From 4 August to 2 November 2025, Schloss Biesdorf is presenting the exhibition LUMEN, curated by the artist duo Römer + Römer. 30 artists from Germany and the Netherlands will explore the theme of light in its many manifestations – from physical and cultural to poetic dimensions. The exhibition will open on 3 August 2025 with a vernissage in the presence of poet and singer Klaus Estermann.
Image above: Sylvie Zijlmans & Hewald Jongenelis, The Magnetic North (Video still), 2015 © Zijlmans & Jongenelis / Reprorecht NL, 2025
With LUMEN, Schloss Biesdorf brings together a broad spectrum of artistic styles and media. The works on display range from painting, photography, video works and site-specific installations to performance.
Light appears here as an atmospheric element, technological impulse or metaphorical opening – sensual, experimental and speculative. The title LUMEN refers not only to the Latin word for light, but also to the measure of luminous flux in physics and to the interior of a vessel in anatomy – a symbol of permeability.
The architecture and history of the exhibition venue deepen the thematic framework: Schloss Biesdorf, once the summer residence of Werner Siemens, a pioneer of electrification, forms a resonance surface between nature, history and technological vision with its listed park.
The exhibition is the result of an inspiring exchange with the Amsterdam light artist Peter Vink and is sponsored by the Kingdom of the Netherlands and the exhibition fund Kommunale Galerien Berlin.
With works by:
Sonja Alhäuser, Aljoscha, Deniz Alt, Emanuel Bernstone, Marc Bijl, Irina Birger, Sascha Boldt, Stephen Chambers, Sven Drühl, Marcus Eek, Thomas Fischer, Wineke Gartz, Daphne Glasmacher, Gregor Hildebrandt, Klaus Jörres, Elena Karakitsou, Hanna Mattes, Toshihiko Mitsuya, Jirka Pfahl, Römer + Römer, Femke Schaap, Sandra Schlipkoeter, Tracey Snelling, Veerle Thoben, Lukas Troberg, Atelier Van Lieshout, Jonas Vansteenkiste, Peter Vink, René Wirths, Sylvie Zijlmans & Hewald Jongenelis.
The extensive accompanying programme includes the castle revue Into the Light on 6 September 2025 with music and performance, as well as a finissage with a magic show by Tobias Dostal on 2 November 2025.
WHEN?
Vernissage: Sunday, 3 August 2025, 6 pm
Exhibition date: 4 August – 2 November 2025
Castle revue Into the Light: 6 September 2025, 6 pm
Finissage with Tobias Dostal: 2 November 2025, 4 pm
Opening hours:
Sat-Mon, Wed-Thu: 10am-6pm
Fri: 12pm-2pm
Closed on Tuesday
WHERE?
Biesdorf Palace
Alt-Biesdorf 55
12683 Berlin
COST?
Free admission
