Porträt – das ICH im Bild – Künstlerform Bonn – Bonn

An exhibition by the Bonn Artists’ Group and the JETZT Artists’ Group, from April 26 to May 17, 2026, at the Künstlerforum, Hochstadenring 22, 53119 Bonn

Portrait – The Self in the Image

Artistic portraits typically respond to the flood of images in the digital age with critical distance and playful irony. Countless inexpensive ways to create countless images online at the touch of a button lead to the realization that perception is not a fixed quantity. It depends on perspective, knowledge, and context. In this interplay with digital identities, the question arises: who has the power to meaningfully shape images of the other or of the self?

Portrait Participating artists:

Anne Beikircher, Chris Bertel, Jacobus Breuer, Silke Britzen, Jana Cremer, Géza Dámosy, Dierk Engelken, Henning Forster, Benjamin Hartung, Corinna Heumann, Eva Hüneborn, Wolfgang Hunecke, Kim Kluge, Kerstin Krone Bayer, Robert Leiste, Pitt Müller, Marlise Münchrath, Karin Neusel, Susanne Neusel, Christiane Pacyna-Friese, Dr. Aribert Peters, Sibylle Petersen, Rolf Peuckert, Andreas Rein, Andreas Reuther, Erneman Sander, Eugen Schramm, Anne Sengpiel, Barbara Schmitz, Mike van der Gracht, Egbert Verbeek, Uta Weckbecker, Manfred Weil, Georg Wittwer

Opening on April 26, 2026 at 1 p.m.

Introduction: Dr. Friederike Voßkamp

Performance & Music “Portrait” by Karla M. Götze & Claudia Huismann

Performance “The Picture of Dorian Gray” by Alois Reinhardt and Jan Wienowiecki

Closing event on May 17, 2026

11 a.m. to 5 p.m.: Activities for the August Macke Quarter Festival – Bonn Climate Quarter: “for People, for the Planet, for Culture, for Peace – United in Diversity together for the UN SDGs: Culture-based climate solutions and transformative artivism,” “Parachutes for the Planet,” and participatory activities for everyone

3 p.m. and 4 p.m.: Performances by Alois Reinhardt and Jan Wienowiecki

4:30 p.m.: Hip Hop and R&B by Konstantin Fremerey

Program during the exhibition

Concert on May 3, starting at 4:30 p.m.:

“Caravan to Belgrade”
Legacy of Milian & Magi, the core members of the iconic Yu Art-rock band Ekaterina Velika (EKV)

Concert on May 9th at 4:30 pm:

“Caravan to Belgrade from Here”
An invitation to a journey to Belgrade for those interested, presented by Prof. Johannes Schwarz, bassoon, Prof. Ulrike Schwarz, saxophone, and Milica Helena, guitar