When does the exhibition run?

The exhibition is on view from June 20, 2026, to September 27, 2026, at Kunstpalais Erlangen.

What is the admission fee?

The regular admission is 8 euros, reduced to 4 euros.

Where is Kunstpalais located?

Kunstpalais is located at Marktplatz 1 in 91054 Erlangen in Palais Stutterheim.

Is there barrier-free access?

Yes, an elevator allows step-free access to the exhibition area in the basement.

What are the opening hours?

Tuesday to Sunday from 10 am to 6 pm, Wednesdays additionally until 8 pm. During the exhibition change, the house remains closed.

What is the exhibition about?

At its center are photographs and films by Cyrill Lachauer that explore landscape as a narrating space between memory, movement, and political experience.

Cyrill Lachauer shows landscape as a poetic archive of freedom and resistance

Name: Cyrill Lachauer. The Sunset Route
Start: 2026-06-20T12:00:00+02:00
End: 2026-09-27T20:00:00+02:00
Location: Kunstpalais

Cyrill Lachauer at Kunstpalais: When Landscape Becomes Narration

At Kunstpalais Erlangen, Cyrill Lachauer. The Sunset Route unfolds an artistic experience between photography, film, and political reflection. The exhibition connects landscape, movement, and memory into a dense aesthetic experience that sharpens the view on spaces, stories, and social realities.

Landscape as a Speaking Space

Lachauer works with the concept of the narrating landscape: places appear not merely as backdrops, but as archives of traces, conflicts, and relationships. His photographic and filmic works, created between 2020 and 2026, open a resonance space for questions regarding freedom, self-determination, resistance, colonization, exclusion, and exploitation.

Between Vastness, Path, and Resistance

The exhibition title refers to the railway line The Sunset Route, which stretches thousands of kilometers through the southern United States to the Pacific coast. The motif of movement also shapes the artistic stance: being on the move, boundary experiences, and improvised life paths coalesce into a visual language that combines documentary precision with poetic openness.

Photography and Film as Contemporary Art Forms

In the interplay of photography, film, and installation, an exhibition is created at Kunstpalais that not only showcases contemporary art but makes it experienceable. The spaces of the house allow the works to resonate with their light, materiality, and narrative power particularly intensely. Thus, contemplating the works becomes a reflection on mobility, belonging, and the fragility of individual freedom concepts.

Curatorial Context and Institutional Strength

The presentation is a collaboration between Kunstpalais and the Goetz Collection in Munich and makes visible what the house stands for: for international contemporary art, for intelligent curation, and for mediation that places art in historical context while also anchoring it in the present. This connection of expertise, cultural education, and atmospheric density particularly shapes the appeal of the exhibition.

Why a Visit is Worthwhile

The Sunset Route promises an exhibition that brings together image, movement, and social questions with great presence. Those who engage with Cyrill Lachauer's works experience art as a space for thought and as a sensual encounter. A visit to Kunstpalais is worthwhile for anyone seeking contemporary art with depth, vastness, and intellectual tension.