Image: Herzog Anton Ulrich Museum, Brunswick
Lothar Osterburg’s exhibition ‘Cabinet of Wonders. Lothar Osterburg back from Brooklyn’ is scheduled to close on 4 October 2026 at the Herzog Anton Ulrich-Museum in Brunswick, Germany. The presentation is described by the museum as the first comprehensive European survey of the internationally recognised Brunswick artist.
The exhibition brings together works that combine printmaking, photography, sculpture, model-making and video. Rather than treating these forms as separate practices, the presentation focuses on the connections between them, showing how Osterburg uses different media to construct elaborate visual worlds.
According to the museum’s announcement, the works operate between dream, memory and fantasy. That description places the emphasis on Osterburg’s imaginative environments, in which printed images, photographic elements, sculptural forms and models contribute to a shared sense of scale and atmosphere. Video is also included, extending the exhibition beyond static objects and images.
The title’s reference to Brooklyn is retained in the museum’s English-facing exhibition title, but the supplied announcement does not provide further information about the title’s biographical or geographic significance. It identifies Osterburg as a Brunswick artist with an international reputation and presents the exhibition as a broad overview of his work in Europe.
The exhibition is being presented at the Herzog Anton Ulrich-Museum, Museumstrasse 1, in Brunswick. The museum is listed among the institutions of 3Landesmuseen Braunschweig, whose September programme newsletter also highlights exhibitions and events at the group’s other houses. Those additional listings are separate from Osterburg’s exhibition.
The museum has also scheduled a family programme connected specifically with the exhibition. ‘Baby-Barock: Cabinet of Wonders’ is listed for 2 September at 11:30 a.m., with Dr Sarah Babin leading families through Osterburg’s visual worlds and discussing how the exhibition was created and the stories associated with the works. The announcement does not provide further details about the exhibition’s opening date, the number of works on display or a full list of loans and lenders.
Osterburg’s relationship with the museum is set to continue after the exhibition closes. The newsletter reports that a donation from the Günter Kalkhof Foundation recently enabled the museum to acquire ten prints by the artist. ‘Cabinet of Wonders. Lothar Osterburg back from Brooklyn’ remains on view at the Herzog Anton Ulrich-Museum through 4 October 2026.
