Lars Schumacher's Blog (16)

The Kulturtag Oberscheid 2026 opened with a striking gesture of nature. A generous summer rain swept across the orchard meadow, turning the first hours of the festival into a gentle adventure for those who had chosen to camp among the trees. Many embraced the moment with calm delight, while others found a peaceful resting…

Kunstraum MITTE37 inaugurates its first dedicated space for international Mail Art with the exhibition



Sammlung Schumacher I Mail Art Across Continents. Dialogue of Postal Art.



Burgdorf‑based artist Susanne Schumacher presents a personal selection from her decades‑long artistic correspondence…

On Saturday, 11 July 2026, a group of artists whose practices have shaped the field of Mail Art for decades convened in Hamburg. What distinguished this encounter was not simply the presence of influential figures, but the unmistakable sense of continuity among them — a shared commitment to exchange, an openness to new impulses, and a…

Walking along Reuterstraße on a Saturday in June, one senses immediately that Neukölln has entered one of its characteristic states of artistic exception. Doors stand open, people gather in loose constellations, and installations emerge from materials that only yesterday were discarded. In the rear building of Reuterstraße 84, artist Rainer…

From 6 to 25 June 2026, Kunstraum MITTE37 in Burgdorf presents EXPANDED FIELD I – migrating the colour fields, an exhibition that brings twelve contemporary artistic voices from Chicago into dialogue with a German audience for the first time. The project opens a transatlantic field of resonance in which painting, performance, dance, music, and film unfold…

SILENZIO – Mostra Internazionale di Mail Art, presented at the Centro Culturale Melania in Palazzo Pignano from 13 to 28 June 2026, unfolds as a resonant panorama of global Mail Art practice. Bringing together more than 120 artists from 22 nations and approximately 150 works, the exhibition reveals the breadth and vitality of a medium that has long operated…

In May 2026, a new artistic presence emerged in Burgdorf: Kunstraum MITTE37, located on Mittelstraße 37, opened its doors with a weekend that blended ceremony, performance, and contemporary art into a single unfolding gesture. The inauguration, marked by the appearance of King George V of Hanover — embodied with theatrical precision by Claus Peter…

Symbolism and Sustainability – Trees as Memory, Myth, and Future

Trees are more than living organisms. They hold stories, carry myths, offer shelter, reflection, and inspiration. They remind us of change, resilience, deep roots, and fragile ecosystems.

This international exhibition…

Opening today at IMMANENCE in Paris, CARTES POSTALES et MAIL‑Art transforms the space at 21 Avenue du Maine into a living archive of postal and conceptual experimentation. Curated by Frédéric Vincent, the exhibition runs from 22 November to 19 December 2025 and traces more than fifty years of artistic correspondence — a history shaped by…

In October 2025, a small kiosk on Treptower Straße in Berlin briefly became one of the most compelling sites of contemporary experimental art. For three days, the OPEN TINY KIEZKIOSK — ordinarily a modest node in the daily life of Neukölln — transformed into a porous, improvisational field of action. Under the title FLUXUS 2025 – OPEN TINY BIG, the space…

26.09.2025, the Kunstraum Reuter in Berlin‑Neukölln concluded Change – Veränderung, an international Mail Art exhibition that transformed the space into a temporary laboratory of global artistic communication. For two weeks, the gallery became a site where change was not merely represented but enacted — through circulation, exchange, and the performative act…

Fluxus 2025 – “Ja, dann ist das so!”

In early September 2025, the Kunst & Musik Etage in Hannover became the site of a rare artistic condition: Fluxus 2025 – “Ja, dann ist das so!”, a project that rejected the conventions of exhibition-making and…

In Chicago, several cultural institutions have recently transformed into sites of transatlantic dialogue, hosting The Ocean Between VIII – Luminosity, an interdisciplinary symposium under the artistic direction of Marianna Buchwald and Tamara Wasserman. The program brings together international artists whose practices explore…

We Will Find a Solution – Three Positions in Dialogue Kunstraum Reuter, Berlin 

In early July 2025, the Kunstraum Reuter in Berlin became the site of an unusual and courageous artistic experiment. Under the title We Will Find a Solution, the three artists Asma Ounine, Rainer Wieczorek and Lars Schumacher transformed the independent project space into…

Art’s Birthday – A Million Years of Permanent Creation 

On 17 January each year, artists around the world celebrate an event that is at once playful, poetic and profoundly influential: Art’s Birthday. Conceived in 1963 by the French Fluxus artist Robert Filliou, the celebration marks what he described as the…