Dear artists,
After a year of creative pause and further development of the content, we cordially invite you on behalf of the town of Braunlage and the Harz National Park to apply for participation in the 31st art exhibition NATURE – HUMAN 2026.
The exhibition will take place from October 3 to October 31, 2026 in Sankt Andreasberg. It is aimed at freelance visual artistswith a contemporary artistic practice as well as students and graduatesof art colleges. In future, the NATUR – MENSCH art exhibition will take place every two years. This year, a varied and attractive cultural program will accompany the exhibition. By participating, the submitted works will automatically be included in the selection process for the Andreas Art Prize 2026.
The exhibition will open on October 2, 2026 at 7 p.m. with a vernissage in the town hall barn in Sankt Andreasberg. The Andreas Art Prize, which is dedicated to the town’s patron saint and is endowed with 2,000 euros, will be awarded at this event. In addition, a second prize of 700 euros and a third prize of 300 euros will be awarded. At the end of the exhibition, an audience prize will also be awarded, which will be presented at the finissage on October 31, 2026.
The exhibition NATURE – HUMAN is dedicated to the complex relationship between man and nature. We are looking for artistic works that examine, question or reinterpret this field of tension. The focus is on independent artistic positions that deal with aspects such as proximity and distance, responsibility, transformation and perception. Human life is related to nature, the environment and the landscape. These can be taken up as a motif, material, process or mental space in the works. The exhibition opens up perspectives on ecological issues as well as on man’s self-image within natural systems.
Application deadline: May 17, 2026