The Altana Gallery in the Görges building is the exhibition gallery of the Dresden University of Applied Sciences. Its special exhibitions create new contexts for the collections amassed by the university over the centuries for teaching purposes. The Altana Gallery is devoted to the visibility of the university collections and current research in the context of contemporary art. The exhibitions are fields for experimentation and offer a forum for interdisciplinary exchange and dialogue. Lecture series, talks with artists, guided tours and publications are all part of Altana’s educational programme, and conceived as a discursive enhancement to teaching and research.