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Alongside its exhibition program, Neuer Berliner Kunstverein offers numerous events, inviting visitors to participate actively: artist talks, panel discussions, workshops, seminars, concerts, performances, interventions, screenings, and symposia.

Online program

Membership program

General

Filmprogramm

Film Program Berlin plant. Stunde Null

Filmprogramm Berlin plant. Stunde Null

BAW 2026 Opening

Opening Projections Onto the East / Christoph Hochhäusler / Guerilla Girls

Eröffnung Berlin Art Week 2026

Current

Diskursprogramm

Studio Visit with Bethan Huws

Studio Visit bei Bethan Huws

Guided tour with curators Fabian Bechtle and Leon Kahane through the exhibition "Projections on the East" at the Schinkel Pavillon and n.b.k.

Rundgang mit den Kuratoren Fabian Bechtle und Leon Kahane durch die Ausstellung Projektionen auf den Osten im Schinkel Pavillon und n.b.k.

Exploring Art Venues: Haus des Papiers

Kunstorte entdecken: Haus des Papiers

With Margarethe von Trotta and Edgar Reitz

Film screening of "Die Stunde Null" at the Babylon, followed by a discussion with Margarethe von Trotta and Edgar Reitz

Kinobesuch Die Stunde Null im Babylon mit anschließendem Gespräch zwischen Margarethe von Trotta und Edgar Reitz

An excursion to Sacrow Castle, including an exhibition tour

Ausflug zum Schloss Sacrow inklusive Ausstellungsbesichtigung

Guided tour of the Kyiv Biennial at KW – Institute for Contemporary Art

Führung zur Kyiv Biennial im KW – Institute for Contemporary Art

Studio Visit with Franka Hörnschemeyer

Studio Visit bei Franka Hörnschemeyer

With Michael Augustin, Ralf Bock, Greg Castillo, Andrea Contursi, Simone Hain, Christa Kamleithner, Christina Lindemann, Philipp Oswalt, Hansjörg Schneider, Axel Zutz, moderated by Thomas Flierl

Program

Symposium Berlin plant. Stunde Null

With talks and lectures by Michael Baute, Volker Heise, Edgar Reitz, and Margarethe von Trotta

Visit to filmmaker Thomas Arslan

Besuch bei Filmemacher Thomas Arslan

Opening Berlin plant. Stunde Null / Dora Budor & Noah Barker

Eröffnung Berlin plant / Dora Budor & Noah Barker

Kaity Fox, Keta Gavasheli, Alison M. Gingeras, Juliana Gleeson, Susanne Huber, Talia Kwartler, Christian Liclair, Catherine McCormack, Lucy McKenzie, Nicole Wermers

Coordination: Krisztina Hunya, Michaela Richter

Participants

Detailed accessibility information EN – PDF

Misogyny

Misogynie

Film Presentation

Filmpräsentation

Tour of Gallery Weekend 2026

Rundgang zum Gallery Weekend 2026

With Klaus Theweleit (cultural theorist, Freiburg), moderated by Katja Nicodemus (film critic and journalist, 

Book Launch: Klaus Theweleit. Filmen nach Auschwitz: Claude Lanzmann und Jean-Luc Godard & Screening: Der Karski-Bericht von Claude Lanzmann

Book Launch: Klaus Theweleit. Filmen nach Auschwitz: Claude Lanzmann und Jean-Luc Godard

With Anna-Verena Nosthoff (Junior Professor for the Ethics of Digitization, University of Oldenburg) and Paul Feigelfeld (Professor for Digitality and Cultural Mediation, Mozarteum University Salzburg), moderated by Christine Watty (journalist, 

Technofascism: Power and Authoritarianism in Digital Space

Techfaschismus. Macht und Autoritarismus im digitalen Raum

Thursday 12 noon–8 pm, Tuesday–Sunday 12 noon–6 pm

No sales on April 26 and 27 or May 1, 2026 (Labor Day)

Special book sale

Bücher-Sonderverkauf

Architectural tour of Mies van der Rohe's Lemke House in Berlin-Hohenschönhausen

Architekturführung im Haus Lemke

Shaun Motsi, Masters, 2023

Guided curatorial tour at Künstlerhaus Bethanien

Kuratorischer Ausstellungsrundgang im Künstlerhaus Bethanien

With the artists Nadja Buttendorf, Markus Draper, Martin Eberle, Noi Fuhrer, and Leonie Nagel, as well as curator Lidiya Anastasova

Exhibition Tour Memory Is a Strange Bell

Ausstellungsrundgang Memory Is a Strange Bell

With John Miller (artist, New York), Melanie Ohnemus (curator and editor, Vienna), and Benedikt Reichenbach (graphic designer, Berlin), moderated by Anna Lena Seiser (Head of n.b.k. Video-Forum)

Book Launch: John Miller, Contradicting Statements

Opening Memory Is a Strange Bell / Katja Strunz

Eröffnung Memory Is a Strange Bell / Katja Strunz

Studio Visit with John Bock

Atelierbesuch bei John Bock

By  Helena Reckitt (Reader in Curating in the Art Department at Goldsmiths, University of London)

Feminist Practices of Citation in Art and Research

(Reader in Curating in the Art Department at Goldsmiths, University of London)

. An out loud reading group exploring citation as a creative, critical, and political tool. No advance reading is required as all texts will be read out loud, together, during the meeting.

Feminist Citation Reading Group 

Talk with the artists Leon Kahane and Fabian Bechtle

Gespräch mit den Künstlern Leon Kahane und Fabian Bechtle

With Moyra Davey and Rosa Barba (artist, professor at the Department of Architecture / ETH Zurich, Berlin), moderated by Janique Vigier (editor of 

Artist Talk

Opening Moyra Davey / Graciela Carnevale

Eröffnung Moyra Davey / Graciela Carnevale

Dalia Al Kury, Sanja Anđelković, Anca Benera & Arnold Estefan, Babu Eshwar Prasad, Anette Gellein, Abdul Hamid Mandgar, Heesoo Kwon, Cocoy Lumbao, Raffaela Naldi Rossano, Isabelle Nouzha, Ahmet Rüstem Ekici & Hakan Sorar, Sin Wai Kin, Kialy Tihngang, Mykolas Valantinas, and Melisa Zulberti

Artists’ Film International (AFI) 2025: Dream States

Artists’ Film International 2025: Dream States

With editors Nora Sternfeld (Professor of Art Education, Hochschule für bildende Künste Hamburg) and Ana Hoffner ex-Prvulovic* (artist, researcher, and author, Vienna)

Book Launch: Denialism – Antisemitismus und sexualisierte Gewalt aus feministischer Perspektive

on the occasion of the n.b.k. facade work 

Nora Turato. they filled me up with words. 

Followed by an artist talk at 8 pm: Nora Turato in conversation with Lidiya Anastasova (curator, n.b.k.)

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Studio visit with Hansjörg Schneider followed by a guided tour of the Uferhallen

Studio Visit bei Hansjörg Schneider und anschließende Führung durch die Uferhallen

With Katerina Poladjan, Henning Fritsch, and Jörn Schafaff (art historian, curator, and author, Berlin)

Marguerite Duras, Il dialogo di Roma (1982)

Exclusive tour of Arno Brandlhuber's Antivilla and studio visit with Constanze Haas

Exklusiver Rundgang durch Arno Brandlhubers Antivilla und Studiobesuch bei Constanze Haas

With talks and lectures by Nora M. Alter, Marius Babias, Michaela Richter, Klaus Theweleit, Margarethe von Trotta, Volker Schlöndorff, Martin Wiebel, Thilo Wydra

Film Program – Margarethe von Trotta

Filmprogramm – Werkschau Margarethe von Trotta

With Murat Adash, Maximiliane Baumgartner, Tony Cokes, Kasia Fudakowski, Judith Hopf, Aykan Safoğlu, Shade Théret und Leyla Yenirce a. o.

A Hidden Well – Event Program

A Hidden Well – Veranstaltungsprogramm

Opening Margarethe von Trotta / Katerina Poladjan & Henning Fritsch / Nora Turato / Stephan Crasneanscki & Patti Smith

Eröffnung Margarethe von Trotta / Katerina Poladjan & Henning Fritsch / Nora Turato / Stephan Crasneanscki & Patti Smith

Visit to the non-profit institution Callie's

Besuch des Künstler*innen-hauses Callie's in Berlin-Wedding

With Marius Babias, Horst Bredekamp, monika enterprise, Gudrun Gut, Käthe Kruse, Doris Metz, moabit musik, Danielle de Picciotto, Karin Sander, a. o.

494h 29m 53s – Event Program

494h 29m 53s Veranstaltungsprogramm

Book Launch with Ghislaine Leung and Karsten Lund (Senior Curator, The Renaissance Society, Chicago) 

Ghislaine Leung, Holdings (2015–2025)

Introduction by Karin Sander to the project 494h 29m 53s – The collection of the n.b.k. Video-Forum at the Akademie der Künste

Einführung von Karin Sander in das Projekt 494h 29m 53s – Die Sammlung des n.b.k. Video-Forums in der Akademie der Künste

Opening 494h 29m 53s

Eröffnung 494h 29m 53s

With Layla Burger-Lichtenstein, David Joselit, and Abbas Zahedi, moderated by Antonia Kölbl

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Teilnehmer*innen

Trust Issues

Visit to the Klosterruine incl. exhibition tour with Neda Saeedi

Besuch der Klosterruine inkl. Ausstellungsrundgang mit Neda Saeedi

Visit to the Berlin Biennale with curatorial tour

Besuch der Berlin Biennale 2025 mit kuratorischer Führung

Opening Ghislaine Leung / Franka Hörnschemeyer

Eröffnung Ghislaine Leung / Franka Hörnschemeyer

By Eleni Poulou, on the occasion of the n.b.k. Billboard 

Kessire Effect

Visit to the sculpture park at Haus am Waldsee

Besuch des Skulpturenpark im Haus am Waldsee

Tour of Gallery Weekend Berlin 2025

Rundgang Gallery Weekend Berlin 2025

With Fabian Saul (author, composer, and musician, Berlin), Tanasgol Sabbagh (author and artist, Berlin), Franziska Aller (musician, Berlin), and Jonas Petry (musician and curator, Berlin and Leipzig)

SAUL „There, years after“

Screening at the n.b.k. Video-Forum (Ground Floor)

Works by Tekla Aslanishvili, Dario Azzellini / Oliver Ressler, Anca Benera / Arnold Estefan, Antje Ehmann / Eva Stotz, Giorgi Gago Gagoshidze / Hito Steyerl / Miloš Trakilović, John Miller, Pınar Öğrenci, Pallavi Paul, Mykola Ridnyi, Fried Rosenstock, Barbara Steppe , YOUNG-HAE CHANG HEAVY INDUSTRIES

Works by Thomas Arslan, Frieder Butzmann, Kiri Dalena / Ben Brix, Gülsün Karamustafa, Käthe Kruse, Sabrina Labis / Kristina Paustian, Ann Oren, Sung Tieu, Die Tödliche Doris

Saturday May 3, 12–6 pm, new additions 2023  

Sunday May 4, 12–6 pm, new additions 2024  

New additions to the Collection of the n.b.k. Video-Forum, 2023–2024

Neuzugänge der Sammlung des n.b.k. Video-Forums, 2023–2024

With works by Tolia Astakhishvili, Cay Bahnmiller, Clara Brörmann, Elio J Carranza, Monika Grabuschnigg, Rajkamal Kahlon, Šejla Kamerić, Maximilian Kirmse, Bitsy Knox, Ghislaine Leung, Les Levine, Diane Severin Nguyen, Lucas Odahara, Manfred Peckl, Megan Plunkett, Ana Prvački, Shirin Sabahi, Marlon Wobst.

Organized by Lidiya Anastasova (Head of n.b.k. Artothek) in cooperation with Katharina Bühler und Greta Hoheisel (Heads of Arts Department, ZLB) 

New acquisitions 2024 of the Artothek of Neuer Berliner Kunstverein (n.b.k.) and the Artothek of Zentral- und Landesbibliothek Berlin (ZLB, Berlin Central and Regional Library)

Neuerwerbungen 2024 der Artotheken des Neuen Berliner Kunstvereins (n.b.k.) und der Zentral- und Landesbibliothek (ZLB)

Guided tour through the exhibition Yoko Ono: Music of the Mind at the Gropius Bau

Führung durch die Ausstellung Yoko Ono: Music of the Mind im Gropius Bau

With Suzanne Lacy (artist, Los Angeles and London) and Alistair Hudson (Scientific and Artistic Director of the ZKM | Center for Art and Media Karlsruhe)

Artist Talk: What’s Good Socially Engaged Performance Art?

Opening Caught in a Landslide / Suzanne Lacy / Yoko Ono

Eröffnung Caught in a Landslide / Suzanne Lacy / Yoko Ono

Launch of the Food Biennale, initiated by Beate Slominski, with Harmut Böhme (Professor Emeritus of Cultural Theory and History of Mentalities, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin), Christopher Dell (musician and composer), Henrike Höhn (founder of GENUSSWANDEL), and Marco Müller (chef of the 3 Michelin-starred restaurant Rutz)

The Cultural Significance of Food

Die kulturelle Bedeutung des Essens

With Rosa Barba (artist, Berlin), Christine Sun Kim (artist, Berlin), Soundwalk Collective (Stephan Crasneanscki and Simone Merli, musicians, Berlin and New York), with Anika (musician, Berlin), and Gudrun Gut (musician, Berlin)

Moderation: Lidiya Anastasova, Sergio Edelsztein, and Michaela Richter

Artists and Participants

Presentation of the n.b.k. Records series: Listening sessions and discussions

Präsentation der n.b.k. Records-Reihe: Listening Sessions und Gespräche

With Erin Lang (vocals, electric bass, harp), David Georgos (synthesizer, programming), Samuel Hall (percussion, crystallophone), Peter Hanson (saxophone, flute)

Foundling

Guided tour of the Miettinen Collection

Führung durch Miettinen Collection

Oral History: Steina Vasulka in conversation with Arnold Dreyblatt

Oral History: Steina Vasulka im Gespräch mit Arnold Dreyblatt

Visit of the newly opened Kunst Raum Mitte

Besuch des neu eröffneten Kunst Raum Mitte

Eröffnung Kiri Dalena / Alicja Rogalska

KW Institute for Contemporary Art, n.b.k., nGbK, and Künstlerhaus Bethanien

Joint statement on the planned cuts to the cultural budget 2025

 Gemeinsames Statement zu den geplanten Kürzungen des Kulturhaushalts 2025 

Bahar Arfan, Deividas Vytautas Aukščiūnas, Ingrid Bjørnaali with Maria Simmons & Fabian Lanzmaier, Cassils, Collectif Faire-Part, Nadeem Din-Gabisi, Lihuel González, Rana Nazzal Hamadeh, Pınar Öğrenci, Milica Rakić, Caterina Erica Shanta, Mary Sullivan, Maud Sulter, and Aarti Sunder

Artists’ Film International (AFI) 2024: Solidarity

Artists’ Film International 2024

Visit to Brücke-Museum incl. a guided tour of the exhibition Biografie der Moderne 

Besuch des Brücke-Museums inkl. Führung durch die Ausstellung Biografien der Moderne 

Performance by Theresa Patzschke, on the occasion of the exhibition 

Tender Air

Screening, performance, and talk with Ming Wong

“I Must Go. Tomorrow”

With Felix Kraus (Swan Collective) and Sonja Longolius (Director, Literaturhaus Berlin)

Book Launch: Swan Collective, LEXI.exe

With introductions and commentaries by Thomas Macho and Klaus Theweleit

Film program – Pier Paolo Pasolini retrospective

Filmprogramm – Werkschau Pier Paolo Pasolini

Akademie der Künste: Visit to Bilderkeller and the exhibition Candida Höfer. Käthe-Kollwitz-Preis 2024

Akademie der Künste: Besuch des Bilderkellers und der Ausstellung Candida Höfer. Käthe-Kollwitz-Preis 2024

With Karo Akpokiere, Avi Caspi, Lucinda Dayhew, Elektrischer Hund, Nathaniel Flakin / Revolutionary Berlin, Nearat Hametifim, Jasmin Schiele

INDUSTRY – Event Program

INDUSTRY – Veranstaltungsprogramm 

INDUSTRY – Opening Program

Eröffnung INDUSTRY

Opening Pier Paolo Pasolini / Pamela Rosenkranz / Santiago Sierra / Yoko Ono

Eröffnung Pier Paolo Pasolini / Pamela Rosenkranz / Santiago Sierra / Yoko Ono

Studiovisit Anselm Reyle

Atelierbesuch bei Anselm Reyle

Trip to Schloss Biesdorf

Ausflug zum Schloss Biesdorf

Online presentation by Lia Perjovschi based on a conversation with art historian Kristine Stiles (Professor of Art, Art History and Visual Studies, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina / USA)