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To position oneself against existing power relations, to question, confirm or reinforce traditional conventions, to show solidarity or to rebel offensively: Clothing is not only used in declarative T-shirts to show a political position. Various strategies are pursued by means of direct and conspicuous codes, whether in a discreetly sublime manner or through seemingly inconspicuous […] ...

From 12 May 2023, the Kulturforum will be showing the exhibition “Dürer for Berlin. A Search for Traces in the Museum of Prints and Drawings” of the artist Albrecht Dürer. The Berlin Kupferstichkabinett owns one of the world’s most important collections of Albrecht Dürer’s hand drawings and prints. With the help of around 130 masterpieces, […] ...

The Neue Nationalgalerie is showing a performance by the Italian-Brazilian artist Anna Maria Maiolino in the upper hall from 25 to 27 May 2023. “Entrevidas” was first realised in public space in Rio de Janeiro in 1981. On a street in the city centre, passers-by made their way through hundreds of raw chicken eggs. Within […] ...

The art of the second half of the 20th century is characterised by a diversity of materials, media and methods. At the same time, hardly any other era was so marked by division and turmoil, but also by renewal: “Zerreißprobe. Art between Politics and Society” is the title of this collection presentation of the Neue […] ...

Galerie im Lenbachhaus and Kunstbau Munich shows from 12th March 2024 the exhibition Der Blaue Reiter. A new language. As part of the cooperation between the Lenbachhaus and Tate, from 25 April to 20 October the exhibition “Expressionists. Kandinsky, Münter and the Blue Rider” with numerous loans from the collection in London. For the Lenbachhaus, […] ...

On Friday, April 12, 2024, the Hamburger Bahnhof will open a collection presentation of Joseph Beuys for the first time in the Kleihueshalle, which will be shown with changing contemporary solo exhibitions: After a lengthy refurbishment and the conversion of the collection exhibitions, major works by Beuys will be on display there, including the spatial […] ...

Berlin-based artist Marianna Simnett presents her new installation “WINNER” from Friday, 17 May 2024 at Hamburger Bahnhof, which will be shown in the context of the 2024 European Football Championship in Germany. “WINNER” echoes the dramaturgy of the game and dissects its socially constructed power hierarchies, crowd psychology, and constant pressure to perform in three […] ...

Städel Museum is currently showing the exhibition MIRROR OF THOUGHTS by the artist duo Markus Muntean and Adi Rosenblum. The two artists Markus Muntean (b. 1962) and Adi Rosenblum (b. 1962) have been working together since the 1990s. In their primarily painterly oeuvre, they impressively combine their identities to create one artistic signature. The Städel […] ...

Museum Ludwig presents the exhibition On the Value of Time from 10. August 2023 to 31. August 2025. Every two years, the Museum Ludwig shows works of contemporary art in a new presentation. This time, the installations Mountains of Encounter, 2008, by Haegue Yang (1971 in Seoul, South Korea) and The Documentary: Geocentric Puncture, 2014 […] ...

The Alte Nationalgalerie is presenting Claude Monet’s three earliest views of Paris from 1867. It is the first exhibition of the series in Europe since its creation. The works are considered to be the first Impressionist city views and inspired artists such as Gustave Caillebotte (1848-1894) and Camille Pissarro (1830-1903) to create their own pictures […] ...

From the 5th October 2024 to the 11. May 2025, the Kröller-Müller Museum will show the exhibition Searching for Meaning with around 60 works by around 30 artists, including Vincent van Gogh, Johan Thorn Prikker, Jan Toorop, William Degouve de Nuncques, Odilon Redon, Pierre Puvis de Chavannes, Jan Sluyters, Charley Toorop and Piet Mondriaan, as […] ...

From August 2024, the exhibition series “Artists’ Conquest” will take place for the fourth time at Pillnitz Palace & Park under the motto “On Nature”. A total of ten works by contemporary artists can be experienced in the three palaces until the beginning of November. WHEN? Exhibition dates: Saturday, August 10 – Sunday, November 03, […] ...

It is a masterpiece of the Carolingian Frankish Empire, the Burse of Enger from the treasury of the Dionysius Monastery in Enger/Herford, which has been in the Museum of Decorative Arts of the National Museums in Berlin since 1885: Sacred medieval goldsmith’s art, decorated with gems and mythological motifs from antiquity, with precious gemstones and […] ...

From September 14, 2024, Lübeck celebrates 100 years of “Der Zauberberg”(The Magic Mountain). The city where Thomas Mann was born is dedicating the entire St. Annen Museum Quarter to the global bestseller. Three LÜBECKER MUSEEN museums will be marking the anniversary in their programs: a cultural history exhibition at the Buddenbrookhaus, interventions in the medieval […] ...

Grow It, Show It! – From September 13, a large photo exhibition at Museum Folkwang will shed light on the cultural significance of hairstyles in society, politics and everyday life. WHEN? Exhibition dates: Friday, September 13, 2024 – Sunday, January 12, 2025 Opening hours: Tuesday – Wednesday, Saturday – Sunday, 10 a.m. – 6 p.m., […] ...

The Tanzwelten exhibition at the Bundeskunsthalle Bonn sheds light on dance as a global form of performance and expression and presents a concept that transcends time and space and incorporates many forms of dance. The exhibition will be on display from September 27, 2024 to February 16, 2025. WHEN? Opening: Thursday, September 26, 2024, 7 […] ...

On 6 September, after a 16-month break, the Rieck Hall at Hamburger Bahnhof will reopen for exhibitions. the unique complex was acquired by the state of Berlin in November 2022 and permanently secured for the public. In the front part of the Rieckhallen, approx. 1,300 square metres will be 2022 and permanently secured for the […] ...

The Alte Nationalgalerie is showing the three earliest views of Paris by Claude Monet from 1867. It is the first exhibition of the series in Europe since its creation. The works are considered to be the first Impressionist city views and inspired artists such as Gustave Caillebotte (1848-1894) and Camille Pissarro (1830-1903) to create their […] ...

From 12 October 2024, the world will be upside down at the Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg. The moon stands on the earth, a house hangs high above the ground, clouds lie on the floor and visitors seem to float in the weightlessness of a spaceship. Argentinian artist Leandro Erlich (*1973) transforms the exhibition hall into a fantastically […] ...

The exhibition at the Pinakothek der Moderne entitled ‘Where the Wild Lines Live. Books and Illustrations for Children’ presents over 170 illustrated books from more than 25 countries and spans a historical arc from 1870 to the present day. As befits a design museum, the focus is not on the history, but on the design […] ...

Playing, learning, sleeping and being active: The way children grow up is not just a question of design. Since the mid-19th century, children’s lives and experiences have been characterised by furniture, toys, books and everyday objects designed especially for them. These early design objects also shed light on the phenomenon of childhood and the change […] ...

This autumn, the Humboldt Forum is focusing its programme on global perspectives. The temporary exhibition History(s) of Tanzania and a diverse programme of events shed light on the history of present-day Tanzania, which is inextricably linked to colonial history, and also show contemporary perspectives with films, dance and photography. With the aim of ‘Decentralising the […] ...

Art, Trade and Society in Hanau between the Pre-March and the Post-War Era No period before saw such great changes and disruptions in Germany and the whole world as the century between the 1848 Revolution and the reconstruction after the Second World War. WHERE? Hanau Historical Museum Schloss Philippsruhe Philippsruher Allee 45 63454 Hanau WHEN? […] ...

On March 22, 2024, Berlin Kunstgewerbemuseum will launch a new discursive platform with pop-up exhibitions, lectures, workshops and discussion panels to address the complex concept of “More Than Human” from the perspective of design disciplines. The project starts on March 22, 2024 with an international symposium and will continue until 2025. WHEN? from March 22, […] ...