Sigmar Polke: Athanor NOW
An international, decentralized and interdisciplinary research and education project by the Anna Polke Foundation.

40 years after the celebrated presentation of Sigmar Polke’s Athanor installation in the German Pavilion at the 1986 Venice Biennale, Sigmar Polke: Athanor NOW reactivates this now-iconic constellation of works from current artistic and scholarly perspectives. The program focuses on topics such as ecology, alchemy, materiality, politics, and technology.

Call for Applications | International Summer School
The Myth and Knowledge of Materials: On the Transformation of Matter across Art History, Sigmar Polke, and the Present. Cologne (DE)/Tilburg (NL), September 21–27, 2026
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The Summer School is part of Sigmar Polke: Athanor NOW.

Call for Applications
Apply now: Sigmar Polke Research Scholarships!

CURRENT AND UPCOMING EVENTS

The Artist as Alchemist, within the collection presentation Collection in Motion, Kaiser Wilhelm Museum, Krefeld, from 4 December, 2025

Sigmar Polke. The Dream of Menelaus, VeneKlasen, New York, March 4–May 9, 2026

Sigmar Polke. Moderne Kunst, VeneKlasen, London, from March 13, 2026

Sigmar Polke. Paintings and Works on Paper, Tobias Mueller Modern Art, Zürich, March 13–May 30, 2026

Clair-obscur, Bourse de Commerce, Paris, March 11–August 24, 2026