ADKV Wulf Herzogenrath Award for voluntary work

On 2 November 2024, the ADKV Wulf Herzogenrath Prize for voluntary work was awarded for the first time during the opening event of the ADKV-Herzogenrath Forum.

Wulf Herzogenrath, co-founder of the ADKV, is the initiator and founder of the prize. It was very important to him to honour the diverse voluntary work of art associations with a prize. The ADKV extends its warmest thanks to Wulf Herzogenrath for this initiative and for establishing the prize.

The prize does not carry a cash award but is honoured with a certificate designed or a a preexisting work by an artist. 

2024 Award to Gertrude Wagenfeld-Pleister

The first recipient is Gertrude Wagenfeld-Pleister, the long-standing chair and artistic director of the Oldenburg Art Association.

The certificate was designed by Alexander Wolff.
Gertrude Wagenfeld-Pleister and Alexander Wolff share a friendship that goes beyond their collaboration on a solo exhibition at the Oldenburg Art Association.
Alexander Wolff based the certificate on the floor plan of the Oldenburg Art Association as a grid, into which the names of the honouree, the founder and the prize are incorporated.

2025 Award to Klaus Fischer 

The second recipient of the 2025 award is Klaus Fischer, long-standing chairman and artistic director of the Kunstverein Freunde aktueller Kunst Zwickau. The award ceremony took place during the ADKV-Herzogenrath Forum in Leipzig in 2025. 

Karin Kneffel was kind enough to select a work for Klaus Fischer. Karin Kneffel and Klaus Fischer are linked by their collaboration on the 2025 solo exhibition at the Friends of Contemporary Art gallery in Zwickau in mutual respect.