Tour Marcel van Eeden at the Augustinermuseum: Experience Art and Contemporary History
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Marcel van Eeden at the Augustinermuseum: A tour through image research, contemporary history, and black-and-white
The tour Marcel van Eeden at the Augustinermuseum Freiburg invites you on July 18, 2026, at 15:00 for a focused examination of the work. In the House of the Graphic Collection, the 70-part cycle August 6, 1870 is at the center, in which van Eeden makes visible the interconnections of nationalism, colonialism, and racism. The event opens a precise view of an art experience that combines historical research and aesthetic experience. ([visit.freiburg.de](https://visit.freiburg.de/en/fuehrung-marcel-van-eeden-2))
A museum with a strong sense of space
The Augustinermuseum, with its art and cultural historical collection from the Middle Ages to the Baroque, is one of the renowned institutions in Southern Germany. The former monastery church, the balconies, galleries, and the House of the Graphic Collection create an exhibition atmosphere where light, height, and materiality sharpen perception. For art enthusiasts, this creates a place where curation and spatial architecture interact directly. ([visit.freiburg.de](https://visit.freiburg.de/augustinermuseum))
Marcel van Eeden: Research in drawing and image series
Marcel van Eeden, born in 1965, lives and works in Karlsruhe, Zurich, and The Hague. He is a professor of painting at the State Academy of Fine Arts Karlsruhe and has been its rector since 2021. His characteristic works emerge from photographs, illustrated magazines, promotional materials, and postcards from before his birth; from this, he develops dense, narratively charged series with allusions to film noir and graphic novels. This artistic method connects biography, archives, and imagination to an independent art form between drawing, painting, and historical reflection. ([kunstakademie-karlsruhe.de](https://www.kunstakademie-karlsruhe.de/akademie/professor-innen/marcel-van-eeden/?utm_source=openai))
The exhibition: August 6, 1870 as an artistic trace research
At the Augustinermuseum, van Eeden focuses on a colonial soldier named Abdel Kader Ben Lahcen with August 6, 1870 and traces his story to the present day in Freiburg. The exhibition was created in cooperation with the University of Freiburg and relies on artistic photography, historical quotations, and scientific perspectives. For visitors, an intense dialogue unfolds between art, provenance research, and contemporary awareness. ([museen.freiburg.de](https://museen.freiburg.de/museen2024/museen/am/sonderausstellungen-am/vorschau/marcel-van-eeden))
Visiting, service, and accessibility
The Augustinermuseum is located at Augustinerplatz 79098 Freiburg im Breisgau, is weather-independent, and is marked as barrier-free according to DIN 18040 on the event page. Opening hours include Tuesday to Sunday and public holidays from 10 am to 5 pm, and Fridays until 7 pm. The regular admission to the museum is 12 euros, reduced 8 euros. The tour itself costs an additional 2.50 euros on top of the admission. ([visit.freiburg.de](https://visit.freiburg.de/en/fuehrung-marcel-van-eeden-2))
Conclusion
This tour offers more than a walk through an exhibition: It opens up a deeper aesthetic experience at the intersection of art history, political memory, and contemporary drawing. Those who experience Marcel van Eeden live gain a precise, sensual, and intellectual access to a work that negotiates questions of our present with great formal discipline. A visit is definitely worthwhile. ([museen.freiburg.de](https://museen.freiburg.de/museen2024/museen/am/sonderausstellungen-am/vorschau/marcel-van-eeden))
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