Gabriele Stötzer wins Goslar's 2026 Kaiserring

Oct 10

Romy Hiller reports that Gabriele Stötzer became the first East German female artist to receive Goslar's internationally known Kaiserring for modern art and accepted it at the Kaiserpfalz. The jury praises her critical examination of power. The account says the seventy-three-year-old helped shape independent art and women's movements in East Germany, was imprisoned for a time and remained there despite political persecution.

Gabriele Stötzer receives Goslar's 2026 Kaiserring for modern art at the Kaiserpfalz. Tagesschau describes her as the first East German female artist to win it and reports the jury's praise for her critical treatment of power. The bulletin recalls her role in East Germany's independent art and women's movements, imprisonment and decision to remain despite persecution.