CURRENT EXHIBITION
Details on upcoming exhibitions will be available shortly.
Nov. 7, 2026 – Jan. 6, 2027 – Bündnis90/Die Grünen Parliamentary Caucus Office – DE/NRW/Leichlingen
Nov. 15, 2026 – Dec. 6, 2026 – Annual Exhibitions of the Leverkusen Artists’ Association – Künstlerbunker Opladen
HIER & NOW – Annual Exhibition of the AG Leverkusener Künstler
November 15 – December 6, 2026 | Galerie Künstlerbunker, Leverkusen-Opladen, Germany
The annual exhibition HIER & JETZT brings together the artistic positions of the AG Leverkusener Künstler and five invited guests. Among the participating artists is Michael Bork, who will travel from Berlin to his former home city of Leverkusen for the opening. Having lived in Leverkusen for many years, Bork remains connected to the local art scene as a member of the association.
Bork understands himself as a visual artist who uses photography as a medium and material for artistic exploration. Through reduction, layering, mirroring and transformation, his works move beyond documentary representation, creating visual realities in which architecture, landscapes, animals and traces of human presence shift between recognition and abstraction.
His artistic practice is developed across four series: Urban Apparitions, Liminal Nature, The Animal Gaze and Speculative Presence. Together, they explore how images shape our perception of reality and how meaning emerges between what is visible, remembered and imagined.
The exhibition title HIER & JETZT refers to the immediacy of artistic practice and the shared exhibition space as a place of exchange. Different perspectives and forms of expression come together, offering insight into the diversity of contemporary artistic work in the region.
The opening programme includes a welcome address by Arthur Hórvath, Head of Culture and City Marketing, presentations by the association’s chairs, ELOBA – Ellen Loh-Bachmann and Michael Salge, and a short reading by actors from the Studiobühne Leverkusen, featuring an excerpt from Kristof Magnusson’s novel Ein Mann der Kunst.
Opening: Sunday, November 15, 2026, at 11:30 am
Exhibition dates: November 15 – December 6, 2026
Opening hours: Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays, 4–6 pm
Venue: Galerie Künstlerbunker, Karlstraße 9, 51379 Leverkusen-Opladen, Germany
Organised by the AG Leverkusener Künstler e. V.
Further information: AG Leverkusener Künstler | Michael Bork