Happy to report that Slow Art Day 2026 is coming up in 1 week – Sat, Apr 11, 2026 – around the world.
And I’m delighted to welcome another new host to our movement: Nathalie Krall and her organization ArtVenture Club e.V. from Düsseldorf, Germany.
ArtVenture Club e.V. is a global, digitally native nonprofit network that connects freelance and self-employed art professionals, scholars, and creatives. Their mission is to foster a more fair, diverse, and sustainable art world by bringing together practitioners and the public in thoughtful dialogue and shared experiences. Their work has been recognized in Germany’s UNESCO State Report on cultural diversity.
On April 11, 2026, they will host their first Slow Art Day event — a fully online session via Zoom, open to participants around the world. They are calling the event “Die Kunst des langsamen Sehens” (The Art of slow Seeing).
It’s free to attend with registration via Eventbrite (note: this session will be in German).
During the pandemic, many museums, galleries, and community groups experimented with virtual formats, expanding access during a time of global isolation. What makes this event notable is not simply that it is digital — but that it comes from an organization built natively for digital cultural engagement, with a clear and thoughtful philosophy behind it.
Krall explained to me that she sees online slow looking as a meaningful expansion of access and engagement, as it will:
– increase accessibility for people who cannot attend in person
– create inclusive spaces across geographic and social boundaries
– function as an independent mode of engagement with art.
I’ll add that Krall has designed it so that participants will chose three artworks for everyone to look at via a live poll at the beginning of the session. The selected works — high-resolution digital images drawn from among ArtVenture Club’s past 50 programs — will then be shared on screen and via links for deeper individual exploration.
As noted, this first Slow Art Day will be conducted in German, though they have plans to add English-language sessions in the future.
Please help us welcome Nathalie Krall and ArtVenture Club e.V. to the global Slow Art Day community.
Happy almost Slow Art Day!
– Phyl
P.S. As you know, Slow Art Day 2026 is coming up April 11 — register your museum, gallery, church, sculpture park or movie theater for 2026, if you have not yet done so.
P.P.S. Get inspired by reading our comprehensive 2025 Annual Report providing details and descriptions (as well as artifacts) of more than 76 events from around the world last year.