Ausstellungsarchiv der DNB

View of the exhibition "Bildfabriken" Photo: DNB, André Wendler

2023–2025

Your places of democratic history

Open-air exhibition on the forecourt of the German National Library in Frankfurt am Main
1 to 16. October 2025

Three construction fences from the exhibition on the forecourt of the DNB Frankfurt am Main; in the background, the brick gates by Per Kirkeby. Photo: DNB, Lisa Zehner

Antitext

Antitext. The literary history of Ukraine.
Touring exhibition
German Museum of Books and Writing at the German National Library in Leipzig
1 July 2025 to 31 July 2025, extended until 7 August 2025

Graphic of the exhibition Image: Literaturmuseum Charkiw

"... from me".
– papan to papan. A life in postcards

Foyer presentation at the German National Library’s German Museum of Books and Writing in Leipzig
12 January to 1 June 2025

Drawing of two men running, one of them throwing lots of postcards into the air, the other running behind with a postcard in his hand. Illustration: Manfred von Papen

Hell and paradise. Amsterdam, Querido and German exile literature

Showcase exhibition
Leipzig
extended until 23 February 2025

Graphic with exhibition title Graphic: Tecton

Nice to meet me. Comic and autobiography. Netherlands/Flanders

20 March 2024 to 5 January 2025
Leipzig

Graphic with exhibition title Graphic: Tecton

This is us! 75 years of Basic Law. A publication history

National Library’s German Museum of Books and Writing in Leipzig
extended until 23 December 2024

Menschenmenge; in der Mitte wird ein rotes Schild mit der Aufschrift: DONT TOUCH MY GRUNDGESETZ § 1 hochgehalten. Foto: Dirk Knofe

Newcomers. People in exile

Pop-up exhibition
Frankfurt am Main
25 November to 20 December 2024

Silhouettes of ten figures against a blurred background Photo: Stephan Jockel, Grafik Space 4

Building for Posterity

Exhibition showcasing the architectural design competition for the German National Library's fifth extension in Leipzig
18 September to 1 October 2024
Leipzig

Surrounding model fifth extension building Leipzig Photo: Büro für urbane Projekte

"The monument is..."

3 May to 1 June 2024
Frankfurt am Main

View of the exhibition Photo: SFR Stefan Fischer

Spector Books: Handapparat. Gutenberg Prize of the City of Leipzig 2023

21 June 2023 to 21 April 2024
Leipzig

Das Team des Verlages Spector Books in einem Raum voller Bücher Photo: Arthur Zalewski

The ugly duckling of the publishing. Boooks on demand

3 November 2023 to 18 February 2024
Leipzig

Exhibition design with the title of the exhibition Graphic: Tecton

JETZT & ALLES. Austrian literature. The last 50 years

26 April 2023 to 7 January 2024
Leipzig

Exhibition design with the title of the exhibition. Books are visible in the background. Graphic: Grafisch, Tecton

Out of Exile – The Photography of Fred Stein

1 December 2023 to 6 January 2024
Frankfurt am Main

Graphic with exhibition title Graphic: SPACE4

Burnt locations │Banned words

10 to 22 October 2023
Frankfurt am Main, Römerberg

The exhibition “Burned Places – Banned Words” on Frankfurt’s Römerberg; in the background its historic town houses. Photo: DNB/Marc Wurich

Before/After. Destruction of cultural sites in Ukraine

25 February to 31 August 2023
Leipzig

Exhibition graphic with the title of the exhibition in blue and yellow.

Burnt locations │ Banned words

9 May to 5 July 2023
Frankfurt am Main

Photo collage of four places where National Socialists burned books on 10 May 1933 Photo: Jan Schenck (copyright protected)

Marcel Reich-Ranicki. One life, many roles.

3 June 2022 to 14 January 2023
Frankfurt am Main

Marcel Reich-Ranicki Photo: F.A.Z.-Photo/Frank Röth

Poetry in 3D

8 April 2022 to 8 January 2023
Leipzig

A white sheet folded several times with the name of the exhibition in red letters on a red background. Grafik: Tecton

2019–2022

A friendship in correspondence

16 March to 30 December 2022
Leipzig

Drawing of a man with a dog putting a letter into a red letterbox with a hand sticking out of it. Drawing: Axel Scheffler / Graphic: Tecton

Child emigration from Frankfurt

2 September 2021 to 15 May 2022
Frankfurt am Main

Exhibition poster

History and Remembrance – the Federal Archives

2 March to 21 April 2022
Frankfurt am Main

Frontal view of the 9m² exhibition cube Photo: musealis GmbH

Endless expanses … Gutenberg Prize 2021 for Judith Schalansky

23 June 2021 to 30 January 2022
Leipzig

Title graphic for the exhibition with the inscription Endless expanses Layout: Grafisch

Translation – From Babylon to DeepL. The Europe of Languages

16 March 2021 to 30 January 2022
Leipzig

Logo for the exhibition “Translations. From Babylon to DeepL. The Europe of Languages” Layout: Grafisch

Disruptive elements. Art, Protest and the End of the GDR

29 November 2019 to 30 December 2021
Leipzig

The capitalised word “Störenfriede” (“disruptive elements”), written with broad brush-strokes in white paint on red-primed craquelure paper Layout: Grafisch

Erika Mann. Cabaret Artist – War Correspondent – Political Speaker

9 October 2020 to 10 July 2021
Frankfurt am Main

The black-and-white photo shows Erika Mann at the age of 43. She is looking toward the right and holding a cigarette between the fingers of her left hand. Photo: Florence Homolka, Source: Münchner Stadtbibliothek/Monacensia

370 Years of Newspaper Printing in Leipzig

20 September 2020 to 30 May 2021
Leipzig

Detail from the exhibition poster "370 Years of Newspaper Printing in Leipzig" Layout: Grafisch

Inside Beethoven

30 July to 22 August 2020
Frankfurt am Main

Excerpt from the exhibition „Inside Beethoven” Photo: Simon Waloschek

Cricket Cage and Hookah

4 March to 15 September 2020
Leipzig

Collage with lettering „ The Chinese Scholars’ House “

Fonts for Freedom

30 May 2019 to 6 September 2020
Leipzig

Plakatpräsentation anläßlich der Ausstellung "Fonts for Freedom" 2019/2020 im Foyer des Deutschen Buch- und Schriftmuseums Foto: DNB, Daniela Lang

Inside Beethoven

27 August to 3 November 2020
Leipzig

Excerpt from the exhibition „Inside Beethoven” Photo: Simon Waloschek

“...the wind sets down its bag in another land...” – Herta Müller. Collages

29 November 2019 to 28 March 2020
Frankfurt am Main

Collage von Herta Müller vor einem Bild mit Blick in den Ausstellungsbereich des Deutschen Exilarchivs. © für die Collage: 2019 Carl Hanser Verlag, München

Filth and Trash. The Weimar Republic

11 October 2019 to 26 January 2020
Leipzig

Ausstellungsmotiv "Schmutz und Schund. Die Weimarer Republik"

Jan Tschichold – a once-in-a-century typographer?

19 March to 6 September 2019
Leipzig

Ausschnitt aus dem Plakat zur Ausstellung

Oskar Maria Graf: Rebel, global citizen, storyteller

4 April to 7 September 2019
Frankfurt am Main

Oskar Maria Graf Photo: stefan moses

CIRCUS AT THE PRINTERS. CZECH AVANT-GARDE

6 February to 11 August 2019
Leipzig

Detail from the poster for the exhibition„Circus at the printers. Czech avantgarde“; Photo montage by Jindřich Štyrský Photo montage: Jindřich Štyrský

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Ausstellungsarchiv der DNB

2023–2025

Your places of democratic history

Antitext

"... from me". – papan to papan. A life in postcards

Hell and paradise. Amsterdam, Querido and German exile literature

Nice to meet me. Comic and autobiography. Netherlands/Flanders

This is us! 75 years of Basic Law. A publication history

Newcomers. People in exile

Building for Posterity

"The monument is..."

Spector Books: Handapparat. Gutenberg Prize of the City of Leipzig 2023

The ugly duckling of the publishing. Boooks on demand

JETZT & ALLES. Austrian literature. The last 50 years

Out of Exile – The Photography of Fred Stein

Burnt locations │Banned words

Before/After. Destruction of cultural sites in Ukraine

Burnt locations │ Banned words

Marcel Reich-Ranicki. One life, many roles.

Poetry in 3D

2019–2022

A friendship in correspondence

Child emigration from Frankfurt

History and Remembrance – the Federal Archives

Endless expanses … Gutenberg Prize 2021 for Judith Schalansky

Translation – From Babylon to DeepL. The Europe of Languages

Disruptive elements. Art, Protest and the End of the GDR

Erika Mann. Cabaret Artist – War Correspondent – Political Speaker

370 Years of Newspaper Printing in Leipzig

Inside Beethoven

Cricket Cage and Hookah

Fonts for Freedom

Inside Beethoven

“...the wind sets down its bag in another land...” – Herta Müller. Collages

Filth and Trash. The Weimar Republic

Jan Tschichold – a once-in-a-century typographer?

Oskar Maria Graf: Rebel, global citizen, storyteller

CIRCUS AT THE PRINTERS. CZECH AVANT-GARDE

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