Under the patronage of the Federal President, FREE SPACE FOR ART
Academy of Arts goes Bellevue. Federal President Frank-Walter Steinmeier opens Bellevue Palace for a special art exhibition before its renovation. From June 13 to 28, 2026, the Academy of Arts will realize a two-week pop-up gallery in Bellevue Palace, transforming the official residence of the Federal President into a temporary venue for the arts.
Image Caption: Schloss Bellevue, © Presse- und Informationsamt der Bundesregierung, Foto: Guido Bergmann
The Academy of Arts is staging a two-week pop-up gallery at Bellevue Palace, transforming the official residence of the Federal President into a temporary art space.
As the seat of the head of state, Bellevue Palace is a symbol of our liberal democracy. The artworks are deliberately placed in a dynamic relationship with this location, which stands for democratic representation and political symbolism. This unique exhibition is made possible because Bellevue Palace must be vacated before its renovation, and the Federal President is making the temporarily available spaces available to the arts.
Participating artists include… The following members of the Academy of Arts are involved: Rosa Barba, Carola Bauckholt, Ann Cotten, Alexandra Bircken, Monica Bonvicini, Jürgen Böttcher, Katja Erfurth, Ayşe Erkmen, Jochen Gerz, Katharina Grosse, Hanna Hartman, Bjørn Melhus, Boris Mikhailov, Karin Sander, Matthias Sauerbruch, Hanns Schimansky, Gregor Schneider, Chiyoko Szlavnics, and Wolfgang Tillmans. The project’s initiators, Christian Awe, El Bocho, and Christopher Lehmpfuhl, are also participating.
The overall curatorship is by Anh-Linh Ngo, Vice President of the Academy of Arts, and Cécile Wajsbrot, Deputy Director of the Literature Section. The “Office of the Public Cause,” curated by Academy President Manos Tsangaris, is an artistic and discursive format that sees itself as an open space in which artistic perspectives can challenge societal polarization.
WHEN?
Exhibition date: Saturday, 13. June until Friday, 26. June 2026.
WHERE?
ARTEFAKT Kulturkonzepte Marienburger Str. 16 10405 Berlin
