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Sofie Dawo. Textile Experiments
A retrospective look at Sofie Dawo (1926–2010), a radical textile artist who elevated fabric through deliberate destruction, inscribing the making process into the object itself.
Glenn Ligon: Double America
A striking 2012 neon work by Glenn Ligon in which the word "AMERICA" appears twice — once with every letter turned to face the wall, and once correctly lit — probing identity and visibility.
Gilbert Baker: Rainbow Flag
The Rainbow Flag (1978) by Gilbert Baker — now a global icon of the LGBTQ+ movement — is on display at MoMA, New York. Originally fabricated in nylon by Lynn Segerblom and James McNamara.
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[ materialistin ]. Matter of Care, Care of Matter
Eight Leipzig-based sculptors bring socially and culturally charged installations to Berlin's Hamburger Bahnhof, exploring questions of care, matter, and collective responsibility.
Dorothy Iannone: The Berlin Beauties. In Dialogue with Alejandra Pombo Su
A cabinet exhibition pairing Dorothy Iannone's drawing-and-text series "The Berlin Beauties" (1977–78), shown complete for the first time, with works by Alejandra Pombo Su.
Helmut Newton's One-off Album
A unique album assembled by Helmut Newton in 1999 for collector Gert Elfering — now part of the Nicola Erni Collection — is shown outside its Swiss home for the first time.
CHANEL Commission: Lina Lapelytė. We Make Years Out of Hours
Immersive performance and song fill Hamburger Bahnhof
Fujiko Nakaya. Fog Sculpture in the Sculpture Garden of the Neue Nationalgalerie
Ephemeral fog sculpture in the Neue Nationalgalerie garden
Intermezzo. Revisiting Helmut Newton
A bold reimagining of Newton's legacy at Museum fur Fotografie
Shilpa Gupta. What Still Holds
A monumental installation on language, power, and truth.
Scandal! Hermione von Preuschen and the Mors Imperator
A rebel painter who shook the Berlin art world in 1887.
Brancusi
Brancusi's studio, permanently reimagined in Berlin.
Giulia Andreani. Sabotage
Paintings that crack open the myths of official history.
Saâdane Afif. Five Preludes
Afif's first institutional solo show in Berlin
Christoph Schlingensief. Deutschlandsuche '99
A focused tribute to Schlingensief at the Neue Nationalgalerie.
Joseph Beuys. Works from the Nationalgalerie Collection
15 key works by a postwar European master
Focus Schinkel. A Look at Life and Work
Fresh perspectives on Schinkel's life and legacy in Berlin.
The Princesses Are Back! Schadow's Princesses Group Newly Presented at the Friedrichswerdersche Kirche
Schadow's iconic double statue, freshly reinstalled in Berlin.
Gerhard Richter. 100 Works for Berlin
100 works by Richter, including the Birkenau cycle
PERGAMON. Masterpieces of the Ancient Metropolis and 360° Panorama by Yadegar Asisi
Ancient Pergamon meets Asisi's immersive 360° panorama.
Painting from the 13th to the 18th Century
Seven centuries of European painting at its finest
Interaction
An exhibition exploring the Surrealist principle of unexpected juxtaposition — where strange neighbours spark new meaning, from Lautreamont to Breton and beyond.
Photography Tells Sculpture
Sculptures today are encountered more often in photographs than in person. This exhibition explores how photography shapes, mediates, and transforms our perception of three-dimensional art.
2101 – Future Ceramics. Table Culture of Tomorrow
Students from the University of the Arts explore how dining rituals and tableware might evolve by 2101, imagining future food cultures through ceramic design.
Collection Intervention at the Coin Cabinet for the 250th Anniversary of American Independence
The Coin Cabinet marks the 250th anniversary of US independence with two special display cases featuring selected coins — a focused intervention within the permanent collection.
The Portrait of the Federal Chancellor. First Presentation of the Official Portrait of Former Federal Chancellor Angela Merkel
Painter Jérémie Queyras has created the official portrait of Angela Merkel, who shaped German politics for 16 years. The work is on public view at the Bode-Museum until October.
Door to History
To mark its 150th anniversary, a historic room at the Alte Nationalgalerie has been redesigned to bring the building's eventful architectural history back to life.
InterNationalGallery 1. National Museum in Warsaw
The Alte Nationalgalerie on Berlin's Museumsinsel opens a new cabinet series by welcoming the National Museum in Warsaw — a dialogue across borders and histories.
Mirae kh Rhee. Passing It On
Mirae kh Rhee questions what museums really show us — probing who collected what, why, and what messages are encoded in collections and the objects within them.
A Thousand Times Berlin. The Hamburger Bahnhof Collection – Nationalgalerie der Gegenwart
To mark its 30th anniversary, Hamburger Bahnhof presents a new collection display exploring Berlin's art scene within a global context — where artistic, political, and migratory paths converge.
Wonderfully Wild! Fauna and Flora in Japanese Art
A vibrant survey of animals, birds, and plants in Japanese art from the museum's collection, featuring tigers, monkeys, elephants, and mice across paintings, prints, and ceramics.
100 Years of the Dictionary of the Egyptian Language
A landmark exhibition marking the centenary of the Dictionary of the Egyptian Language, an indispensable reference work for Egyptology, on show in the Mythological Hall of the Neues Museum.
Rooms / Stages
Following the acclaimed 2019 show "Body Performance", this exhibition shifts focus from the performative act to the space itself — exploring rooms and stages as subjects in their own right.
Cassirer and the Breakthrough of Impressionism
How Paul Cassirer brought Impressionism to Germany
Many Shades of Grès. Fashion Becomes Art
First German-world retrospective of Madame Gres at Kulturforum
Ruin und Rausch. Berlin 1910–1930
Weimar-era Berlin through Classical Modernism masterworks
Pewter from the Middle Ages to Art Nouveau
Centuries of European pewter craft at Schloss Köpenick.
Heavy Fabric. Women – Costumes – Life Stories
Danube Swabian folk costumes and women's life stories
New Woman, New Vision. The Bauhaus Photographers
Bold visions from the women photographers of the Bauhaus
ErzählStoff. New Perspectives on Literature
Six exhibits redefine what literature can be
Fate in the Stars. The Origins of the Zodiac
Tracing the zodiac from Babylon to Rome at Neues Museum
Ghostbuster: Zhong Kui, the Demon Queller. Here to Protect the Family
The myth of Zhong Kui, scholar and demon queller
This Is All Me! The Christoph Muller Donation IV. Works on Paper and a Life's Work
200 works on paper spanning five centuries of art
Built Community. Göbeklitepe, Taş Tepeler and Life 12,000 Years Ago
Ancient monuments that reshaped our view of early civilization.
Haus Lemke – The Furniture of Mies van der Rohe and Lilly Reich
Rare complete furniture from a Mies van der Rohe interior
What We Hold On To
Eleven artists on kinship, queerness, and migration
Making Kin
A group show on kinship across species and borders.
Heimsuchung: 40 Years of KGM at the Kulturforum
40 years of KGM — a critical anniversary show in Berlin
The Pazzi Conspiracy: Power, Violence and Art in Renaissance Florence
Art and intrigue behind Florence's deadliest conspiracy
The Berlin Sculpture Find: Degenerate Art in the Bomb Rubble
16 lost Modernist sculptures found in Berlin bomb rubble
Being Related. Shared Language, Shared Knowledge?
How kinship and family define belonging across cultures
The Legend of Prince Vishvantara: Boundless Generosity
A giant Nepalese scroll tells the tale of Prince Vishvantara.
Language Families
Manuscripts reveal the linguistic diversity of the Turfan finds.
Family and Religion
Two silk paintings on family, faith, and ancient belief
Cornerstone of Antiquity. Berlin's First Museum
How Berlin's first museum brought antiquity to the public
Discover Archaeology. From Find to Exhibition at PETRI Berlin
Follow a find from dig to display at PETRI Berlin.
(Un)visible Places. Siegfried Hirschmann – A Forgotten Industrial Pioneer
A virtual journey into a forgotten industrial empire.
Time Travel to the Old Tiergartenviertel
A tribute to the creative residents of old Berlin
Muslim Un/Visibilities: Making Connections. Intervention in the Collection Display
Exploring Muslim life hidden in MEK Berlin's collection
Dioskuren – Der geschenkte Tag
Contemporary art meets antiquity in Berlin's Neues Museum.
Fashion from Paris. The Erika Hoffmann Gift
22 Parisian pieces from the Erika Hoffmann gift
Stories of Tanzania
Centuries of Tanzanian history, critically examined.
The Baptismal Font of Siena. History, Restoration and Reinstallation of a Plaster Model
History and restoration of Siena's Baptismal Font plaster model.
Time & Temporality. A ThinkSpace of the Dahlem Research Campus
An interdisciplinary look at time across science, art, and philosophy.
Museum in Motion. A Collection for the 21st Century
Ten major works ask what a 21st-century museum should be.
The Ziguangge: Hall of Purple Radiance. Venue, Hall of Fame, and Theater of War
Imperial portraits from the Qianlong Emperor's Hall of Purple Radiance.
Zerreißprobe. Art Between Politics and Society. Nationalgalerie Collection 1945–2000
Art and politics in the Nationalgalerie collection, 1945–2000.
The Infinite Exhibition
22 collection works across the whole Hamburger Bahnhof site
Forum Hamburger Bahnhof
The building's history told through archives and objects.
Embroidered Gardens: Ottoman Textiles from the Borg Collection
Exquisite Ottoman embroidered textiles at the Pergamon Museum.
Encounters. Non-European Arts and Crafts in the Collection of the Kunstgewerbemuseum
50 non-European treasures reframe decorative art history.
Ethnological Collections and Asian Art
20,000 works spanning world cultures at the Humboldt Forum
Plain Speaking. On the History of the Bode-Museum
The Bode-Museum explores its own history for the first time.
Ideal and Form. 19th-Century Sculptures from the Collection of the Nationalgalerie
19th-century sculptures in Schinkel's landmark church
Rococo Worlds. The Porcelain and Faience Collection
Rococo porcelain and faience at the Kunstgewerbemuseum
The Crown of Kerch. Treasures from Europe's Early History
Migration Period treasures back in Berlin after 80 years
The Mechanical Christmas Mountain from the Erzgebirge
300+ figures animate the life of Jesus on 15 sq metres
Ancient Worlds. Greeks, Etruscans and Romans
Masterpieces of ancient Greece, Etruria, and Rome
Collection Display: The Art of the 19th Century
A sweeping survey of 19th-century art in Berlin
Works of Decorative Art from the Renaissance, Baroque and Rococo
Decorative art across three great European eras
Cultural Contacts. Living in Europe
Exploring mobility and community across European cultures
Ancient Egypt
2,500 exhibits spanning millennia of Egyptian art and life
Prehistory and Early History
Prehistoric treasures across three floors of the Neues Museum
Back! Stone Age. Bronze Age. Iron Age
Prehistory to Iron Age — a journey through early civilization
Treasures from the Rhine. The Barbarian Hoard of Neupotz
Roman treasures plundered from the empire's northern frontier
A House for Applied Arts, Fashion and Design
Centuries of European applied arts, fashion and design.
Surreal Worlds
Surrealism's pioneers and heirs in a shifting permanent display.
Sculpture and Painting, 13th–18th Century
Centuries of European sculpture and painting on Museum Island
Coins and Medals
500,000 numismatic treasures from antiquity to today
Late Antique and Byzantine Art
Germany's top Byzantine art collection, 3rd–15th century
Past exhibitions (11)
Inside Archives. Interventions on Leni Riefenstahl's Nuba Work
Critical interventions on Riefenstahl's Nuba photography
100 Best Posters 25. Germany Austria Switzerland
The year's finest poster designs from the D-A-CH region are on display at Kulturforum from June 12 to July 5, 2026, showcasing cutting-edge graphic design.
Federal Ecodesign Prize: Thinking Ahead
30 prize-winning sustainable design projects at the KGM Berlin
Possibilities of an Island. Thinking in Images from Gerstenberg to Scharf
Two collectors, one vision: thinking in images
Monet and the Impressionist Cityscape
Monet and the Impressionists reimagine the modern city
Unveiled. Berlin and its monuments
A fascinating look at Berlin's monumental heritage, exploring the stories, politics, and transformations behind the city's most iconic statues and memorials.
Martha Liebermann (1857–1943) – Lebensbilder
A portrait of Martha Liebermann's life and legacy, exploring the story of the wife of painter Max Liebermann through archival images and biographical documents.
We Were Neighbors
A memorial exhibition at Schöneberg Town Hall, Berlin, honoring the local victims of the persecution of Jews under National Socialism.
Poetics of Encryption
Art that encodes, conceals, and deciphers hidden meaning.
Play it again
An exhibition exploring repetition, performance, and the act of revisiting in contemporary art.
Adventures on the Nile. Prussia and Egyptology 1842–45
Prussia's pioneering Nile expedition that founded Egyptology