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Nov 11, 2026

Two calls for proposals you don't want to miss

Several men in historical clothing sit around a table in a dark room while a man on the right stands and points with an outstretched arm at one of the seated men, light coming through a window illuminates the scene

Nov 05, 2026

"Folge mir nach" – Abendvortrag von Prof. Dr. Jürgen Müller an der Hochschule für Bildende Künste

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Oct 23, 2026

Closing Event of the German Pavilion at the 2026 Venice Biennale – A Collaboration with TU Dresden

Divisions of the Institute

Art History

With its world-class museums and monuments, Dresden offers ideal study conditions. The degree programmes deal with the history of art from late antiquity to the present day and are closely linked to non-university art historical practice. This is achieved primarily through intensive co-operation with high-calibre cultural institutions in Dresden. In this way, students are introduced to museum work and research into the world-famous collections and monuments at the highest level.

Chair of Art Education

Everything here revolves around the training of future art teachers. The department supervises the art teaching degree programmes for primary schools, secondary schools and grammar schools. The practice-oriented degree programme is divided into three areas - art theory, art didactics and art practice - leaving plenty of room for individual specialisations and providing optimal preparation for the demands of everyday working life.

THE INSTITUTE OF ART AND MUSIC

The Institute of Art and Music is part of the Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Social Science at TU Dresden.

The Institute is divided into the professorships for Visual studies and art history, Art History, Early Modern and Modern Art History, Chair of Art Education as well as the Junior Professorship in Empirical Musicology.

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Exhibition recommendations

Man with glasses looking at framed drawings on a white museum wall with another person standing in the background.

Ich bin ein Sender... Die Zeichnungen von Joseph Beuys

Das Kupferstich-Kabinett stellt über 200 Zeichnungen von Joseph Beuys aus der Sammlung Aeneas Bastian aus, die zwischen 1945 und 1985 entstanden sind. Obwohl Beuys vor allem als Aktionskünstler und Bildhauer bekannt ist, spielt das grafische Werk für ihn eine zentrale Rolle - es ist Experimentierfeld und Denkraum des Künstlers. Die Ausstellung eröffnet so einen neuen Blick auf das Kunstschaffen von Joseph Beuys.

Poster der Filmreife mit der Darstellung einer nachdenklichen Frau in der Badewanne

Filmreihe: SIE. Frauen im DDR-Film

Die gemeinsam von ISGV und SLUB veranstaltete Filmreihe zeigt von Oktober 2026 bis April 2027 an sieben Abenden Spiel- und Dokumentarfilme aus den 1970er- und 80er-Jahren. Sie schildern keine strahlenden Heldinnen und Gewinnerinnen, sondern Frauen im Alltag der DDR-Gesellschaft. Damit geben sie Einblick in grundsätzliche Konflikte zwischen den Geschlechtern sowie die spezifischen Bedingungen des Lebens in der späten DDR. Jeder Filmabend beginnt mit einer Einführung zum jeweiligen zeitgeschichtlichen und filmhistorischen Kontext. Im Anschluss an die Filmvorführung besteht die Möglichkeit, miteinander ins Gespräch zu kommen.

Painting by Correggio depicting the Adoration of the Shepherds

Correggio. Movingly Human

Antonio Allegri, known as Correggio (1489–1534), was a High Renaissance painter whose works transcended the stylistic boundaries of the Renaissance and Mannerism. Not only is our annual Winckelmann Lecture dedicated this year to the famous Italian painter, but the Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister is also preparing the first exhibition of Correggio’s complete oeuvre, featuring works from its own collection as well as loans from Paris, Madrid, and Florence.

A painting by Pietro della Vecchia depicts an angry woman about to hit three boys with a boot.

Fühlst du’s?

“What role do emotions play in our perception of art?”— this is the question students are asking in their accompanying exhibition for the show „Correggio. Movingly Human”. As part of this collaborative project between the Universitätsschule Dresden and the SKD, seven paintings and two sculptures from the collection of the Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister were selected by young curators and explored thematically. You, as exhibition guests, are also cordially invited to join the discussion about emotions.

Meissener Porzellan im Virtuellen Fokus

As part of the master’s seminar “Introduction to the Design of 3D Objects and Exhibitions” during the 2025/26 winter semester, led by Hon. Prof. Dr. Angela Dreßen, students captured 3D scans of selected objects from the Meissen Porcelain Museum. Organized by theme, these scans are now available for visitors from around the world to experience in the immersive exhibition “Meissen Porcelain in Virtual Focus.” The exhibition offers a virtual journey through 18th-century Meissen porcelain.

Programme of events at the Dresden State Art Collections

The Dresden State Art Collections (SKD) offer a varied programme of lectures, art talks, tours of current exhibitions and much more.

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