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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: Chiharu Koda
In Chiharu Koda’s artistic practice, layers of memory condense into precise spatial structures. The element of water—particularly the Rhine—serves as a material vessel of memory, manifesting in dried forms while simultaneously preserving its original presence.
Her installations unfold a multi-layered dialogue between tangible materials and digital control—ranging from concrete cubes and delicate wooden structures to electronically choreographed movements. Marked by a careful engagement with time and process, the works open up interstitial spaces where sedimented memories and the artist’s present presence converge.
At ato, the artist is represented by Alex Besta.
Crisp's latest release
Our guest author wishes to remain anonymous for professional reasons; their identity is known to the editors. An anonymous meditation on the 2025 Berlin Biennale and the quiet domestication of art—somewhere between foxing and the feuilleton.
Berlin, What Have You Become? Between oysters and crack, everyone just wants to leave—or do they? Is a new era dawning in the capital? And what does it have to do with art, coolness, posing, and money? Native Berliner Alissa Geffert digs into the question for us.
Art Basel in Basel – Beyond Art Basel. Once a year, Basel becomes the center of the universe—at least for the art world. While Art Basel is considered the most important art fair in the world, the most intriguing works could be found beyond the hallowed halls of the official fair. Beate Scheder went in search of them for us—and found them.
Exhibitions from the ato network
Imaginat
01.08 – 03.08.2025
A participatory exhibition featuring works by Chiharu Koda
Opening: 01 August, 7:00 PM
Times to participate:
01 August, 7:00 PM – 11:00 PM
02 August, 10:00 AM – 2:00 PM
Studio Hö
Kaiserstraße 3
76131 Karlsruhe
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
Drift
12.05 – 31.08.2025
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
skateboard - 70 years GFjK
27.07. – 14.09.2025
with works by Chiharu Koda
Opening hours:
Tue – Fri: 3:00 PM – 6:00 PM, Sat & Sun: 11:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Altes Dampfbad
Marktplatz 13, 76530 Baden-Baden
Three Projects - Substance・ Imaginat・ Delta
14.08. – 14.09.25
As part of the exhibition Media art is here
with works by Chiharu Koda
Opening hours:
14.08. 7:00 PM – 11:00 PM,
21.08. and 11.09. 5:00 PM – 10:00h PM
Further appointments by arrangement: [email protected]
Studio Hö
Kaiserstraße 3,
76131 Karlsruhe
ONE MILLION - The Boat
25.07. – 28.09.2025
a temporary porcelain installation by Uli Aigner
Opening hours:
Tue – Sun: 11:00 AM – 6:00 PM
Forum Kunst im Bundestag
Luisenstraße 30, 10117 Berlin
Alte Schinken - Eine Retrospektive des Zukünftigen
17.04. – 12.10.2025
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 – 02.11.2025
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
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:
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