Berlin Art Week Symposium—Shaping the Future of Cultural Spaces and Museums Today
at Berlin Art Week Garten
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International Symposium on the Future of Contemporary Museums at Berlin Art Week
During Berlin Art Week (10—14 SEP), this year’s festival hub ›Berlin Art Week Garten‹ will be hosted by Hamburger Bahnhof – Nationalgalerie der Gegenwart. The symposium ›Shaping the Future‹ will take place there on Friday, 12 SEP, from 11 AM—5 PM.
›Shaping the Future‹ brings together leading international voices to explore the museum as a social space. Museum professionals from Berlin, London, Amsterdam, Barcelona and Warsaw will discuss the challenges facing institutions and the ways in which contemporary art museums are embedded in society.
Berlin Art Week Garten Symposium x Hamburger Bahnhof
›Shaping the Future of Cultural Spaces and Museums Today‹
Friday, 12 SEP 2025, 11 AM—5 PM
Berlin Art Week Garten, the festival hub at Hamburger Bahnhof
11—11.45 AM
Decentering
Anna Gritz, Haus am Waldsee, Berlin; Rebecca Matthews, ARoS Aarhus Kunstmuseum
12—12.45 PM
Youth Engagement
Marie Nipper, Arken, Copenhagen; Jenny Schlenzka, Gropius Bau, Berlin; Olmo Garcia Koel, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam
1—2 PM
Break
2—2.45 PM
Changing Societies
Catherine Wood, Tate Modern, London; Sam Bardaouil, Hamburger Bahnhof – Nationalgalerie der Gegenwart, Berlin
3—3.45 PM
Innovation in Institutional Models
Kasia Redzisz, KANAL–Centre Pompidou, Brussels; Elvira Dyangani Ose, Museu d'Art Contemporani de Barcelona (MACBA); Marion Ackermann, Stiftung Preußischer Kulturbesitz, Berlin
4—4.45 PM
Finding New Forms of Participation and Experimentation
Mona Stehle, Berlin Art Week; Ippolito Pestellini Laparelli, 2050+, Milan; Jessica Vaughan (Tate London)
Moderation: Elke Buhr (Monopol), Kimberly Bradley (independent art critic and writer), Kate Brown (artnet)
Free admission, no registration required.
The symposium will be held in English.
The symposium was developed by Mathilda Legemah (Strategy Development, Hamburger Bahnhof), Till Fellrath (Director, Hamburger Bahnhof) and Mona Stehle (Artistic Director, Berlin Art Week).
The event was organised jointly by Berlin Art Week and Hamburger Bahnhof – Nationalgalerie der Gegenwart, the hosting institution for this year’s ›Berlin Art Week Garten‹ festival hub.