“SEEN, UNSEEN” SATURDAY, 10TH OF JANUARY11:00 am – doors open2:00 pm – artist talks and performances4:00 pm – LIA talks with: Christine Fischer (Curator and researcher at the Grassi museum)Mathieu Wijdeven (Theater and opera maker)Mirya Gerardu (Cultural Officer for Visual Arts, The Netherlands…Continue readingWINTER GALLERY TOUR LIA OPEN STUDIOS
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|GRASSI Museum of Ethnology in Leipzig.Dates 05/12/2025—28/06/2026 Papua New Guinea artist 𝐆𝐚𝐳𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐡 𝐁𝐫𝐮𝐝𝐞𝐫 joined the 𝐋𝐈𝐀 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐲 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐦𝐦𝐞 from August to October thanks to the support of the Foreign Federal Office and its research programme on Germany’s colonial past. We…Continue readingLIA at GRASSI Museum
Invitation to the opening of the special exhibition“WanBel – 50 Years of Independence: Papua New Guinea” Thursday, December 4, 2025 | 6:00 p.m. | GRASSI Museum of Ethnology inLeipzig Papua New Guinea artist Gazellah Bruder joined the LIA residency programme from August to October 2025, thanks to the support of the Foreign Federal Office and its research programme on Germany`s colonial past. We are grateful to her…Continue readingSave the Date, 4th December: LIA at the GRASSI Museum für Völkerkunde
Saturday, 13th September, 11 am – 7 pmSunday, 14th September, 11 am – 4 pmLIA | Spinnereistr. 7 | Halle 18 | 2nd floor Programme Saturday 2 pm – artist talks Artists in ResidencyMolly Sturge (Canada)Marcellas Njonji (Cameroon)Ndako Nghipandulwa (Namibia)Hal Osawa (Japan)Gazella…Continue readingAUTUMN GALLERY TOUR LIA OPEN STUDIOS
Artists Hugo Hernqvist and Erlend Rødsten will share insights into their artistic practices and their experiences from the residency at the Leipzig International Art Programme in Spinnerei, Leipzig. LIA’s director Anna-Louise Rolland will be present to talk about the residency…Continue readingSkåne Artist Talk
Forgotten SpecimenOpen Studios at the Spinnerei Winter Gallery Tour 📅 Date: 11th January⏰ Time: 11:00 AM – 7:00 PM📍 Location: Spinnerei, LIA, HALLE 18, 2ND FLOOR (Leipzig International Art Programme) Discover the captivating world of “Forgotten Specimen” during the Winter Gallery Tour at the Spinnerei. This special Open…Continue readingSPINNEREI GALLERY WINTER TOUR 2025
Visit our current residents this weekend on 14th and 15th of September during the Autumn Gallery Tour of Spinnerei We are excited to invite you to the Open Studios event at LIA – Leipzig International Art Programme! Join us this…Continue readingSpinnerei Autumn Gallery Tour: Open Studios of LIA residents
Open Studios for the new round of residents! 23 February, 2024 from 5 – 8 pm With an artist talk at 6 pm by Mahmoud Talaat (Egypt). Please join us for the first viewing of the February through April residents’…Continue readingOPEN STUDIOS
NEW open studios for this season 20 October from 5 pm till 8 pm Presented artistsHank Bhatia (USA)Jack Wotton (Australia)Nia Del Pino (USA)Yoshie Kuroda (Japan)Yuki Watanabe (Japan) We thank our main partner BMW for the support and SVA NYC and…Continue readingOPEN STUDIOS
LIA celebrating sister city partnership with Brno & Ho Chi Minh City this summer at archiv massiv SHOW MURMURATION We are celebrating 50 years of sister city partnership Brno & Leipzig with Helana Ticháčková as well as a bilateral exchange between the new partners…Continue readingSAVE THE DATE










