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The word hope with yellow circle — Design: Form und Konzept

Menschen sitzen an Tischen vor einem bunten Wandbehang und basteln — Workshop mit Frauen Machen Druck in der Galerie Wedding. Foto: Laura Fiorio

Twisted tubes in a church ruin, at the centre stands a woman in sun glasses — Neda Saeedi with her work “Monuments of Oblivion: Rivers of Lethe” at Klosterruine Berlin. Credit: Piotr Pietrus

Dark room with two screens showing a video of a naked person — Opening of DISLOCATIONS-in sight at Kunst Raum Mitte. Credit: Juan Saez

Street in evening light with billboard that says — Opening “rübermachen” by msk7. KISR Leipziger Straße. Credit: Laura Fiorio

Blue object on the floor of a bear cage — Theresa Weber, Woven Spirits, 2025. “This, too, is a way of keeping each other close” at Bärenzwinger. Credit: Cleo Wächter

People on a lawn between two shipping containers — Opening of the exhibition”Der Krieg und ich” at Mitte Museum. Credit: Piotr Pietrus

Four children in front of canvasses paiinting — Painting at Atelier Farbklang. Credit: Ulrike Stiehring

Menschen fotografieren eine Person in einem durchsichtigen Plastikball in einem bunt geschmückten Raum — Himmel auf Erden

Exhibitions

Galerie Wedding | Ausstellung, Exhibition

21.8.26 — 1.11.26

»매난국죽 Mae Nan Guk Juk: Diasporic Memories Formed in Clay« – An exhibition by Frank Jimin Hopp

Zwei Personen bemalen gemeinsam eine große weiße Keramikvase in einer Werkstatt.

With Mae Nan Guk Juk: Diasporic Memories Formed in Clay, Korean-German artist Frank Jimin Hopp explores the memories of the first generation of South Korean labour migrants in Germany. Through interviews, video works and collaboratively created ceramic objects, the exhibition brings together stories of migration, care work, loss and new beginnings. It presents diasporic memory as a living archive, continuously shaped through storytelling, encounters and artistic practice. The title refers to the Four Gentlemen of East Asian art—plum blossom, orchid, chrysanthemum and bamboo—symbols of resilience, dignity and perseverance.

10.9.26 — 21.2.27, 10:00h – 18:00h

Lang ist es nicht her. Und jetzt ist es soweit. – Susanne Kerckhoff

Foto: Camille Compere

The exhibition at the Mitte Museum is dedicated to the writer and journalist Susanne Kerckhoff (1918–1950), one of the defining voices of Germany’s early post-war period. Between 1948 and 1949, Kerckhoff published a series of fictional portraits in the Berliner Zeitung that addressed pressing questions facing post-war society: guilt, denazification, antisemitism, and democracy. For the first time, the exhibition offers a comprehensive exploration of this body of work while asking what these texts can tell us about Germany today.

Bärenzwinger | Exhibition

5.6.26 — 21.2.27

»Furore«

Grafik: Nora Keilig

The solo exhibition by Nina Paszkowski, titled “Furore”, refers to the spectacle that has long shaped the Bärenzwinger: the principle of display and staging—whether through living animals, ideologically charged urban identity, or contemporary art. “Furore” describes a form of public attention that moves between fascination and unease. What attracts and excites can also turn into indignation or anger. Paszkowski approaches this anger through mythological figures whose name resonates in the exhibition title: the Furies. In Greek mythology, they appear as furious avengers who, through an act of mercy, undergo a process of becoming human and transform into the benevolent Eumenides.

Mitte Museum | Exhibition

22.5.26 — 27.9.26

umbennen? Exhibition project on the history of Berlin street names

umbennen? Exhibition project on the history of Berlin street names

As an inner-city district that unites former East and West Berlin boroughs, Mitte looks back on a turbulent history that is also reflected in the large number of street renamings. The regional historical focus of the “rename?!” exhibition is therefore on continuities, ruptures, and the possibilities for participation in renaming processes.

Klosterruine | Exhibition

14.5.26 — 25.4.27

BEHOLD GOD IN ALL THAT EXISTS IN HIS NAME

BEHOLD GOD IN ALL THAT EXISTS IN HIS NAME

is a site-specific installation by Nazanin Noori at the Klosterruine Berlin. It connects the historical space of the former religious building with questions of religious affiliation, power structures, public perception, and diverse conceptions of the divine. As a relic of a sacred site, the Klosterruine points to the political and social systems that have historically emerged from religious organisation. For centuries, the Berlin Franciscan monastery functioned as a space in which spiritual practices—both aesthetic and performative—were closely intertwined with urban order and political authority. At the same time, the ruin stands as a marker of repeated destruction and transformation.

Exhibitions

| Exhibition, Opening

15.10.26, 18:00h – 21:00h

Exhibition Opening: Sediment by Qusay Awad

Foto: Pieter Van Dijen

On October 15, 2026, Sediment by Qusay Awad opens as the second exhibition in the annual program Heimsuchungen/Hauntings.

3.10.26, 18:00h

Transitus-Feier: 800. Todestag des H1. Franziskus

Transitus-Feier: 800. Todestag des H1. Franziskus

Gottesdienstliche Feier der Franziskaner
zum 800-jährigen Todestag des hl. Franziskus in der Klosterruin

Klosterruine Berlin | Führung

4.10.26, 13:00h – 14:00h

Kunstführung mit Alin Daghestani

Nazanin Noori, Eröffnung, BEHOLD GOD IN ALL THAT EXISTS IN HIS NAME, Klosterruine, 2026, Foto: Piotr Pietrus

Die Klosterruine Berlin lädt jeden dritten Donnerstag im Monat von Mai bis September zu einer öffentlichen Führung durch das historische Baudenkmal ein. Gemeinsam mit Alin Daghestani, Programmkoordinatorin und kuratorischer Assistenz der Klosterruine, erhalten Besucher:innen Einblicke in die Geschichte des ehemaligen Franziskanerklosters sowie in die aktuellen ortsspezifischen künstlerischen Arbeiten vor Ort. Im Anschluss an die Führung besteht Raum für Austausch und Gespräch.

4.10.26, 14:00h – 17:00h

Sunday Art Makers – Ebb and Flow (Für Kinder von 7-15 Jahren)

Foto: rezzam gümgüm

KinderKulturMonat: Im Oktober erwartet Kinder und ihre Familien ein einzigartiges Programm zum Mitmachen und Ausprobieren. In allen Bezirken Berlins öffnen Museen, Kunst- und Musikschulen, Theater, Tanzschulen, Kinos und viele weitere Kulturorte ihre Türen, um gemeinsam zu malen, zu forschen, zu tanzen und zu musizieren.

24.9.26, 19:00h

Concert with “Horizontaler Gentransfer”

Foto: Maxim Schipko

Originally launched as an ambitious art project at the Stuttgart State Academy of Art and Design, Horizontaler Gentransfer quickly became a sensation: six female artists with migrant backgrounds bring together K-punk, spoken-word performance and art pop, using their sharp-witted lyrics to build bridges between cultures. Or, as they call it themselves: Empowerment Karaoke.

Galerie Wedding | Ausstellung, Exhibition

21.8.26 — 1.11.26

»매난국죽 Mae Nan Guk Juk: Diasporic Memories Formed in Clay« – An exhibition by Frank Jimin Hopp

Zwei Personen bemalen gemeinsam eine große weiße Keramikvase in einer Werkstatt.

With Mae Nan Guk Juk: Diasporic Memories Formed in Clay, Korean-German artist Frank Jimin Hopp explores the memories of the first generation of South Korean labour migrants in Germany. Through interviews, video works and collaboratively created ceramic objects, the exhibition brings together stories of migration, care work, loss and new beginnings. It presents diasporic memory as a living archive, continuously shaped through storytelling, encounters and artistic practice. The title refers to the Four Gentlemen of East Asian art—plum blossom, orchid, chrysanthemum and bamboo—symbols of resilience, dignity and perseverance.

10.9.26 — 21.2.27, 10:00h – 18:00h

Lang ist es nicht her. Und jetzt ist es soweit. – Susanne Kerckhoff

Foto: Camille Compere

The exhibition at the Mitte Museum is dedicated to the writer and journalist Susanne Kerckhoff (1918–1950), one of the defining voices of Germany’s early post-war period. Between 1948 and 1949, Kerckhoff published a series of fictional portraits in the Berliner Zeitung that addressed pressing questions facing post-war society: guilt, denazification, antisemitism, and democracy. For the first time, the exhibition offers a comprehensive exploration of this body of work while asking what these texts can tell us about Germany today.

Bärenzwinger | Exhibition

5.6.26 — 21.2.27

»Furore«

Grafik: Nora Keilig

The solo exhibition by Nina Paszkowski, titled “Furore”, refers to the spectacle that has long shaped the Bärenzwinger: the principle of display and staging—whether through living animals, ideologically charged urban identity, or contemporary art. “Furore” describes a form of public attention that moves between fascination and unease. What attracts and excites can also turn into indignation or anger. Paszkowski approaches this anger through mythological figures whose name resonates in the exhibition title: the Furies. In Greek mythology, they appear as furious avengers who, through an act of mercy, undergo a process of becoming human and transform into the benevolent Eumenides.

Mitte Museum | Exhibition

22.5.26 — 27.9.26

umbennen? Exhibition project on the history of Berlin street names

umbennen? Exhibition project on the history of Berlin street names

As an inner-city district that unites former East and West Berlin boroughs, Mitte looks back on a turbulent history that is also reflected in the large number of street renamings. The regional historical focus of the “rename?!” exhibition is therefore on continuities, ruptures, and the possibilities for participation in renaming processes.

Klosterruine | Exhibition

14.5.26 — 25.4.27

BEHOLD GOD IN ALL THAT EXISTS IN HIS NAME

BEHOLD GOD IN ALL THAT EXISTS IN HIS NAME

is a site-specific installation by Nazanin Noori at the Klosterruine Berlin. It connects the historical space of the former religious building with questions of religious affiliation, power structures, public perception, and diverse conceptions of the divine. As a relic of a sacred site, the Klosterruine points to the political and social systems that have historically emerged from religious organisation. For centuries, the Berlin Franciscan monastery functioned as a space in which spiritual practices—both aesthetic and performative—were closely intertwined with urban order and political authority. At the same time, the ruin stands as a marker of repeated destruction and transformation.

Magazine

Die Künstlerin Nazanin Noori in der Klosterruine Berlin vor ihrer Intervention „BEHOLD GOD IN ALL THAT EXISTS IN HIS NAME“, 14.05.2026-25.04.2027. © Peter Oliver Wolff

Nazanin Noori: Im Spannungsfeld der Ambivalenz

Was auf den ersten Blick reduziert erscheint, entfaltet in den Arbeiten von Nazanin Noori eine überraschende Intensität. Mit klaren Formen, monumentalen Schriftzügen, Klang und Sprache entwickelt die Kü…

Foto: Marcelina Wellmer

Akademie der Künste goes Schloss Bellevue: „Freiraum“ mit Grenzen?

Für zwei Wochen öffnete Schloss Bellevue seine Türen für die Kunst: Mit „FREIRAUM KUNST“, kuratiert von Anh-Linh Ngo, brachte die Akademie der Künste internationale künstlerische …

Produktive Nabelschau

Produktive Nabelschau

Mitten in Berlin-Mitte erzählen die Sophiensæle nicht nur ihre eigene Geschichte, sondern auch die ihres Kiezes. Zum Abschluss der Jubiläumsspielzeit 2025/26 blickt das Produktionshaus auf historische Schichten, blinde …

Anna-Lena Wenzel

„Die Erziehung der Hirse“, 2026 (Filmstills) © Vettka Kirillova

Zwischen Bauernkrieg und Silicon Valley: Die Logik der Unmittelbarkeit

Wie lassen sich historische Umbrüche mit den Krisen der Gegenwart zusammendenken? Die Veranstaltungsreihe „Planetkult“ sucht darauf Antworten, unter anderem an Orten in Berlin-Mitte, an denen Kultur und Wissenschaft zusammenkommen. …

Einer der ungewöhnlichen Kunstorte von Culterim: Ein ehemaliger Handyshop am Gesundbrunnen. Foto: Dennis Gegenfurtner

Ausstellen ohne Zugangsbeschränkungen

Culterim ist eine Agentur, die Immobilien an Künstler*innen vermietet und dabei betriebswirtschaftliches Denken mit Kunstförderung und einem sozialen Ansatz verknüpft. Zu ihrem Portfolio gehören Ausstellungsflä…

Anna-Lena Wenzel

Bernd Frank, Foto: privat

Gestaltung und Haltung. Ein Gespräch mit dem Grafiker Bernd Frank (1942-2026)

Bernd Frank (*1942 in Erfurt) zählte zu jenen Grafiker*innen, die das grafische Medium nicht nur als gestalterisches Werkzeug, sondern als eigenständige künstlerische Ausdrucksform begreifen. Über mehrere Jahrzehnte …

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The Department of Art, Culture and History is an important point of contact for key cultural projects and initiatives. The department advises on approval and application procedures for funding and art projects in public space, supports the public promotion of art and remembrance projects on both a regional and supra-regional scale, facilitates networking and transcultural exchange and has for years successfully coordinated cultural education work aimed at predominantly young people.

Events

24.9.26
19:00h

Concert with “Horizontaler Gentransfer”

Foto: Maxim Schipko

Originally launched as an ambitious art project at the Stuttgart State Academy of Art and Design, Horizontaler Gentransfer quickly became a sensation: six female artists with migrant backgrounds bring together K-punk, spoken-word performance and art pop, using their sharp-witted lyrics to build bridges between cultures. Or, as they call it themselves: Empowerment Karaoke.

3.10.26
18:00h

Transitus-Feier: 800. Todestag des H1. Franziskus

Transitus-Feier: 800. Todestag des H1. Franziskus

Gottesdienstliche Feier der Franziskaner
zum 800-jährigen Todestag des hl. Franziskus in der Klosterruin

4.10.26
14:00h - 17:00h

Sunday Art Makers – Ebb and Flow (Für Kinder von 7-15 Jahren)

Foto: rezzam gümgüm

KinderKulturMonat: Im Oktober erwartet Kinder und ihre Familien ein einzigartiges Programm zum Mitmachen und Ausprobieren. In allen Bezirken Berlins öffnen Museen, Kunst- und Musikschulen, Theater, Tanzschulen, Kinos und viele weitere Kulturorte ihre Türen, um gemeinsam zu malen, zu forschen, zu tanzen und zu musizieren.

| Exhibition, Opening

15.10.26
18:00h - 21:00h

Exhibition Opening: Sediment by Qusay Awad

Foto: Pieter Van Dijen

On October 15, 2026, Sediment by Qusay Awad opens as the second exhibition in the annual program Heimsuchungen/Hauntings.