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Stay up to date and learn more about current exhibitions from the ato cosmos, events, new artists, and the latest articles published in Crisp Magazine.
Introducing: Jordan Madlon
Jordan Madlon works at the intersection of painting, sculpture, and drawing. Using forms crafted from materials such as wood, textile, and aluminum, he develops a distinctive visual language that explores the relationship between color, line, and space. He studied at the École Supérieure d’Art et de Design in Saint-Étienne and at the State Academy of Fine Arts in Karlsruhe. In 2017, Madlon received the Kunstart? Prize from the Fondation François Schneider, and in 2021 he was awarded the Woodcut Advancement Prize by the Kunstmuseum Reutlingen. He has been a fellow of the Baden-Württemberg Art Foundation and completed a residency in Clermont-Ferrand, France.
His work is represented in numerous international collections, including the Fondation François Schneider, FRAC Auvergne (Clermont-Ferrand), the Kunstmuseum Reutlingen, and the Ministry of Science, Research, and the Arts of Baden-Württemberg. Jordan Madlon currently lives and works in Mannheim.
At ato, the artist is represented by Carolin Heel.
Crisp's latest release
Live your dreams – turn your living room into a museum!
Sounds great at first: affordable art at the Affordable Art Fair. Entry costs €10, and artworks range from €100 to €10,000 (yikes!). What was on display and whether you'd actually want it: Laura Ewert took a close look for us and reports.
Fresh from Latvia’s capital: Riga Art Week (RAW) launched its inaugural edition this past May, bringing together the city’s institutions, galleries, and creative spaces in a coordinated effort to showcase Latvia’s contemporary art scene. Nadia Egan shares her five favourite positions with us.
In our series “Warum was mit Kunst”, we ask people in the art scene why they chose their profession. This time with Ben Hammond, the founder of Weserhalle, a contemporary art gallery in Neukölln.
Exhibitions from the ato network
SUBSTANCE
June 26 – July 3, 2025
featuring works by Chiharu Koda
(represented at ato by Alex Besta)
studio hö
Kaiserstraße 3
76131 Karlsruhe
Opening: June 26, 7:00 PM – 11:00 PM
Opening hours:
Fri, June 27 – Sat, June 28: 8:00 PM – 11:00 PM
Mon, June 30 – Thu, July 3: 11:00 AM – 2:00 PM
Gathering Moss on worm-like Grounds
01.05. - 06.07.25
with Unyielding Repetition by Alex Besta
Städtischen Galerie Fruchthallte
Kaiserstraße 48
76437 Rastatt
Openin hours:
Thu, Fri, Sat: 12 am - 5 pm, Sun + Holidays: 11 am - 5 pm
Nordbecken Festival
04/07 – 11/07/25
Featuring works by Francis Karat, Sarai Rose Duke, Nemanja Šarbajić and Constanze Zacharias
Opening (Vernissage): 04/07 at 7:00 PM
Opening hours vary by day
Performance on 07/07 featuring Kilian Kretschmer and Gin Bahc
Open Doors: 6:30 PM, Start: 7:30 PM
Nordbeckenstraße 9
76189 Karlsruhe
Drift
May 12 – August 31, 2025
Featuring works by Valentina Jaffé
Vernissage: May 11, 11:30 AM, Introduction by Carolin Heel
Museum Boppard
Kurfürstliche Burg, Burgplatz 2,
56154 Boppard am Rhein
Opening Hours
Tuesday – Friday: 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Saturday – Sunday: 11:00 AM – 6:00 PM
Warrior of Mother Earth
20.06. - 17.08.25
Soloexhibition by Maike Denker
Vernissage: 20.06.25
Meppener Kunstverein e.V.
Kunstzentrum Koppelschleuse
An der Koppelschleuse 19
49716 Meppen
Opening hours:
Sat, Tue, Thu: 2:30 pm - 5 pm, Sun: 11 am - 5 pm
Swing
04/07 – 19/08/25
Featuring works by Valentina Jaffé
Opening (Vernissage): Friday, 04/07 at 6:00 PM
Welcome: Ella Kehrer
Introduction: Shiva Hamid
City Library (Stadtbücherei)
Poststraße 15, 69115 Heidelberg
Opening hours:
Tue – Fri: 10:00 AM – 8:00 PM
Sat: 10:00 AM – 4:00 PM
Biophilia. Von Pflanzen und Menschen
05.07. - 24.08.25
Grou exhibition with artworks by Maike Denker
DA Kunsthaus Kloster Gravenhorst
Klosterstraße 10
48477 Hörstel
Vernissage: 05.07. 5 pm
Opening hours:
Tue – Sat: 2 pm – 6 pm, Sun + Holidays: 11 am – 6 pm
Alte Schinken - Eine Retrospektive des Zukünftigen
April 17, 2025 – October 12, 2025
Vernissage: April 17, 6:30 PM
Featuring works by Francis Karat
Deutsches Fleischermuseum
Marktplatz 27, 71032 Böblingen
Opening Hours
Wednesday – Friday: 3:00 PM – 6:00 PM
Saturday: 1:00 PM – 6:00 PM
Sunday & Public Holidays: 11:00 AM – 5:00 PM
New&Coming
06/07 – 02/11/25
Featuring works by Valentina Jaffé
Opening (Vernissage): 06/07 at 5:00 PM
Welcome address: Dr. Aline Lukaszewitz
Introduction: Dr. Julia Berghoff
Kunstverein Reutlingen
Wandel-Hallen, 1st Floor
Eberhardstraße 14
72764 Reutlingen
Opening hours:
Wed – Fri: 2:00 PM – 6:00 PM
Sat & Sun: 11:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Purple Path
Chemnitz Kulturhauptstadt Europas 2025
since April 2025
with artworks by Uli Aigner
Marktplatz 13, 08294 Lößnitz
Exhibitions by artists from the ato network
ato's art network consists of a large number of artists and art agents. They are regularly invited to exhibitions or organise their own artistic interventions and public exhibition formats. We present the current events from our network in our calendar. We cordially invite you to drop by!
As many people come from Karlsruhe or Berlin, a current exhibition can often be discovered in both cities. But of course also in other places.
Karlsruhe and Berlin have very different art scenes, which we are happy to inform you about. If you are interested, you can find more information here:
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