Name: ANNETTE SENNEBY "Attic"
Start: 2026-06-27T02:00:00+02:00
End: 2026-09-28T01:59:59+02:00
Location: Kunstverein Braunschweig

Annette Senneby at the Kunstverein Braunschweig: When Painting Becomes Space

With Attic, the Kunstverein Braunschweig presents from June 27 to September 27, 2026 the first institutional solo exhibition by Annette Senneby in Germany. The Swedish artist, born in 1951 in Gothenburg and living and working in Stockholm, unfolds an art experience on the upper floor of the Villa Salve Hospes that closely intertwines painting, sculpture, and site-specific interventions.

An Image Begins in Space

Senneby’s work does not understand the image as a closed surface, but as a spatial starting point. Pigment, material, and physical forces enter into an open dialogue, where condensation, flowing, and dissolution become visible. Boundaries are not asserted, but shifted. Gravity appears not as a technical boundary condition but as an artistic theme.

Between Surface, Material, and Movement

The exhibition opens a consideration of work that deals with the silent tension between painting and sculpture. Senneby works with transitions: An image tips into space, a support becomes a stage, a form dissolves into movement. Exactly therein lies the aesthetic experience of this show: The eye does not follow a rigid composition, but a process that constantly reorders itself.

Curatorial Precision in Historical Architecture

Attic is curated by Emily Fahlén, director of the non-profit exhibition space MINT in Stockholm, in dialogue with Cathrin Mayer. The location on the upper floor of the Villa Salve Hospes enhances the special exhibition atmosphere: The historical site and the contemporary works enter into a sensitive relationship of space, light, and perception.

Cultural Education and Mediation

The Kunstverein Braunschweig accompanies the exhibition with public tours as well as formats for children and families. Thus, Attic becomes not only an exhibition for connoisseurs of contemporary art but also a place for cultural education. Especially appealing is the opportunity to experience Senneby’s artistic questions about material, body, and space in direct encounter.

Why a Visit is Worthwhile

Attic combines art-historical reflection with sensual presence. Those interested in contemporary painting, installation, and sculptural image spaces will find an exhibition of great clarity and inner tension here. A visit to the Kunstverein Braunschweig promises a concentrated aesthetic experience that unfolds in space and resonates long after.

The exhibition invites visitors to see painting anew: not as an image on the wall, but as a living process in space. A visit on site is definitely worthwhile.