Exhibition
Yayoi Kusama
A Retrospective
A Bouquet of Love I Saw in the Universe
Exhibition
Hella Jongerius
Woven Cosmos
Exhibition
Everything Is Just for a While
70 years of Berliner Festspiele revisited
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17.10.21
To the exhibition
28.8.–
20.9.21
To the programme
What’s On
Berliner Festspiele 70
On 5 September 1951, the first Berliner Festwochen, as they were originally called, were launched at Berlin’s Schillertheater. It was the beginning of an unusual festival history between East and West, in the theatre and public spaces, presenting pop and avant-garde, exhibitions of contemporary art, cinema and the cultures of the world. With an essay, a chronicle, an exhibition in the Gropius Bau and the #Festspielgeschichten-series on our blog, we invite you to explore some of the many stories and aspects of the Berliner Festspiele in this anniversary year.
Everything Is Just for a While – 70 years of Berliner Festspiele revisited
Previously little-known video footage from our own, public and private collections are boldly edited together in “Everything Is Just for a While” to mark the Berliner Festspiele’s 70th birthday and offer a new perspective on artistic positions from around the world that continue to amaze us today. The exhibition will be on view in the Gropius Bau from 28 May to 17 October 2021.
Coming Soon
Musikfest Berlin
The Musikfest Berlin 2021 will take place from 28 August to 20 September in cooperation with the Stiftung Berliner Philharmoniker. On the occasion of the 50th anniversary of Igor Stravinsky’s death, the festival will devote a special focus to the composer. It presents his rarely performed late works, surrounded by compositions by Bach, Händel, Gesualdo and Palestrina. The music of our time is represented by composers such as Heiner Goebbels, Ann Cleare, Clara Iannotta, Lisa Streich, Enno Poppe, Wolfgang Rihm, Olga Neuwirth, George Benjamin and Rebecca Saunders. The Berlin orchestras and choirs as well as renowned international orchestras and choirs from the Netherlands, England and France can be heard.
The New Infinity 2021
As part of Berlin Art Week, the fourth edition of “The New Infinity” will take place at Zeiss-Großplanetarium from 17 to 19 September 2021 and turn it into a gallery of the future. With works by Actress, Actual Objects, Sun Araw, Kara-Lis Coverdale, Bridget Ferrill, Bendik Giske, Lucas Gutierrez, Bill Ham, Robert Lippok, Emeka Ogboh, David OReilly, Florence To, Theo Triantafyllidis, John Whitney, Thomas Wilfred and others.
Seeing what’s ahead
