From September 12, 2026
Aktfotokunst – heute (7. Jahresausstellung)
Recent works by ten photographers in direct comparison; the annual exhibition runs for about one year.
Museum Aktfotoart Dresden
Small private museum in the Radeberger Vorstadt that exhibits and archives contemporary nude photography exclusively.
Opening hoursAdmission from €6
Current exhibitions
About the museum
In 1996, the Dresden metal designer and photo artist Volkmar Fritzsche opened the Galerie Kunstkeller in a villa in the Preußisches Viertel (Prussian Quarter), devoting its changing exhibitions to the theme of eros in painting, prints, sculpture, and photography. In 1999, a small cabaret stage for literary programs and performances was added, and from 2006 onward the gallery concentrated on contemporary nude photography.
After the art dealing ended in 2019, the venue was rededicated as the Museum aktfotoARTdresden. By its own account, it is the only museum in Germany that exclusively exhibits, documents, and archives nude photography as art, and it is building up a collection for this purpose. Depictions of sexual acts are excluded; the exhibition deliberately aims to offer a counterpoint to commercialized images of the body.
Every September, a new annual exhibition opens in which ten photographers hang side by side in uniform print formats, so that their individual styles can be compared. Since 2023, the Freundeskreis Museum Aktfotokunst Dresden (friends' association) has supported the museum and is intended to run it in the long term; among other things, it organizes evening talks with the exhibiting photographers.
Highlights
- The only museum in Germany solely for contemporary nude photography (by its own account)
- Annual exhibition "Aktfotokunst – heute" (Nude Photography Today) with ten photographers
- Collection and archive of contemporary nude photography since 2019
- Photographer talks hosted by the friends' association
- Small cabaret stage in the Kunstkeller
- Founded
- 2019
- Operated by
- Volkmar Fritzsche, unterstützt vom Freundeskreis Museum Aktfotokunst Dresden e. V.
Admission & discounts
| Adults | €6 |
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| Reduced | €5School and university students, people with disabilities |
| Visitors with disabilities | €5Reduced admission |
| Students & apprentices | €5Reduced for school and university students |
| Groups (6+ people) | €3 per personSchool groups by appointment |
Accessibility
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Kids & families
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Getting there & parking
By public transit
Diakonissenkrankenhaus · 5-min walk
Tram 11 to Diakonissenkrankenhaus, then about a 5-minute walk.
By car via the B6: heading into the city via Stolpener Straße, heading toward Bautzen via Radeberger Straße.
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Plan your visit
| Good to know | Small exhibition space; visits outside opening hours by arrangement by phone. |
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