The Week Apr. 20–26, 2026
Barbara Loftus: ‘Eine Enterbung’ Artist Talk & Book Launch: Wednesday, Apr. 22; 7pm Exhibition: Mar. 27–May 25, 2026 hal-berlin.de/eine-enterbung Lützowplatz 9, 10785 Berlin, click here for map Andreas Fux: ‘Out in Ost-Berlin’ Film Screening & Artist Talk: Wednesday, Apr. 22; 7pm Part of ‘QUEERE KUNST IN DER DDR?’ Exhibition: Mar. 28–June 28, 2026 ngbk.de/queere-kunst-in-der-ddr Karl…
Leaking Gestures: An Interview with Dafna Maimon
This article is part of our feature topic Abjection. Sun pours into Dafna Maimon’s Kreuzberg studio on a spring day in March, as we greet each other and prepare for our conversation about the role of the abject in her practice, which encompasses a wide range of media, including painting, video, installation and performance. Just as I’m about to sit down on a wooden chair at her desk, she asks…
Lively and Impermanent: Peter Hujar / Liz Deschenes at Gropius Bau
The skeletons of collapsing buildings; shifting licks of light on water; insubmissive deathbed portraiture. Wandering through ‘Persistence of Vision’ at Gropius Bau, I feel fizzy. Peter Hujar’s photography, mostly taken in 1970s and 80s New York, is occupied with the intensity of impermanence. It seeks out a startling kind of liveliness, the sort that comes when subjects are at their most mutable.
Sustained Gestures: An Interview with Martina Yordanova
This year’s Bulgarian Pavilion, opening at the 61st Venice Biennale of Art next month, is framed as the headquarters of a fictional research lab, set in a future political landscape. In ‘The Federation of Minor Practices’—which will feature films and a collaborative work by four Bulgarian artists (Veneta Androva, Gery Georgieva, Maria Nalbantova and Rayna Teneva)—care becomes the foundation for a…
Britzenale Presents In-Situ Works in Berlin Allotment Garden
Berlin Britzenale returns for its sixth edition from June 5th to 7th, 2026. Continuing its tradition of inhabiting a different allotment garden community in Neukölln’s district of Britz for each edition, it will take place this year at Kleingartenanlage Zur Windmühle e.V. for the duration of the program. Kleingartenanlage Zur Windmühle e.V. // Courtesy of Berlin Britzenale The starting point…
Conflicting Ambitions: Thailand Biennale Phuket
To be included in the Thailand Biennale is to have “made it” as an artist, or to be on the verge of doing so, propelled by the biennial’s implicit seal of approval. That was, at least, how it was described during my visit: as Southeast Asia’s equivalent of the Venice Biennale. In Phuket, the fourth edition certainly performs the ambition of matching its European North Star in scale…
Tadashi Kawamata x Ruinart at PalaisPopulaire During Gallery Weekend
From April 30th to May 3rd, the champagne house Ruinart will open a special venue for art and enjoyment at the historic PalaisPopulaire during Gallery Weekend Berlin: the Ruinart Champagne & Art Bar. For this occasion, Ruinart will showcase its collaboration with the Japanese artist Tadashi Kawamata. Since 2008, Ruinart has invited internationally renowned artists to artistically interpret the…
The Week Apr. 13–19, 2026
Marina Abramović: ‘Balkan Erotic Epic. The Exhibition’ Opening Reception: Tuesday, Apr. 14; 7pm Exhibition: Apr. 15-Aug. 23, 2026 gropiusbau.de/marina-abramovic Niederkirchnerstraße 7, 10963 Berlin, Germany, click here for map Marina Abramović: ‘Nude with Skeleton,’ performance for video, Belgrade, 2002-2005 // © Marina Abramović, Courtesy der Marina Abramović Archives / VG Bild-Kunst…
Portholes Into A World: An Interview with Leila Hekmat
From the back of a rehearsal studio a couple weeks before ‘Roses Rising – The Dinner’ premieres at HAU, I watch as one of Leila Hekmat’s cast languishes on a chaise longue centred on the studio’s impromptu stage. Eyes glazed, gazing vacantly at the ceiling, she philosophizes: “who am I?” The scene feels full of both melodrama and parody, a tone that runs through Hekmat’s recent work.
What We Carry: ‘Vessel & Voyager’ at Akademie der Künste
Upstairs at Akademie der Künste’s Hanseatenweg location, the exhibition space holds the works of 25 artists, each offering a unique and intimate look into creation in times of crises. The works were developed as part of the 2024-25 JUNGE AKADEMIE fellowship and are woven together by a shared thread: the exploration of our ever-changing selves, histories and planet. Curated by Clara Herrmann and…