South Africa and Leipzig Encounters in a Space for Experimentation For five years, artists from the Republic of South Africa came to Leipzig for three-month residencies. Here they collaborated with fellow artists from Leipzig. Language, background, and history were unfamiliar…Continue readingSouth Africa and Leipzig
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“DEN WALD VOR LAUTER BÄUMEN NICHT SEHEN” 27.6 – 25.7 Opening 27.6 – 5pm Artists: Carly Andrew (US)Maryam Al Alawi (Oman)Michaela Kessler (Austria)Helen Wordsworth (UK)Michelle Palatnik (US)Jarrad Martyn (Australia)Monika Dahlberg (Nigeria)Shahad Al Hamdi (Oman)Areeba Qureshi (Pakistan)Katalina Zepeda (Chile)Joran Van Soest (The…Continue readingLIA SUMMER SHOW
Location: Spinnereistr. 7, Halle18, 2nd floor. At 6PM. On Tuesday, June 9, Sasha Dees, independent Dutch producer, curator, and writer, will give a talk and be part of a moderated conversation with Anna-Louise Rolland. Adding on to the ongoing LIA…Continue readingTOMORROW talk with Sasha Dees at LIA
Saturday, 25th of April, 11 am – 7 pmSunday, 26th of April, 11 am – 4 pmLIA | Spinnereistr. 7 | Halle 18 | 2nd floor Samstag, 25 April, 11 – 19 UhrSonntag, 26 April, 11 – 16 UhrLIA | Spinnereistr. 7 |…Continue readingSpinnerei Spring Gallery Tour
Friday, 23rd January, 7pm @ German Literature Institute The event will be held in EnglishEntry is free We are happy to invite you to a special discussion and performance with our resident author nolwazi mbali mahlangu at the German Literature Institute. nolwazi mbali mahlangu is a context creator,…Continue reading Discussion and performance with Nolwazi Mbali Mahlangu. “The archive arrives tomorrow”
“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
|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