Let’s be honest: Exhibitions in Berlin are a dime a dozen! Whether museums, galleries, or exhibition spaces—the capital’s cultural landscape has an incredible amount to offer. That’s why an overview of the current highlights comes in handy. Here, you’ll learn not only everything about dining and leisure activities, but also about the most exciting exhibitions currently taking the city by storm!
One of the key exhibitions in Berlin right now is the new CHANEL Commission “We Make Years Out of Hours” by Lina Lapelytė at the Hamburger Bahnhof: an immersive performance installation in which thousands of wooden cubes form an ever-changing landscape that visitors help shape. Accompanied by the singing of international texts , the space transforms into a living, collective work of art that makes time, transience, and connectedness tangible.
The New Media Art Center invites you to immerse yourself in the fascinating world of the Dutch painter Vincent van Gogh. His vibrant color palettes come to life through state-of-the-art technology in impressive 360-degree projections. For a moment, you yourself become part of his art—as if you were stepping right into the middle of his paintings. But this exhibition shows more than just Van Gogh’s masterpieces: it reveals the moving story of a man torn between creative passion and inner struggle. Embark on an unforgettable journey where art and soul merge into a living experience.
Until May 26, 2026, you can immerse yourself for free at the Korean Cultural Center Berlin in a world of 1,300 glowing silk lanterns that will transport you, almost atmospherically, to South Korea. The colorful, partly floating installations from Jinju combine centuries-old tradition with cultural significance and, above all, unfold their visual power in Berlin —with intense colors, delicate patterns, and a calm, almost meditative atmosphere.
In the spring and summer of 2026, Serbian performance icon Marina Abramović will bring an international art highlight to Berlin: To mark the 75th anniversary of the Berliner Festspiele , the Gropius Bau will present“Balkan Erotic Epic. The Exhibition,” followed by a stage version at the Haus der Berliner Festspiele starting in October. The focus is on Balkan rituals in which eroticism is understood as spiritual, creative energy. Through installations, photographs, sculptures, and live performances, Abramović weaves together themes such as the body, death, transformation, and spirituality into a powerful overall experience. If you want to learn all the details about the exhibition, you can find the full article here.
New Woman, New Vision. The Bauhaus Photographers
At the Bauhaus-Archiv / Museum für Gestaltung in Berlin, an exhibition shines a spotlight on the often-overlooked female photographers of the Bauhaus . Around 300 works demonstrate how they shaped the medium—from portraiture and architecture to experimental abstraction—and developed new perspectives. Complemented by works from the New Bauhaus in Chicago as well as contemporary pieces, an exciting dialogue between past and present emerges.
Shilpa Gupta. What Still Holds
At the Hamburger Bahnhof – Nationalgalerie der Gegenwart, artist Shilpa Gupta presents “What Still Holds,” a compelling exhibition exploring truth, language, and power. Central to the exhibition is the monumental installation TRUTH, through which visitors move while questioning mechanisms of control and concealment . In dialogue with the museum’s collection of works by Joseph Beuys, a multi-layered exploration ofsocial participation and communication emerges— spanning historical context and contemporary perspectives.
Right in the heart of Alexanderplatz , the IKONO Museum Berlin shows you how creativity and interactive art merge in over 14 fantastic rooms . Look forward to creative adventures—from a traditional Japanese alleyway to a mesmerizing ball pit, 99 floating silver balloons, a nostalgic 8-bit world, and glowing cubes. This immersive experience invites you to let your imagination run wild and rediscover childlike joy. Experience art in a completely new way—interactive and more imaginative than ever.
Destiny in the Stars. The Origins of the Zodiac
At the Neues Museum , the exhibition “Destiny in the Stars: The Origins of the Zodiac” takes visitors on a cross-cultural journey from Babylonia through Egypt to the Greco-Roman world. Using artifacts, some of which have never been shown before, the exhibition exploresthe zodiac bothas a scientific system and as a cultural phenomenon—spanning the realms of astronomy and astrology, calculation and belief. In doing so, the exhibition reveals how closely our modern understanding of data, predictions, and self-interpretation is linked to the ancient origins of the zodiac and continues to resonate to this day.
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With over 55 million visitors worldwide, BODY WORLDS is one of the most successful global exhibitions. The exhibition has been touring the globe since 1995 and has since made stops in over 160 cities across Europe, America, Asia, Oceania, and South Africa. The exhibition also has a permanent home in Berlin—right in the TV Tower! On display is an insight into human and animal anatomy—illustrated using real specimens.
