Autumn’s Most Exciting Exhibition in Berlin: Sabine Moritz “ROT GELB BLAU STAUB” at Galerie Max Hetzler

As September approaches, the Berlin art scene prepares to showcase the most powerful seasonal works of the year. Undoubtedly one of the most intriguing gatherings of this autumn is German artist Sabine Moritz’s first solo exhibition under the roof of Galerie Max Hetzler. Meeting the audience at the gallery on Potsdamer Straße between September 11 and October 31, 2026, “ROT GELB BLAU STAUB” (Red Yellow Blue Dust) lays bare Moritz’s 30-year connection between color, material, and memory.

In this selection where the artist spreads paint onto the canvas without preliminary preparation, driven by an entirely intuitive rhythm, the four fundamental elements of nature—fire, air, earth, and water—stand out as the main sources of inspiration. Spanning the main hall of the gallery, 12 large-format canvases carry the essence of the elements; from glowing deep red tones shining like flames to areas where sky blue and rose pink separate into air-like layers. At the very center of the exhibition, in her first monumental quadriptych, female bodies emerge from between the layers of paint through an alchemy-like process. At the intersection of art history heritage extending from Titian to Picasso and pure emotion, figures melt and reshape between pigment and form in these canvases.

Heading upstairs in the gallery, we encounter Moritz’s works on paper spanning 30 years. Helicopters carrying traces of her childhood spent in East Germany (GDR), concrete block apartment buildings, and drawings of flowers wilting or blooming in solitude show how personal memory meets collective history. Fed by photograph and newspaper clippings from her early period, these figurative symbols forge a multi-layered dialogue with the explosions of color downstairs.

Opening its doors with an inauguration on Friday evening, September 11, the exhibition stands out as one of the highest quality works to add to your Berlin itinerary this autumn.