Since 1992, there has been a new series of events under the same name featuring contemporary works by Leipzig artists.
The following concern was pursued with it: The Secession has set itself the task of organising an annual exhibition in Leipzig.
Through this exhibition, the association aims to promote the ideal and economic aspirations of Leipzig painters, sculptors and graphic artists and, on the other hand, to be active in the development of our local art and thus also to secure Leipzig a significant position in German artistic life.
In the 1912 show, which took place in the Städtischer Handelshof at Grimmaische Strasse 1, over 200 German and European artists exhibited paintings and sculptures.
Since 1995, the chairman of the association has been the Leipzig art professor Rainer Schade [de].