When does the exhibition run

The exhibition is on view from 04.09.2026 to 24.10.2026 at VAN HORN.

Where does the exhibition take place

At VAN HORN, Ackerstraße 99, 40233 Düsseldorf.

What are the gallery's opening hours

Tuesday to Friday from 1 PM to 6 PM, Saturday from 12 PM to 4 PM, and by appointment.

Is the visit barrier-free

There is no secured information available on this in the existing sources.

Are there guided tours or accompanying programs

No specific guided tours or workshops are mentioned in the existing sources.

How long should I plan for the visit

For concentrated artwork observation and the tour, it is advisable to plan about 30 to 60 minutes, depending on interest.

Something Old, Something New, Something Borrowed

Name: Pip Culbert and Gerhard Hoehme: Something Old, Something New, Something Borrowed
Start: 2026-09-04T15:00:00+02:00
End: 2026-10-25T01:59:59+02:00
Location: VAN HORN

An exhibition about material, memory, and spatial tension

With Something Old, Something New, Something Borrowed, VAN HORN opens an exhibition in Düsseldorf that puts two independent positions of contemporary and post-war modernism in a surprising dialogue. Pip Culbert and Gerhard Hoehme work with existing materials, lines, supports, remnants, and transitions. The exhibition illustrates how something new emerges from the old and how an artistic experience unfolds between painting, sculpture, and installation. ([van-horn.net](https://van-horn.net/current-exhibition/))

When material becomes meaning

The exhibition title refers to an English idiom that connects luck, memory, and new beginnings. Exactly these tensions shape the curation. Culbert reduces garments, tarps, and fabrics to seams and fragile structures; Hoehme extricates the image from the frame and expands it into space. Both artists transform what is found into an aesthetic experience, where structure, tension, and spatial impact become crucial. ([van-horn.net](https://van-horn.net/current-exhibition/))

Pip Culbert: Deconstruction as a poetic gesture

Pip Culbert works with shirts, bags, tents, and fabrics. Function becomes form, and use becomes drawing in space. Her works oscillate between drawing, sculpture, and architecture and open up the view to what is otherwise hidden: seams, edges, inside and outside, order and chance. This reduction imparts a quiet intensity to the works that is almost physically palpable in the space. ([van-horn.net](https://van-horn.net/current-exhibition/))

Gerhard Hoehme: The image as an open field

Gerhard Hoehme is considered an important representative of German Informel and an artist who understood painting early on as an open field of energy. His works with color, strings, tubes, and drawings transcend the classical boundary of the picture and connect work and environment into a concentrated space of tension. Here, the drawings appear not as preliminary stages but as independent works with great intellectual density. ([zkm.de](https://zkm.de/en/persons/gerhard-hoehme?utm_source=openai))

A common denominator: line, space, perception

What makes the exhibition so appealing is the quiet kinship of two very different artistic attitudes. Culbert transforms seam and fabric into an open drawing; Hoehme transforms the drawing into space. Both work against overload and rely on concentration. This results in an exhibition that sharpens the gaze and poses questions about contemporary image culture: What becomes visible, what remains invisible, what is reinterpreted? ([van-horn.net](https://van-horn.net/current-exhibition/))

VAN HORN as a place for concentrated art observation

VAN HORN sees itself as a gallery for contemporary art with a clear curatorial signature. The exhibition takes place at Ackerstraße 99 in Düsseldorf; the gallery is open Tuesday to Friday from 1 PM to 6 PM and Saturday from 12 PM to 4 PM, additionally by appointment. Thus, it provides a precise framework for work observation, cultural education, and a quiet, direct encounter with art. ([van-horn.net](https://van-horn.net/about/))

Conclusion: This exhibition does not promise a quick effect but an intense encounter with material, space, and artistic thinking. Those interested in painting, objects, and installations will experience a clever, sensual, and very contemporary show here. A visit is definitely worthwhile – especially on-site, where the full exhibition atmosphere unfolds. ([van-horn.net](https://van-horn.net/current-exhibition/))