Calendar
Winter break at BBK Saxony-Anhalt
December 18, 2025 to January 11, 2026 The BBK Saxony-Anhalt is taking a winter break. The office will be closed from December 18, 2025 to January 11, 2026. We wish all our members, cooperation partners, supporters and all those interested in the visual arts in Saxony-Anhalt a relaxing Christmas season and a good start to […]
Call for applications: Project coordination BBKarium Saxony-Anhalt 2026
What began in Halle in 2015 continued in Dessau in 2023 and is now taking on a new dynamic in other places in our federal state: the “BBKarium”. In Wittenberg, Magdeburg and the Harz region, members of the BBK Saxony-Anhalt have set out to find their own showcases for the presentation of contemporary art. Now […]
Workshop: Individual legal and start-up advice – ONLINE
Questions about contracts or property rights? About starting up and self-employment? For all your legal and start-up questions, you can make an appointment for a personal and individual consultation with Alexander Bretz. The consultations take place as half-hour appointments for one issue. Personal details:Alexander Bretz is an honorary professor of design law and business start-ups […]
Julienne Jattiot and Christina Simon at the Naumburg Art Market
12 artists invite all interested parties to the sales exhibition at the Schlösschen in 2025. A broad spectrum awaits you. From painting to graphics, photography to sculptures, you can immerse yourself in the world of different colors and shapes. You can view and purchase the art at28.-30.11. | 5.-7.12. | 12.-14.12. | Friday-Sunday 2-6 p.m. […]
December exhibition on the theme of “Green”
At the end of the year, the artists of the BBK Dessau are showing works on the theme of “green”. Green in December symbolizes hope and the promise that light will return after the darkness. Green stands for confidence, new beginnings, growing together – and it is also part of the Christmas season. The exhibition […]
Risographies by the BBK group DuU in the DenkRaum Stadtbad in Halle (Saale)
The BBK is a guest of the Förderverein Zukunft Stadtbad Halle, which has once again found an interim location at the Alter Markt for the renovation phase of the pool. A portfolio of risographs created as part of the “BBKarium Dessau” 2025 project will also be on display. The DenkRaum Stadtbad will open its doors […]
Exhibition opening and second birthday
The Kunstkollektiv Dessau und Umgebung (DuU) would like to cordially invite you to the next exhibition opening at BBKarium Dessau.On Saturday, November 01, 2025 at 4 pm at Ferdinand-von-Schill-Straße 3 in Dessau, the theme of “coffee” will be artistically interpreted and served. The theme of this month’s joint exhibition offers numerous possibilities for interpretation and […]
Networking meeting Altmark on September 26, 2025
In 2025, the Altmark will be the focus of networking in the BBK Saxony-Anhalt. We want to exchange ideas with as many people and organizations as possible who are committed to art and culture. We launched the “Region in Focus” format three years ago. We started in Dessau-Roßlau (2022) and continued with the state capital […]
WIR-Festival – We are part of it!
An important quote has been displayed on the shop window of the BBK office in Halle’s old town since September 1, 2025: It never stops that you have to say something. (Antje Rávik Strubel) We would like to thank the WIR Festival for the great initiative they have put together in such a short space […]
generally fresh at Kunsthaus Salzwedel until November 9, 2025
The Kunsthaus Salzwedel is pleased to present the exhibition generell frisch – Neue Mitglieder des Berufsverbandes Bildender Künstler Sachsen-Anhalt. The show by the Kulturwerk of the BBK Saxony-Anhalt brings together a diverse selection of contemporary works by 29 artists who were accepted into the professional association in 2023. With them are: Eileen Farida Almarales Noy […]
New publications work database September 2025
For the second time this year, the BBK Saxony-Anhalt is putting new works online. This means that 41 artists with a total of 6,207 works are now represented in the Saxony-Anhalt Visual Arts Database. The BBK cordially invites you to the studio of the jewelry artist Claudia Baugut, who was involved in the project, in […]
Mechanical shop window
The BBK shop window has been in Dessau since October 2022 – now it is becoming the site of a special community project. The artists’ association “Dessau und Umgebung”, or DuU for short, which has come together under the umbrella of the BBK, is currently working on an unusual idea: the “Mechanical Shop Window”. This […]
BBK at the Magdeburger Kunst/Mitte
At this year’s Magdeburg Kunst/Mitte art fair, we will be providing information about our projects and concerns. Formats such as “Generally Fresh”, “Artists in Schools” and “Visual Arts Database” increase the visibility of professional contemporary art, communicate it to young people and draw attention to the impending loss of cultural heritage. Our region in Focus […]
Course plant database fall 2025
In fall 2025, the BBK Saxony-Anhalt is offering a new fee-based course for artists, heirs and estate administrators under the direction of art historian Katharina Lorenz M.A., which consists of three dates. The following documents must be submitted for the application: Letter of motivation, short biography, list of exhibitions, list of publications, digital image of […]
BBK summer reception at Thomas Leu’s studio
The third BBK summer reception will take place on August 22, 2025. The board of the BBK Saxony-Anhalt has invited network partners from politics and culture, active members and members from this year’s “Focus” region Altmark to exchange ideas, look back on joint initiatives and make new plans. This year’s co-host is BBK member Thomas […]
Open studios in Saxony-Anhalt on September 20/21, 2025
Art needs space – for creation and for encounters. On this special weekend, Saxony-Anhalt opens its studio doors and becomes a living map of creative work. Where there is usually silence, rooms are filled with voices. Whether painting, photography, sculpture, graphics, ceramics or sound – each studio is a small world of its own: surprising, […]
Taha Bader
Taha Bader, born in Karachi (Pakistan) in 1991, has lived in Saxony-Anhalt since 2016. After completing his Bachelor’s degree in Communication Design at the Indus Valley School of Art & Architecture and a Master’s degree in Integrated Design in Dessau, he has dedicated himself to painting since childhood, which he rediscovered during the pandemic in […]
Workshop “Tax issues of artists and designers” on May 26, 2025
Which income and expenses belong in the surplus income statement? How can freelance and commercial activities be distinguished from each other? Is the small business regulation suitable for me? These and other questions are the focus of a workshop with tax consultant Ronald Ebersbach on May 26 from 9:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at Designhaus […]
Veronika Kaiping
“INTERIOR VIEWS” In April, the BBKarium Dessau is all about our inner life. Artist Veronika Kaiping makes visible what we don’t normally see – the organs that work inside us and the emotions that move us. Body maps and emotional beings provide humorous insights in which the physical and the spiritual exist side by side. […]
Foyer des Arts – The art salon with Roman Pliske on “estates”
What remains of an artist’s inner life? And what happens to an artistic legacy if no descendants preserve it or archives reach their limits? These questions are on the minds of many artists – because the concern that works will be lost contrasts with the growing importance of documenting and making visible one’s own artistic […]