The artist duo Plastique Fantastique transfers the diversity of Berlin’s relationship culture to the square in front of Wedding Town Hall: In the walk-in, inflatable sound sculpture DOUBLE HEART, strangers, friends and lovers meet and share a heartbeat and pulse, while a monumental golden ring (RINGdeLUXE) encircles the façade of the former BVV hall. Visitors are fast-tracked from first crushes to pop-up weddings and express divorces. DJs and live acts accompany the transformation from single to couple (and back); guests, passers-by and neighbours are invited to a wedding disco and divorce dance. At night, the windows of the façade of the former BVV hall become a cinema and open up worlds of images for shared mourning, grieving and dreaming.
30.8.: 2-12 pm
31.8.: 2-10 pm
“Berliner Wedding (und Scheidung)” is a collaboration between the Department of Art, Culture, and History at the Mitte District Office and visitBerlin.
The project is funded by the Senate Department for Economics, Energy, and Public Enterprises through grants for “Special Tourism Projects in the Districts.”

The exhibition project THE LINE BETWEEN US, realized in collaboration with laif agency and laif foundation, is dedicated to the challenge of showing and debating the realities of queer people’s lives. In the exhibition, the eleven photographers scrutinize normative attributions from the inside perspective of the queer community. At times glamorous, at times ruthless, at times quiet and seemingly casual, the photographs reveal a multi-layered panorama of photographic appropriation of a fluid representation beyond stigmatization and discrimination.

What does it mean being heard – every day, in institutions and in the arts? The exhibition “Politics of Being Heard” at Bärenzwinger Berlin brings together installations, videos, photographs, textile works and sculptures to show the multilayered physical and social barriers, that impede or prevent access.

The third edition of KISR – Kunst im Stadtraum takes place at Leipziger Straße (2023 – 2025) and focusses on another part of Berlin-Mitte that is grounded in an utopian city planning concept. Three temporary art works are created from spring 2024: Gertraudenhain by artist Christof Zwiener from March 2024, Diadéo trésor by artist Kandis Friesen from September 2024 and the artist group’s msk7 work rüber machen in March 2025. Poligonal accompanies KISR Leipziger Straße with a program that negotiates questions of architecture, urban development and art in public spaces.

Mitte Museum keeps documents and books from the estate of Paul Gurk (1880-1953) and his life partner Erna Schallok (1886-1943) as well as artworks by the artist. The exhibition presents a selection of the material and provides authentic insight into the artist’s life.

within reach is the second programme sequence of DISLOCATIONS. Focusing on post-migrant lifeworlds, it relates them to the history of the exhibition venue and its surroundings. While the history of the former galerie weisser elefant is mainly told in terms of inner-German East-West migrations due to its foundation in the late GDR, the exhibition explores post-Soviet, Southeast European and transcontinental connections.

The exhibition dedicated to the people and initiatives whose decades of commitment through art, culture, science and mediation have contributed significantly to the transformation of Berlin’s urban space and broadened the view of Berlin’s colonial past. The exhibition is co-curated by Ibou Coulibaly Diop and Julien Enzanza.

The exhibition »KaKaKaTi Nno Munange« shows new photographic works by DeLovie Kwagala aka Papa De. Kwagala uses the camera as a means of self empowerment and self-questioning. The photographs recall a family’s photo album and explore the fault lines between the generations. Which memories do we carry with us, and how do we newly tell our own history?

For the 2025/26 programme year, artist Neda Saeedi has been selected by a jury to create a site-specific work. Neda Saeedi’s sound installation, created specifically for the Klosterruine, explores how historical sites are remembered. “Who is remembered, who is excluded, and how do we deal with violent histories or missing monuments? Are we dealing with the past in a way that allows us to shape the future?

For the day of liberation on May 8th Mitte Museum opens the multi-media exhibition “Der Krieg und ich – Kriegskinder 1939 bis 1945” in the museum’s garden. The exhibition focusses on children’s perspectives and their experiences of the second world war.
Visitors can walk through three containers where they can interact with objects, experience sound documents and historical film excerpts. Especially young visitors are invited to reflect on the way migration and war affect their own lives.