Art Summer 2026 (June 6–August 30) explores an extraordinary dialogue across time: between the painters of the BRÜCKE and Japanese aesthetics.
At the beginning of the 20th century, the Red House on Dippelsdorfer Pond was a summer retreat—and became a source of inspiration for the artists of the Expressionist group BRÜCKE. In the rolling landscape, the long summer days, and the movements of the bathers, they found what defined their artistic awakening: spontaneity, directness, and a new closeness to nature. This quest to capture the essence of the moment connects BRÜCKE art with Japanese aesthetics. In Japanese art, too, the snapshot plays a central role—in ink painting, the art of ikebana, calligraphy, or the philosophy of wabi-sabi, which values the ephemeral and the imperfect. Like the BRÜCKE artists, Japanese artists also discover the power in the spontaneous, the fleeting, and the fragmentary.
The Japanese Art Summer 2026 takes up this artistic dialogue: Three artists—from Okinawa, Tokyo, and Germany—place their observations of nature in a new context with the historic site. Using ink, paper, floral forms, and performative gestures, a vibrant bridge is created between cultures and eras.
Further information and the complete program for the Art Summer can be found at www.kunstsommer-moritzburg.de
The Japanese Art Summer 2026 takes up this artistic dialogue: Three artists—from Okinawa, Tokyo, and Germany—place their observations of nature in a new context with the historic site. Using ink, paper, floral forms, and performative gestures, a vibrant bridge is created between cultures and eras.
Further information and the complete program for the Art Summer can be found at www.kunstsommer-moritzburg.de
