Image: Kestnergesellschaft, Hannover
Karimah Ashadu’s solo exhibition ‘Crystalline’ will open at Kestner Gesellschaft in Hannover on Friday, August 28, 2026, at 7 pm. The opening will be free of charge and will include welcome remarks, an exhibition tour and additional programming for families. An artist talk with Ashadu is scheduled at the institution for November 13 at 6 pm.
The opening programme begins with remarks by Heidelinde Gerhold, chair of Kestner Gesellschaft; Corinna Fischer, head of the Department of Culture at the Lower Saxony Ministry of Science and Culture; Monica Plate, deputy mayor of Hannover; Eva Birkenstock, director of Kestner Gesellschaft; and Alexander Wilmschen, curator of Ashadu’s exhibition. The event page identifies Birkenstock as curator of the exhibition by Min Yoon, which is opening at the same time, while Wilmschen is listed as curator of ‘Crystalline’.
A guided tour is scheduled for 8:30 pm with Gabriele Sand, an art educator. The opening announcement also states that Broncos will provide music during the evening and that Lieblingsbar will serve refreshments. Kestner Gesellschaft’s listing confirms that admission to the opening is free.
A separate children’s opening reception will take place earlier that day, from 3 to 5 pm, for families with children aged three and above. Titled ‘Zollstock-Kunst und Wasserwellen’ in the institution’s German programme, the event requires no registration and is also free. It accompanies the joint openings of ‘Crystalline’ and Min Yoon’s ‘A Pronoun of B’, but is presented as a family programme rather than as part of Ashadu’s exhibition itself.
The Kestner Gesellschaft’s published announcement gives no further details about the works, materials, themes or overall scope of ‘Crystalline’. It presents the show as a solo exhibition by Ashadu and names Wilmschen as its curator. The available information likewise does not specify an exhibition closing date, so the institution’s public notice currently establishes the opening and related events rather than a full run of dates.
Ashadu’s artist talk will be held at Kestner Gesellschaft on Friday, November 13, at 6 pm. The institution is located at Goseriede 11, 30159 Hannover. Its published opening hours are Tuesday through Sunday from 11 am to 6 pm, with extended hours on Thursdays until 8 pm; it is closed on Mondays.
