DEEDS CALENDAR: Lin May Saeed. In Paradise the Snow Falls Slowly. A Dialogue with Renée Sintenis – Georg Kolbe Museum | until 25.02.2024

From 14 September 2023, the Georg Kolbe Museum will be showing the exhibition “In Paradise, the Snow Falls Slowly” by artist Lin May Saeed as a dialogue with Renée Sintenis. Styrofoam creatures climb out of their cages and colonise the Georg Kolbe Museum, wire lobsters free themselves from captivity with their scissors, figures taken from ancient sagas reflect the close relationship between animals and humans in Arabic-language poetry. The opening will take place as part of the Berlin Art Week on 13 September 2023 from 6 pm.

Fig. above: Exhibition view “Lin May Saeed. In Paradise the Snow Falls Slowly. A dialogue with Renée Sintenis” Georg Kolbe Museum, 2023, Photo: Enric Duch

Highlights from the supporting programme

Guided tours by curators in cooperation with the Museum of the Ancient Near East 05.10., 18:30 Dr. Helen Gries on the Vase of Warka (Uruk Vase) in the Museum of the Ancient Near East 11.10., 18:30 Dr. Kathleen Reinhardt through the exhibition in the Georg Kolbe Museum

Reading and talk A declaration of love to the crow 19.10., 18:00 h, with Cord Riechelmann in cooperation with the publishing house Matthes + Seitz

Panorama event series The Panorama series creates connections between art and other areas of knowledge and experience. 12 Oct, 6pm, with Dr Kathrin Herrmann, Animal Welfare Commissioner of the State of Berlin 09 Nov, 6pm, with Gregor Reinhardt, Organismendemokratie/organisms democracy e.V. 01 Feb, 6pm Panel Ethics of the Human-Animal Relationship with Melanie Bujok, social scientist, Dr Friederike Schmitz, freelance writer, and Prof. Dr Bernd Ladwig, Free University of Berlin.

Curator’s tour with Dr Kathleen Reinhardt 13.12., 5:00 p.m.

Inclusive tactile tour for people with and without visual impairments 27.01., 14:00 hrs through the exhibition.

Culinary evening with vegan dishes “Recipes from Iraq” based on the book by Lin May Saeed 14 Feb, with exhibition tours and menu at Café Benjamine Further information at Café Benjamine: info@cafebenjamine.de; 030 23592503

Lecture at the Einstein Forum Potsdam
Postanthropocentric Art History(s). On the new way of dealing with animals in art 15.02., 19:00 with Prof. Dr. Jessica Ulrich, Kunstakademie Münster, in cooperation with the Einstein Forum, Potsdam

WHERE?

Georg Kolbe Museum Sensburger Allee 25 14055 Berlin

WHEN?

Thursday, 14 September 2023 – Sunday, 25 February 2024 Wednesday to Monday 11 a.m. – 6 p.m., closed on Tuesdays

COSTS?

8 € (reduced € 5), free admission up to 18 years and for members of the Circle of Friends