News from the ato network

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.

News from the ato network

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: Nadine Lemke

Nadine Lemke's work encompasses crochet installations, drawing and photography. Her work explores personal and social patterns, particularly the unconscious structures of connection and separation inscribed in the body, biography and collective memory through repetition. Using crochet as an open system, she creates an archive of shapes, knots, repetitions, and breaks, linking the historical connotations of female handicrafts with contemporary issues of self-empowerment, visibility, and materiality.

Her works move between textiles, space, and sculpture, transforming fragile structures into multi-layered settings that redefine space, origin, and identity.

At ato, the artist is represented by Francesca Romana Audretsch.

Crisp's latest release

After our author attended the press preview of Pierre Huyghe's exhibition (yes, the one with the dog with the pink leg at Documenta13) at the LAS Art Foundation in Berlin's Halle am Berghain, she had to rant into her phone and post an Instagram story.

Hybrid Project Space challenges the exclusivity of the Basel art scene by embracing radical openness. The collective develops inclusive, community-building formats that challenge power structures, facilitate equal interactions, and ensure that everyone feels welcome at the museum.

How effective is it to rely on traditional terms from art theory? Do they truly capture what we wish to express? Are they indispensable tools, or do they constrain our thinking and prevent us from considering new perspectives? Laura Helena Wurth has examined our glossary of art theory terms in great detail.

Exhibitions from the ato network

Session 10

January 31, 2026 – March 7, 2026

with artworks by Chiharu Koda

Opening hours:

Wed–Fri: 5:00 p.m.–10:00 p.m.

Sat + Sun: 3:00 p.m.–10:00 p.m.

Electric Eel

Werderstraße 35, 76137 Karlsruhe

Session 10

January 31, 2026 – March 7, 2026

with artworks by Chiharu Koda

Opening hours:

Wed–Fri: 5:00 p.m.–10:00 p.m.

Sat + Sun: 3:00 p.m.–10:00 p.m.

Electric Eel

Werderstraße 35, 76137 Karlsruhe

some kind of same – π

February 7 – March 15, 2026

with works by Tim Bohlender

Opening reception: February 6, 7:00 p.m.

Opening hours: Thu – Fri 4:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m., Sat – Sun 11:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.

Städtische Galerie Freiburg

Morat-Hallen, Lörracher Straße 31, 79115 Freiburg

some kind of same – π

February 7 – March 15, 2026

with works by Tim Bohlender

Opening reception: February 6, 7:00 p.m.

Opening hours: Thu – Fri 4:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m., Sat – Sun 11:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.

Städtische Galerie Freiburg

Morat-Hallen, Lörracher Straße 31, 79115 Freiburg

Hier ist auch schön

January 16, 2026 – March 25, 2026

with artworks by Valentina Jaffé

Tulla Realschule

Tullastraße 25, 68161 Mannheim, Germany

Hier ist auch schön

January 16, 2026 – March 25, 2026

with artworks by Valentina Jaffé

Tulla Realschule

Tullastraße 25, 68161 Mannheim, Germany

Dripping Folds and Melting States

January 31, 2026 – April 26, 2026

with artworks by Valentina Jaffé

An artist's book will be published by DCV Verlag to accompany the exhibition.

Opening hours: Fri – Sun & public holidays 11:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m.

Rudolf Scharpf Gallery of the Wilhelm Hack Museum

Hemshofstraße 54, 67063 Ludwigshafen am Rhein

Dripping Folds and Melting States

January 31, 2026 – April 26, 2026

with artworks by Valentina Jaffé

An artist's book will be published by DCV Verlag to accompany the exhibition.

Opening hours: Fri – Sun & public holidays 11:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m.

Rudolf Scharpf Gallery of the Wilhelm Hack Museum

Hemshofstraße 54, 67063 Ludwigshafen am Rhein

WIR – 19 Basic Rights. 19 Artistic Positions. A Space for Dialogue

22.05.2025 – 21.06.2026

with works by Uli Aigner

Opening hours:

Tue – Sun: 11:00 AM – 6:00 PM

Forum Kunst im Bundestag

Luisenstraße 30, 10117 Berlin

WIR – 19 Basic Rights. 19 Artistic Positions. A Space for Dialogue

22.05.2025 – 21.06.2026

with works by Uli Aigner

Opening hours:

Tue – Sun: 11:00 AM – 6:00 PM

Forum Kunst im Bundestag

Luisenstraße 30, 10117 Berlin

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:

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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