BERLIN ART WEEK GARTEN

For its 15th anniversary, the Berlin Art Week Garten will be hosted at the Kulturforum, alongside Neue Nationalgalerie and Gemäldegalerie. As an open gathering place, our festival centre brings together institutions, partners, and audiences, providing a shared starting point for exploring the festival programme across the city. For five days, the Berlin Art Week Garten invites visitors to explore, participate, linger, and connect. The open-air programme includes workshops, performances, talks, film screenings, and culinary surprises. Free of charge and open to all! The Berlin Art Week Garten also serves as an information hub: from suggested routes across the city to a full overview of the festival schedule, which features more than 100 partners, as well as details on individual events. It’s a place to plan your visit, take a break, have a conversation or simply wind down the day in a relaxed setting.

Berlin Art Week Garten 2023 © Angelo Dal Bó for Berlin Art Week

PROGRAMME

all day / outdoor
Berlin Art Week LeseGarten and Berlin Art Week PostGarten

11am—1pm / Gemäldegalerie
Workshop
Is Democracy (Not) an Art?
How art can help you make your voice heard.
In cooperation with Vorsicht Demokratie!

3—5pm / Gemäldegalerie
Intervention
Fortuna Forest
A multisensory herbal installation by Fortuna Forest

5—6pm / Neue Nationalgalerie
Performance
Perform!

6—10pm / Neue Nationalgalerie
DJ Set
DJ Dickey Doo
In cooperation with Neue Nationalgalerie

9pm / Neue Nationalgalerie (indoor)
Opening
Maurizio Cattelan. Night

all day / outdoor
Berlin Art Week LeseGarten and Berlin Art Week PostGarten

11am—1pm / Gemäldegalerie
Workshop (closed group)
Is Democracy (Not) an Art?
How art can help you make your voice heard.
In cooperation with Vorsicht Demokratie!

noon—6pm / berlin modern
Exhibition
Gordon Matta-Clark: On Site
On the occasion of Berlin Art Week, Neue Nationalgalerie is opening the berlin modern construction site from 10–13 SEP. Time-slot tickets: SMB Online Shop

2.30pm / Gemäldegalerie
Talk
Exquisite Corpse
With Loie Hollowell (Artist), Sascha Braunig (Artist), Veronika Pausova (Artist), Stephen Hepworth (Director Kiki Kogelnik Foundation, New York)
Moderated by Saskia Trebing
(in English)

3—5pm / Gemäldegalerie
Intervention
Fortuna Forest
A multisensory herbal installation by Fortuna Forest

4pm / Gemäldegalerie
Talk
Empowering Europe: Culture as a Bridge for Sustainable Societies
With Anda Rottenberg (Curator), Gitte Zschoch (General Secretary Goethe-Institut) and Stephan Muschick (CEO E.ON Stiftung)
Moderated by Elke Buhr
In cooperation with Monopol Magazin für Kunst und Leben
(in English)

5pm / Neue Nationalgalerie
Performance
Perform!
Trisha Brown: Walking on the Wall (1971)

6—8pm / Neue Nationalgalerie
DJ Set
gugol maps | Refuge worldwide
In cooperation with Berliner Hörspielfestival | Featured Project 2026

20.30—21.30 / Neue Nationalgalerie (Terrace, rear side)
Open Air Cinema
Klasse Experimenteller Film / Medienkunst (UdK)
Curated by Nina Fischer
Lorenzo Sabbatini & Inti Gallardo, ›Autotrophic Archaeology‹ 9.15 min; ZouZou, ›Will We Still Meet?‹ 5.30 min; Maggie Rouleau, ›Apple Pie‹ 1.00 min; Ilgın Uçar, ›Firfir‹ 10.00 min; Simón Jaramillo Vallejo, ›Huellas de Carbón 001‹ 8.44 min; Ran Ren, ›Land of Ulro‹ 10.00 min; Yumeng He, ›Jiejie‹ 12.27 min; Edlin Jap, ›The Wedding Photo‹ 3.26 min; Ying Chen, ›Ciao Ciao Guo‹ 6.21 min
In cooperation with Videoart at Midnight

all day / outdoor
Berlin Art Week LeseGarten and Berlin Art Week PostGarten

10am—6pm / berlin modern
Exhibition
Gordon Matta-Clark: On Site
On the occasion of Berlin Art Week, Neue Nationalgalerie is opening the berlin modern construction site from 10–13 SEP. Time-slot tickets: SMB Online Shop

noon—4pm / Gemäldegalerie
New Conditions: Art After AI
Programme curation: Anika Meier and Mona Stehle

  • noon—12.45pm
    Artist Talk
    What Happens When AI Becomes Our Companion?
    Theresa Reiwer     and Omsk Social Club
    Moderated by Kimberly Bradley
    (in English)
  • 1—1.45pm
    Artist Talk
    Ana María Caballero: From Worlds to Worlds
    Moderated by Kimberly Bradley
    (in English)
  • 2—2.15pm
    Lecture
    Creativity and AI
    By Christoph Niemann
    (in English)
  • 2.30—4pm
    Panel
    The Art World After AI
    With Laura Attanadio (Vice President Pace Gallery), Mat Dryhurst (Artist), Karen Archey (Head of Curatorial Department Kunstsamlung Nordrhein-Westfalen) und Paul Feigelfeld (Professor of Media Theory, Universität Mozarteum)
    Moderated by Anika Meier
    (in English)

1—6pm / Gemäldegalerie
Participatory Installation
Recording-Ufo
With Jamina Al Quaisi
Participate and record your own little audio art piece!
Presented by Berliner Hörspielfestival | Featured Project 2026

4.30pm / Gemäldegalerie
Conversation
Ersan Mondtag (Artist) and Nadim Samman (Curator) in conversation with Dr. Dagmar Hirschfelder (Director Gemäldegalerie)
Moderated by Kimberly Bradley
(in English)

5pm / Neue Nationalgalerie
Performance
Perform!
Trisha Brown: Walking on the Wall (1971)

6—8pm / Neue Nationalgalerie
DJ Set
Jacob Stoy | Radio Industry / Radio Woltersdorf
In cooperation with Berliner Hörspielfestival | Featured Project 2026

6—10pm / Gemäldegalerie
DJ Set
Cem

7pm, 8.30pm / Gemäldegalerie (indoor)
Premiere
Ersan Mondtag and Nadim Samman: Alternde Meister
Co-production of Berlin Ensemble with Gemäldegalerie
Tickets via berliner-ensemble.de/berlinartweek

8.30—9.30pm / Neue Nationalgalerie (Terrace, rear side)
Open Air Cinema
BPA// Berlin Program for artists
Curated by Anna-Lisa Scherfrose
Andrés Mora Balzaretti, ›Paradisi‹ 2023, 17.32 min; Tang Han & Xiaopeng Zhou, ›Ordinary Affects‹ 2025, 16.00 min; Hana Yoo, ›I Came for the Flowers‹ 2025, 9.15 min; Alejandra Morote Peralta, ›The Drug Stores‹ 2025, 2.22 min; Tra My Nguyen, ›She Who Moves‹ 2025, 14.00 min; Jan Berger, ›S1E6: Die and Rejoin the Stars‹ 2026, 3.50 min
In cooperation with Videoart at Midnight

all day / outdoor
Berlin Art Week LeseGarten and Berlin Art Week PostGarten

10am—6pm / berlin modern
Exhibition
Gordon Matta-Clark: On Site
On the occasion of Berlin Art Week, Neue Nationalgalerie is opening the berlin modern construction site from 10–13 SEP. Time-slot tickets: SMB Online Shop

10.30am, 1pm, 3.30pm / Gemäldegalerie (indoor)
Performance
Ersan Mondtag and Nadim Samman: Alternde Meister

11am—1pm / Gemäldegalerie
Workshop
Is Democracy (Not) an Art?
How art can help you make your voice heard.
In cooperation with Vorsicht Demokratie!

1—6pm / Gemäldegalerie
Participatory Installation
Recording-Ufo
With Stefanie Heim
Participate and record your own little audio art piece!
Presented by Berliner Hörspielfestival | Featured Project 2026

2—6pm / Gemäldegalerie
Artist Talks

  • 2—3pm
    Jeewi Lee     in conversation with Saskia Trebing (Editor)
    (in German)
  • 3—4pm
    Nour Harastani, Syrbanism     in conversation with Johanna M. Keller (Head of Programming Akademie der Künste)
    (in English)
  • 4—5pm
    Pınar Öğrenci     in conversation with Olga Schubert (Editor)
    (in English)
  • 5—6pm
    Emeka Ogboh     in conversation with Olga Schubert (Editor)
    (in English)

3—5pm / Gemäldegalerie
Intervention
Fortuna Forest
A multisensory herbal installation by Fortuna Forest

5pm / Neue Nationalgalerie
Performance
Perform!
Trisha Brown: Walking on the Wall (1971)

6—8pm / Neue Nationalgalerie
DJ Set
Radio Vampiro | Cashmere Radio
In cooperation with Berliner Hörspielfestival | Featured Project 2026

8.30—9.30pm / Neue Nationalgalerie (Terrace, rear side)
Open Air Cinema
The Lensbase Community (UdK)
Curated by Mykola Ridnyi
Kaiwen Kang ›Double Surroundings‹ 2024, 10.00 min; Lena Kocutar ›The sun that fell into the water‹ 2025, 20.55 min; Esteban Rosales Samayoa ›Venus Cycles‹ 2025; Daria Syvakos ›What we lost in the water‹ 2025
In cooperation with Videoart at Midnight

all day / outdoor
Berlin Art Week LeseGarten and Berlin Art Week PostGarten

10am—6pm / berlin modern
Exhibition
Gordon Matta-Clark: On Site
On the occasion of Berlin Art Week, Neue Nationalgalerie is opening the berlin modern construction site from 10–13 SEP. Time-slot tickets: SMB Online Shop

10.30am, 1pm, 3.30pm / Gemäldegalerie (indoor)
Performance
Ersan Mondtag and Nadim Samman: Alternde Meister

11am—7pm / Kulturforum
Kulturforumfest
Ein Tag im Grünen
Programme throughout the Kulturforum grounds

noon—1pm / Gemäldegalerie
Talk
Collecting with Impact—Greater Visibility for Artists Through Private Initiatives
With Dr. Maike Steinkamp (Curator Neue Nationalgalerie), Mareike Dittmer (Programme Curator Muzeum Susch) and Alexandra Hackelsberger (Collector)
Moderated by Julia Rust von Krosigk and Juliet Kothe
(in German)

noon—3pm / Gemäldegalerie
Kids Workshop
Présent—Die Jury
Tropez brings the Humboldthain Summer Pool to the Berlin Art Week Garten

noon—6pm / Kulturforum
Intervention
Moving Image Sculpture #5
With video works by Lotte Meret Enger, Sebastian Stumpf, Jes Benstock, Dagmar Schürrer, Gernot Wieland, Laura Gozlan, Most Dismal Swamp, Katharina Schröter among others
Curated by Marian Luft and Moritz Frei | Berlinartfilms

2—7.30pm / Neue Nationalgalerie
Performance
Perform!

5—7pm / Gemäldegalerie
DJ Set
Jaba Ujmajuridze | Mutant Radio
In cooperation with Berliner Hörspielfestival | Featured Project 2026

8.30—9.30pm / Neue Nationalgalerie (Terrace, rear side)
Open Air Cinema
Between Bridges
Curated by Melissa Canbaz
Lucy Beech ›Out of Body‹ 2024, 22.00 min; Yalda Afsah ›Curro‹ 2023, 28.00 min; Didem Pekün ›Leyla‹ 2024, 2.45 min;
In cooperation with Videoart at Midnight
LeseGarten, Berlin Art Week Garten, 2025 © Angelo Dal Bó for Berlin Art Week

BERLIN ART WEEK LESEGARTEN

The LeseGarten welcomes anyone looking to take a short break, browse art books or find inspiration. Created in collaboration with Berlin Art Week partners, this cosy library is filled with exhibition catalogues, art books, and magazines related to the festival programme.

PostGarten, Berlin Art Week Garten, 2025 © Angelo Dal Bó for Berlin Art Week

BERLIN ART WEEK POSTGARTEN

Join in and get creative: This year, postcards featuring designs from the ›Vorsicht Demokratie!‹ (›Caution: Democracy!‹) initiative are available at the PostGarten at Gemäldegalerie. Visitors can personalise their cards on site or take them home—a personal message about democracy can be sent directly to friends, family, and others you want to reach.

 

 

 

 

 

Vorsicht Demokratie! © Klaus Staeck und Werkstatt Der Bevölkerung

CAUTION ART! CAUTION DEMOCRACY!

The freedom of art and science should never be taken for granted. They flourish only in open societies, under the rule of law and with strong institutions. ›Caution Democracy!‹, a campaign by Werkstatt Der Bevölkerung and Berlin Art Week, puts this conviction at its heart. In the Berlin Art Week PostGarten, visitors can discover artist-designed postcards.

To the campaign

YOUR VISIT

Address
Berlin Art Week Garten at Kulturforum
Neue Nationalgalerie | Gemäldegalerie

Directions
S+U-Bahn: Potsdamer Platz
Busses: M48 and M85 (Kulturforum), 200 (Philharmonie), M29 (Potsdamer Brücke)

Opening hours
9—13 SEP / all day

 

 
To the festival programme