For five days, visitors are invited to enjoy talks, workshops, screenings, and activations, along with the „LeseGarten“ (Reading Garden) to sit and unwind. As the central point of contact for all information related to Berlin Art Week, Berlin Art Week Garten provides visitors with everything they need, from curated routes to every festival venue and an overview of the full programme to bookable tours and details of individual events.
On Wednesday, Neue Nationalgalerie will open „Night“, the first major solo exhibition in Germany by Italian artist Maurizio Cattelan, presented as part of the Preis der Nationalgalerie 2026.
From Thursday, the festival „Perform!“ marks its fifth anniversary at Neue Nationalgalerie with daily presentations of Trisha Brown’s iconic performance „Walking on the Wall“, alongside new works by a younger generation of performance artists responding to Brown’s piece.
Starting Friday and continuing throughout the weekend, Kulturforum will host the premiere of a new performance by Ersan Mondtag and Nadim Samman, developed in collaboration with Berliner Ensemble and Gemäldegalerie of the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin. Selected by the jury for the festival’s „Featured“ section, the performance „Alternde Meister“ opens up a dialogue between history, the present, and performative practice.
The festival concludes on Sunday with the fifth „Tag im Grünen“ (Day in the Green), which transforms the whole of Kulturforum into a lively gathering place with a long communal table, a diverse programme of events, and a discounted combined ticket giving access to all participating museums.
More information about the programme: www.berlinartweek.de
About Berlin Art Week: Berlin Art Week is the largest joint initiative in Berlin’s contemporary art scene. More than 100 museums, galleries, project spaces, private collections, and an art fair open their doors to everyone who wants to discover, experience, and discuss contemporary art. Five days of exhibitions, performances, screenings, and talks— everywhere in the city. Berlin Art Week is a project by Kulturprojekte Berlin.
It is funded by the Senate Department for Economic Affairs, Energy and Public Enterprises, as well as by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) through the Senate Department for Culture and Social Cohesion. Berlin Art Week is realised with the support of Berliner Volksbank eG.