Blog

16.01.2024
Draiflessen-Blog

Welcome to our blog! Here we offer insights into our current and past exhibitions, sometimes with an outside perspective, reveal the background to the individual themes and occasionally introduce the creative minds behind our programme.

15.01.2024
Hallo, ich bin die Neue!

„Frau Mettner, erweitern Sie doch mal Ihren Horizont! Sie haben sich doch im Laufe Ihres Bachelors mit Mode- und Textildesign beschäftigt, überlegen Sie, ob Draiflessen Collection vielleicht eine geeignete Anlaufstelle für Sie darstellen würde!” Drei-was?? So war ungefähr meine erste Reaktion, als ich mit meiner Praktikumsbetreuerin Prof. Schlüter an der Universität Osnabrück über mögliche Institutionen im Rahmen meines zehnwöchigen Vollzeitpraktikums gesprochen habe.

04.05.2023
THE STATE OF THINGS? The thematic islands

A studio and an event area with a café and reading corner form the heart of the tour. Thematic islands surround this central hub, addressing the topics of Consumerism / Recycling, Peace, Blooming Landscapes?, Diversity / Education, and Draiflessen / Sustainable Exhibition Practices.

13.04.2023
The cycle of things

This essay, written by Florian Andrews and Laura Sommer, was first published in the magazine accompanying the exhibition THE FINAL BID.

23.02.2023
Interview with the artist Michael Pinsky

The curators Birte Hinrichsen and Nicole Roth, sat down with artist Michael Pinsky for an interview to talk about his work, his inspiration and the current exhibition THE FINAL BID.

17.01.2023
What is a chair?

Each of us has our own thoughts on what exactly constitutes a chair. And your ideas probably coincide largely with mine. If we disagree, we can always consult the Cambridge Dictionary. It describes a chair as “a seat for one person that has a back, usually four legs, and sometimes two arms.”

01.11.2022
Michael Pinsky, The Final Bid to Save the Planet

For the new special exhibition THE FINAL BID, Claudia Mauer from ALETHEA & ART MAGAZINE met with artist Michael Pinsky for an interview.

15.08.2022
Interview: The Archive Collection

This interview was published in our OPEN UP! THE ARCHIVE COLLECTION and describes the cooperation between C&A and our colleagues from the archive and collection of the Draiflessen Collection.

16.06.2022
THE ART OF REPLICATION at Draiflessen Collection

George Pavlopoulos attended the opening of our special exhibition THE ART OF REPLCATION and wrote this blog post about it. He writes regularly on his travel blog, Letters to Barbara.