Exhibition "Golden Picture Worlds" - Julia Bangert

Opening: Saturday, 25 April 2026 at 2 pm Duration: Until 31 October 2026

Julia Bangert works for the Gutenberg Museum in Mainz, where she hand-finishes the reproductions of the famous Gutenberg Bible available in the museum shop with illumination and gold leaf, following original historical models. In addition, she works as a freelance manuscript illuminator, designing individually crafted initials, artistically decorated opening letters, and animal depictions. Inspired by historical models, she creates her own works in the medieval style, as well as in a contemporary style.

The exhibition features a series of manuscripts with texts about animals in the style of a medieval bestiary. Originally, these were moralizing poems that combined the qualities of animals and mythical creatures with Christian teachings on salvation. The artist offers insights into her creative process, showing step by step how manuscript illuminations are created. She also presents reproductions of pages from the Gutenberg Bible that she has personally illuminated.