NEW WORLDS

BERGSON x ROTARY CLUB MUNICH-BOGENHAUSEN

In this exhibition you can discover 19 chapters of impressive works by graduates of the Akademie der Bildenden Künste who have been awarded the NEUE WELTEN art prize by the Rotary Club München Bogenhausen.Installations, objects and sculptures as well as photographs, paintings and films await you on the second floor of the Bergson Gallery. The artistic explorations of the theme can be commentaries on our world, formulate future designs or anticipate something new.

The artists:

Zarah Abraham, Shirley Cambonie, Yuhao Chen & Xenia Hartok, Roman Cherezov, Lara Cooc, Pierre-Yves Delannoy, Lena Grossmann, Nikolai Gümbel, Leonhard Huber & Dominik Schreiner, Sri Maryanto, Rosa Pfluger, Raumfragen - Adrian Sölch & Raphael Krome, Karolina Vocke, Tabata von der Locht, Alexander Scharf, Anna Schübel, Merlin Stadler, Janina Totzauer, Julia Walk

About the prize:

Launched in 2021 on the initiative of Dr. Elisabeth Hartung (overall director), this prize is supported and financed by more than 60 members who comprise the Rotary Club of Munich Bogenhausen. They are active in business and science, art and design, society and politics, crafts and healthcare. Their common goal is to set an example for Munich's cultural diversity by opening up new partnerships and forums for artists at the beginning of their careers and drawing attention to the importance of contemporary art for the development of the city and its culture.The prize and exhibition are realized in cooperation with the Akademieverein München e.V.

About the opening:

For the opening on Sunday, April 26, 2026, a talk will take place at 5:00 pm in the atrium of the Bergson.Artists and experts will talk about NEUE WELTEN and Munich as a city of art. The exhibition spaces will be open from 14:00 to 20:00 on the opening day.

Admission is free.

The exhibition will be accompanied by a publication on all the works shown by the participating artists. This will be produced in collaboration with students from the Department of Typography and Communication Design at the Faculty of Design at Munich University of Applied Sciences.

Admission: 2:00 pm
Artist Talk: 5:00 pm
End: 7:00 pm

Free registration