Kirsi Mikkola & Lutz Braun Kirsi Mikkola & Lutz Braun

03/11/2026 – 22/01/2027

Galerie Nagel Draxler
Elisenstraße 4-6
50667 Köln

Opening / Eröffnung:

Dienstag, 03. Nov. 2026, 18 – 21 Uhr
Tuesday Nov. 03, 2026, 6 – 9 pm

Öffnungszeiten / Opening hours:
Mittwoch - Freitag 11 – 18 Uhr, Samstag 11 – 16 Uhr
Wednesday - Friday 11am – 6pm, Saturday 11am – 4pm

Kirsi Mikkola & Lutz Braun „Hello Beamer“, Kirsi Mikkola, 2026 Galerie Nagel Draxler, Cologne Photo: Simon Vogel

Kirsi Mikkola & Lutz Braun „Gloria Husum“, Lutz Braun Galerie Nagel Draxler, Cologne Photo: Simon Vogel

Kirsi Mikkola & Lutz Braun Left to right: „Stumbler“, Kirsi Mikkola, 2026 „Brass Tacks“, Kirsi Mikkola, 2026 „Gloria Husum“, Lutz Braun „Bontempi 2“, Lutz Braun Exhibition View Galerie Nagel Draxler, Cologne Photo: Simon Vogel

Kirsi Mikkola & Lutz Braun Left to right: „Brass Tacks“, Kirsi Mikkola, 2026 „Gloria Husum“, Lutz Braun „Bontempi 2“, Lutz Braun „Hello Beamer“, Kirsi Mikkola, 2026 Exhibition View Galerie Nagel Draxler, Cologne Photo: Simon Vogel

Kirsi Mikkola & Lutz Braun Left to right: „Stumbler“, Kirsi Mikkola, 2026 „Brass Tacks“, Kirsi Mikkola, 2026 Exhibition View Galerie Nagel Draxler, Cologne Photo: Simon Vogel

Kirsi Mikkola & Lutz Braun Left to right: „Hello Beamer“, Kirsi Mikkola, 2026 „Traurige Lüge“, Lutz Braun Exhibition View Galerie Nagel Draxler, Cologne Photo: Simon Vogel

Kirsi Mikkola & Lutz Braun Left to right: „Bontempi 2“, Lutz Braun 5 watercolour drawings, Lutz Braun Exhibition View Galerie Nagel Draxler, Cologne Photo: Simon Vogel

Kirsi Mikkola & Lutz Braun „Brass tacks“, Kirsi Mikkola, 2026 Galerie Nagel Draxler, Cologne Photo: Simon Vogel

Kirsi Mikkola & Lutz Braun Left to right: „Buccaneer“, Kirsi Mikkola, 2026 Exhibition View Galerie Nagel Draxler, Cologne Photo: Simon Vogel

Kirsi Mikkola & Lutz Braun „Traurige Lüge“, Lutz Braun Exhibition view Galerie Nagel Draxler, Cologne Photo: Simon Vogel

Kirsi Mikkola & Lutz Braun Left to right: „Gloria Husum“, Lutz Braun, 2026 „Bontempi 2“, Lutz Braun, 2026 Exhibition View Galerie Nagel Draxler, Cologne Photo: Simon Vogel

Kirsi Mikkola & Lutz Braun „Timebird“, Lutz Braun Galerie Nagel Draxler, Cologne Photo: Simon Vogel

Kirsi Mikkola & Lutz Braun Left to right: 5 watercolour drawings, Lutz Braun „Sway“, Kirsi Mikkola, 2026 Exhibition View Galerie Nagel Draxler, Cologne Photo: Simon Vogel

Kirsi Mikkola & Lutz Braun „Bontempi 2“, Lutz Braun Galerie Nagel Draxler, Cologne Photo: Simon Vogel

Kirsi Mikkola & Lutz Braun „Sway“, Kirsi Mikkola, 2026 Galerie Nagel Draxler, Cologne Photo: Simon Vogel

Kirsi Mikkola & Lutz Braun Left to right: „Timebird“, Lutz Braun „Postmoderner Materialismus“, Lutz Braun Exhibition View Galerie Nagel Draxler, Cologne Photo: Simon Vogel

Press Release

This show is not a collaboration but rather an exhibition featuring two artists who truly appreciate each other‘s work.

Kirsi Mikkola: 5 really good paintings that took
a long time to be made, and a long time to be titled: Dostoevskian—deep, comprehensive, and true. (K.M. 2026)

Lutz Braun: 4 new paintings, new watercolors, and one existing work titled „Gloria Husum“:
In „Gloria Husum“ (300 x 300 cm, acrylic on canvas), I illuminate the childlike experience of almost losing my brother, who lived in a boarding school in Husum a long time ago. (L.B. 2023)

Kirsi Mikkola (b. 1959) studied at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris and graduated from the Berlin University of the Arts. During her extensive international career, she has exhibited at venues including CentrePasquArt in Biel, the Malmö Art Museum, Bregenzer Kunstverein, White Columns in New York, and the Museum of Contemporary Art Kiasma in Helsinki. She has also held a professorship in painting at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna. Mikkola lives and works in Berlin.

Lutz Braun (born in 1976 in Schleswig) studied at the Städelschule in Frankfurt am Main from 1998 to 2003 with Thomas Bayrle, Ayse Erkmen, and Per Kirkeby. He has participated in exhibitions, artist residencies, and grants around the world. Two comprehensive catalogs “Lutz Braun. Works on Paper” and “Lutz Braun. Abstract Realism. Painting 1998 - 2023”, published by Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther und Franz König, appeared in 2021/24. Lutz Braun holds a professorship in Fine Arts with a focus on painting at the Braunschweig University of Fine Arts. He lives and works in Berlin.