PURPLE PATH art and sculpture trail
Everything comes from the mountain
Whether Tony Cragg in Aue-Bad Schlema, Alice Aycock in Seiffen or Friedrich Kunath in Thalheim: they are all part of the PURPLE PATH art and sculpture trail, which connects Chemnitz and the Capital of Culture region with works by international and national artists. The result is a decentralised exhibition in public space that tells the story of people, crafts and industry and invites visitors to discover these stories.

Corina Gertz: The averted portrait
Photographs of miners in traditional garb
[until 22 July, Schneeberg]
Backs that delight: Düsseldorf-based artist Corina Gertz is known for her portraits of women in unusual traditional costumes and back views. in 2023, she travelled to the Ore Mountains and for the first time took portraits of men, representatives of various mountain brotherhoods in richly decorated, traditional costumes. Her portraits are exhibited in the Siebenschlehener Pochwerk.

Entanglements: On the role of textiles in art and society
Modern and contemporary art in Flöha
[until 3 August, Flöha]
The exhibition Entanglements: On the Role of Textiles in Art and Society at Kunstbahnhof Flöha focuses on the region's textile tradition and, in this context, shows modern and contemporary artworks by artists including Antje Engelmann, Käthe Kollwitz and Franz Erhard Walther. The works come from the art collection of the ifa Institute for Foreign Cultural Relations.

Sun seeker!
Art, mining, uranium
[until 10 August, Zwickau]
In GDR times, "Wismut" mined weapons-grade uranium for the Soviet Union - and collected fine art on a grand scale. In the historic cotton mill in Zwickau, an authentic site of Wismut's history, Sonnensucher! presents the most extensive art collection of a GDR company.

Till Brönner: Melting Pott
Photographs of people, machines and community in the Ruhr area
[until 18 August, Oelsnitz]
Jazz musician and photographer Till Brönner travelled through the Ruhr region a few years ago, taking portraits of the former mining and industrial region and its miners. A selection of the Melting Pot of images can be seen in the KohleWelt Oelsnitz.

Rebecca Horn: The Universe in a Pearl
Great art in a small church
[until the end of 2025, Lößnitz]
After stops in Hamburg, London and Mallorca, the sculpture by internationally renowned artist Rebecca Horn can be seen in the converted St. Georg Hospital Church in Lößnitz. It is a temporary part of the PURPLE PATH art and sculpture trail.
