Palimpsest — Tinam Valk, Jenny Kanzler, and Sabine Carlson

Palimpsest is a group exhibition at the German-American Heritage Foundation and Museum, featuring works by Tinam Valk, Jenny Kanzler, and Sabine Carlson. Through painting, mixed media, and narrative imagery, the artists explore the multilayered nature of identity, memory, and place, drawing upon a shared heritage rooted in German, Eastern European, and American cultural exchange. The exhibition’s title evokes manuscript pages that have been painted, erased, and layered, and the works bear the visible traces of earlier personal and collective histories. Sharing a love of the language of painting, the artists fuse separate sensibilities to facilitate a conversation with their pasts and with the viewer, acting as a transatlantic conduit that uses personal stories to build a broader narrative. Their artistic practices echo traditions of Central and Eastern European narrative art, German Expressionism, and the Eastern European folk-surrealist lineage, while also engaging contemporary questions of identity, belonging, and psychological intrigue.

When: Wednesday, October 15, 2026, from 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM (opening reception).

Showtimes: The opening reception is the only scheduled event; gallery hours are Tuesday through Friday from 11:00 AM to 5:00 PM.

Tickets: Price is not available; the opening reception is free and open to the public.

Lineup: Tinam Valk, Jenny Kanzler, and Sabine Carlson.

Run time: The exhibition is a one-day event on October 15, 2026.

Ages: Not specified; likely all ages welcome.

Venue: German-American Heritage Foundation and Museum, 719 6th St. NW, Washington, DC 20001; phone 202-467-5000; email info@gahmusa.org; website https://www.gahmusa.org.