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16.12.2025
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‘Logbook’ collects memories of the KIW ‘Vorwärts’
At the launch of the Logbook of Memories, which contains stories, photos, documents and personal accounts relating to KIW Vorwärts (Schwerin Motor Vehicle Repair Workshop) and will be documented in the future schaumagazin on site and presented in a dedicated room, we heard the story of Joachim…

4.11.2025
Transformation des Kraftinstandsetzungswerk (KIW) Vorwärts in das schaumagazin. Visualisierung: Max Dudler GmbH, Berlin
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Monument of the Month for November 2025
We are delighted about the attention and presentation of the KIW Quarter as Monument of the Month for November 2025 by the State Monument Preservation Authority of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania. Areas of the listed site will be renovated and partially expanded next year for use as schaumagazin…

30.10.2025
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Impressions from the Kulturnacht on 25 October 2025
After our Night of Knowledge event, even more visitors attended the event at the KIW Quarter in Schwerin. After the rain, visitors were able to take a look at the area behind the future schaumagazin. A film by filmmaker Maik Gleitsmann provided a cinematic view of the architecture competition for…

25.10.2025
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KULTURNACHT 25 October 2025
Before construction work begins in 2026 on the schaumagazin with its art tower, bistro café, exhibition area, library and creative and restoration studio, this year's focus is on the extraordinary industrial architecture and the work of internationally renowned artist Günther Uecker. His four…

21.10.2025
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Impressions from the Night of Knowledge on 18 October 2025
The ‘10th NIGHT OF KNOWLEDGE’ was an occasion for us to conduct a large-scale survey of contemporary witnesses. Former employees of KIW Vorwärts recalled their experiences and the special atmosphere of times gone by. The logbook of schaumagazin, which is currently in progress, preserves these…

18.10.2025
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Call
schaumagazin cordially invites you to help organize a special memory evening on October 18, 2025, for the Night of Knowledge. Location: Garage complex of the future schaumagazin, Mittelweg 7, 19059 Schwerin. The first phase of the renovation of the motor vehicle repair shop (KIW “Vorwärts”) in…

18.10.2025
Impression of the event organised by schaumagazin for the 9th Night of Knowledge in the garages of the KIW Quarter 2025
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NACHT DES WISSENS 18 October 2025
Before construction work begins on the buildings surrounding the large curved square of the KIW Quartier, we are initiating an exciting transformation process from a huge workshop for large vehicles, which has been vacant for years as a ‘lost place’, into a location for creative, artistic activity…

4.9.2025
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New additions to the art library
The purchase of the complete edition of the journal 'MARCEL DUCHAMP • Étant donné' has been completed and is available for research on Marcel Duchamp in Schwerin. The difference between this and other relevant journals is that each compendium examines a specific field of Duchamp's work in depth.

2.9.2025
Paul B. Franklin, an independent scholar, presents his latest findings on Duchamp in Schwerin.
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Visit by Duchamp expert Paul B. Franklin to Schwerin
Our management team, Prof. Kornelia von Berswordt, former director of the Staatliches Museum Schwerin and responsible for the acquisition of the 90 works by M. D., and Dr. Kornelia Röder, former director of the Duchamp Research Center Schwerin, were delighted to give the FRIENDS OF THE MUSEUM the…

13.8.2025
Studio visit with Oskar Manigk on Usedom
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Studio visit with Oskar Manigk on Usedom
The glorious weather during our visit to Oskar Manigk in Ueckeritz not only brought summer back with temperatures of 30°C. The conversations in the garden about plans and the internationality of the artists on display took us on a wide-ranging journey from the beginnings of architecture in Schwerin…

5.8.2025
Conservator Aurelia Badde works on Inge Mahn's work ‘Altars’, 1976
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Works by Inge Mahn are being restored
Aurelia Badde, a freelance conservator from Berlin specialised in abstract and classical plaster sculptures, has been working on Inge Mahn's large, four-part sculpture Altäre (Altars) since 28 July 2025. The complex work on the "empty folding altars" is currently being restored at the E-Werk. Here…

5.7.2025
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Funeral service for the artist Günther Uecker in Schwerin Cathedral
Around 220 guests, including family, friends, Minister President Schwesig and former Federal President Gauck, bid farewell to Günther Uecker at a funeral service in Schwerin Cathedral on Saturday. The internationally renowned artist passed away at the beginning of June at the age of 95. Uecker…

12.6.2025
The architect Max Dudler during his lecture Weiterbauen. Transformation and Permanence; Photo: schaumagazin
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A spirit of optimism for schaumagazin
The renowned architect Max Dudler presented his vision for the transformation of the former Vorwärts into the future schaumagazin in the KIW neighbourhood. As the winner of the architectural competition, Max Dudler, whose buildings can be found in Zurich, Berlin and Antwerp, emphasised the…

11.6.2025
Professor Günther Uecker, in absentia, Award of the Mecklenburg-Vorpommern State Order of Merit January 2023 by Minister President Manuela Schwesig and Jakob Uecker
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Günther Uecker died at the age of 95 on 10 June 2025 in Düsseldorf
As an artist and poet of nails, Günther Uecker is represented in the world's major museums and centres. His devotional room in the German Bundestag, his major work Cream Cheese in Düsseldorf, his installation Terror Orchestra, his letter to Beijing, his exhibition Injuries - Connections, which has…

21.5.2025
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Associated scientist at schaumagazin
Beatrice Adam MA is a new associate art historian at schaumagazin. She will be working on the research and exhibition project on the artist MICHEL. The estate of this artist, who lived in Paris from 1951 until his death, will be analysed by schaumagazin in terms of art history and presented…

2.6.2025
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schaumagazin ON SITE 2025
Lecture by Max Dudler: Building on. Transformation and permanence … on 12 June 2025, at 18:00, in the garage complex of the KIW Vorwärts … Mittelweg 7, 19059 Schwerin … The architect Max Dudler was born in Altenrhein, Switzerland. Since 1992, he has run an office with branches in Berlin, Zurich…

1.12.2024
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LICHTBOGEN (light arch) four Günther Uecker windows in Schwerin Cathedral
On the first Sunday of Advent 2024, the windows by Professor Günther Uecker were ceremoniously handed over in the cathedral. In addition to the sermon by Pastor Schmidt of the cathedralparish, the Bishop, the Minister President of the State of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern and the Lord Mayor of Schwerin…

13.5.2025
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schaumagazin ON SITE 2025
Under item 6, the first construction phase of the unique Schwerin industrial area KIW-Vorwärts, which is currently being realized, was presented to the committed city representatives. It covered the renovation of the first construction phase, which is being funded by the Federal Republic of…

10.3.2025
Professor Günther Uecker with his family at the ceremonial book presentation by the chairman of the ZERO Foundation, Prof. Dr. Jürgen Wilhelm.
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Festive book handover
Kornelia von Berswordt-Wallrabe took part in the book launch and preview for the 95th birthday of ‘In Friendship for Günther Uecker ’ on 10 March 2025 at the ZERO foundation Düsseldorf. The occasion was the presentation of the ZERO Foundation's beautiful publication with texts by friends to Günther…

31.1.2025
Photo: Stefan Janssen, State Parliament of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania; embossed print © Günther Uecker VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2025
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Günther Uecker now also in the state parliament
Prof. Dr Kornelia von Berswordt, Managing Director of schaumagazin, introduces the work to interested members of the state parliament and refers to the dynamic surface of the work as a reflector of light and movement as a metaphor for life.

30.1.2025
Hanns Schimansky, untitled, work on paper, 2023
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Hanns Schimansky in the schaumagazin in future
Hanns Schimansky is considered one of the most outstanding European draughtsmen. His style is characterised by a reduced language of lines and an extremely sparing use of colour. He developed his unmistakable position on the basis of a previously chosen order in which the drawing hand chooses its…

30.1.2025
Endre Tót in Berlin.
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Endre Tót for schaumagazin
Works by the internationally renowned Hungarian-born Fluxus, conceptual and action artist Endre Tót will be a permanent fixture in the schaumagazin collections in future. He came to Schwerin at the end of 2024 and was enthusiastic about our concept. Right at the beginning of the year, we discussed…

16.1.2025
Fig. MICHEL1999, collage: cut-up; 15.1 x 10.5 cm, © Estate of MICHEL, KCK Foundation, © Photo Barbara Schuster
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A good start to 2025
Sometimes art catches up with the times - as with our highlight for 2025: MICHEL's New Year's greeting from the year 2000. Cheeky, apt and more topical than ever, we have reissued it for you as a second edition. In 1951, MICHEL turned his back on Germany and found his creative home in Paris. Now, a…

30.10.2024
Introduction to the architecture of the KIW Quarter.
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Second event at schaumagazin
After our kick-off event for the 9th Night of Knowledge, even more visitors attended and celebrated the second event in the KIW Quarter Schwerin, the future location of the schaumagazin. There was a tour of the site and a film about the architectural competition for the KIW Quarter with film-maker…

23.10.2024
Introduction to the architecture of the KIW Quarter.
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First event at schaumagazin
Many visitors attended the first schaumagazin event at the future location in the KIW neighbourhood in Schwerin with great interest. We are delighted that some of them enjoyed it so much that they signed up as friends for our newsletter to be informed about what's coming up next at…

1.10.2024
In Hendri van der Putten's studio.
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The choice is made
In mid-September, Hendri was a guest at schaumagazin in Schwerin and was surprised and delighted by the situation on Mittelweg in the KIW neighbourhood. We then developed the concept for the exhibition space in the studio on Klaritetweg in Middelburg. Our many years of knowledge of the works and…

26.9.2024
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Schwerin Culture Night 2024
‘Look forward to exciting encounters with art and artists. Let museums, galleries, art associations and studios invite you in or discover many a secret of Schwerin Castle. Experience the diversity of our theatre and take a look behind the scenes. Listen to sounds in unusual places or take a…

8.12.2023
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Works by Inge Mahn back in Schwerin
Ten years ago, the Kunstverein für Mecklenburg und Vorpommern in Schwerin exhibited works by Inge Mahn. Now some of these works, which were previously presented in a barn and in the studio of the artist, who died this year, are back in Schwerin. However, they are still packed away, awaiting…

15.8.2024
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Art can come
Our offices and workshops are working flat out to prepare the archive rooms, which have been refurbished and cleaned so that the books, bequests and archive materials can be stored in the KIW Quarter until the schaumagazin opens.

19.9.2024
schaumagazin in the KIW Quarter; illustration by Gerald Hross
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9. NDW
Before the construction work for the schaumagazin in the KIW neighbourhood: Start at Mittelweg 7; Saturday 19 October 2024 from 5 p.m. into the 9th NIGHT OF KNOWLEDGE at the abandoned ‘Vorwärts’ vehicle repair plant. Experience with us the dynamic process of transformation at the legendary site…

19.8.2024
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Book donation for the library
Thanks to the kind support of the Staatlichen Schlösser, Gärten und Kunstsammlungen M-V, we received several illustrated books on exhibitions by artists whose works will be displayed in the schaumagazin in the future. We are grateful for the extensive material on contemporary art for the…

16.10.2023
Exterior view of the planned architectural design by Max Dudler. Visualization: Max Dudler GmbH
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Winning design by Max Dudler, Berlin
On Monday, Lord Mayor Badenschier announced the 1st prize winner from 20 participating designs for the ‘schaumagazin’ realisation competition in Schwerin. On this special occasion, he was presented with the funding notification from the Federal Ministry of Construction in the amount of 4.72 million…

6.10.2023
Excerpt from the title of the call for entries for the open competition for building construction, interior design, and open space planning with an urban development concept for the state capital of Schwerin.
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Meeting of the jury
The final meeting of the jury on 6 October 2023 will determine the winners of the schaumagazin realisation competition and those of the KIW Quartier ideas competition and award the corresponding prizes in Schwerin.

3.7.2023
On-site visit to the KIW Quarter on July 3, 2023, with a Q&A session on the architecture competition organized by the state capital of Schwerin.
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Tour of the rooms of the schaumagazin
around 40 interested architects met today for a tour of the rooms for the schaumagazin and the halls in the KIW neighbourhood. In the subsequent colloquium in the Fridericianum, they asked questions about the tender and individual conditions of participation.

6.7.2023
Site plan © state capital Schwerin, 2022
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Architectural competition schaumagazin
The architectural competition for the realisation of the schaumagazin with a subsequent ideas competition for the entire KIW Quarter was put out to tender throughout Europe.

23.3.2023
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Digitisation of MICHEL's object collages
To this end, we have been working for two years on the development of a database for contemporary art with the Dank editorial office in Cologne. It will enable very different players - art collections, archives and private collectors - to reach their audiences at the common location of…

23.2.2023
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The library continues to grow
In February (2023), the library received a donation from a former artists' library in Berlin. A loading area full of catalogues and books on contemporary art, which complete the holdings on concrete art and will soon be available for research and academic work in the schaumagazin.

2.1.2023
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Sleeping beauty's slumber ended
Weststadt - The listed entrance area of the former Vorwärts motor vehicle repair plant (KIW) will be transformed into a show depot for contemporary art by the end of 2026 with the help of federal funding totalling 4.8 million euros. An urban planning competition in the first half of 2023 will…

26.7.2021
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MICHEL estate
The MICHEL estate arrived yesterday from Paris via Vienna and Tyrol. Friends of the open warehouse for contemporary art, the schaumagazin, set off to bring the works to Schwerin. There is still a lot to do before the artworks can be shown in their first exhibition. We will keep you up to…

14.10.2021
Mayor Rico Bandenschier and Prof. Kornelia von Berswordt-Wallrabe signing the memorandum of understanding, photo: State capital Schwerin
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Letter of intent
On 14 October 2021, Lord Mayor Dr Rico Badenschier and the managing partner of schaumagazin gGmbH Prof. Kornelia von Berswordt-Wallrabe signed a letter of intent to establish a show depot for modern and contemporary art in the state capital of Schwerin. The show depot is to be built in the listed…

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