Current
The showcase exhibition sheds light on the changes and diversity of the image of the devil - from biblical concepts to depictions in popular culture.
Die Benediktinergemeinschaft Benedicti Claustra Onlus und die Draiflessen Collection präsentieren in der Basilika San Giorgio Maggiore in Venedig zwei neue Gemälde von Luc Tuymans – einem der bedeutendsten Maler seiner Generation. Die Werke ersetzen vorübergehend die monumentalen Tintoretto-Gemälde Das letzte Abendmahl und Das Mannawunder, die derzeit mit Unterstützung von Save Venice restauriert werden.
The exhibition uses photos, memoirs, business records, and administrative documents to trace the location where the brothers founded their company in 1841 and sold goods throughout Sneek.
The exhibition explores how female artists in particular engage with the image of the feminine, drawing on various aspects of the magical to question and reinterpret clichés such as the femme fatale or the evil witch, and to write their own stories.
Upcoming
In the 16th and 17th centuries, lace was more than just decoration—it was a sign of luxury, fashion consciousness, and status. The exhibition in the Study Room highlights the magnificent collars in portraits by van Dyck and from the Lipperheide Collection. Historical lace reveals its filigree craftsmanship and the exclusive status of its wearers.
In the 16th and 17th centuries, lace was more than just decoration—it was a sign of luxury, fashion consciousness, and status. The exhibition at DAS Forum showcases the artful production and care of collars as well as the mastery of needle and bobbin lace. Models, videos, and contemporary interpretations bring historical craftsmanship to life and demonstrate its creative potential for the present day.
The exhibition explores the special resonance of historical photo albums between the familiar and the unfamiliar, the past and the present. Historical photographs encounter contemporary works and show how memories are selective, performative, and shaped by social conditions. The artworks reveal that collecting, organizing, and remembering are creative acts that are shaped as much by forgetting as by retelling.
In the exhibition MIX & MATCH, Draiflessen’s archives and collection come together in four themed rooms spanning different eras and media, providing insight into our collection cosmos. Objects related to the element earth are presented in the Study Room.
In the exhibition MIX & MATCH, Draiflessen’s archives and collection come together in four themed rooms spanning different eras and media, providing insight into our collection cosmos. Objects related to the elements of air and fire are presented in DAS FORUM. Objects related to the element of water are presented in the Blue Room.
Past
15.06.2025 - 27.06.2025
Renee van Bavel THE MIRROR OF PEACE
Renee van Bavel and the Draiflessen Collection are delighted to present this engaging and thought-provoking work as part of the Global Hearth Summit’s International Arts Program.
21.05.2025 - 02.11.2025
BENEATH THE SURFACE
In the exhibition we will collaborate with the conservator Ludmila Henseler to get to the bottom of the secrets of two panel paintings from our collection.
21.05.2025 - 02.11.2025
A GARDEN OF FLOWERS
We have invited the Milanese artist Lilla Tabasso (b. 1973) to approach the important botanical work Hortus Floridus by the Dutch engraver Crispijn de Passe (1594–1670) and translate it into her personal artistic language.
04.05.2025 - 17.08.2025
ROOTED AND BRANCHED
The exhibition shows artistic positions that visualize the diverse networks in our world. Inspired by plant structures, the works depict connections between social, ecological, and cultural phenomena.
06.11.2024 - 04.05.2025
IN THE BEGINNING WAS THE WORD
With the aid of exemplary objects, the showcase exhibition traces the interplay of speech and speechlessness, of communication and misunderstanding.
06.11.2024 - 04.05.2025
CUNDA, KNÖS, AND KNASPELHUTSCHE
In search of company vocabulary, the exhibition in the DAS Forum sets out to uncover the functions of special languages, and not only in the case of C&A. Such languages create an identity, conceal meaning, and serve a practical purpose.
20.10.2024 - 16.02.2025
LANGUAGE/TEXT/IMAGE
The exhibition focuses on select twentieth- and twenty-first-century artworks primarily focus on the relationship between language, text, and image.
15.05.2024 - 20.10.2024
MO(NU)MENTS
In early modern European culture, celebrations were opulent, performed as a matter of course. An essential part of the lavishly staged coronations, anniversaries, victory celebrations, or state visits, of weddings or birthdays, were the ephemeral, that is to say, short-lived, ceremonial structures.
15.05.2024 - 20.10.2024
TRUE TO SCALE
The exhibition shows that the architectural model is far more than a mere working tool—it is both a design for the future and an artifact of times gone by.