The FARB in Borken

We, the people from the Future Tower citizens' project, would like to collect your and your thoughts and and gradually assemble them into a panorama of the city's history, showing what moves people in the year of the city's 800th anniversary and how colourful and diverse it is in their minds and hearts. hearts and minds. We would therefore like you to take some time and spontaneously or after careful consideration spontaneously or after careful consideration, write down what comes to mind when your or your text begins with Denk ich an Borken. Whether the text is casual, profound, funny, tragic, light, heavy, angry or conciliatory is up to you. surprise even you and even more so the future readership. The texts should be honoured in various ways, e.g. at readings, in the form of an exhibition, in a newspaper... exhibition, in a newspaper... Details: Full surname, first name, age, address, telephone number, e-mail address if applicable. On request, texts can also be treated anonymously can be treated anonymously, but the above-mentioned data cannot be data cannot be dispensed with.

In her first institutional exhibition in her hometown of Borken, the Berlin-based young artist Nina Bruchhaus (b. 1990), who studied in Hamburg, Berlin and Tokyo, engages in a dialogue with the work of Julia Schily-Koppers. Bruchhaus describes her artistic process as an act of exploration. Her works, situated between abstraction and figuration, resonate with contemporary society, themes relating to her origins, and the museum’s collection.

In her first institutional exhibition in her hometown of Borken, the Berlin-based young artist Nina Bruchhaus (1990), who studied in Hamburg, Berlin and Tokyo, engages in a dialogue with Julia Schily-Koppers’s body of work. Bruchhaus describes her artistic process as an exploratory endeavour. Her works, which lie somewhere between abstraction and figuration, resonate with contemporary society, themes relating to her heritage and the museum’s collection.

Acquired in spring 2025 and now restored, the painting explores numerous aspects of the art of painting, drawing clear parallels with the Dutch masters of the 17th century. The exhibition focuses on the new acquisition and is complemented by a selection of works from the collection.

The Wednesday tours take place in good weather.

Speed: 15 - 18 km/hTour length

: approx. 30 kmMeeting point

: Tourist Information Borken, Markt 15If

the tour is cancelled, this will be announced on the ADFC Borken homepage at least 1 hour before the start.