The "Leere Beutel", a historic granary from the 16th/17th century, is now a municipal cultural center with event rooms and a restaurant, a jazz club, cinema and, above all, the municipal gallery, which exhibits art from the 20th and 21st centuries. In addition to the temporary exhibitions, the permanent exhibition reflects the art of Eastern Bavaria, which is expressed in works by painters such as Kurt von Unruh, Josef Achmann, Xaver Fuhr, Otto Baumann and Willi Ulfig. An ensemble of paintings and sculptures by the artists' group "SPUR" highlights the art of the post-war period. Works are regularly exchanged for new acquisitions or depot pictures in order to give regular visitors new incentives to visit the permanent exhibition.
Guido Weggenmann
Guido Weggenmann was born in Berlin in 1980. He initially trained as a wood and stone sculptor before studying sculpture at the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich under Professor Olaf Metzel from 2002 to 2008, where he became his master student. Today he lives and works in Kempten. Weggenmann is a painter, sculptor, performer and actionist. His works are characterized by an intensive examination of form, color and space, in the context of which he repeatedly reflects on and stages himself. In his often sculptural and painterly works, he plays with perception and the transformation of everyday objects into artistic objects. Weggenmann primarily uses geometric elements to question existing structures and open up new perspectives. In doing so, he combines minimalism with a subtle emotional depth that unfolds an intense expressive power in the reduction of forms.
September 13 to November 2, 2025
Guido Wegemann © Ralf Lienert
International Festival of Photographic Images 2025
Founded by Martin Rosner and Andy Scholz, the 2025 festival is being launched for the fourth time and focuses on the significance of and engagement with photographic images. In other words, images that are created through photography, look like photography or claim to be photographic. This year, the focus is on what is perceived as "real" or "constructed" and where the boundaries between factuality, fashion and staging lie. The symposium will be accompanied by exhibitions presenting contemporary positions by renowned artists and the Ostkreuzschule Berlin.
November 20, 2025 to February 6, 2026
Symposium: November 20 to 23, 2025
Panel discussion "Photographic images in education" at the Degginger: November 24, 2025
Impressions from the International Festival of Photographic Images © International Festival of Photographic Images
German Photo Book Award
In 2022, the initiators succeeded in firmly integrating the prize into the festival. Since then, the award-winning photo books have been presented every year from Regensburg after the award ceremony at the Frankfurt Book Fair, the Karlsruhe Regional Council, the Goethe Institutes in Shanghai, Beijing and Hong Kong, as well as at festivals in Europe. After the year-long exhibition tour, the submitted books will be placed in the Regensburg State Library. This will create the first photo book prize archive, which will make all titles accessible to the public and to art historical and photo theory research in the long term. An accompanying
The program will be accompanied by the podcast "Fotografie Neu Denken" (Rethinking Photography).
November 20, 2025 to February 6, 2026
Award ceremony November 22, 2025
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