This year, the ver.di Visual Arts annual exhibition responds to current developments nationally and internationally regarding attacks on freedom of art. We take a clear stand with a commitment to Article 5 GG, Paragraph 3.
Art, as a highly valuable good that promotes democracy, must not be curtailed or restricted in these times. / Fears that we visual artists in ver.di had already voiced at the beginning of 2025 have shown themselves with alarming clarity to be attacks on art, culture and freedom of expression, for example at the Book Fair, affecting our colleagues in the book trade.
Right-wing parties, too, are openly attacking the above-mentioned article of the Basic Law.