Events

Our permanent exhibition is located in the entrance hall of the Institute and consists of five showcases. It invites visitors to learn about interdisciplinary research at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology (MPI-EVA). This exhibition is currently undergoing renovations.

In addition, MPI-EVA hosts temporary exhibitions. Artists from the region as well as institute staff members have shown mainly photographs and graphic design works.

• "Real. No AI." by Sonja Ascheron / May through August 2026
   
• "The aesthetic pleasure of data" by Sebastian Sosa / November 2025 through April 2026
  This exhibition shares encountered moments of aesthetic pleasure as we explore visual representations of data. As scientists, we try to create visual representations of our data that are simultaneously ways to convey information and are pleasant to look at. Of course, as we explore data, we are looking into the unknown, and sometimes this unknown provides its own pleasure in some striking pattern. This exhibition explores the territory between aesthetic play and serendipitous encounters that present to us something evocative independent of the data content. 
  https://s-sosa.com/ArtScience
   
• "The Haida Nation" by Karl Frost / March through October 2025
  In precolonial times, Xaad Kil (Haida language) was spoken by the matrilineal First Nations clans on the islands of Haida Gwaii, just below Alaska, in what is now British Columbia, Canada. Like other First Nations, Haida life centered around the seasonal bounty of salmon. This structured life into intense work and harvest periods spring through fall with extensive leisure time in winter for art-making and ceremony. The Haida were the epicenter of the complex art system that came to be known as “form line”, with wood and stone carving, painting, and weaving. The exhibition photos were taken between 2016 and 2022, mostly from the Yahgulaanas/jaanas and Staa’stas clans, from traditional territories, feasts, art, and life.
  https://www.culturalvariant.org/the-haida-first-nation/
   
• "The Opposite of Gray" by Cornelia Bochmann-Hochmuth / October 2024 through February 2025
   
• "White" by Cornelia Starke / May through September 2024
  Certain images captivate us with a magnetic allure, offering a sense of harmony and tranquility. The artist excels in the craft of producing such captivating artwork. Cornelia Starke has cultivated a natural affinity for white hues, which, when combined with various materials, create captivating plays of light. Following the principle "less is more," her abstract painting is reduced to the representations of a network, an interweaving within the primal matrix of the universe. Her philosophical endeavor involves exploring her unique style of abstract art with the contemplative mindset of a novice. This internal observer meticulously examines, critiques, refines, and enhances her actions, ultimately guiding her toward a greater understanding and expression.
  www.cornelia-starke.de
   
• "Underwater Hunters" by Karl Frost / January through April 2024
  This visual documentation shows photos of traditional breath-hold divers in Tonga and Japan.
  https://www.culturalvariant.org/underwater-hunters-tonga-and-japan/