







Place: Von Racknitz + Baer Gallery, Berlin
Date: -
Artists: Lucas Dupuy, Lena Marie Emrich, Alina Frieske, Isabella Séville Fürnkäs, Vitali Gelwich, Lewinale Havette, Arthur Laidlaw, Jonathan Niclaus, Maximilian Rödel, Marco Siciliano
Among old and new Friends brings together artists whose practices have crossed the gallery’s path at different moments, through exhibitions, conversations, friendships and encounters. Conceived for Berlin Art Week, the exhibition deliberately resists a single curatorial thesis. Instead, it invites visitors to encounter each artist on their own terms and to move between distinct artistic worlds, perspectives and ways of working. Connections are allowed to emerge naturally, through unexpected visual correspondences, contrasts and conversations between works. The exhibition reflects an idea at the heart of VRB: that a gallery is shaped not only by its programme, but by the relationships that develop around it over time. Among old and new Friends brings some of these relationships together — familiar positions alongside new encounters — and opens them up to friends, collectors and visitors for Berlin Art Week. It is less a statement than a snapshot: a temporary constellation of artists we admire.