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Performance

Leila Hekmat: Roses Rising – The Movement

See You Soon

We’re Looking Forward to Welcoming You Again in March!

We are currently closed due to the European Film Market, which took place at Gropius Bau from 12 to 18 February 2026. Our programme will resume in March – featuring a performance by Leila Hekmat, the big pop-up of our play space BAUBAU and the opening of our Peter Hujar / Liz Deschenes exhibition. Find more details in our Information & Tickets section.

Upcoming at Gropius Bau

A Play Space for Kids

BAUBAU

Reopening on 14 March 2026

Playing, laughing, making noise, letting off steam, doing nothing – all in an exhibition venue! With BAUBAU, the artist Kerstin Brätsch designed an admission-free play space for kids, where more is allowed than forbidden. On Gropius Bau’s ground floor, colourful wallpapers, structures, objects and open-ended material called “loose parts” configure flexible spaces that are shaped by children’s activities. They set the tone and decide what happens in this place.

Exhibition

Peter Hujar / Liz Deschenes: Persistence of Vision

19 March to 28 June 2026

Working in New York City between the Stonewall uprising of 1969 and the onset of the AIDS crisis in the 1980s, Peter Hujar captured a pivotal cultural moment in piercing black-and-white photographs. In the exhibition Persistence of Vision, Hujar’s photographs are interspersed with contemporary works by New York City-based artist Liz Deschenes, opening up an intergenerational dialogue on photography. 

Exhibition

Marina Abramović: Balkan Erotic Epic. The Exhibition

15. April bis 23. August 2026

One of the most influential performance artists of all time, Marina Abramović presents Balkan Erotic Epic. The Exhibition at Gropius Bau in spring 2026. The show traces her ongoing engagement with ritual, eroticism, death and the body as a site of political resistance. Drawing on the folklore of Abramović’s native Balkans, the exhibition weaves together filmic and sculptural installations with live performance.

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Our Book Series

Vaginal Davis: On Dangerous Ground

The Practice – What Moves Artists

The Practice – What Moves Artists is a book series by Gropius Bau that invites artists to showcase a practice that they pursue, that has influenced them or that has been with them for a long time. In the second volume of the series, artist, performer and author Vaginal Davis looks back on the saucy underground scenes of Los Angeles and Berlin together with former bandmates. On Dangerous Ground recounts past gigs, spectacular live performances and well-kept secrets.

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About Gropius Bau

A Vibrant Place for Enganging with Art and Each Other

Located in the centre of Berlin, Gropius Bau is an internationally renowned institution that stages large-scale exhibitions and performances by contemporary artists. Its diverse events focus on exchange and discussion, bringing together local and global perspectives.

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