Category: Exberliner-Art

Print and be happy at one of Europe’s largest screen print festivals, held at Urban Spree Aug 15-16. As well as getting creative with some paint rollers and linographs, check out work from printing professionals from all over Europe.

In his first ever book of graphic photography, Gili Shani captures raw intimacy and asks what a “sinner” really is.

Berlin’s Pergamon Museum is about to shut its doors for a 14-year-long renovation. But what will this massive overhaul actually entail?

Deeply pessimistic and bleakly satirical, ‘Georg Grosz: The Stick Men’ at Das Kleine Grosz Museum gives an honest look at the artist’s life and work.

An immense installation from Eva Fàbregas, ‘Devouring Lovers’ might not be all that technically complex, but it does manage to play to our notions of desire.

Stigmatising periods is so last century. ‘Flow: The Exhibition About Menstruation’ is set to bring some much-needed attention to the topic.

Technology has brought many benefits that have helped to increase our quality of life. Nowadays, if you feel like discovering new artists, as you would by walking into an art gallery, you simply have to go on the internet. Online galleries have helped develop the taste of younger art buyers over the last decades and…

A major group show at Hamburger Bahnhof looks back at Berlin art since the fall of the wall, but does it really cohere?

On the first Sunday of every month, Berlin’s museums open their doors for free. But not every museum participates! We round up some of our favourite institutions to visit.

We chatted to the muralist Kera about his path to covering Berlin, and the world, in colour.

In Fotografiska, Berlin has a new late-night art space and, judging by its opening exhibitions, it looks ready to embrace big issues.

Don’t know where to start with Berlin Art Week? From VR wombs to an opera in a power plant, these are the essential shows.

HKW is one of Berlin’s iconic artistic spaces and – under new director Bonaventure Soh Bejeng Ndikung and Senior Curator Cosmin Costinaș – something new is growing there.

Berlin hosts some real artistic masterpieces. Treat yourself to a crash course in art history and visit these historic wonders of world culture. Just don’t ask where they got them.

The Long Night of Museums is always a Berlin summer highlight. You can experience 750 events across 75 museums this year with the motto “Sounds of Berlin”.

Two years since the opening of Berlin’s hugely popular Dark Matter, we sat down with artist and founder Christopher Bauder to talk expectations, challenges and technical difficulties.

The largest collection of Klimt paintings ever presented in Berlin, Secession is now on display at the Alte Nationalgalerie.

Currently at the Museum für Fotografie, this show details how Nazi photography perpetuated their racist, nationalist agenda. ★★★

Created in the wake of the financial crisis of 2008, Isaac Julien’s exhibition Playtime tackles capital gain and loss. ★★★

The exhibition Between Pain and Bliss, exhibited at the Gemäldegalerie Berlin, gives an unusual depiction of biblical events. ★★★★

The new show in the greenhouse at super bien! places the focus on the formation and metamorphosis of sculpture.

Creatives of all kinds will come together again this summer to use Kieze as canvases for the 25th edition of 48 Hours Neukölln.

You’ve probably seen it on your daily commute, so let’s take a deeper look at some of Berlin’s iconic and distinctive street art.

Following news of shocking violence in Mexico, Berlin-based artist Alejandro Rodriguez carried a body bag 5 kilometres across the city.

While Berlin’s museums rotate the same well-known names, the city’s galleries are exploding with ideas.

Throughout June, Project Space Festival is bringing performance art to some of Berlin’s most unexpected locations. Here’s some of what to expect this year.

Ahead of his new exhibition ‘Hide the Real, Show the False’ at n.b.k, Trevor Paglen talks surveillance technology in art.

The Berlin institution Haus der Kulturen der Welt reopens with a critical look at colonialism and forms of resistance.

House for the End of the World ingeniously transforms the trauma built into the prison’s basement rooms into an impactful art installation.

Julius von Bismarck’s new show at Berlinische Galerie addresses questions about his ancestor Otto von Bismarck and our complicated relationship with nature.

Armed with a ladder, glue and styrofoam, the artist behind CMYK Dots has been hard at work decorating the city.

It can be tricky to know where to start with Berlin Gallery Weekend so our guide groups the exhibitions by neighbourhood.

From the 28 – 30 April, Berlin Gallery Weekend returns. Here’s some of what you can expect from this major highlight in the international art world calendar.

Sustainable thinking is the order of the day at Spore, a new cultural venture that has just opened on Hermannstrasse in Neukölln.

POWER SPACE VIOLENCE is AdK’s new exhibition about architecture and building practices in Nazi Germany

A discussion with director of DAS MINSK Paola Malavassi about the exhibition Nichts Neues, which features art by Ruth Wolf-Rehfeldt.

Martin Wong: Malicious Mischief at KW is a metropolitan cosmos of moody skylines and urban decay. ★★★★★

Artist Sung Tieu’s family moved to East Berlin when she was five years old as Vietnamese contract workers.

Currently on at the Georg Kolbe Museum, Leiko Ikemura’s Witty Witches examines the transience of adolescence through otherworldly and childlike forms. ★★

Currently on at the Julia Stoscheck Foundation, Ulysses Jenkins: Without Your Interpretation presents powerful video works by the long-ignored African American artist.

Join artist Sandra Mujinga for an up-close look at her standout exhibition, I Build My Skin With Rocks at the Hamburger Bahnhof.

Get to know Fotografiska’s upcoming Cultural Days at Atelier Gardens – and find out how you can win free tickets.

Artist Daniel Boyd’s upcoming exhibition at the Gropius Bau raises the curtain on Australia’s traditional foundation narrative.

Wowing visitors to the Venice Biennale, Zineb Sedira’s cinematic installation ‘Dreams Have No Titles’ has come to Berlin’s Hamburger Bahnhof.

The Hamburger Bahnhof exhibition, ‘Broken Music Vol. 2: 70 Years of Records and Sound Works by Artists’ traces the story of the vinyl disk as a visual medium.

The Helmut Newton Foundation brings the controversial photographer’s work to the Museum of Photography – in all its sexed-up splendour.

Progress as a Promise: Industrial Photography in Divided Germany shows the sometimes conflicting hopes and realities of industry in East and West Germany

What can we expect from Berlin art in 2023. We look over the most anticipated shows, exhibitions, and events for this year.

The Scharf-Gerstenberg Collection is currently showing the exhibition “Phantoms of the Night: 100 Years of Nosferatu”. We spoke to co-curator Frank Schmidt to find out why the film continues to intrigue and mystify.

Monica Bonvicini’s latest exhibition at the Neue Nationalgalerie is an architectural reimagining of an iconic Berlin space, one that asks visitors to chain themselves up and rethink gendered design.

The exhibition, ‘Early Works’ at KW Institute celebrates the life and work of the late Luxembourgish wunderkind, Michel Majerus.

This expansive showcase at the Berlinische Galerie explores a complex and creatively-rich history. Hungarian Art in Berlin 1910-1933 is a fascinating show.

Today would have been Heinrich Zille’s 165th birthday and to celebrate, we’ve put together a collection of contemporary illustrations inspired by his work. The prints are available for purchase via our online store.

With YOYI! Care, Repair, Heal outgoing director of Gropius Bau Stephanie Rosenthal has put on a moving show of colonial trauma, responsibility and healing.

What were the most exciting shows of 2022 in the Berlin art scene? Who embarrassed themselves? We review a year of highs and lows.

We spoke to multidisciplinary artist Sandra Mujinga about her upcoming Hamburger Bahnhof show, ‘I Build My Skin With Rocks’.

The Akademie der Kunst’s current exhibition, Provenance Research, takes an unflinching look at the often dark history of its own collection.

The British ceramicist and writer talked to Exberliner’s Duncan Ballantyne-Way about his temporary exhibition at the Feuerle Collection and latest book of historical fiction, ‘Letters to Camondo’.

With the help of a famed art detective, Exberliner re-investigates two famous cases of art theft in Berlin, as yet unsolved.

As Russian bombs fell on Kyiv and Kharkiv, Ukrainians sheltered underground in the relative safety of the subway stations. Now, photos from those raids will be exhibited in three stations in Berlin, organised by journalistic NGO ‘n-ost’. We spoke with Stefan Günther who co-organised the project with Anastasia Anisimova.

A new show at the Barberini reveals the influence of the occult on the Surrealists, with a special focus on the magical, dreamlike world of Mexican artist Leonora Carrington.

Iranian-German artist Farkhondeh Shahroudi comes to Berlin’s Kupferstichkabinet, ready to take on the politics of displacement with poetry and wit.

Notorious parties, digitalised art and conceptual performances: Creamcake’s 3hd festival is in full swing. Now in its 8th instalment, the month-long series of queer-feminist events and exhibitions around Berlin is as abstract as ever.

Dystopian AI encounters are challenged in the film ‘Life After BOB’, which you can experience alongside a series of interactive light installations at the Halle am Berghain, through November 6th.

Concerned with the idea of metamorphosis and modification, Oliver Laric’s video work and 3D-printed sculptures – exhibited at Tanya Leighton Gallery through November 5th – exude a quite profundity.

Through December 11th, carbon-neutral power plant-cum-art space E-WERK is hosting ‘Cold Light’ – a group exhibition harnessing the power of immersive VR technology.

After the opening of the East Wing last September, we spoke with Humboldt Forum director Hartmut Dorgeloh about the future of Berlin’s controversial restored palace.

From October 8-30, hacktivist festival Noisy Leaks sheds important light on the murky workings of the security state – and the case of the world’s most famous political prisoner, Julian Assange.

With her new show OGRESS at Société Galerie until November 12, Marianna Simnett talks about painful love, taxidermy and the mania of art-making.

Lucia Moholy’s photographs represent some of the most iconic Bauhaus images – now she is the subject of a new show at Bröhan Museum

A new art space dedicated to artists from the former GDR opens in Potsdam. We preview its first exhibitions.

Marginalised for much of her life, Lucia Moholy’s role in shaping the Bauhaus aesthetic is celebrated at the Bröhan-Museum.

Sibylle Bergemann was the DDR’s most famous photographer. Catch this retrospective at Berlinische Gallery until October 10.

The multi-venue octopus-inspired exhibition explores the limits of human consciousness through performance and film.

Rising real estate prices threaten both Wedding’s famed artistic studios and the sense of community in which artists thrive. Today, Uferhallen residents are up against new plans for luxury condos by the site’s new owners.

A new exhibition at C/O Berlin traces the secret history of cross-dressing through the impressive photography collection of Sébastien Lifshitz. We talked to the Frenchman about cross-dressing war prisoners and the joy of browsing fleamarkets.

The Easton Foundation/VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn. Photo: Luca Girardini. It turns out that Louise Bourgeois was quite a hoarder, keeping her childhood clothes and her mother’s dresses in large wooden chests in her home in New York. Their rediscovery in the 1990s was the catalyst for a flurry of late career work which is now the…

High-profile Berlin gallerist Johann König has been accused of sexual misconduct by 10 women. We outline the latest developments.

Jarrett Gregory is the mastermind behind Callie’s, a residency that gives artists the resources they need without asking for anything in return.

From criminalised to commissioned: The graffiti art of Wedding-born Damian Yves Rohde is spread across Berlin and all over the world. By Alex Bidstrup

For the first time ever, an exhibition devoted to influential Renaissance artist Donatello takes place in Berlin.

From 2015 to 2019, Ai Weiwei lived in a roomy Altbau on Greifswalder Straße. But when he left Berlin, he criticised its treatment of foreigners. We spoke with the celebrated artist about his relationship with the city.

Every week, thousands of techno fans come to Berghain and see his art. Based in Neukölln, Joseph Marr works with a material that is as common as it is special: sugar. We talked to him about his sweet works, his new project about identity and why he keeps changing art forms.

Long Night of the Museums sees Berlin’s cultural institutions open their doors each year from 6pm to 2am – and you can explore them all with just one ticket.

Famous for his New Yorker covers and New York Times Magazine Sunday sketches, Christoph Niemann is a graphic art superhero. We spoke to him in his Berlin studio.

It’s tempting to view these textile works from Louise Bourgeois through the lens of her troubled childhood, but The Woven Child resists easy categorisation.

For 13 years, Julia Fabry worked alongside Agnès Varda as her closest collaborator. Now, she has curated a show at Silent Green of the great director’s work.

Girls to the front! Less than 20 percent of Berlin University of Arts professors have been female. Now they are taking the spotlight.

Berlin’s summer art scene will be dominated by the 12th Berlin Biennale. We talked to its curator Kader Attia about art, resistance and decolonisation.

When the Nazis came to power, painter Sascha Wiederhold put away his paint brushes. Now a new exhibition brings his pioneering work into focus.

As part of Tresor 31: Techno, Berlin und die große Freiheit, the organisers have rebuilt the legendary former club from sand on a 1:1 scale.

A new exhibition in Potsdam presents 20th-century abstraction from both sides of the Atlantic.

Housed in Mitte’s most famous bunker, the Boros Collection will remain as is until 2026.

Ahead of her shadowplay performance at 48h Neukölln, artist Maria Kossak visits the district’s main drag.

Don’t miss UNARTIG street & art festival opening Friday, June 17 and running until Sunday, June 19. The Urban Nation museum features 21 murals by 17 international artists as part of the festival UNARTIG. We spoke to Catherine Lupis Thomas about what to expect.

The Swedish-born sculptor invites us to rethink our relationship with materials for her latest exhibition.

Wedding’s Silent Green opens its space to the facetious multiverse of the French legend – the first exhibition of this scale since her death in 2019.

The 12th Berlin Biennale examines the unhealed wounds left by Western colonialism.

The five-time EXB cover artist on his tumultuous relationship with the city whose creative spirit he’s come to epitomise.

Russian-born artist Egor Kraft is utilising the potential of blockchain to combat Putin’s propaganda machine.

At the Museum of Decorative Arts, How to Dior shows how the luxury fashion brand has evolved over 70 years.

ChertLüdde recall the legendary costume shop Deko Behrendt in their new show in Schöneberg.

Looking back across 10 years, this rich collection shows what artist-run project spaces are capable of.

In her dreamy photos, Anne Schwalbe captures the delicate beauty of the natural world.

From the Venice Biennale, we spoke with Ukrainian artist Nikita Kadan about his hybrid artworks and turning down Putin’s patronage.

A converted petrol station on Bulöwstrasse is the unlikely new location for a museum to Berlin’s most celebrated 20th century artist.

Heinrich Schliemann was called the world’s luckiest archaeologist – but does he deserve his reputation?

Head to the Julia Stoschek Collection for a hyper-contemporary look into our future and its virtual worlds.

From castles to power stations, these countryside art hangouts are far from your typical galleries.

With a spotlight on publishing from the African continent and diaspora, Berlin’s art book fair is back with debates and plenty of browsing.

Before his death in a plane crash in 2002, Michel Majerus was one of the most thrilling contemporary painters.

We spoke to Indian photographer Dayanita Singh following her career survey at the Gropius Bau.

Bernar Venet’s rusty metal sculptures in Kunsthalle Berlin form the backdrop to a bitter dispute

Bombastic, naff, uplifting… the “Genius Immersive Experience” might not make much sense, but it’s fun.

British artist Libby Heaney brings the quantum revolution to Berlin with her new show, Ent-

Paul Gauguin’s actions in French Polynesia stain his legacy. Is it possible to separate the art from the man?

Showing at Kraftwerk from April 6 to 23, NFT Art Berlin fuses art and technology with a great soundtrack

Frédéric Brenner’s photos at the Jewish Museum create an intriguing chorus of Jewish life

As the sun returns after a long winter, we guide you through four spots for viewing open-air art.

A new exhibition at the Gropius Bau casts a critical eye on the so-called “golden age” of Lebanon’s capital city.

The 87-year-old US artist explores nontraditional surfaces at Konrad Fischer Galerie until March 30.

After moving from Paris, Marie-Blanche Carlier built Carlier | Gebauer, one of the city’s most successful art galleries.

For renowned photographer Frédéric Brenner, Berlin was meant to be just one stop on his journey

HR Giger was heavily influenced by the work of Hans Bellmer – a new exhibition puts them side by side

Curator Ellen Maurer Zilioli on the Hannah Höch exhibition at the Bröhan Museum

Gerhard Richter Artist’s Books is the first major retrospective of Gerhard Richter’s monographs

One of the Deutsche Bank’s Artists of the Year, Zhang Xu Zhan’s delicate papier-mâché creations can be seen at the Palais Populaire

An early exponent of NFTs, outspoken multi-talent Kenny Schachter discusses his new exhibition and art world arrogance.

An exhibition in the former bear pit at Köllnischer Park examines the rich, alternative history of the space

An exhibition at Georg Kolbe Museum celebrates the oeuvre of one of Germany’s greatest living artists

The Transmediale festival casts an urgent, critical eye on technology.

A new exhibition explores the modernist art movement’s problematic relationship to Germany’s colonial past.

Marginalised for much of her career, land artist Nancy Holt is finally getting the attention she deserves.

Ferdinand Hodler was Switzerland’s most famous painter – and a significant figure in early modernism

We talk to the queercore drag legend about LA, Berlin and the 15 million boys who read her blog.

Gregor Hildebrandt’s exhibition is at the Mies van der Rohe Haus in Lichtenberg

Edward Solly, a British merchant based in Berlin, collected some key treasures of art history

Light and Space: the monumental installation fits perfectly in the Kraftwerk’s colossal halls

We look beyond the blockbusting Kusama retrospective to Berlin’s art highlights

The Neue Nationalgalerie finally reopened in 2021. In the seven years it took to renovate, a lot changed. Did the curators noticed?

Internationally renowned art dealer Howard Greenberg on Vivian Maier, on what makes a great street photographer and an iconic shot.

Don’t miss out on seeing these hyped art shows while you can

Museum Barberini shows how Russian artists experimented with new ways of seeing

A former Nazi military building with cinematic credentials has become a contemporary art space

The Hamburger Bahnhof director on saving art spaces and her last exhibition as the Berlin institution’s boss.

They could have been tried for war crimes, but instead they enjoyed long careers as painters and sculptors.

As her solo exhibition at carlier | gebauer enters its final weeks, we catch up with acclaimed artist Julie Mehretu to discuss how her multi-layered canvases reflect societal violence and inequality.

When was the last time you challenged your perspective? A new group show at the KW aims to do just that.

Two exhibitions at KINDL turn the spotlight on destruction, whether it’s the ravaged compound where Osama bin Laden was killed, or the cathartic chaos of new beginnings.

We spend a few hours at the long-dormant Internationales Congress Centrum, where a slew of big-name artists have taken over its dusty halls for a ten-day exhibition.

Berlin’s cultural calendar is back in full swing. We round up the must-see art shows this October.

The video artist and star of the revamped Neue Nationalgalerie discusses Mies van der Rohe, filming in the desert and why analogue is best.

The portraits of little-known photographer Gerty Simon shed a twinkling light on the stars of Weimar Berlin and 1930s London.

This year’s Preis der Nationalgalerie nominees present their works at Hamburger Bahnhof from September 16. Visitors can vote for their favourite artist at the gallery.

The city-wide show brings together the finest in contemporary art for its big birthday bash from September 15-19. To help you celebrate, we bring you our top five tips.

We have the month’s art fix covered, with minimalist painting, a rare exhibition from a living legend and video art to make you squirm.

From nighttime photo classes to cosy exhibitions, here’s what to expect at the third edition of this annual photo bonanza.

A new exhibition at Schwules Museum looks at how politicians, the healthcare system and wider society have failed the queer community

One couple impulse-bought a dilapidated 18th-century castle in Brandenburg and converted it into an art paradise. We get a tour.

Delve into the Berlin it-girl’s underground world of fashion, friendship and photography at this multimedia retrospective at the Kulturforum.

The investigative filmmaker approached by Edward Snowden to leak the NSA files returns to Berlin with an exhibition exploring state-sanctioned violence.

As this year’s ceramics-only exhibition draws to a close at the old mill in Brandenburg, we caught up with curator Tjioe Meyer to find out why clay is having a moment.

Our writer visited Berlin’s most controversial new building and expected to be both bored and enraged. Here’s what he found.

We visit the theatre titan’s new work at Akademie der Künste, a touching tribute to his late friend and collaborator Suzushi Hanayagi.

Jakob Kudsk Steensen’s multimedia exhibition is a profound, meditative experience inside our city’s own techno concrete habitat.

Our art editor previews a beach holiday opera that holds up a mirror to our lives while painting a devastating portrait of human complacency and the climate crisis.

Summer is calling, but don’t miss your chance to catch world-class art at Schinkel Pavillon, Meyer Riegger and Times Art Center.

The German artist’s whimsical photo collages at C/O draw on the rich art scene of Dakar. Our art editor hears about her process.

This eye-opening new exhibition celebrates the 100th anniversary of the German artist’s birth by focusing on his unique use of language.

Our art editor unpacks the Israeli artist’s provocative new video work, which turns Berlin into a surrealist hellscape haunted by soldiers and towering Nazi structures.

Things are getting crowded under the roof of Tempelhof’s Hangar II ahead of the Diversity United exhibition. We talk to curator Walter Smerling about what this ambitious show can achieve.

The Wuhan-born painter explores the sensual side of male bravado through her vibrant paintings. Catch the final days of her solo show at Hamburger Bahnhof.

You may not know his name, but this German Jewish lawyer’s portraits are world famous, having snapped Einstein, Arendt and more. We speak to the curator behind his new exhibition.

Museums and galleries can finally reopen this weekend. We round up the must-see shows every art-starved Berliner should know about.

Gallery Weekend might have moved mainly online, but culture-starved Berliners can look forward to its feast of shows extending into May and beyond.

We might be soon heading back into a full lockdown, so make sure to soak up the work of these great artists beforehand. Here’s what you need to know.

A retrospective of the beloved Japanese artist’s trippy work opens this month. Our art editor outlines what to expect from one of the year’s most anticipated exhibitions.

This Calcutta-born photographer is never afraid to get political. But when his provocative photos attracted the attention of Hindu nationalists, he was forced to flee India for the safety of Berlin.

A new show from the vast Deutsche Bank collection shows abstract art is no longer a relic of the past. Here’s what to look out for.

Some of our favourite spaces have reopened their doors, with others to soon follow. But which exhibitions should you visit, and where? Our art editor surveys the landscape.

This career survey of the Berlin-based artist might leave you with a queasy stomach.

A Congolese art group is diverting Western capital back to the plantation. Their medium? Chocolate sculptures soon to appear at Kreuzberg’s KOW gallery.

The British provocateur and artist reflects on getting older, making art under lockdown and why her latest work contains an enormous phallus.

In a year dominated by the coronavirus pandemic, who stood out in the art world? Art Editor Anna Larkin highlights the year’s best exhibitions, galleries and collections.

Our art editor charts the complicated history of this new museum complex, which digitally opens one section to the public this week.

Bars, cinemas and museums are closed, but plenty of Berlin’s commercial galleries are still open. Our art editor selects the best of the bunch.

Most galleries are closed, but this great, bite-sized taster of Tom of Fin­land’s work and biography is open until mid-December.

A polyglot in artistic media, and former Gropius-Bau artist in-residence, masterfully delves into complex systems and histories with through range of media.

This exhibition at Daimler Contemporary collects the work of 31 women artists. Inspired by two legendary art shows from the 1940s, there’s something from almost every media, era, artistic movement and corner of the world on display.

The century-old Reinbeckhallen factories host an exhibition collecting more than 200 photos by artists who captured the many sides of Berlin. Here’s why you should head out to the far-flung Oberschöneweide.

With Covid restrictions in place, Berlin’s foremost techno temple has been turned into an exhibition space. Collectors couple Christian and Karen Boros and curator Juliet Kothe tell us how Studio Berlin, their collaboration with Berghain, came about.

From the political to the experimental, our arts editor rounds up the must-see exhibitions among the 100 shows planned throughout October.

Kathrin Becker, new Artistic Director at Kindl, gives us a sneak preview of the institution’s September exhibitions.

From managing bands and hosting festivals to creating art, Okhiogbe Omonblanks Omonhinmin has spent his life as a collaborator. He tells us about his craft.

If you’ve been hungry for art, get ready for a feast of as much modern and contemporary as you can take: Starting this Wednesday (Sep 9), Berlin Art Week is back with shows at museums and private collections, Positions Art Fair and more.

The 11th Berlin Biennale for Contemporary Art launches has launched and will be one of the year’s most exciting events. We caught up with co-curator Lisette Lagnado about her journey from South America to Wedding.

When fate struck, Phillipp Fürhofer turned adversity into new creative potential. We spoke to the Berlin-based artist ahead of his August 11 talk at Palais Populaire to hear about his book and how a brush with death changed his outlook on life.

“When I finish the paintings I can almost hear them, ‘Come on, Milorad, let’s make a movie!'” Fresh from the release of his award-winning animation, the Budapest-based multi-talent is in Berlin with a unique exhibition of his paintings.

INTERVIEW! Ahead of his new exhibition, we hear about photographer Dietmar Eckell’s quest to raise money for girls’ education by selling portraits taken in India.

INTERVIEW A new exhibition at Deutsches Historisches Museum examines the work of one of the 20th century’s greatest thinkers. We speak to curator Dr. Monika Boll about Arendt’s lasting influence.

TIPS! Berlin’s art galleries are emerging from hibernation. From cutting-edge video art to classic photography, our arts editor highlights the best reopened exhibitions on offer.

INTERVIEW! With his photo exhibition “Six Songs, Swirling Grace­fully in the Taut Air” on now through May 17 at Gropius Bau, Akinbode Akinbiyi’s work chronicles city life including Wedding’s African Quarter. He talks his Berlin inspiration.

INTERVIEW! With her new exhibition “In Recent Years” on now at the Berlinische Galerie through Apr 6, we met German-Iranian artist Bettina Pousttchi to talk her latest works, how she’s inspired by the Hauptstadt and mixing cultural influences.

REVIEW! Don’t miss Alte Nationalgalerie’s “Fighting for Visibility: Women Artists in the Nationalgalerie before 1919” through Mar 8, the exhibition highlights some 60 works by 33 female artists produced in the 140 years leading up to 1919.

REVIEW! Chinese photographer Ren Hang’s bright and crisp pictures, almost all featuring naked bodies, seek to dispel the impression Chinese people are “robots without cocks or pussies”. Through Feb 29.

REVIEW! It’s your last chance to see “The Truth Resides in the Folds” at Haus am Waldsee through Feb 23. Photographer Johanna Diehl fixes her lens on famil­iar places and innocuous objects of her West German childhood, with unsettling results.

Don’t miss one of our art critic’s top picks for February, “Being on concrete” through Feb 22 at Eigen + Art Lab. Other highlights include the just-opened “Winter North Summer South” at Times Art Centre, Sprüth Magers’ “Re’Search Wait’S”, and more!

REVIEW! Painter Norbert Bisky’s work inspired by his youth in the GDR and reunified Germany is a transporting experience. Catch “Pompa” at Matthäuskirche through Feb 16 and “Rant” at Villa Schöningen through Mar 15.

REVIEW! It’s your last chance to see “Decoration as Trespass” at Kreuzberg’s Museum der Dinge through Feb 10. Linked to the birthday of the German As­sociation of Craftsmen, the exhibit displays Cubist and Constructivist-inspired decorated ceramics.

REVIEW! On now through Mar 1 at HKW, Transmediale 2020 End to End exhibition “The Eternal Network” questions the power and limitations of online networks, and explores their (forgotten) transformational properties.

REVIEW! It’s your last chance to see “Something New Under the Little Prince’s Body” through Feb 1 at Dittrich & Schlechtriem. The deeply layered show probes the history of the 1960s gay movement in France as seen from a contemporary Arab perspective.

It’s your last chance to see one of our art critic’s highlights of 2019, “Original Bauhaus” at the Berlinische Galerie is on through Jan 27. See what other shows made her best (and worst) picks of 2019.

It’s your last chance to see Canadian and French artist and anthropologist Kapwani Kiwanga’s “Under the Cover of Darkness” at Galerie Tanja Wagner through Jan 25, a mix of abstraction and collage that sheds light on persisting patterns of oppression.

REVIEW! On now through Feb 2 at Potsdam’s Museum Barberini, “Van Gogh: Still Lifes” features 27 of the Dutch artist’s works in a visceral exhibition that provides an opportunity to see his signature thick paint swirls and singing colours in person.

It’s your last chance to see GDR photographer retrospective “Helga Paris, Fotografin” at Akademie der Künste through Jan 12. Plus three more must-see provocative GDR photography exhibitions on now!

REVIEW! On now through Jan 11 at Mitte’s Diskurs Berlin, the thought-provoking seven-artist exhibition “Show Me Your Selfie” invites reflections on the collected absurdities we present to the world under the title of Self.

Our critic takes a look at HKW’s two shows tackling the colonial-era and 20th century white gaze, “Spectral White” or “Love and Ethnology”, both through Jan 6 and explores how the problem is still present in today’s big state museums.

REVIEW! KW’s small but brilliant show “The Making of Husbands” on now through Jan 5 illustrates the lasting relevance of Chicago Imagist Christina Ramberg, whose career-long focus has been on the female body.

REVIEW! It’s your last chance to see the brilliant “Rochade” at Kreuzberg’s Soy Capitán through Dec 21. Kristin Loschert and Lisa Herfeldt’s show combines sculpture and photography to present intriguing independent dialogues. A must-see!

REVIEW! Don’t miss Ilya and Emilia Kabakov exhibitions at the Tchoban Foundation and Mies van der Rohe Haus this month! Known for their high concept, large-scale installations, these exhibits show the process behind some of their most famous works.

REVIEW! It’s your last chance to see Ryan Trecartin’s “Re’Search Wait’S” through Feb 29 at Mitte’s Sprüth Magers. Tragicomic video art for an Orwellian age!

REVIEW! It’s your last chance to see C/O Berlin’s “No Photos on the Dance Floor! Berlin 1989 – Today”. Through Nov 30 the exhibition shows works by 25 photographers capturing the many facets of Berlin nightlife.

With 1988 art hall Galerie Loock opening an exhibition on East German photographer Christian Borchert on Nov 23, our critic explores this month’s top exhibitions at galleries that grew out of the post-Wende buzz.

REVIEW! On now through Jan 5, the Jewish Museum’s “This Place” was initiated by French photographer Frederic Brenner and features the work of 12 photographers depicting Jerusalem and the West Bank. A slick and thought-provoking exhibit.

REVIEW! On now through Jan 19, Gropius Bau’s magnificent exhibition marking 30 years since the fall of the Berlin Wall includes standout works by 28 international artists and provocatively tackles the effects of walls, real and metaphorical.

On now through Jan 26 at Kulturforum, Micro Era charts the birth and evolution of video art in China. From Zhang Peili’s pioneering works to contemporary highlights such as frenetic anime aesthetics and the new art medium of playable videogames.

Open now through Jan 27 at the Berlinische Galerie, “Original Bauhaus”, the Bauhaus Archiv’s official centenary exhibition shows why the art and design movement is still relevant today and creatively tells the Bauhaus story through 1000 objects.

Last chance to see our critic’s choice ceramics double bill Figures de Décoration and Transfiguration at Art Mûr through Oct 19, plus more of our pottery exhibition top picks open now.

From the scientific to the surreal, the “Garden of Earthly Delights” has contemporary works which hail from all over the world examining humanity’s urge to garden and quest to either control or enjoy nature’s power. Through Dec 1.

With the opening of Neither Black/Red/Yellow Nor Woman on Sep 28 at The Times Art Centre Berlin, we pick out our favourite exhibitions on now at Berlin’s new indie art institutions – from experimental art to sustainable energy to beer gardens!

Last chance to see The Blue Room, through Sep 21 at DECAD. Berlin-based Hungarian artist duo Tehnica Schweiz present an installation of film and ceramics that elegantly juggles neoclassicism with themes of replication and reproduction.

Last chance to see Space is the Place, through Sep 15 at Künstlerhaus Bethanien, a 23-artist exhibit drawing heavily on sci-fi themes with works ranging from big minimalist monochrome statements to those exploring a more hopeful side of the genre.

Last chance to see the Deutsches Historisches Museum’s Weimar exhibit, a multi-media walk through of the short-lived republic’s political struggles, cultural leaps and progressive aspects of Weimar life. Through Sep 22.

Kicking off Sep 11 through Sep 15, here’s our top five picks from the annual showcase of international contemporary art worth queuing for.

INTERVIEW! Simon Fujiwara on examining the curiosities of capitalism in his upcoming show at Hamburger Bahnhof. You can catch the show – alongside the work of other three finalists for the Preis der Nationalgalerie – starting Aug 16.

As Berliners still await the great white “Unity Seesaw”, it’s time to rediscover public artworks that celebrate German reunification.

The Pierre Boulez Saal concert hall bridges the summer break with a surprisingly silent visual experience: installation “The Gold Projections”.

For her second show at König Galerie, American artist Kathryn Andrews has created an installation mainly consisting of a seven-metre tall circus big top tent. Catch her exhibition before it’s over on Aug 4.

In 1892, a group of rebel German painters, disillusioned by Berlin’s juried and failing exhibition circuit, decided to mount their own shows. They called themselves the Group of XI. Check out their work at the Bröhan Museum through Sep 15.

In the summer of 1967, set against the backdrop of the Vietnam War, a young generation was making itself heard as around 100,000 of them flocked to San Francisco in a climax of the hippie movement. Catch it at PalaisPopulaire through Oct 28.

The small Schinkel Pavillon delivers on a big promise. Catch “Straying from the Line” before it ends on Jul 28.

British conceptual artist Ryan Gander’s second show with Esther Schipper presents sculptures, installation and video, all in greyscale. Through Jun 15.

American multimedia artist Theaster Gates has mined four million plus images in the Johnson Publishing Company’s archives to present 10 large format photographic prints, over 100 other photos and magazines, alongside his own video. Through July 28.

In tribute to her late grandmother Luisa Hernandez, 2017 Preis der Nationalgalerie finalist Sol Calero has created a full dive into Tropicalia tinged domestic interiors in this three-room installation. Through Jun 15

Hamburger Bahnhof reassesses the pro-Hitler Expressionist. Through Sep 15.

Berlin curators are finally rediscovering interwar female artists.

New gallery EEP Berlin in Kreuzberg is a platform for contemporary Eastern European photography, deconstructing images of “the East” and offering new perspectives on the oft sterotyped part of Europe.

KW Institute for Contemporary Art curator Gritz on finding fresh voices from older generations, their upcoming Schering Art Award show and why London feels much smaller than Berlin.

INTERVIEW! Taking Bauhaus as a starting point, photographer Robitz and visual artist Szert have come together to present a selection of their work at the Collegium Hungaricum Berlin’s galleries in Light | Form | Photogram – Bauhaus Reductions.

Gropius Bau’s group show And Berlin Will Always Need You lives up to its promises.

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Want to learn about contemporary art without all the reading? Three guided tours serve you old favourites and new finds on a silver platter.

INTERVIEW! New York sculptor Elizabeth Jaeger on the art of making glass sculptures that look like rotting fish and her fascination with mourning rituals. Catch her exhibition “Brine” at Klemm’s Gallery through Jun 8.

This month, take on a different level of Berlin art including subterranean murals, U-Bahn art and Wannsee’s new underpass mosaic.

INTERVIEW! Syrian multi-media artist Ammar al-Beik gets his first German solo exhibition at Haus am Waldsee (through May 5). We spoke to him about revolution, exile and the thrill of meeting Diego Maradona at a dinner party.

Stephanie Rosenthal on her first year as director at the Gropius Bau, her bid to make it more accessible and what to expect next. The next exhibition under her direction – “And Berlin Will Always Need You” – opens Mar 22.

The show starts with 80 monochromatic large format (or even larger than life) works by Helmut Newton, but David Lynch and even more so Saul Leiter are the real reasons to visit this collection of nudes. Through May 19.

This exhibition of paintings, drawings and prints is pulled from Ehrhardt’s artistic output during a winter semester spent in Dessau 1928-29 with Bauhaus masters Josef Albers and Oskar Schlemmer. Through Apr 18.

This year is all about celebrating the 100th anniversary of the German art and design movement. Even though Berlin’s two most prominent Bauhaus buildings are inopportunely closed for renovation this year, two highlight exhibitions are finally open.

Berlin is home to a range of impressive private art collections. Here are some of those open to the public

There’s nothing quite as glamourous as an A-list film festival in your own back yard. Unfortunately, this exhibition – charting Berlinale through press photographs – doesn’t do much to make you feel starstruck.

Nobuyoshi Araki gets up close and personal at C/O Berlin.

Make sure to check out the 30 newest additions at the artist’s first-ever exhibition at MINI on February 16. We promise, you won’t be able to hold back a chuckle.

INTERVIEW! As PalaisPopulaire opens Objects of Wonder (from Feb 1) showing sculpture from across the Channel, curators Elena Crippa and Daniel Slater talk about the importance of objects.

This year’s Transmediale and two topical art shows will change your perspective on digital society.

British artist Mat Collishaw has his first Berlin exhibition: a multi-media meditation on the transience of life. Through Feb 2.

From the big Bauhaus anniversary to local newcomers, this year promises plenty of exciting art exhibitions to look forward to.

The Berlinische Galerie pays tribute to the Novembergruppe with a comprehensive retrospective to the Weimar-era association of artists. Through Mar 11.

With London 1938 the Liebermann-Villa marks the 80th anniversary of the London response to Nazi Germany’s infamous Degenerate Art exhibition is 1937. On display: Kandinsky, Nolde, Modersohn-Becker among others.

Under the themes of mobility, exchange, conflict and innovation, and spanning 200,000 years from the Palaeolithic to the 20th century, over 1000 archaeological finds from across Germany aim to tell the story of cultural interactions in Europe.

Finally, Berlin sees its first solo exhibition of iconic Romanian artist Geta Brătescu. It’s on through Jan 25 at n.b.k.

This city is a serious hub for video art – and December is spoiling fans of the medium with a whole festival and two not-to-be-missed solo exhibitions. The Videoart at Midnight Festival is on Dec 12-16 at various venues.

Human figures behind drying laundry photographic close-ups of textile and the skin of commuters – this show at KINDL Zentrum presents 10 international contemporary photographers and their take on the absurdity of everyday processes.

The Olbricht collection is presenting what easily qualifies as a “best of” from its expansive inventory of photography, interspersed with sculptures and paintings by art history’s big names (Jan Brueghel among others).

The inaugural show of Deutsche Bank’s brand new art space, PalaisPopulaire, spreads over three floors, with 300 works from post-war Modernism to the era of digital technologies, and even to the graphic novel.

What three Berlin gallerists make of this year’s huge Art Week success. Eicker explains… but hurry, gallery Sweetwater is already closing the doors on “Closer” on Sat, Nov 17.

Curator Janina Nentwig on showcasing the fearlessly radical art of the November Group 100 years down the road.

A single wheel is trapped in a block of concrete, stuck in time and passage. It is part of Gary Hume’s series Wonky Wheels, which includes 14 imperfectly shaped, colourful free-standing wheels…

Rembrandt or not Rembrandt? The approximately 100 drawings on show at the Kupferstichkabinett are a combination of some of the master’s best work mixed with that of his apprentices, assistants and amateurs possessing varying degrees of skill.

Participating in the European Month of Photography Berlin, Mitte’s Alfred Ehrhardt Foundation blends the lens-work of its 20th century German namesake with that of Japanese artist Yamamoto Masao.

Cornelius Gurlitt famously hid a vast collection of art works which he had inherited from his father, an art dealer servicing the Nazi regime. The current exhibition at Gropius-Bau features 200 of the paintings found in his Munich apartment.

With London 1938 the Liebermann-Villa is marking the 80th anniversary of the London response to Nazi Germany’s infamous Degenerate Art exhibition in 1937. Curator Lucy Wasensteiner speaks about its relevance today.

What to expect of the upcoming photostream, with institutions across the city taking different angles on the medium.

Deutsche Bank is reopening Prinzessinnenpalais on Unter den Linden as an exhibition space on Sep 27. Inaugural director Svenja von Reichenbach explains the new PalaisPopulaire’s “anti-interior design”.

Berlin may not be the most commercial art hub, but for the last week of September Berlin Art Week (Sep 26-30) unites the scene to showcase its impressive resources. Here’s our rundown.

Belgian artist François hangs this exhibition on French philosopher Foucault’s notion of heterotopia: enclosed environments such as ships and prisons, sometimes mirroring society but often at odds with the world outside. It’s on through Sep 15.

Wim Wenders may be better known for films such as Wings of Desire and Paris, Texas, but he has built up an extensive Polaroid collection over the years, including snaps of Dennis Hopper, Peter Handke and Annie Leibovitz.

Creating the visual look of the far-left from 1968 to the early 90s, Grapus have been at the cutting edge of French poster-design. This eight-room exhibition provides a comprehensive schooling of their revolutionary work.

Built in 1909, German impressionist Liebermann’s villa on Wannsee is where he spent his summers. Opened as a private museum, currently on show are oils and pastels by Liebermann of his garden at Wannsee presented alongside Paul Klee’s.

Romanian-born Loredana Nemes gets solo retrospective treatment at the Berlinische Galerie. It’s on through Oct 15.

The works to look out for this year masterfully tackle today’s postcolonial legacies. Catch it before it’s over Sep 9.

Berlin’s one and only gay museum pays a small but serious tribute to a century of female queer art. We check out the exhibition to see what sets “lesbian visions” apart from the dominant male artistic gaze. On through Aug 20.

The title of this first Berlin solo show for Gréaud is two anagrams of his own name, an opening telling of a certain self-regard – a first impression later sustained by a string of pseudo-highbrow references. See it before it closes Jul 21.

INTERVIEW! Artist Wolfgang Lugmair on spicing up Manteuffelstraße with a bold new mural. It’s on for the duration of his exhibition “TagNachtLuftWind” at KWADRAT, through Sep 1.

From the 1970s to the 21st century: this summer we get to revisit three women’s boundary-pushing work in film.

The new exhibition at Potsdam’s Museum Barberini displays more than 90 abstract paintings, collage, prints and sculptures by the auction record-setting German artist. Through Oct 21.

Taking over the entirety of the Hamburger Bahnhof space, this vast exhibition consists of over 150 works taken from the Nationalgalerie’s inventory. Through Aug 26.

Is the plot at the northern end of Tempelhof supposed to be an art exhibition or some sort of urban recycling dump? Spoiler: nuture Mini ART Golf is a bit of both. And you get to play mini golf around its 18 sculptures made from “reused materials”.

Known in Berlin for his neon-light installation in the Dorotheenstadt Cemetery, and outside the art world for inspiring Drake’s 2015 Hotline Bling video, American light artist James Turrell presents a commissioned installation at the Jewish Museum.

Located in the 1960s-built Schinkel Pavilion, this selection of later “sack form” works by the French-American grand dame of 20th-century art Louise Bourgeois includes pieces produced from 2003 until her death at 98 in 2010.

Behind Peres Project’s red-tinted windows a community of oversized humanoid plaster-cast figures by British artist Ackroyd are sprawled, reclining and lounging across the floor.

Three Berlin exhibitions chronicle the peril and prosperity that befell the city during the interwar era.

An ongoing exhibition pits Chagall postcards and tea towels against some of the modernist titan’s originals.

On the 100th anniversary of Penn’s birth, this exhibition of 240 works at C/O is drawn from a major retrospective at New York’s Metropolitan Museum.

Spread over two floors of the converted brewery that is the KINDL are over 30 works by Swiss artist pair Onorato and Krebs.

New Zealander and Berlin-based artist Frater presents a 40-minute film made up of 330 photographic stills, taken by himself, Georgina Steytler and Scott Rogers. Catch it at Oracle before May 12.

INTERVIEW. Berlin-based German multi-media artist Christian Jankowski on why he’s elevating art from China’s biggest copy village to the auction house at Grisebach. Catch it through May 12.

Gallery Weekend returns Apr 27-29, with 46 galleries hosting some of the year’s biggest openings. Here are our top seven picks.

Photographers find beauty in industrial architecture and landscapes across three Berlin exhibitions.

Black’s second solo exhibition at Capitain Petzel is on through Apr 14.

Turkish artist Nilbar Güreş on using humour and fabric to craft her own political language. Her two exhibitions at Galerie Tanja Wagner and the Schwules Museum end Apr 13 and 15 respectively.

At the Museum for Communication, Hermann Vaske’s Why Are You Creative? offers an existential quick fix for the arty set.

The creations of Gianni Versace are on show in Berlin at a flashy new exhibition.

Labelled a feminist artist at a time when “feminism” was still a dirty word, Ellen Cantor is known for autobiographical narratives expressed through fictional female protagonists. Catch her exhibition through Mar 24.

The founding father of British Pop Art spent a year living and working in Berlin in the mid-1970s, giving the Berlinische Galerie an excuse for this colourful spotlight. It’s on through May 28.

A filmmaker who has worked with Spike Lee, John Akomfrah and Solange Knowles, Arthur Jafa moved into art fairly recently. Catch his new work at the Julia Stoschek Collection through Nov 25.

This month, check out the CTM exhibition (Uncanny Valleys of a Possible Future) minus the queues for the hug machine. Get hugged through Apr 2 at Kunsthaus Bethanien.

INTERVIEW! Right after the final swing of her mechanised flogger at the Berlinische Galerie, Monica Bonvicini’s provocative work comes to König Galerie’s chapel starting Mar 3.

This month sees an infusion of fresh blood into Berlin’s dusty old institutions, starting with Rimini Protokoll’s Top Secret International (Staat 1) on Mar 1.

Ancient gadgetry is the best part of Martin-Gropius-Bau’s library-like new exhibition, “Jews, Christians and Muslims”, on through Mar 4.

This month, curator Patricia Kamp presents Indian artist Bharti Kher’s first solo exhibition in Germany at Museum Frieder Burda, on through Feb 17.

Three painting exhibitions this month incorporate tech with a 1990s vibe, achieving vastly different results. Corinne Wasmuht’s at König Galerie ends February 25, so read on and then don’t miss!

Starting this Feb 3 (through Dec 16!), American artist Krishnamurthy opens up the creative process to the public in Schöneberg.

INTERVIEW! Ahmet Öğüt on the seriousness of his miniature buildings in his exhibition Hotel Résistance, on at KOW through Jan 28.

For this exhibition at Berlin’s premier space for Polish art, the 72-year-old conceptual artist presents a thoughtful selection of works from the last five decades. It’s on through Feb 10.

Like the offspring of Edward Snowden and Banksy, Italian artist Paolo Cirio’s own “performative hacks” mine internet data to create critical works at the intersection of privacy, copyright, democracy and finance. This hack is on through Feb 17.

This month is your last chance to see Thinking in Extremes, the extensive exhibition at AdK that catalogues the relationship between philosopher Walter Benjamin and playwright Bertolt Brecht.

The southwestern suburb still has a lot to offer a museum-going day tripper – but for how long? Your last chance to check out the Ethnological Museum down there before it’s all in Mitte is Jan 14.

The American model, actress and (first and foremost) artists’s exhibition at Schinkel Klause has wide ranging appeal with its references of everything from Cookie Monster to expressionist strokes. Through Jan 21.

Looking for Berlin’s most underground museum? Head to the Samurai Art Museum in Zehlendorf to see a collection that will only increase your Japanese yearnings.

The Berlin-based conceptual artist brings her latest series of works to Kreuzberg, but its jumbled structure feels thrown together, and fails to do its venue justice.

The Kiel-born visual artist and Turner Prize winner shows off her latest abstract yet ingenious oil paintings in this head-turning solo exhibition.

The IBB Prize winner brings the fruits of his two year journey through South America to Kreuzberg, sharing his desolate landscapes and profound portraits through film, photography and text.

British artist Ed Atkins on combining video, opera costumes and tears in “Old Food”, his largest exhibition to date, on through Jan 7 at Martin-Gropius-Bau.

Freshly arrived from the Tate Modern, the first major retrospective of Fahrelnissa Zeid highlights her role as a pioneering Turkish modernist who challenged a Eurocentric male-dominated art world. On at Deutsche Bank Kunsthalle through Mar 25.

Plaid plastic bags, non-native plants, falafel… The migration conversation dominates December’s recommended exhibitions. Here’s our art editor’s take.

“Only dead fish follow the stream,” reads the exhibition text for THEY. Spotlighting mainly Berlin-based artists who flow against the “tide” of gender and sexual norms, it’s a fine survey of local talent.

Preis der Nationalgalerie finalist Sol Calero talks about the politics of representation and creating art out of a strip mall.

Catch Geoffrey Farmer’s solo-exhibition, “The Care With Which the Rain Is Wrong”, at Schinkelklause, which offers insights into humankind through his meticulous collection of images, objects and sounds. Through Nov 12.

Contemporary artists have their say on the centennial in Israeli exhibition The Kids Want Communism. Catch it before it’s over Nov 12.

INTERVIEW! Curator Julian Cox on bringing Message to the Future, a major retrospective on firebrand American photographer Danny Lyon, to C/O.

This year’s four Preis der Nationalgalerie finalists exhibit side by side at Hamburger Bahnhof. They’ll be coming together for an artist talk on Oct 12 (19:00, in English) before the prize is awarded on October 20.

Jeanne Mammen captured the women of Weimar Berlin better that anyone, observing life from the peephole of her Charlottenburg studio. See her work at the Berlinische Galerie starting October 5.

A multi-venue retrospective of the late German filmmaker is on at Neuer Berliner Kunstverein, Arsenal, Haus der Kulturen der Welt and Silent Green Kulturquartier through Jan 28.

On view through Jan 14 in Berlin: expressionist visions of Wenzel Hablik.

INTERVIEW! What do Edward Snowden and Pink Floyd have in common? Japanese collective SAZAE bot explore the Snowden leaks through internet culture in their performance at the finissage of Signals on Sep 26, 18:00 at Diamondpaper.

INTERVIEW! The art megastar and curator of the second Festival of Future Nows at Hamburger Bahnhof (Sep 14-17) invited us for a chat about his most personal project and a rare tour of his art studio/start-up factory…

Danish-Icelandic megastar Olafur Eliasson is putting on the second Festival of Future Nows at Hamburger Bahnhof (Sep 14-17). We asked him six questions ahead of his 100-artist strong Art Week splash.

The fairs, the films, the festivals… this year’s Art Week (Sep 13-17) is the most expansive yet. Here are our highlights.

An exhibition and a book are bringing the Snowden files back to Berlin. As part of the Signals (Sep 12-26, Diamondpaper), American surveillance researcher Light presents his “Snowden Archive-in-a-Box” in a hands-on workshop (Sep 13).

Online mag Berliner Gazette brings up the Snowden files, and what we really know of them, in exhibition Signals (Sep 12-26) at Diamondpaper and a book launch for “A Field Guide to the Snowden Files” (Sep 11) at Walther König.

Haus der Kulturen der Welt takes Berliners on a mind-boggling trip through Cosmism in the conference and exhibition Art Without Death, Aug 31-Oct 3.

At the Museum of European Cultures, a 350-year-old weaving tells the story of the Reformation.

INTERVIEW! Berlin-based Kurdish Iraqi conceptual Hiwa K confronts capitalism and Kurdish existentialism in “Don’t Shrink Me to the Size of a Bullet” at KW. Catch it before it ends August 13.

On display at Berlinische Galerie from Jul 26-Aug 21, John Bock’s German feature film premiere evokes a kind of disgust that stays stuck in your throat.

INTERVIEW! Berlin-based artist (and not the mayor) Michael Müller blurs the line between art and fashion with his new exhibition Teil 18. Die Welt gibt es nicht! at Galerie Thomas Schulte. Catch it before it ends Jun 24!

From URL to IRL – a host of exhibitions this month focus on our ever-evolving relationship with technology.

INTERVIEW: Aykan Safoğlu and Emre Busse examine the Turkish-German connection through a LGBTQ lens in ğ – the soft g, on through May 29 at the Schwules Museum.

Gallery Weekend (Fri, Apr 28 to Sun, Apr 30) is back with a mind-boggling array of openings to choose from. Make sure to add these tips to your itinerary.

INTERVIEW! Fudakowski pairs up two art and comedy antiheroes, Lee Lozano and Andy Kaufman respectively, in “Double Standards”, her new show at ChertLüdde. The show is on Apr 28-Jun 17. Don’t miss!

Here are three exhibitions to hop to this spring before the mania really ensues with next month’s Gallery Weekend. Berlinische Galerie, Galerie Bastian and the Georg Kolbe Museum are all calling…

INTERVIEW! American artist and self-designated preserver of queer culture Dean Sameshima on why his show 647(a) serves both as nostalgia and a cautionary tale. It opens Mar 10 at Peres Projects.

London-based artist Navine G. Khan-Dossos talks about printers, abstraction, and breaking down propaganda in her solo Command: Print. Catch it before it ends Feb 10 at Nome Gallery.

INTERVIEW! Hyped video artist Omer Fast has installed a high-profile, seven-film show (complete with its own Ausländerbehörde) on the top floor of the Martin-Gropius-Bau (on through Mar 12). We asked him about process, politics, and porn.

Spring may still feel far away, but Berlin’s art spaces have already come out of hibernation with three high-profile reopenings. Our art editor gives runs down the changes and new exhibitions at Daadgalerie, KW and Haus der Kulturen der Welt.

Dutch 36-year-old Krist Gruijthuijsen has taken over Mitte’s modern art institution KW as director. We asked him about his “make or break” philosophy, being a fresh face on the scene and the Benelux presence in Berlin.

INTERVIEW! Schleime, winner of this year’s Hannah Höch Prize for lifetime achievement, on fleeing East Berlin, starting all over again and creating free art in a free world. Don’t miss her exhibition at the Berlinische Galerie, on through Apr 24.

The Akademie der Künste overwhelms us with death and despair in Uncertain States, but there may be hope for humanity yet. It’s on through January 15.

Take a look at this month’s new art exhibits, leading you from an immersive reflection on waiting at the Ausländerbehörde to a medieval moral compass which works by way of illustrating its exact opposite.

“The English Years” celebrates the work of the over shadowed Bauhaus photographer. See some of the photographs that Walter Gropius stole and more at her retro at the Bauhaus-Archiv, on through Feb 27.

INTERVIEW! British artist Hannah Perry’s hypnotic installation 100 Problems at Contemporary Fine Arts takes on gender formation, relationships and vicious cycles with video, spoken monologue and music. It’s on through Dec 17.

End your November with art presented by the Akademie der Künste. Camaro Stiftung hosts 150 years of the Association of Berlin Women Artists, while AdK’s Uncertain States has a number events, including “A World Not Ours” on Nov 17.

INTERVIEW! Dickersbach has shaken up the art publishing scene with Prōtocollum, an annual publication that includes artists from all around the world and empowers them to become their own curators. The third issue is out this month.

Berlin-based photographer Christian Vagt visited Greece’s notorious Softex refugee camp for his latest exhibition, on at Somos from Nov 1-12.

Shiota returns to Berlin with an installation of red thread that begs to be instagrammed. On through Nov 12 Sun at Blain|Southern.

Clues to a mystery that is perhaps non-existent… Meisenberg’s installation uses video projection, secret recordings, and oddly shaped canvases to create an exhibit that leaves you scratching your head. Through Oct 19 at Wentrup.

High-profile digital detective Constant Dullaart wages war with Facebook in Synthesising the Preferred Inputs. Read our interview with him and then catch it at Future Gallery in Schöneberg before it ends Oct 15.

INTERVIEW! Meet the Laeitia Duveau, the girl breaking the internet with her online art platform Curated By Girls and get a load of her aesthetic IRL Oct 8-9 at Blender & Co in Neukölln.

Dietmar Eckell returns to Berlin with another installation in his long-term photography project Restwert. The latest chapter documents abandoned sites and ways of being in a series of never before seen prints. On through Oct 9 Gallery Erstererster.

INTERVIEW! Refugees… in space! Halil Altindere is hitting Berlin Art Week with a jarring dystopian proposal: send them to Mars. Check out “Space Refugee” opening at Neuer Berliner Kunstverein on Sep 14.

Through efforts from King Felipe VI of Spain and President Joachim Gauck, the exhibition El Siglo de Oro brings the biggest show of Spanish art outside Spain to Berlin. Check out Spanish Golden Age at the Gemäldegalerie through Oct 30.

Don’t let the screens and AI fool you – this edition of the Berlin Biennale draws warmth from the most surprising of places.

Berlin Art Week is upon us (Sep 13-18) but how do you handle it all? Fret not, whether you’re a snob, a trend-chaser or a hipster, here’s what to see and do at Berlin’s six-day exhibition extravaganza.

Mathilde ter Hejne and company create a feminist utopia at Körnerpark for the exhibition, “Sweat, Blood and Tears – Assembling Past and Future” on through Sep 4.

Tanz im August kicks off tomorrow (Aug 11), and we’ve got a list of the up-and-comers you need to catch in movement.

Without time for much reflection after Gallery Weekend, the Berlin Biennale is already here. What do art aficionados expect to see? More importantly, what do they want to see? You can judge the citywide installations yourself starting Jun 4.

The NYC-based collective brings its irony-infused, post-internet-dominated approach to the Berlin Biennale, kicking off Jun 4.

INTERVIEW. Whatever you do, don’t call it music! Legendary Japanese experimental noise foursome Marginal Consort break their rule of only performing once a year and treat Berlin with a special concert on Jun 6 at St. Elisabeth Kirche. But why?

INTERVIEW! Copy, paste, voilà! Post-internet artist Petra Cortright makes “digital paintings” with Photoshop. She’s gone from selling JPEGs to exhibitions at Frieze London. Catch the young artist’s Berlin exhibition at Société before it ends May 27.

INTERVIEW. Winged bodies enveloped in ecstasy, anguish or some exhilarating mix between: Gérard Rancinan and Caroline Gaudriault’s “The Destiny of Men” looks at extremes of emotion through dark and polished photographs at Urban Spree May 13-29.

INTERVIEW! Get a fix of feminist art before it’s gone on April 17. Leiko Ikemura celebrates female protagonists through various mediums in her solo exhibition “…And Suddenly the Wind Turns” at Haus am Waldsee.

INTERVIEW! Hamid Sulaiman might have fled his home in Syria, but he’s not done with the war and the revolution. You can see the original sheets from his graphic novel “Freedom Hospital” at Galerie Crone from Apr 9-Jun 18.

Surveillance, paranoia and big data… HKW’s newest exhibition deals with topics Berliners know and love, but may not understand. From Julian Assange’s office to a fake Apple store, Amanda Ribas Tugwell unpacks it for you. On through May 9.

INTERVIEW! Hamilton collaborates with fellow London-based artist (and life partner) Nicholas Byrne to fill the Schinkel Pavillon with inflatable sculptures in Love IV: Cold Shower on through Apr 10.

Photographer Seiichi Furuya’s exhibition “Gravitation” at Thomas Fischer Gallery charts some morbid territory, asking the question: Are we ever truly free from the loss of a loved one? Explore for yourself through April 2.

You don’t have to wait until Gallery Weekend in April to see some great art. We’ve got a list of six for March to tide you over.

Pakistani American playwright Ayad Akhtar’s phenomenally-written “Disgraced” hits Theater am Kurfürstendamm starting Mar 2. How did the Pulitzer prize-winning play pan out on stage in City West? Does it go off with a bang or is it disgraceful?

INTERVIEW! After making quite a splash at the ABC art fair last autumn, Touliatou experiments with formulas in her solo exhibition Can You Wash The Water, on at DUVE. Catch her latest exhibition before it closes Sat, Feb 26.

In Anette Rose’s “Captured Motion”, numerous videos of busy machines in a textile factory fill walls with hypnotising choreographed movements at Haus am Lützowplatz.

In a shudderingly explicit new exhibition, Berlin hosts 100 works created in the ghettos and camps of WWII Europe. It’s art that survived the Holocaust – even if the artists didn’t. Discover the beauty formed in an era of darkness, through Apr 3.

Japan’s “Chikei” cannot be translated into English, though it roughly means landforms, and the source of life. Check out Norihiko Dan’s architectural installations at Architektur Galerie through Feb 27 to see just how Chikei Berlin can get.

Contributions from Bulgaria, Turkey, Croatia and more in Bulgarisches Kulturinstitut’s “Von hier zu mir” produce a show full of life, colour, memory and most importantly distortion. Warm up to a bit of the Balkans this winter through Feb 12.

Instead of one main exhibition, this year Transmediale presents “Conversation Piece”, a series of events, installations and conversations, Feb 3-7 at HKW. We’ve navigated the “infinite scroll” of the programme to find this year’s must-sees for you.

HIGHLIGHTS: The art world’s winter hibernation is over and Berlin’s got it going on. From the misogynist feminism of Carol Rama to anti-traditional Japanese minimalism from Koji Enokura, here are six shows to check out this month.

INTERVIEW! Galerie Buchholz transforms into an imagined home in Lucy McKenzie ’s “Inspired by an Atlas of Leprosy”, on through January 23.

INTERVIEW! Last year, his art was exhibited all over town. Now hotshot artist Michael Müller’s first institutional solo exhibition is the talk of the Berlin art scene. Catch the UdK professor’s “Wer Spricht” at KW before it closes January 24.

INTERVIEW: Davide Quayola’s “Iconographies” (through Mar 5 at NOME) is the buzzed-about exhibition at this year’s Transmediale Vorspiel. The Italian artist uses custom software to put a spin on renowned works from throughout history.

David Bowie, Nick Cave, Tom Waits… even The Slits are not neglected among Corbijn’s portraits of famed musicians. His pair of exhibitions – Hollands Deep and 1-2-3-4, at C/O Berlin through Jan 31 – make for a captivating retrospective.

INTERVIEW: The 27-year-old artist pulls no punches in addressing migration: both the current refugee crisis and her own migration from Vietnam to Berlin, in Emotion Refuge, at Micky Schubert through Jan 18.

Have you met Jonny yet? If not, it’s time to in Insitu’s first of four character-based exhibtions, this one on through Dec 19. Exploring the not-so-distant past’s portrayals of strong femininity, “Jonny” is here to examine past and present.

An exceptionally magnetic person and intense and raw artist, Brian Claflin left an indelible mark on Berlin before his tragic death in 2014. Now his first posthumous exhibition, The Five Senses, at SomoS is making his mark felt once more.

INTERVIEW. The quarterly publication Texte zur Kunst celebrates 25 years of leading the art publication world in theory and debate. Read our interview with the co-founder and the editor-in-chief.

December, despite what you think, is pretty hot – for art. From masters to newbies, we’ve got six art shows for you to check out before they end. Read our picks here.

The exhibition at Berlinische Galerie is a rare beast: a retrospective that offers insight into the artist’s development, contextualising Beckmann’s work with that of his contemporaries. Runs Nov 20 through Feb 15.

INTERVIEW! The eponymous centrepiece of Mariechen Danz’s Womb Tomb is a body with exposed organs, eternally incomplete. We spoke with the artist about her work dealing with the human body; see it for yourself at Galerie Tanja Wagner opening Nov 20.

INTERVIEW: UK artist Tom Anholt’s solo exhibition History Boy (exploring histories both personal and artistic) is still on display through Nov 21, so don’t delay! Read our interview, then head on over to Eigen + Art Lab and check it out.

Haven’t seen Slavs and Tatars’ playful yet hyper-critical work yet? This month offers two chances, but one is only through Nov 14 at Kraupa-Tuskany Zeidler, so catch it now. Read our interview with one of the collective’s anonymous members first.

Legendary photographer Cindy Sherman has many fans, but perhaps none quite so fanatical as Thomas Olbricht. His 65-piece personal collection is on display right now, offering a rare chance to experience a broad spectrum of Sherman’s work.

Part vintage stationery shop, part creative research lab, Inkwell, laden with old-timey office supplies, is an object-interface through which we can access the pre-digital workspace – only available for your perusal through October 15.

The ever-disturbing, never-predictable Paul McCarthy returns to Berlin – in the form of a lifeless, naked body at the Schinkel Pavillon. We reviewed his hotly anticipated new exhibition, on through November 22.

With another instalment of Berlin Art Week, we’re wondering why Berliner Liste is once again excluded from the program. Official or not, we staked it the city’s oldest art fair. And it was worth the look.

Hurry! Today and tomorrow German photographer Dietmar Eckell presents his photo collection on lost objects abandoned in the wild.

A explosion of exhibitions is set to make up Berlin Art Week Sep 15-20. Not sure about which events to attend? We’ve put together a comprehensive guide to help you navigate the performances, openings and parties.

How do we “play” social media? Why is Facebook like a comic book? Graphic novelist Gabriel S. Moses explains it all at the Disruption Network Lab event A Game Of You, at Bethanien from Aug 8-9.

Artist-choreographer Tino Sehgal is showing in his home city for the first time. You can witness (and participate in) his weirdly affecting dance-based “social sculptures” at the Martin-Gropius-Bau through August 8.

Berlin finally pays homage to the work of Jean Arp, one of the most important figures of 20th-century art. Dive headfirst into dadaism at the Georg Kolbe museum through Oct 11.

The Berlinische Galerie is back after a near-year-long absence. With four different exhibitions in its newly renovated space, gallery director Thomas Köhler and co. are once again attracting the attention of modern art connoisseurs.

With plastic bag swimming pools and heart-monitoring chandeliers, the Bernheimer Contemporary gathers artists to explore ideas of environmental and social responsibility in a spirited new exhibition in Residenz Monbijou. Through Aug 29.

A woman is a work of art, quite literally in the case of American installation artist Donna Huanca. She creates spiritual terrains with clothing, plastic, canvas, makeup and living females. Her show Muscle Memory opens at Peres Projects on June 27.

Depicting the female form amid ornate surroundings, and raising questions about how his abstract subjects exist through time, Israeli artist Tal R’s tea-tinged exhibition “The Oolong” at Contemporary Fine Arts ends Jun 6. Catch it now!

The apes are loose at HKW in their Ape Culture exhibition! And where would ape culture be without The Planet of the Apes? Interdisciplinary artist Coco Fusco channels Dr. Zira for a live lecture on predatory humans on Jul 2.

INTERVIEW. Legendary director Greenaway and Dutch theatre and visual artist Boddeke recreate the sacrifice of Isaac in “Obedience”, a massive multi-media installation at the Jewish Museum opening May 23.

Poet and New Zealand expat Sandra Sarala’s newest book, “Looking for Lago di Lecco” (Lake of Licks), like her, is unconventional. In the form of handmade postcards, single-poem editions and more, the first editions come out on Thu, May 14 at CdPV.

Private collections aren’t usually must-sees, but Klaus Staeck was more than just a collector – he was a catalyst. “Kunst für alle” at AdK documents and catalogues the interplay between art and politics from the early 1960s through the present day.

INTERVIEW. Gimmicky or great? The multisensory exhibition Van Gogh Alive attracts atypical gallery audiences with music, video, and immersive installations at the Alte Münze. The preview is on from May 14 and full opening May 21.

The swarm of exhibition openings envelops the city this weekend (May 1-3) and in order to navigate the occupation, art editor Fridey Mickel knows exactly where you need to go.

Turning boring household objects into compelling, alien works of art is Vienna-based artist Federico Vecchi’s specialty. Among all the Gallery Weekend madness, don’t miss Vecchi at Art Von Frei starting May 1.

The upcoming Gallery Weekend (May 1-3) will be a whirlwind of art must-sees. Start it off early with Israeli conceptual artist Amir Fattal’s new exhibition “Mesopotopography” at AJL Gallery, opening Apr 30.

Famous production designer Sir Ken Adam designed the iconic sets for films like Dr Strangelove and Goldfinger. A retrospective at the Deutsche Kinemathek covers his life and work, including his Berlin childhood. See it before it closes May 17.

INTERVIEW. Malian artist Abdoulaye Konaté shows a different side of his textile-based art at Blain Southern, working in a liminal space between African traditions and Western academicism. See his show before it closes Sat Apr 18.

“Devour: Social Cannibalism, Political Redefinition and Architecture” is a vast multimedia exhibition exploring post-communist and postcolonial architecture from Brazil to South Africa to Romania. See it at the Freies Museum before it closes Apr 12.

INTERVIEW. Sexy sex! Berlin’s notorious for its pairing of sex with art and on Fri, Mar 27, artist Avi Berg shares his contribution at Sprechsaal with four other like-minded artists in “Sex Macht Gut”. It kicks off with a pole dance.

INTERVIEW. NY-based artist Cory Arcangel wants to preserve the disappearing artefacts of the early internet. He brings his nostalgic brand of net-influenced art to Galerie Max Hetzler for their group show Open Source, opening Mar 12.

Looking for an outdoors-y hangout spot that’s not super expensive or overrun with tourists? Try venturing outside the Ringbahn to Marzahn’s Alte Börse. As of Mon, Mar 16, it’s now open till 10pm on weeknights and midnight on weekends.

Ann Veronica Janssens works mostly with light, creating stunning, uniquely immersive exhibition experiences which force viewers to question their own perceptions. On March 6 she opens a new exhibition at Esther Schipper Gallery.

Working with media ranging from paint and plaster to Yum Yum noodles and a bathtub installation catalogue, Vera Kox’s art focuses on change and duality. See her show with Manor Grunewald at Dune Gallery before it ends Feb 20.

Berlin’s most esoteric festival of arts, Transmediale, returns to Berlin, with a task to “Capture All”. Catch it at Haus der Kulturen der Welt Jan 28-Feb 1.

Galerie Aurel Scheibler decided to invite Galerie Nierendorf, which occupied his gallery’s space from 1933-1938, back into its old home, rehanging works which had most likely hung on those same walls 80 years ago. Catch before it goes on Jan 31.

Post-internet genius or “nerd art bro”? Through January 10, visit Yves Scherer’s Emma Watson-based exhibition “Closer” at Galerie Guido W. Baudach and decide for yourself.

Thirty-one-year-old Brazilian painter Lucas Arruda is about to make it big – by making it small. Check out his tiny creations before the exhibition at Veneklasen/Werner ends on Sat, Jan 10.

Dec 5 sees the opening of Superposition at Sexauer Gallery, featuring Berlin artist Caroline Kryzecki and her new mystical ballpoint pen-on-paper creations. Here, curatorial it-girl Tina Sauerländer takes us deeper under the surface of the art.

Céline Poulin works exclusively with art in communal areas and outdoor artistic practice, and with Berlin’s abundance of transformable spaces, she has something new to present Berliners at her workshop on Nov 27 at DAZ.

INTERVIEW. The city cult institution Gob Squad invites you to “Be Part of Something Bigger” at the group’s weekend-long 20-year anniversary extravaganza, happening November 20-22 at HAU. Don’t miss!

INTERVIEW. New Leipzig School artist David Schnell brings a show of remarkable new oil-on-canvas works to Eigen + Art. His new exhibition makes one realise the past is only a preface to what he has yet to come. Catch it before it ends on Oct 18.

The British-born wall-scrawler paints clear pictures and they’re getting doubly clear as he pairs off street artists from all over the world at Urban Spree’s DUBL TRUBL, on through Oct 26.

The question “street art or vandalism?” is a well-worn one, but today still provokes a response. From Sep 18, Urban Spree hosts street crew Dubl Trubl, illustrating this fine line by pairing up artists for a mash-up of artistic urbanity.

INTERVIEW. With Berlin’s Art Week arriving next week, Alex Duve delivers young hotshot Chris Succo ahead of the chaos. The hotshot gallerist has an eye for the next big thing. The exhibition opens on Sep 12.

Berlin Art Week is on Sep 16-21, with the three big fairs – Positions, ABC and Berliner Liste – starting the 18th. But it’s not what it used to be. Camille Moreno explores the loss of our Kunstherbst.

INTERVIEW: Re Rebaudengo’s obsession for art is on display at Me Collectors Room, but it’s her penchant for bling that is particularly dazzling, with pieces dating back to the 1930s. There’s only a little over a month before it ends on Sep 21.

On Thu, Aug 7, Berghain’s Halle opens its doors to the public to celebrate 10 years of its infamous sister space. Nine artists including Carsten Nicolai, Norbert Bisky and the gatekeeper himself Sven Marquardt exhibit works from a decade of dance.

Get ready for Project Space Festival, a month-long extravaganza exhibiting the treasures of the indie, underground art scene in Berlin. Throughout August, 30 different spaces give a new platform to the under-appreciated artists of the city.

Art collective ZERO co-founder and prolific 86-year-old installation artist and professor Otto Piene sadly passed away Thursday, the first day of his exhibition “More Sky”. Don’t miss the legend’s last living contribution at Neue Nationalgalerie.

INTERVIEW. The phenomenon that is Dolly Parton takes exhibition form at Bikini Berlin’s 25hours Hotel, going on through July 21. While there may be a claim to kitsch about the country icon, eight Finnish artists show the 9-to-5er as transcendental.

Compared to other art centres around the world, Berlin’s painting scene seems to still be boys’ club. Fridey Mickel takes stock of the situation in light of Corinne Wasmuht’s new exhibition at AdK starting on Fri, Jul 4.

INTERVIEW. Influential abstract expressionist Phillip Guston, long considered a master in America, finally exhibits in Berlin, posthumously. Gallerist Aurel Scheibler discusses the painter before the exhibition ends Jun 28.

INTERVIEW. Debuting June 13 at Pavlov’s Dog, Berlin-based artist, performer and curator Andrés Galeano presents an exhibition of found photography that transcends without trying to be funny. But you may find humour nonetheless.

Artist and curator Jonny Star appeared on the art scene last spring full of fresh ideas from NYC with artwork using tactile and visual elements ranging from stuffed animals to softcore porn. Her next show opens June 14 at the art space Montagehalle.

Opening Jun 7, Artists Cameron Tauschke, from Australia, and Sam Melser, from New Zealand, used David Bowie’s melancholic song “Subterraneans” as a launching pad for their upcoming collaborative exhibition. Go down and check it out.

The DMY International Design Festival Berlin has taken form at Tempelhof. Designers from around the world shape a vision of the future for curious onlookers. Feast your eyes on our photo gallery. DMY continues through June 1.

Since 1998 the Berlin Biennale, the near cult-level art fair, has surfaced biannually with new curators, themes, and locations, on the heels of Documenta as one of Germany’s most important art events. It kicks off May 8 and runs through Aug 8.

Berlin has long been a celebrated centre of graffiti, but its arguably most pervasive medium – the sticker – is also amongst its most underrated. Oliver Baudach is changing that with his Friedrichshain-based Hatch Sticker Museum.

One of Berlin’s most promising photographers, Sascha Weidner passed away last weekend at age 38. We spoke to him one year ago.

INTERVIEW: Next week Bowie-mania in Berlin comes to a head with the opening of mammoth exhibition “David Bowie Is…” at Martin-Gropius-Bau on May 20. What can you expect to see? Curator Victoria Broackes knows.

With its 10 different art installations, made only for taking cool photos, Olympus Photography Playground is a Berlin Instagrammer’s wet dream. Visit the interactive exhibition for free before May 25 at the Opernwerkstätten.

Celebrating a decade of existence, this year’s 72-hour, city-wide orgy of consecutive art parties and exhibition vernissages is bursting at the seams, with many unofficial events joining in. Overdose on the Berlin art scene May 2-4, all for free!

Fridey Mickel details her visit to the home of German businessman and art collector Heiner Wemhöner, whose impressive collection (or at least a portion of it) is surveyed in a special exhibition at Osram Höfe. Catch it before it ends on Sat.

Ai Weiwei’s ‘Evidence’ at the Martin-Gropius-Bau is now officially open! Whether or not he actually comes to Berlin is yet to be seen, his presence can be felt all over the exhibition. Here’s what to expect.

Evidence, a massive solo exhibition by Chinese dissident Ai Weiwei, comes to the Martin-Gropius-Bau with a vernissage on Apr 2 and general opening Apr 3. There’s no shortage of hype… but who exactly are we talking about?

The Akademie der Künste plays host to a breathtaking retrospective of contemporary sculpture from iconic twentieth century artists: foregrounded in the exhibition is an enthralling intersection of photography, sculpture and movement. Through Apr 21.

In #Visual Noise, Sauerländer pairs artists Diana Artus and Ornella Fieres to explore the threshold between analogue and digital photography. Catch the exhibition at Lage Egal before it ends on Mar 21.

Cowen brings his timeless photography to Veneklasen/Werner opening Feb 24 and running through Mar 8.

With his trademark dry sense of humour, Ukranian-born artist Alexej Meschtschanow curates the group exhibition I Just Came To Say Hello at Klemm’s, dealing with egocentricity and psychology in the artistic temperament. It runs through Mar 2.

Schuldt’s disturbing oil paintings are part of highball Berlin gallery Eigen+Art’s Take Five blitz exhibition series this week. Catch the work of our February artist to watch there only from Feb 18-22.

With a 45-year career as a press photographer for the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung behind her, and a multi-award-winning oeuvre to show for it, Klemm is no ordinary photojournalist. Don’t miss her retrospective at Martin-Gropius-Bau through Mar 9.

Opening February 6 is a month-long solo exhibition at Sprüth Magers by none-other than John Waters! Better known for his transgressive cult films and trademark inventiveness, Waters drives the knife even deeper with his visual artwork.

INTERVIEW. Working with such varied talents as Michael Winslow and Blixa Bargeld, sound artist Uriarte’s works this time with a typewriter. New Blain Southern show Analog features him among seven others sound artists through Feb 1.

Hungry freaks and gory disco skulls, the ambassadors of a city and a subculture, peer out of vibrantly coloured posters. Through symbolic illustration, the Greek-German artist creates faces that tell stories. He’s January’s artist to watch.

Everything closed for Weihnachtspause but you still hunger for art? Check out Finnish queen of painting Marianna Uutinen, our December artist to watch. Her joint exhibition with Anselm Reyle is open over the holidays (aside from Dec 24-26).

INTERVIEW. Through the entire month of December, KW pays tribute to Berlin artist, actor, author and filmmaker Christoph Schlingensief with a full posthumous retrospective, curated by Anna-Catharina Gebbers and Susanne Pfeffer.

Before shelling out your last €50 at Urban Outfitters for that special something for that special someone, think about buying them some posters, prints or paraphernalia at one of these indie art shops.

INTERVIEW. Sat, Nov 30 sees the opening of Philippe Rahm’s “Constructed Atmospheres” at Architektur Galerie. The Swiss architect rethinks architecture with meteorology in mind.

Picassophile? The legendary Spanish painter’s artwork is now showcased at two simultaneous exhibitions not to be missed. Soak up the master’s multifarious work and celebrate his 132nd birthday at two different museums.

Joanne Grüne-Yanoff’s mixed-media exhibition “Instructions for Flight” uses body language mixed with contradictory written statements bringing the most sensitive parts of being to light. Through Nov 30 at Galerie Helga Maria Bischoff.

Former head of Ballhaus Naunynstr. Shermin Langhoff has taken full control of Maxim Gorki Theater. While the leaves fall around us, the theatre’s opening event starting Nov 9, Herbstsalon, promises to be a flurry of autumnal artistic excitement.

Italian painter Luigi Christopher Veggetti Kanku brings canvases as large and wide as his name to Berlin, exhibiting solo here for the first time. “Faces and Cities” opens at De Freo Gallery on Nov 9 and is not to be missed.

INTERVIEW. With much post-1945 historical focus on the Cold War and Eastern Bloc, Africa’s position in the world order is unfortunately often overlooked. In After Year Zero, HKW and Anselm Franke explore the continent from a new perspective.

Khaled Hafez presents his first Berlin exhibition. Hafez’s sarcastic, subversive work places pop culture next to Pharaohs, vividly contrasting East and West in a modern menagerie of mixed media. Running through Oct 19 at Galerie Naimah Schütte.

Aanant & Zoo present the second part of their annually curated exhibition of curated guest artists. Go get your mind blown by works from artists like Elena Bajo, Geerten Verheu and Martin Bothe, all throbbing with life. The trip ends on Oct 19.