Every year at the MK&G messe, the Justus Brinckmann Prize and the Justus Brinckmann Förderpreis are awarded by the Friends of the MK&G. With 7500 EUR and 2500 EUR, these renowned awards are among the most highly endowed prizes in the field of arts and crafts in Germany.

From 28 November to 3 December 2023, the MK&G messe will present the latest trends in contemporary craft, including both up-and-coming and well-known positions, international tendencies and fresh perspectives from many disciplines ...

The MK&G messe 2023 has a multifaceted programme with interesting guests, talks, guided tours of the fair, evenings at the bar and other interesting events. More information soon on this page.

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The application period is in April (1-30.4) 2023 and already closed for MK&G messe 2023.  Thank you for the many wonderful applications. We look forward to a multi-faceted fair in 2023.

The MK&G puts the focus on the theme of arts and crafts. Every year the MK&G messe is accompanied by a large solo exhibition from the Contemporary Craft series. 2023 Margit Jäschke will be on show.

We look back on an inspiring MK&G messe 2022 and are already looking forward to this year.

The winner of the Justus Brinckmann Prize 2022 was the ceramic artist Aino Nebel. She wood-fires her vessels and creates unique pieces with exceptional surfaces and colors.

The Justus Brinckmann New Generation Prize winner 2022 was Jiun-You Ou. She uses inkstone in her work and develops complex, fascinating jewelry objects out of it.

In 2022, Katja Stelz was part of the MK&G messe. She showed woven fabric that can become architecture.

The production of glass products is the main focus of Vlastimil Šenkýř work, a YOUNG TALENT in 2022 .

In Abel Jallais´ work, who was nominated as one of the YOUNG TALENTS 2022, the meaningless object becomes a fictional territory to explore.

Leonie Burkhardt was part of the YOUNG TALENTS of MK&G messe 2022. She creates fully-woven textile sculptures showcasing the multitude of form expressions.

Hiroyuki Murase's collection comes from the Japanese shibori craft used to make kimonos. 

Jamila Wallentin deals with the origin of forms in her textile designs. Her work that was presented as part of YOUNG TALENTS 2022, is characterized by an intuitive and experimental relationship with the material itself.

The MK&G messe 2022 was accompanied by a large solo exhibition: the renowned ceramist Young-Jae Lee was presenting her work.

As one of the YOUNG TALENTS 2022, textile designer Emma Terweduwe from Belgium showed her colorful pieces. By making textiles that are meant to stimulate our sense of touch, she offers a critique on our fast-paced and visually driven society.

Rosa Gies was exhibiting her work at MK&G messe 2022, in which she uses traditional weaving techniques.

2021 Cécile Feilchenfeldt from Paris was awarded the Justus Brinckmann Prize.

From the younger positions, the jury selected the Justus Brinckmann New Generation Prize winner 2021 Gina Nadine Müller.