The Weserburg Museum für moderne Kunst in Bremen has announced its 2026 exhibition program, featuring three major shows. The collection exhibition "The Way We Are" (February 21, 2026–January 30, 2028) presents an updated survey of contemporary art from the 1960s to the present, with new thematic areas exploring self-portraiture, power and empowerment, patriarchal structures, and representations of the body, featuring works by over 100 artists. A solo exhibition, "Anys Reimann: Mirrorball" (May 2–October 4, 2026), marks the first museum show dedicated to the Düsseldorf-born artist, known for her works addressing identity, Black womanhood, and postcolonial themes through collage-paintings, leather sculptures, and an immersive black garden installation. Additionally, "Edition S Press" (September 12, 2026–August 29, 2027) at the Centre for Artists’ Publications examines the experimental publisher's output of concrete poetry, Beat poetry, and acoustic art from 1970 to 2005, featuring works by over fifty artists including John Cage, Allen Ginsberg, and John Giorno.
This program matters because it demonstrates how a mid-sized German museum is using long-term collection presentations and focused solo shows to engage with pressing social issues—identity, colonialism, gender, and power—while also highlighting overlooked experimental publishing histories from the Cold War era. The Reimann exhibition, in particular, brings visibility to a Black female artist whose work challenges Western art historical narratives, and the Edition S Press show recovers a vital but little-known chapter in artists' publishing and sound art. Together, these exhibitions position the Weserburg as a site for both historical reexamination and contemporary critical discourse.