A statewide art event from October 3 to 11, 2026
Nine days, more than a hundred venues, around 500 artists: With KUNST HEUTE, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern will be transformed into a stage for contemporary art from October 3 to 11, 2026. Studios, galleries, museums, artists’ and literary houses, castles, churches, and sculpture parks will open their doors, inviting visitors to rediscover art in all its facets.
The program ranges from exhibitions, performances, and installations to art events, guided tours, and discussions. Visitors will encounter a vibrant scene that inspires wonder, reflection, and discussion. The focus is on the diversity of contemporary forms of expression, dialogue with the works, and direct encounters with the key players in a dynamic art scene.
HIGHLIGHTS OF 2026: THE ART ROUTES
Particularly appealing are the five art routes sponsored by the BBK M-V, which connect several stops and thus enable artistic discovery tours through cities and regions:
On Sunday, October 11, at 2 p.m., the WEST MECKLENBURG ART TOUR begins at the Mecklenburg Artists’ House at Plüschow Castle—a guided bike tour to the artist studios of Felix Fugenzahn in Bobitz and Ingmar Bruhn in Dambeck.
The EXCURSION KLEIN WARIN | KAARZ offers individual bus tours on the weekend of October 10–11 from Rostock, Wismar, or Schwerin to the gallery and studio of “wolkenbank kunst + räume” in Klein Warin and to the Kaarz studio house.
The ROSTOCK ART ROUTE connects 11 galleries and studios in downtown Rostock and the Kröpeliner Torvorstadt neighborhood. Guided tours are also available here on October 4 and 10.
The AUBRUCH Art Route—Art, Church, and Landscape in Mecklenburg Switzerland—runs on Sunday, October 4, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on a loop tour from the Hohen Demzin Church via Görtzshausen, the Röthelberg lookout point, and Schlitz Castle back to Hohen Demzin.
The GREIFSWALD ART ROUTE, featuring 7 stops, begins on Friday, October 9, at 4 p.m. at the Studio Galerie Greifswald.
