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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

Gespanntes Stofftuch im Sonnenlicht vor einem mit Wasser gefüllten Becken — Exhibition view “Politics of being heard”, Installation by Anita Krebetschek, Photo: Cleo Wächter

Photos of people of different ages, genders, skin colour on a white wall, alongside the title — The Exhibition “Wege des Erinnerns” Yero Adugna Eticha, Nicolas Premier and Siska at Galerie Wedding. Credit: Wataru Murakami

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

Three pink shapes stacked on top of each other in a white room — Susanne Ring, “Körper Speicher Tempel”, Galerie Nord 2025. Credit: Oliver Möst

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.

Galerie Nord | Ausstellung

23.7.26 — 20.9.26

Counterplay

-English below-

Galerie Nord | Ausstellung

3.10.26 — 1.11.26

Jugendkunstpreis 2026

03.10. – 01.11.2026

13.11.26 — 17.1.27

ADEFRA, NEID & Queer Reads Library

Mit Jasmin Eding, Katarina Šević und Ina Wudtke

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.

Galerie Wedding | Eröffnung, Exhibition

20.8.26, 18:00h

Vernissage – »매난국죽 Mae Nan Guk Juk: Diasporic Memories Formed in Clay«

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

Featuring the drum dance Oego Buk Chum (외고 북 춤) by the URI Dance Group and the performance Rituals of Care for the Wild by Jinran Ha

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.

Mitte Museum | Ausstellung, Exhibition, Opening

9.9.26, 18:00h

Exhibition opening: 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.

Mitte Museum | Stadtrundgang, Tour

20.9.26, 13:00h – 15:00h

The Women’s Quarter Around Berlin Central Station – A Guided Tour with Trille Schünke-Bettinger

Die Polizei entfernt am 2. Oktober 1994 die vom Aktiven Museum angebrachte Zusatztafel zur Clara-Zetkin-Straße. Fotografie: J. Henschel.

To this day, far more streets are named after men than after women. When an entirely new district was planned around Berlin Central Station, a conscious effort was made to change that: many of the newly created streets were named after women.

Mitte Museum | Talk, Vortrag

20.8.26, 18:00h – 20:00h

Between Propaganda and Remembrance: Reinhold Huhn, Egon Schultz, and the Question of Justice

Die Polizei entfernt am 2. Oktober 1994 die vom Aktiven Museum angebrachte Zusatztafel zur Clara-Zetkin-Straße. Fotografie: J. Henschel.

Between 1948 and 1989, eight East German border guards lost their lives while on duty. In the GDR, they were elevated to the status of heroes, with streets named after them and their deaths portrayed as deliberate acts of murder. Among them were Reinhold Huhn (1942–1962) and Egon Schultz (1943–1964).

Mitte Museum | Ausstellung, Museumsevent, Rundgang

16.9.26, 18:00h – 19:00h

Guided Tour of the Exhibition “umbenennen?!” with Curator Tabea Thielmann (german)

Die Polizei entfernt am 2. Oktober 1994 die vom Aktiven Museum angebrachte Zusatztafel zur Clara-Zetkin-Straße. Fotografie: J. Henschel.

A street name is rarely neutral. It commemorates, honours, obscures—and sometimes does all of these things at once. In this guided tour, curator Tabea Thielmann takes visitors through the exhibition, uncovering the stories behind Berlin’s street signs, explaining how renamings come about, and exploring why some names remain unchanged.

Klosterruine | Artist talk

29.8.26, 17:00h

Artist Talk Nazanin Noori, Fabian Schöneich

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

The Berlin Monastery Ruins invite you to an artist talk with Nazanin Noori and Fabian Schöneich. In conversation, the artist and curator will offer insights into the site-specific installation BEHOLD GOD IN ALL THAT EXISTS IN HIS NAME and discuss the intersections of art, space, history, and societal power structures.

Klosterruine | Filmscreening

28.8.26, 20:00h

Short Film Program: Die Welt sieht zurück

Bild: Standbild aus Memories of a Window – Mehraneh Salimian & Amin Pakparvar, 2026

Die Welt sieht zurück describes a shift: it is not only us who are looking — our gaze is also being returned. Images, witnessing, bodies, and forms of individual and collective expression create modes of perception in which the world responds and answers back. The gaze itself becomes unstable rather than remaining fixed. The program presents short films spanning experimental film, dance film, documentary, and artistic moving-image practices.

Klosterruine | Führung

17.9.26, 17:00h – 18:00h

Art tour with Alin Daghestani

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

Klosterruine Berlin invites visitors to a public tour of the historic monument every third Thursday of the month from May to September. Together with Alin Daghestani, Program Coordinator and Curatorial Assistant at Klosterruine, visitors will gain insights into the history of the former Franciscan monastery as well as the current site-specific artistic works presented on site. The tour is followed by an opportunity for conversation and exchange.

Klosterruine | Führung

27.8.26, 17:00h – 18:00h

Art tour with Alin Daghestani

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

Klosterruine Berlin invites visitors to a public tour of the historic monument every third Thursday of the month from May to September. Together with Alin Daghestani, Program Coordinator and Curatorial Assistant at Klosterruine, visitors will gain insights into the history of the former Franciscan monastery as well as the current site-specific artistic works presented on site. The tour is followed by an opportunity for conversation and exchange.

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

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 …

Im wahrsten Sinne

Aufstand der Einkaufswagen

Seit nunmehr zwei Jahren steht das Karstadtgebäude am Leopoldplatz leer – und die vom Bezirk gewünschte Zwischennutzung konnte bisher nicht realisiert werden. Ein Zusammenschluss von Initiativen will sich damit …

Anna-Lena Wenzel

Henrike Naumann in der Galerie Wedding

Kunst in historischer Verantwortung – eine Erinnerung an Henrike Naumann

Henrike Naumann (1984–2026) hat in nur wenigen Jahren ein Werk geschaffen, das die deutsche Gegenwartskunst nachhaltig verändert hat – ihr früher Tod am 14. Februar 2026 in Berlin hinterlässt eine schmerzhafte …

Ute Müller-Tischler

Newsletter

In our Kultur Mitte newsletter we inform you about the latest in the fields of art, culture, media and education.

Additionally you receive information on Open Calls, opportunities for funding, concerts, readings, film screenings, guided tours and our program for families and young people in our institutions.

About

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

Galerie Wedding | Eröffnung, Exhibition

20.8.26
18:00h

Vernissage – »매난국죽 Mae Nan Guk Juk: Diasporic Memories Formed in Clay«

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

Featuring the drum dance Oego Buk Chum (외고 북 춤) by the URI Dance Group and the performance Rituals of Care for the Wild by Jinran Ha

Mitte Museum | Talk, Vortrag

20.8.26
18:00h - 20:00h

Between Propaganda and Remembrance: Reinhold Huhn, Egon Schultz, and the Question of Justice

Die Polizei entfernt am 2. Oktober 1994 die vom Aktiven Museum angebrachte Zusatztafel zur Clara-Zetkin-Straße. Fotografie: J. Henschel.

Between 1948 and 1989, eight East German border guards lost their lives while on duty. In the GDR, they were elevated to the status of heroes, with streets named after them and their deaths portrayed as deliberate acts of murder. Among them were Reinhold Huhn (1942–1962) and Egon Schultz (1943–1964).

Klosterruine | Führung

27.8.26
17:00h - 18:00h

Art tour with Alin Daghestani

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

Klosterruine Berlin invites visitors to a public tour of the historic monument every third Thursday of the month from May to September. Together with Alin Daghestani, Program Coordinator and Curatorial Assistant at Klosterruine, visitors will gain insights into the history of the former Franciscan monastery as well as the current site-specific artistic works presented on site. The tour is followed by an opportunity for conversation and exchange.

Klosterruine | Filmscreening

28.8.26
20:00h

Short Film Program: Die Welt sieht zurück

Bild: Standbild aus Memories of a Window – Mehraneh Salimian & Amin Pakparvar, 2026

Die Welt sieht zurück describes a shift: it is not only us who are looking — our gaze is also being returned. Images, witnessing, bodies, and forms of individual and collective expression create modes of perception in which the world responds and answers back. The gaze itself becomes unstable rather than remaining fixed. The program presents short films spanning experimental film, dance film, documentary, and artistic moving-image practices.

Klosterruine | Artist talk

29.8.26
17:00h

Artist Talk Nazanin Noori, Fabian Schöneich

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

The Berlin Monastery Ruins invite you to an artist talk with Nazanin Noori and Fabian Schöneich. In conversation, the artist and curator will offer insights into the site-specific installation BEHOLD GOD IN ALL THAT EXISTS IN HIS NAME and discuss the intersections of art, space, history, and societal power structures.

Mitte Museum | Ausstellung, Exhibition, Opening

9.9.26
18:00h

Exhibition opening: 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.

Mitte Museum | Ausstellung, Museumsevent, Rundgang

16.9.26
18:00h - 19:00h

Guided Tour of the Exhibition “umbenennen?!” with Curator Tabea Thielmann (german)

Die Polizei entfernt am 2. Oktober 1994 die vom Aktiven Museum angebrachte Zusatztafel zur Clara-Zetkin-Straße. Fotografie: J. Henschel.

A street name is rarely neutral. It commemorates, honours, obscures—and sometimes does all of these things at once. In this guided tour, curator Tabea Thielmann takes visitors through the exhibition, uncovering the stories behind Berlin’s street signs, explaining how renamings come about, and exploring why some names remain unchanged.

Klosterruine | Führung

17.9.26
17:00h - 18:00h

Art tour with Alin Daghestani

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

Klosterruine Berlin invites visitors to a public tour of the historic monument every third Thursday of the month from May to September. Together with Alin Daghestani, Program Coordinator and Curatorial Assistant at Klosterruine, visitors will gain insights into the history of the former Franciscan monastery as well as the current site-specific artistic works presented on site. The tour is followed by an opportunity for conversation and exchange.

Mitte Museum | Stadtrundgang, Tour

20.9.26
13:00h - 15:00h

The Women’s Quarter Around Berlin Central Station – A Guided Tour with Trille Schünke-Bettinger

Die Polizei entfernt am 2. Oktober 1994 die vom Aktiven Museum angebrachte Zusatztafel zur Clara-Zetkin-Straße. Fotografie: J. Henschel.

To this day, far more streets are named after men than after women. When an entirely new district was planned around Berlin Central Station, a conscious effort was made to change that: many of the newly created streets were named after women.