la maison has been dedicated to curatorial projects, art advising and artist collaborations since 2018. Its work spans the development and realization of exhibitions and artist collaborations for site-specific interventions as well as consulting on art-in-architecture projects for companies, institutions and galleries. Originally founded as an artist-in-residence program in a historic farmhouse in Alsace, France — with exhibition spaces, studios, a guest apartment and a sculpture garden — la maison today continues to support contemporary art through cross-disciplinary collaborations.
Exhibited or collaborating artists: Erwin Wurm, Tobias Rehberger, Julien Schnabel, Nevin Aladag, Olivier Guez, Franziska Reinbothe, Lisa Tiemann, Max Rödel, Nadine Schemmann, Gary Schlingheider, Enrico Bach, Geoffroy Pithon, Kelsey Brookes, Malcolm Gompf, Stefan Armbruster, Nino Maaskola, Tim Plamper, Constanze Vogt, Frida Gold, Iryna Maksymova, Alex Giles, Johannes Mundinger, Solweig de Barry, 44 Flavours, David Stegmann and Johann Alexis.
Gianna von Haehling / Director, Independent Curator
From her childhood, Gianna von Haehling was immersed in an artistic environment. Growing up next to an artist residency and public sculpture park in Durbach, southern Germany, she spent years observing artists working with stone, wood, and steel, and engaging in discussions about art in her parents’ garden. These experiences profoundly shaped her understanding of art and artistic practice.
Gianna later studied sports sciences at the prestigious Deutsche Sporthochschule Köln and moved to Berlin, where she spent many years developing interdisciplinary projects at the intersection of art, music, food, and body & mind experiences in collaboration with artist studios and galleries. Her work has always been driven by a curiosity for cross-disciplinary approaches and exploring the conjunctions of fine arts and applied arts.
Since 2018, together with her husband Johann von Haehling Gianna has been based in Alsace, northern France, where they founded the artist residency “la maison.” Here they develop independent curatorial projects, exhibition concepts, and site-specific art experiences, often in collaboration with international artists, galleries, and institutions.
Gianna von Haehling
gianna@la-maison.co / instagram: @lamaison.alsace