Spotlight on

Galerie arToxin

15. February 2026

The arToxin gallery sees itself as a venue for interdisciplinary exhibitions and events that focus primarily on contemporary visual art and music. Visitors are invited to enjoy an art experience that thrives on the cross-fertilization of different disciplines.

ANNUAL EXHIBITION 2025 on display until January 31 in the gallery. The exhibition shows small and medium-sized formats by the artists who had solo exhibitions in the gallery in 2025:
Caroline Krause / Painting, Ben Goossens / Paper works. Julia Smirnova / Photography. Bruno Kuhlmann / Painting + Drawing. Michael Nischke / Photography

Image above: Ben Goossens, o.T. #22, 2025, spray paint on tracing paper on acrylic glass, 34 x 45 cm;
below: Bruno Kuhlmann, 2024, 88 x 82 cm, oil and acrylic on canvas

Images above: current exhibition views of the Annual Exhibition 2025

We are increasingly finding that artists are no longer tied to a specific genre. The boundaries between painting, drawing, installation, audio, video and photography have become blurred. We take this development into account in our exhibition work by not restricting ourselves to a single art direction. Rather, we present selected contemporary artists who consciously look beyond the boundaries of disciplines with their works – be it that a sculptor creates videos, a photographer creates sculptures, a visual artist plays in a band or a musician develops his own cosmos of signs.

Angelika Donhärl

Gallerist, ArToxin

It is not without reason that the gallery is also open for readings and live concerts, in which exhibiting artists also take part – many of them are also musicians. Since the beginning of our activity, live music, especially improvised music, has had a permanent place in the program.

Upcoming event

As the next highlight, arToxin presents the experimental music duo
Ardhi Engl and Mark Polscher
Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 7:30 p.m.

Mark Polscher – Synthesizer

Composer and multi-instrumentalist, studied with Joe Mubare and Karlheinz Stockhausen. His work includes orchestral and choral works, music theater, chamber music as well as electronic music and sound installations. Through his many years of theater work, also as a director, many of his compositions are designed as scenic music with electroacoustic performance practice.

Photo: Mark Polscher

Ardhi Engl – self-made instruments

The Indonesian-Bavarian guitarist, multi-instrumentalist and instrument inventor Ardhi Engl studied classical guitar as well as Indonesian and oriental music. His work is primarily rooted in contemporary, freely improvised music. He composes, plays and designs music and video installations for contemporary dance, theater and literature and was awarded the Advancement Award of the City of Munich.

Photo: Ardhi Engl

Further works by artists who are on display in the annual exhibition, until January 31:

Above: Michael Nischke, Hacker Brücke V, 60x80cm, pigment print on aluminum, 2018, edition of 10; solo exhibition 24.10.-27.11.25

Julia-Smirnova-Billard-table-and-two-lamps-2022-transformed-2

Julia Smirnova, Billard Table and two Lamp, 2022, analog photography, pigment print, 15.6×15.6 cm image size, 33×34 cm frame size, Edition: 3+1 AP, image rights: Julia Milberger, 27.6.-31.7.25 in the gallery