{"id":66774,"date":"2026-08-04T20:32:11","date_gmt":"2026-08-04T20:32:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/66774\/"},"modified":"2026-08-04T20:32:11","modified_gmt":"2026-08-04T20:32:11","slug":"les-nouveaux-riches-magazine-9-13-sep-2026-berlin-art-week-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/66774\/","title":{"rendered":"Les Nouveaux Riches Magazine \u2013 9\u201313 Sep 2026: Berlin Art Week"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"BerlinBerlin Art Week \u00a9 Kulturprojekte Berlin, Photo: Alexander Rentsch <\/p>\n

Several themes run through this year\u2019s programme. Artists engage with the present and the future through the lens of history, looking in particular from Berlin towards Eastern Europe and beyond to explore shared histories, migration, relationships with neighbouring regions, and decolonial perspectives. Powerful political voices\u2014 from feminist resistance to ecological and geopolitical urgency\u2014 also run through an extensive programme of performance, sound, and theatre, including several eagerly anticipated premieres. The dialogue between established institutions, internationally renowned artists, and grassroots initiatives from Berlin\u2019s independent art scene is more visible than ever. With the \u201eFeatured\u201c section, Berlin Art Week once again spotlights around thirty jury-selected special projects and independent art spaces.<\/p>\n

Berlin, Local, Global: New Perspectives\u00a0
Gropius Bau explores the history of migrant communities in Kreuzberg with \u201eKreuzberg: Kunst und Migration seit 1960\u201c, featuring contributions by, among others, Mehmet Aksoy, Nuray Demir, and P\u0131nar \u00d6\u011frenci. Neuer Berliner Kunstverein (n.b.k.) and Schinkel Pavillon join forces for \u201eProjections onto the East\u201c, a collaborative exhibition project, while a new site-specific work by the Guerrilla Girls will be presented on the fa\u00e7ade of n.b.k. At Hamburger Bahnhof, the \u201eHamburger Bahnhof Art Week Talks\u201c series presents \u201eArt Spaces East\u201c, a discussion on the role of museums in Germany\u2019s eastern federal states. Meanwhile, ifa-Galerie Berlin presents lecture performances on the international role of art in the GDR.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\"BerlinBerlin Art Week 2025, Hamburger Bahnhof \u00a9 Ivo Haenisch<\/p>\n

Further exhibitions explore the legacy of the GDR and the translocal experiences of Berlin\u2019s diasporic communities. Stiftung Kunstforum Berliner Volksbank presents \u201eVietnam. Art. GDR. Reclaiming Solidarity\u201c, Kvost\u2014 Kunstverein Ost (Featured section) shows \u201eIzabella Gustowska: Home\u2019s Shadows\u201c, and nGbK\u2014 station urbaner kulturen examines architecture and the \u201eserious\u201c strain of postmodernism in the GDR. At Akademie der K\u00fcnste, \u201eMetaxy: Between Destruction and Reconstruction\u201c reflects on the liminal social condition created by war and crisis.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The Bienal de S\u00e3o Paulo turns to questions of place and belonging: founded in 1951, it will be presented in Germany for the first time, with Haus der Kulturen der Welt hosting the Berlin edition, \u201eNot All Travellers Walk Roads\u2014 Of Humanity as Practice\u201c, featuring works by, among others, Forensic Architecture, Cevdet Erek, Leiko Ikemura, Emeka Ogboh, and Wolfgang Tillmans. At the same time, Savvy Contemporary presents \u201eVilanismo: Architectural Echotones\u2014 A Poetics of the Surrounds\u201c, its own response to the 36th Bienal, creating a curatorial bridge between Berlin and S\u00e3o Paulo.<\/p>\n

Performance, Theatre, and Sound
Performance has become one of the defining elements of Berlin Art Week. Neue Nationalgalerie presents the fifth edition of \u201ePerform!\u201c, featuring Trisha Brown\u2019s \u201eWalking on the Wall\u201c (1971) alongside a new presentation by Kiani del Valle. At the same time, the museum hosts the exhibition for the Preis der Nationalgalerie 2026, including Maurizio Cattelan\u2019s \u201eNight\u201c. At KW Institute for Contemporary Art, Farahnaz Hatam and Colin Hacklander present the performance \u201eLabour: Soft Thought\u201c. On view at the residency space Between Bridges (Featured section), caner teker\u2019s \u201eb2b \/ nothing new\u201c brings together performances by Space Afrika, Rayne, Emil Ertl, and Martin Hansen. Georg Kolbe Museum hosts the performance festival \u201eeverybody\u201c, expanding the exhibition\u2019s exploration of body politics through a live programme. For one night only, during the \u201eFeatured Night\u201c, Hotel Adlon Kempinski (Featured section) becomes the stage for Sunny Pudert\u2019s \u201eOrdinary Tales of City Madness\u201c, transforming the space into a suite for readings and performance. <\/p>\n

\"BerlinBerlin Art Week 2025, Neue Nationalgalerie \u00a9 Ivo Haenisch<\/p>\n

Berlin Art Week also brings a number of theatre premieres to the city. During the festival, Berliner Ensemble will stage a production in collaboration with Gem\u00e4ldegalerie for the first time, transforming its galleries into a theatrical setting for the premiere of Ersan Mondtag and Nadim Samman\u2019s \u201eAlternde Meister\u201c. At HAU Hebbel am Ufer, Sophia S\u00fc\u00dfmilch premieres \u201eSomething Terrible Will Happen: The Cannibal Woman\u201c, while Theresa Reiwer presents \u201eInternet Explorer\u201c. At Gorki, a new wall on Platz der M\u00e4rzrevolution will be activated for the first time as a public space for exhibitions and performances, marking the beginning of \u00c7a\u011fla Ilk\u2019s new artistic directorship.<\/p>\n

Sound takes many forms across Berlin Art Week this year, reaching into every corner of the city: Hamburger Bahnhof\u2014 Nationalgalerie der Gegenwart presents the major retrospective \u201eRyuichi Sakamoto: seeing sound, hearing time\u201c, dedicated to the pioneering Japanese composer. Reethaus (Featured section) invites visitors to experience \u201eThe Ear is the Eye of the Soul\u201c, a listening experience curated by Hans Ulrich Obrist and Ben Vickers in collaboration with Soundwalk Collective, featuring contributions from Brian Eno, FKA twigs, Patti Smith, Kali Malone, and others. At Konzerthaus Berlin (Featured section), Leyla Yenirce joins Solomon Gar\u00e7on for a performance weaving together spoken word, field recordings, noise, ambient, and techno into a powerful statement of feminist resistance. Community radio stations take over the airwaves as part of the Berlin Radio Play Festival (Featured section), including a special broadcast on Cashmere Radio. Sound performance also features prominently elsewhere: JJJJJerome Ellis brings together stuttering, voice, and Black musical traditions at Haus am Waldsee; Wadada Leo Smith performs in a shop window at MALA (Featured section); LAS Art Foundation presents a live sound work by Tati au Miel alongside a sound walk by Omsk Social Club; and PalaisPopulaire activates Nevin Alada\u011f\u2019s sculpture \u201ePublic Resonator\u201c while simultaneously presenting \u201eMoving Clouds\u201c, the exhibition by Deutsche Bank\u2019s \u201eArtist of the Year\u201c, 2026, Lucia Tallov\u00e1.<\/p>\n

\"POSITIONSPOSITIONS Berlin Art Fair \u00a9 Kulturprojekte Berlin, Photo: Dominik Friess<\/p>\n

Art Market
Berlin\u2019s art market is once again as diverse as ever. During Gallery Night organised in cooperation with Gallery Weekend Berlin, around fifty Berlin galleries will open their doors with new exhibitions, including Wu Tsang at Isabella Bortolozzi, Kerstin Br\u00e4tsch and Katharina Sieverding at Galerie Thomas Schulte, Jeremy Shaw at Galeria Plan B, and David Horvitz, Alfredo Jaar, and Zhang Peili at Hua International.<\/p>\n

Positions Berlin Art Fair brings together more than ninety international galleries from around twenty countries in the hangars of the former Tempelhof Airport. This year, a special focus falls on galleries from Turkey. At Wilhelm Hallen in Reinickendorf, Berlin galleries and institutions present \u201eHallen 07\u201c, a 9,000-square-metre group exhibition featuring participants including ChertL\u00fcdde, Esther Schipper, and Robert Grunenberg. The VBKI-Preis Berliner Galerien, presented during Berlin Art Week, recognises outstanding young Berlin galleries. This year\u2019s shortlist includes galerie burster, Gallery Gudmundsdottir, and Super Super Markt.<\/p>\n

\"BerlinBerlin Art Week 2025, Remise Wrangelkiez \u00a9 Cansu Kuscu<\/p>\n

Private Collections
As part of the Open Houses, private collections open their doors with newly curated exhibitions and special opportunities to explore their holdings. Participating collections include the Boros Collection, Fluentum, Kienzle Art Foundation, the Miettinen Collection, Sammlung Hackelsberger, and Achim Freyer Kunsthaus. The Julia Stoschek Foundation marks the end of its Berlin chapter with a Closing Week programme. The \u201eMeet the Artist\u201c series offers first-hand insights into artists\u2019 work through conversations with collectors, including at Sammlung Ivo Wessel in the Taut-Haus am Engelbecken. Meanwhile, \u201eDiscovering Collections!\u201c, a joint initiative by Berlin Art Week and Collection Night, gives registered visitors their first opportunity to explore five private collections that have never before been open to the public. For one day, haubrok foundation opens its doors with \u201eAnother Sunday Afternoon for Berlin Art Week\u201c, featuring new exhibitions, open studios, and live events. Alongside the publication of the same name, \u201eHardcore. Die Ausstellung zum Buch\u201c presents works by artists including Karin Sander and Heimo Zobernig, while \u201eHAR I\u201c, featuring Seongwon Park, marks the first final exhibition of the Haubrok Artist Residency.<\/p>\n

\"BerlinBerlin Art Week 2025, Haus der Vision\u00e4re \u00a9 Szymon Stepniak<\/p>\n

Further Highlights
Elsewhere, major awards, ambitious solo exhibitions, and thematic group shows offer further points of interest. Berlinische Galerie presents Jeewi Lee\u2019s \u201eResidual Memories\u201c, the recipient of the Gasag Art Prize 2026. At Kindl\u2014 Centre for Contemporary Art, four exhibitions open simultaneously: Kira Freije\u2019s \u201eBetween Sunlight\u201c, Mischa Kuball\u2019s \u201eboiler house\u201c, Thu-Van Tran\u2019s \u201eWrite As Beasts Scream at Night\u201c, and the artist duo Neozoon\u2019s \u201etogether\u201c. At C\/O Berlin, Carrie Mae Weems presents the solo exhibition \u201eThe Heart of the Matter\u201c, alongside \u201eAfter Nature\u201c, featuring works by Stelios Kallinikou and Susanne Kriemann as part of the Ulrike Crespo Photography Prize 26. Schering Stiftung presents \u201e7 Summers\u201c, the outcome of a collaborative artistic experiment by Diakron and Emil R\u00f8nn Andersen. Haus am L\u00fctzowplatz presents the group exhibition \u201eOn Landscape. Between Escapism and Disenchantment\u201c, exploring landscape painting. nGbK presents \u201ein touch\u2014 Goldrausch 2026\u201c, featuring graduates of the women artists\u2019 programme of the same name, accompanied by an extensive public programme.<\/p>\n

More information about the programme: www.berlinartweek.de<\/a><\/p>\n

Berlin Art Week is the largest collaborative initiative of Berlin\u2019s contemporary art scene. From 9\u2014 13 SEP, more than one hundred museums, galleries, project spaces, private collections, and an art fair open their doors to everyone who wants to discover, experience, and discuss contemporary art. Five days of exhibitions, performances, screenings, and talks across the city. Berlin Art Week is a project by Kulturprojekte Berlin. It is funded by the Senate Department for Economic Affairs, Energy and Public Enterprises and by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) through the Senate Department for Culture and Social Cohesion. The project is realised with the support of Berliner Volksbank eG.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Berlin Art Week \u00a9 Kulturprojekte Berlin, Photo: Alexander Rentsch Several themes run through this year\u2019s programme. Artists engage…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":66775,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[925,18],"class_list":["post-66774","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-berlin","tag-art","tag-berlin"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66774","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=66774"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66774\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/66775"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=66774"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=66774"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=66774"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}