Journal


  • Magdalena Hohlweg stands next to a snowman in a wintry landscape

    January – silent glow

    Happy New Year! And now? Silent glow: the snowman and me. We do our best. January doesn’t have a good reputation – too little light, too much stagnation. It’s like the big yawn after the party.The music is off. The glasses have been washed. Somewhere between tiredness and anticipation, we ask ourselves:And now? Yet every…

  • Lost property

    THE Christmas story

    My art is still about the small finds, the subtle wonders along the way. Today I would like to share a fascinating story with you that has particularly touched me in recent weeks – a true winter story about light, darkness and rebirth – and for me the spark for a new, small series that…

  • Round, silver pendant (1.5 cm) with miniature collage of plant remnants arranged like small birds.

    December magic

    – the light in the dark time When the days get shorter and it doesn’t really want to get light on some days, a space emerges that no other month creates: an in-between place full of memories, longings and small wonders. December has its very own magic. This time carries a special weight. The days…

  • Macro photograph of a deutzia blossom, reinterpreted as a bird.

    November: Art is dead!

    Long live art! Oh, this gray! This desolation! Can we perhaps skip this season? Every year it comes back to me without me having ordered it – this miserable wet, this drizzly weather. Nature is dying before our very eyes. It doesn’t help to look away. Anyone who didn’t make it to the sunny south…

  • And my soul spreads its wings wide

    The last warm rays of sunshine make the dragonflies dance – and my heart skip a beat Dragonflies have a short life and sometimes I find the remains of one of these fairy-like creatures. Then I am delighted when their delicate wings are still intact. They are tiny works of art – their wafer-thin weave…

  • Encounter with begonias

    October: Time for art

    The world is pink – and October is creative There you go: In the Bad Pyrmont spa gardens, the begonias in perfect harmony provide the proof – pink is the trend color in October. And I’m right in the middle of it. Pink suits me, doesn’t it? 🌺😉 Everything looks so much better in pink…

  • Magdalena on the beach Usedom

    No life-threatening events today!

    I’m happy to feel solid ground under my feet again after the sailing accident last September. Getting back into everyday life wasn’t easy immediately after the dramatic events. During the first few days at home, I felt overwhelmed by our fully automatic coffee machine. We don’t really have a very complicated machine. But even the…

  • Collage of found plant objects with a puppet hand from which small bird-like creatures are feeding

    [UN]Apparent worlds in Bad Arolsen

    Magdalena Hohlweg invites you into the (un)apparent worlds of Bad Arolsen Residential Palace

  • Collage of found plant objects with a puppet hand from which small bird-like creatures are feeding

    The new solo exhibition is coming

    Magdalena Hohlweg announces her upcoming solo exhibition from 8.3.2025 at Schlossmuseum Bad Arolsen.

  • Kunst mit Banane

    Art? All banana!

    Art – The definition Is sticking a banana on the wall still art? Or: what actually makes Salvador Dali famous? And why does everyone love Mona Lisa? I am sure of it: that it takes courage, wit, timing and the right location to create an impressive work from a rotting banana – some works live…