Sies + Höke

About the Gallery
Founded in 1999 by Nina Höke and Alexander Sies, the gallery has established itself as a distinctive voice in contemporary art, presenting exhibitions across a wide range of artistic positions arcoss ist approximately 800m² of exhibition space. The gallery brings together international established and emerging artists, while maintaining a strong commitment to publishing through exhibition catalogues, monographs and artist books. Sies + Höke has played a formative role in the development of many of its artists, and continues to sustain long-term collaborations with an international roster.

The gallery regularly presents thoroughly researched exhibitions dedicated to key historical positions featuring artists such as Konrad Lueg, Blinky Palermo, Gerhard Richter, and Sigmar Polke. These exhibitions are accompanied by substantial publications with contributions from leading scholars and writers, such as Dietmar Elger, Marc Godfrey and Dieter Schwarz.

Sies + Höke maintains strong international presence through participation in major art fairs worldwide, positioning its artists within global conversations and fostering sustained exchange across institutions, collectors, and curatorial networks.

Additionally Caprii operates as a space for experimentation and collaborative formats. Supporting younger positions, cross-generational dialogue, encouraging new encounters within and beyond the local art scene. Exhibitions by Stanislava Kovalcikova, Hiroka Yamashita, Olivia van Kuiken, Behrang Karimi, and Norbert Schwontkowski have been included. Each exhibition is accompanied by a dedicated publication.

About the Presentation
Sies + Höke will present work by Gerhard Richter and Sigmar Polke in a duo presentation at Independent 20th Century. Overpainting and reworking are central artistic practices of Gerhard Richter and Sigmar Polke. In the bodies of work of either artist, reworking existing images is not a subsequent intervention, but a fundamental principle: the familiar is disrupted, obscured and transformed, and brought into new relationships of tension. This approach feels particularly resonant in an era defined by the incessant circulation of images and the precarity of visual truth. The exhibition thus underscores a fundamental and strikingly pertinent dimension of both artists’ oeuvres.