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Exhibition

YOKO ONO: MUSIC OF THE MIND

11.4.31.8.2025

Currently at Gropius Bau

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Exhibition

Vaginal Davis
Fabelhaftes Produkt

21 March to 14 September 2025

Marking twenty years since artist, writer and performer Vaginal Davis made Berlin her home, Gropius Bau presents the first comprehensive solo exhibition of her work in Germany. In her expansive oeuvre, punk meets glamour, queer activism meets Black counter-culture and resistance meets desire. Fabelhaftes Produkt offers an overview of Davis’ practice and artistic collaborations.

A child is playing in an colourful environment

Play Space

BAUBAU

A Play Space for Kids

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.

Presentation

Playing in the City

A Short History from 1900 to the Present

What has been the role of play in public space, both historically and in the present? Complementing BAUBAU, our free play space for kids, Gabriela Burkhalter’s Playing in the City presentation traces the history of playgrounds since their emergence in 1900 to today. The free presentation is open to all and can be seen in two rooms next to the play space’s entrance.

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New Book Series

The Practice – What Moves Artists

The Practice – What Moves Artists is a new 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 first volume of the series, On Making Less, the artist Rirkrit Tiravanija compiles various ideas and approaches to this topic.

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Two bright red books lie on a light grey background, printed in dark blue lettering "Über das Weniger Machen. Rirkrit Tiravanija" and "On Making Less. Rirkrit Tiravanija".

Rirkrit Tiravanija, On Making Less, design: Stoodio Santiago da Silva, 2024, photo: Luis Kürschner

About the Gropius Bau

Located in the centre of Berlin, the Gropius Bau is a lively place to encounter art and each other. The internationally renowned institution 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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More Berliner Festspiele

Festival

Performing Exiles

19 to 28 June 2025

Performing Exiles is an international and interdisciplinary festival produced by the Berliner Festspiele, that seeks to make diasporic lives in the city of Berlin visible and explore the contemporary meaning of exile. A preview of the programme has already been published.

An orange structure reminiscent of fabric.

Dance

Tanz im August

13 to 30 August 2025

Tanz im August, presented by HAU Hebbel am Ufer, is a festival of contemporary dance in Berlin. With three productions, it will once again be a guest at the Haus der Berliner Festspiele this year. The pre-sale of some programme highlights has already started.

Music

Musikfest Berlin

30 August to 23 September 2025

Eight selected concert highlights of Musikfest Berlin 2025 have already been published and are on sale. These include guest performances by the world’s best symphony orchestras and choirs from the Netherlands, France, Belgium and Italy, which are rarely heard in Berlin.

Literature

25th international literature festival berlin

11 to 24 September 2025

The international literature festival berlin, or ilb for short, is considered one of the most important literary festivals in the world. The programme for the 25th ilb will take place from 11 to 20 September 2025. The Young Programme will run from 15 to 24 September 2025. The main venue is the Haus der Berliner Festspiele, with additional locations for the Young Programme including Theater an der Parkaue and the Gelbe Villa.