Wolfgang KaleckAn Aesthetics of Equity or How does Justice look like

Issues of law and justice are too important to be left solely to lawyers and philosophers. That is why, in his series of events, Wolfgang Kaleck gives a platform to diverse voices from various fields and regions—recognizing that justice can only be achieved through social processes based on the division of labor. Fundamental topics as well as responses to current events find a place in discursive and performative formats.

This concerns the core principles of international law and human rights. Because defending these principles is already a daunting task in these dark times, visions that go beyond them are developed as concrete utopias—despite this, or perhaps precisely because of it.

To kick off the series November 7, 2026, Chilean artist Alfredo Jaar and art historian Florencia San Martin will be our guests. Drawing on the concepts of grief, accountability, and failure, they will discuss the commonalities between artistic creation and human rights work.

The second event features a staged reading of Ilija Trojanow’s The Book of Power: How to Get It and (Never) Let It Go. The work explores questions of power—and, in particular, the power of the few as an obstacle to justice for all people.

Together with London-based photography theorist Mark Sealey, who recently curated the 9th Hamburg Photo Triennial, the exhibition explores the themes of love as action, infinity as a vision of the future, and solidarity.

In addition to these three events, which outline the DNA of an aesthetic of justice, other events featuring artists, activists, and legal experts will address issues of historical colonial violence and its continuity, as well as various hot-button issues in global politics.