Kunsthaus Dahlem shows from 30th October 2020 the exhibition “The unkown political prisoner”. The competition for the Monument to the Unknown Political Prisoner was probably the most important art competition of the post-war period. More than 3,000 artists from all over the world participated, including sculptors and architects such as Max Bill, Alexander Calder, Naum […]
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Hamburger Bahnhof – Museum für Gegenwart – Berlin is showing the special presentation Self Portrait as clone of Jeanne D’Arc by the artist Bunny Rogers from 25 October 2020. On the occasion of the donation by private sponsors* as a great thank you to Udo Kittelmann, Director of the Nationalgalerie, who is retiring from his […]
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From 16 July 2020, the Museum of Photography is showing the exhibition “FOTOGRAFIE. Wolfgang Schulz and the photo scene around 1980”. The focus is on the magazine “FOTOGRAFIE. Zeitschrift internationaler Fotokunst” and its editor Wolfgang Schulz. With around 240 works by Wolfgang Schulz and other photographers*, the exhibition is illuminating an important period of drastic […]
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Martin-Gropius-Bau presents from 10th July 2020 the exhibition “There’s No Such Thing as Solid Ground” by the artist Otobong Nkanga. The complex and shifting relationship between humans, land, and corresponding structures of repair is a central premise of Otobong Nkanga’s exhibition at the Gropius Bau titled There’s No Such Thing as Solid Ground. Addressing global systems […]
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Since June 14, 2020, Hamburger Bahnhof – Museum für Gegenwart – Berlin has been showing the site-specific painting It Wasn’t Us by the artist Katharina Grosse, which extends to the outside area at the back of the building. Katharina Grosse’s paintings can appear anywhere: on a rubber boot, on an egg, on the crumpled folds […]
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On Tuesday, 12 May 2020, the National Museums in Berlin will initially reopen four museums and a special exhibition: on Museum Island Berlin, the Altes Museum, the Alte Nationalgalerie and ‘Pergamonmuseum. The Panorama’, at the Kulturforum the Gemäldegalerie and the special exhibition ‘Pop on Paper’ will be accessible under the following conditions: The number of […]
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For the weekend, the National Museums in Berlin are offering new digital content and exciting stories from their diverse collections: The Museum of European Cultures launches its appeal #CollectingCorona and asks for personal impressions of pandemic-influenced everyday life. The New National Gallery remembers legendary music concerts in its sculpture garden. And the directors* of the […]
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On International Women’s Day, 8 March 2020, the special exhibition “Struggle for Visibility. Women Artists of the National Gallery before 1919” in the Alte Nationalgalerie will come to an end. With Jenny Holzer’s work “Men don’t protect you anymore”, now presented in the Kolonnadenhof on Berlin’s Museum Island, the theme of the visibility of women […]
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The Museum für Fotografie shows the exhibition “Blue Skies, Red Panic. The 1950s in Europe. A photographic review” since 29th January 2020. The photo exhibition illuminates an era that marked a new social and political beginning in Europe. A special exhibition of the project “Fifties in Europe Kaleidoscope” in cooperation with Institut für Museumsforschung – […]
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During the winter holidays 2020 (01.02.-09.02.2020) the National Museums in Berlin (Staatliche Museen zu Berlin) offer a varied programme for children, young people and families. In three-day workshops, children and young people explore the museums together and become creatively active. In addition, one-day workshops and exhibition talks will take place on the weekends. Please note […]
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