuries.

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Gülbin Ünlü
Zeitsicht Art Award

26.07.–02.11.2025
at Zentrum für Gegenwartskunst im Glaspalast | H1

In her interdisciplinary approach, Gülbin Ünlü combines the media of painting, photography, video, performance and music. The principle of the mash-up is evident both in the diversity of media and in the numerous references and fragments with which she questions the present. Her experimental artistic practice, collective work and the use of artificial intelligence (AI) characterise her installative and performative works.4

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Augsburg taste
Baroque master drawings from the holdings of the art collections

31.07.–28.09.2025
at Schaezlerpalais

A selection of 120 drawings from the holdings of the Graphic Art Collection of the Augsburg Art Collections and Museums provides a comprehensive overview of the art of drawing in German-speaking countries from 1600 to around 1780. One focus of the collection is on the art of drawing in Augsburg, a city that was one of the innovative centres of art in Germany in the 17th and 18th centuries.

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‘Look how dignified!’
Spanish master prints by Goya and Dalí

24.10.2025- 25.01.2026
im Schaezlerpalais

Two outstanding series of paintings by Spanish artists Francisco de Goya and Salvador Dalí are at the centre of the exhibition. It begins with the socially critical sheets from ‘Los Caprichos’ by Goya, which were created between 1793 and 1799. In homage to his great compatriot, Dalí transformed this key work into his surreal formal language two centuries later.

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The wealth of art
Jakob Fugger and his inheritance

12.12.2025- 12.04.2026
at Schaezlerpalais

To mark the 500th anniversary of the death of Jakob Fugger the Rich, the Augsburg Art Collections and Museums are organising a special exhibition on the rich art treasures from the Fugger era in cooperation with the Fürstlich und Gräflich Fuggersche Stiftungen.

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Silver vault
Fine ironwork from the Renaissance to the present day

Until further notice
at Maximilianmuseum

From June 1, 2024, the Maximilian Museum will present Augsburg's goldsmith art from the Renaissance to the Biedermeier period in the Silver Vault, including silver objects from the legacy of collector and patron Kurt Viermetz.

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The Via Claudia Augusta
A cultural axis of Europe

From December 12, 2024
at Römerlager im Zeughaus

The exhibition provides information about the historical origins of this important road and about opportunities to discover traces of the Roman past as well as important sights from many eras along the Via Claudia.

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Brechthaus
Exhibits and installations on childhood and adolescence, life course and works

Brechthaus

Bert Brecht's birthplace in Augsburg's Lechviertel has been a memorial site since 1985. Here you can immerse yourself in the life and work of the poet and playwright. The craftsman's house "Auf dem Rain 7" is sandwiched between two Lech canals. Eugen Berthold Friedrich Brecht was born on February 10, 1898 on the upper floor of the...

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Leopold-Mozart-Haus
Mozart up close

Leopold-Mozart-Haus

Augsburg played an important role for Leopold Mozart throughout his life. He received his musical and humanistic education from the Jesuits. Later, he established intensive contacts with Protestant businessmen. Go in search of traces in the German city of Mozart! The "Leopold Mozart House" offers a Mozart experience of a special kind: A museum to listen, feel and participate together...

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