Eva Nüßlein. Dirt Under the Nails at Kunstpalais Erlangen

A Multivoiced Painting Experience at Kunstpalais Erlangen

With Eva Nüßlein. Dirt Under the Nails, Kunstpalais Erlangen presents a solo exhibition that unfolds contemporary painting as a sensual, psychologically charged art experience. The presentation runs on the upper floor of the building and is part of the current double program of Kunstpalais, which officially runs the exhibition from 20.06. to 27.09.2026. ([kunstpalais.de](https://www.kunstpalais.de/de/101/Ausstellungen.html?utm_source=openai))

Figures, Feelings, and the Power of the Gaze

Eva Nüßlein, born in Bamberg in 1991, works in a visual language that moves between present, dream logic, and emotional condensation. Her works combine painting with sparkling, glowing, and comic-like elements, creating an exhibition atmosphere in which faces, gestures, and gazes become carriers of narratives. Kunstpalais emphasizes in its accompanying program that in the exhibition especially direct gazes, strong contrasts, colorful hair, tear-streaked cheeks, and eyes accentuated with glitter stones play a central role. ([kunstpalais.de](https://www.kunstpalais.de/de/103/Programm.html?utm_source=openai))

Painting Between Scars, Stars, and Transformation

The examination of the works reveals an art that does not illustrate feelings but condenses them visually. In the event announcements of Kunstpalais, star motifs, surprise, confusion, and inner movement appear; it is precisely from this that painting derives its tension. Nüßlein's images operate with a visual language that creates closeness while maintaining distance: an artistic moment between vulnerability, staging, and self-assertion. ([kunstpalais.de](https://www.kunstpalais.de/de/103/Programm.html?utm_source=openai))

Location, Curating, and Educational Framework

Kunstpalais Erlangen, located in the baroque Palais Stutterheim at the marketplace, sees itself as a house for contemporary art and offers a diverse educational program for the exhibition. Public guided tours, the Long Thursday, family formats, and the ArtLab workshop show how focused the curating is on cultural education and aesthetic experience. The venue is open during exhibition hours, and the exhibition spaces in the basement are accessible by elevator. ([kunstpalais.de](https://www.kunstpalais.de/de/133/Besuch-planen.html?utm_source=openai))

What Visitors Can Expect

Those who visit this exhibition will encounter a painting that makes an immediate impression at first glance and reveals new layers upon longer viewing. Eva Nüßlein's imagery combines emotional intensity with art-historical openness and turns each room visit into a concentrated, dynamic examination of the works. A visit to Kunstpalais is worthwhile for anyone who not only wants to see contemporary painting but also experience it as an atmospheric and intellectual experience. ([kunstpalais.de](https://www.kunstpalais.de/de/103/Programm.html?utm_source=openai))

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• Website: https://evanuesslein.de/vita/

Sources:

• Kunstpalais Erlangen - Exhibitions
• Kunstpalais Erlangen - Program
• Kunstpalais Erlangen - Plan Your Visit
• Eva Nüßlein - Vita
• Museums in Bavaria - Eva Nüßlein. Dirt Under the Nails