Jakob Argauer / Peter Behrbohm / Thilo Droste / Saeed Foroghi / Kalinka Gieseler / Michael Hauffen / Thomas Hauser / Kathrin Köster / Christof Kraus / Pia Lanzinger / Alexander Liek / Joana Lucas / Pierre-Etienne Morelle / Anton Steenbock / Marie Strauß / Bettina Wächter. 
Concept and curation: Saeed Foroghi

The exhibition Inceptive Spaces focuses on studios as generative spaces where art begins. Here, artists act like seismographs, processing the vibrations of society. In contrast to “exceptive spaces” – museums and galleries as sites of presentation – these formative processes usually remain hidden, like a black box. The exhibition seeks to open this box: traces of production appear alongside finished works, showing that art does not emerge suddenly but requires time, space, and care. Building on Nelson Goodman’s question “When is art?”, it becomes clear that the decisive moment lies at the beginning, in the studio. Without inceptive spaces, exceptive spaces will eventually wither. They are the foundation of cultural creation – like forests that give shade to a city and secure its lasting growth.

Collateral Events 
Artist Talk: Friday, November 7, 2025, 6 pm 

Closing event 
Finissage on January 10, 2026, 6-10 pm