In the organizer's words:

From January 30 to April 26, 2026, the Friedrich-Ebert-Haus is presenting the special exhibition "Klaus Staeck - Papierarchiv Höhle". The official opening with a lecture by Prof. Dr. Henry Keazor on Klaus Staeck's collages will take place on 29 January 2026 at 7 pm in the atrium of the Friedrich-Ebert-Haus.

With the special exhibition "Klaus Staeck - Papierarchiv Höhle" curated by the Cultural Office, the City of Heidelberg and the Reichspräsident-Friedrich-Ebert-Gedenkstätte Foundation are paying tribute to the multifaceted work of Klaus Staeck, who is one of the most influential artists of the Federal Republic of Germany.

Klaus Staeck is a publisher, satirist and lawyer. He has been a member of the SPD since 1960, which is also reflected in his socially critical art. His posters and postcards have influenced political image culture in Germany since the 1970s. From 2006 to 2015, Staeck was President of the Akademie der Künste in Berlin.

In addition to his politically charged works, Klaus Staeck has been creating collages from advertising and print materials on a daily basis for decades. The center of his work is Edition Staeck at Ingrimstraße 3 in Heidelberg, which he himself calls his "cave".

A special highlight of the exhibition is a high-resolution 3D scan of Staeck's studio. This was created in 2024 in cooperation between the City of Heidelberg, the Institute for European Art History at Heidelberg University and the ZKM Karlsruhe. Visitors have the opportunity to immerse themselves in the artist's working environment.