ANNUAL PREVIEW 2026
Photo CreditANNUAL PREVIEW 2026
Photo CreditCATHERINE OPIE
THE PAUSE THAT DREAMS AGAINST ERASURE
February 14 – July 19, 2026
Opening: Friday, February 13, 2026, 7 pm
Children’s vernissage: Friday, February 13, 2026, 5.30–7 pm
The Fridericianum is now presenting Catherine Opie’s first institutional solo exhibition in Germany, concurrently with the artist’s show at the National Portrait Gallery in London. The presentation in Kassel is designed by the artist as a site-specific installation in which she enters into a dialogue with the architecture and history of the historic building. On display are key series of works spanning a period of over thirty years: from early portrait photographs in the LGBTQIA+ communities to photographic series that explore landscapes as resonant spaces for identity, hopes, and traumas, and from documentation of movements such as Black Lives Matter to protest marches in the context of Donald Trump’s presidency.
With the generous support of the Rudolf Augstein Stiftung.
Media partner of the show is Monopol Magazin für Kunst und Leben.
Photo CreditCHARLES RAY
August 22, 2026 – January 3, 2027
Opening: Friday, August 21, 2026, 7 pm
Children’s vernissage: Friday, August 21, 2026, 5.30 pm
Charles Ray was born in Chicago in 1953 and has lived in Los Angeles since 1981. He is considered one of the most important sculptors of the 20th and 21st centuries. For over five decades, he has created artworks that examine the contemporary world, his life, and ideas concerning physicality and spirituality, all through the discipline of sculpture. Ray has explained that he doesn’t think about sculpture as much as he thinks sculpturally. Throughout his career, he has expanded and redefined the scope of his work in many ways.
With the generous support of the Karin und Uwe Hollweg Stiftung and the Stiftung Stark für Gegenwartskunst.
Photo CreditMOHAMMED SAMI
HOSTLESS
October 3, 2026 – January 3, 2027
Opening: Friday, October 2, 2026, 7 pm
Children’s vernissage: Friday, October 2, 2026, 5.30–7 pm
In his new body of work Hostless, Mohammed Sami focuses predominantly on internal spaces. The paintings become a site for mnemonic processes, mental operations in which abstraction falters and something unsettling begins to seep through. Rooms become spectral containers, holding the residue of events that agreed to stay unnamed despite of the availability of the crime evidence.
With the generous support of AMA Venezia
FURTHER HIGHLIGHTS:
Kassel Museum Night
Saturday, September 5, 2026
International Museum Day
Sunday, May 17, 2026
Further projects to be announced soon.