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Located in the centre of Berlin, the Gropius Bau is a lively place for encounters with art and each other. As an internationally renowned exhibition centre, it offers space for major exhibitions and performances by contemporary artists.

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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.

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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.

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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&nbsp;ilb will take place from 11 to 20&nbsp;September 2025. The Young Programme will run from 15 to 24&nbsp;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.

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This year, 53&nbsp;ensembles from all over Germany applied for the Tanztreffen der Jugend. 8&nbsp;young ensembles between contemporary and urban dance were chosen by the jury for the final selection. They will show their work at the Haus der Berliner Festspiele in autumn.

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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&nbsp;ilb will take place from 11 to 20&nbsp;September 2025. The Young Programme will run from 15 to 20 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.

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The Performing Arts Season once again brings renowned international dance, theatre and performance productions to the Haus der Berliner Festspiele and the Gropius Bau. In this edition, the series focuses primarily on various concepts of identity.

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YOKO ONO: MUSIC OF THE MIND

Since the 1950s, Yoko Ono has been ahead of her time, leaving her mark on visual arts, music and activism. To honour her groundbreaking work, Gropius Bau presents the comprehensive solo exhibition&nbsp;YOKO ONO: MUSIC OF THE MIND. Spanning the first floor and the atrium of Gropius Bau, the show brings together over 200 works from seven decades, revealing her radical approach to language, art and participation that continues to speak to the present moment.

YOKO ONO: MUSIC OF THE MIND

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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 oeuvre, punk meets glamour, queer activism meets Black counter-culture and resistance meets desire.&nbsp;Fabelhaftes Produkt&nbsp;offers&nbsp;an overview of Davis’ practice and artistic collaborations.

Vaginal DavisFabelhaftes Produkt

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Playing, laughing, making noise, letting off steam, doing nothing – all in an exhibition venue! With BAUBAU, the artist Kerstin Br&auml;tsch designed an&nbsp;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.

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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&nbsp;Playing in the City&nbsp;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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Widely regarded as one of the most original and influential artists of the 20th century, Diane Arbus’ bold black-and-white photographs demolish aesthetic conventions and upend all certainties. With Diane Arbus: Konstellationen, Gropius Bau presents the most comprehensive exhibition of her work to date. Featuring 454 prints, many of them shown here for the first time, Konstellationen offers new perspectives on Arbus’ iconic images and the wide range of her portraiture.

Diane Arbus: Konstellationen

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Ligia Lewis is a central figure in redefining performance within the context of the visual arts. In her multifaceted practice, she combines performance, live installation and film. &nbsp;From autumn 2025, Gropius Bau presents I’M NOT HERE FORRRRR…, the artist and choreographer’s most comprehensive solo exhibition to date. It brings together new and existing works that explore themes of race, gender, violence and resistance.

Ligia Lewis: I’M NOT HERE FORRRRR…

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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&nbsp;ilb will take place from 11 to 20&nbsp;September 2025. The Young Programme will run from 15 to 20 September 2025. The main venue is the Haus der Berliner Festspiele.

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With CHEAP, Larry, Evita Manji, New Noveta, otay:onii and Keioui Keijaun Thomas

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The Practice – What Moves Artists

The Practice – What Moves Artists&nbsp;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 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.&nbsp;On Dangerous Ground recounts past gigs, spectacular live performances and well-kept secrets.

Vaginal Davis: On Dangerous Ground

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.&nbsp;

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We are looking forward to welcoming you back in mid-March with the reopening of our play space, <a href="${link:{uuid:{df42e57d-a14a-4b44-a5e4-9d3e7dcab5a6},repository:{website},path:{/bfs-de/gropius-bau/programm/baubau}}}">BAUBAU</a> (on 22 March), and two exhibitions, <a href="${link:{uuid:{55d64239-53fe-4b12-8567-a63191c6cae4},repository:{website},path:{/bfs-de/gropius-bau/programm/2025/ausstellungen/vaginal-davis}}}">Vaginal Davis: Fabelhaftes Produkt</a> (from 21 March) and <a href="${link:{uuid:{9618c701-bd05-432e-b688-5943e1f7fc57},repository:{website},path:{/bfs-de/gropius-bau/programm/2025/ausstellungen/yoko-ono}}}">YOKO ONO: MUSIC OF THE MIND</a> (from 11 April). For details on opening hours and tickets, please visit our <a href="${link:{uuid:{62c3018b-bb40-46ce-8019-646ec5cd2e4a},repository:{website},path:{/bfs-de/gropius-bau/besuch/informationen}}}">Information &amp; Tickets</a> page. We look forward to seeing you soon!

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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.

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This exhibition explores the relationships of dissident art and power in the GDR through a large number of representative works. Dissidence and critical distancing from the state apparatus took a great variety of artistic forms in the former socialist republic. This gathering of &ldquo;other&rdquo; art from the GDR asks how Germany&rsquo;s recent history can be reappraised after decades of sterile East-West comparisons. Who are its real heroes? The exhibition will present the production of an active, dynamic and fearless network of assertive painters, poets, performers, actionists, Super8 filmmakers and jazz and rock musicians who looked for spaces of freedom beyond the reach of the state.

Die Ausstellung Gegenstimmen beleuchtet das vielseitige Schaffen von kritischen und nichtstaatstragenden K&uuml;nstlern in der DDR. In unterschiedlichen Sparten (Malerei, Skulptur, Installation, Fotografie, Plakat und Buchobjekt) wird die Wechselwirkung zwischen &bdquo;Geist&ldquo; (k&uuml;nstlerischer Freiheit) und &bdquo;Macht&ldquo; (repressivem Regime) aufgesp&uuml;rt und gezeigt, wie unterschiedlich K&uuml;nstler aus der ehemaligen DDR ihrer eigenen Haltung und System-Absage im k&uuml;nstlerischen Werk Ausdruck gaben. Die pr&auml;sentierten Exponate laden zur Spurensuche in die 1970er- und 1980er-Jahre ein. Gleichzeitig forscht die Ausstellung nach dem bildk&uuml;nstlerischen Ausdruck von Distanz, Privatisierung, R&uuml;ckzug als Teil des genetischen Codes, auch der &auml;sthetischen DDR-Gegen&ouml;ffentlichkeit. In der westdeutschen Museumslandschaft der 1990er- und 2000er-Jahre ist Kunst mit DDR-Bezug &ndash; eine Kunst, die g&auml;nzlich quer zu Erfolgskriterien und Marktma&szlig;st&auml;ben entstanden ist und eine singul&auml;re kunsthistorische Situation spiegelt &ndash; kaum vertreten. Diese L&uuml;cke will die Ausstellung schlie&szlig;en.

Vielfach wird der Fall der Berliner Mauer als performatives Ergebnis der Maulwurfsarbeit der K&uuml;nstler der DDR gesehen. Dem kann nicht zugestimmt werden. Der Anteil der K&uuml;nstler ist nicht zu leugnen, jedoch hielt sich revolution&auml;rer Eifer in Grenzen. Kunst reagiert nicht kurzschl&uuml;ssig auf historische Ereignisse. Trotzdem haben K&uuml;nstler ihre M&ouml;glichkeit, auch wenn diese beschr&auml;nkt waren, genutzt: Gef&uuml;hle aufzuladen und Einstellungen zu provozieren. So entstand durch k&uuml;nstlerische Positionen, die ideologische Vorgaben ignorierten und auf die der Begriff vom Sozialistischen Realismus nicht passte, ein vielzelliges, vitales, angstlos agierendes Netzwerk selbstbewusster Individuen.

Mit: Autoperforationsartisten / Sibylle Bergemann / Joachim B&ouml;ttcher / Micha Brendel /Hans Brosch / Manfred Butzmann / Hartwig Ebersbach / Christiane Eisler / Anatol Erdmann / Lutz Fleischer / Thomas Florschuetz / Michael Freudenberg / Lutz Friedel / Else Gabriel / Rainer G&ouml;r&szlig; / Eberhard G&ouml;schel / Wasja G&ouml;tze / Peter Graf / Hans-Hendrik Grimmling / Sabina Grzimek / Bernd Hahn / Klaus H&auml;hner-Springm&uuml;hl / Angela Hampel / Volker Henze / Peter Herrmann / Sabine Herrmann / Veit Hofmann / Petra Kasten / Ralf Kerbach / Klaus Killisch / J&ouml;rg Kn&ouml;fel / Andreas K&uuml;chler / Michael Kunert / Verena Kyselka / Mark Lammert / Helge Leiberg / Via Lewandowsky / Walter Libuda / Frank Maasdorf / Ute Mahler / Werner Mahler /Peter Makolies / Yana Milev / Oskar Manigk / Otto Manigk / Erhard Monden + Eugen Blume / Bert Papenfu&szlig; + Ronald Lippok / A.R. Penck / Oscer Pioppi / Steffen Reck / Robert Rehfeldt / Ruth Rehfeldt / Stefan Reichmann / Reinhard Sandner / J&uuml;rgen Sch&auml;fer / Wolfram Adalbert Scheffler / Hans Scheib / Hans Scheuerecker / Hanns Schimansky / Christine Schlegel / Cornelia Schleime / Gil Schlesinger / Bernd Schlothauer / Annette Schr&ouml;ter / Hans-Joachim Schulze / Frank Seidel / Reinhard Stangl / Matthias Stein / Gabriele St&ouml;tzer / Strawalde (J&uuml;rgen B&ouml;ttcher) / Gudrun Trendafilov / Joachim V&ouml;lkner / Trak Wendisch / Jochen Wermann / Karin Wieckhorst / Michael Wirkner / Reinhard Zabka

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Zur Ausstellung erscheint ein Katalog (Deutsch/Englisch) mit zehn wissenschaftlichen Kurzbeitr&auml;gen und 80 K&uuml;nstler-Statements. Aus dem Inhalt des Kataloges:

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	<li>Wolfgang Engler: Nach Biermann: DDR im Endspielmodus</li>
	<li>Jan Faktor: Geruch und Augenblick. &Uuml;ber die Szene vom Prenzlauer Berg</li>
	<li>Sara Blaylock: Language Play in Prenzlauer Berg Photography</li>
	<li>Carolin Quermann: &bdquo;Es lacht das Salatschwein&ldquo;. Freisein in Absurdistan. Zum Leitwolfverlag Dresden</li>
	<li>Angelika Richter: &bdquo;Ich bin Du&ldquo;. Repr&auml;sentation von Geschlecht in der Bildenden Kunst der DDR und ihre Abweichung von normativen K&ouml;rperbildern</li>
	<li>Hans-Eckardt Wenzel: Noch mal Gemeinsinn!</li>
	<li>Paul Kaiser: Instabile Wertlage. Der westliche Blick auf die nonkonforme Kunst aus der DDR &ndash; zwischen Mythenproduktion und Entzauberung</li>
	<li>Ulrich Kavka: Zweideutige Sicht auf doppeltem Boden &ndash; Versuch einer Vergegenw&auml;rtigung</li>
	<li>Annett Gr&ouml;schner: Mein Prenzlauer Berg ist nicht dein Prenzlauer Berg. Vom Paradigmenwechsel einer Ortslage</li>
	<li>Heike Emmrich-Willingham: &bdquo;V&ouml;gel m&uuml;ssen fliegen&ldquo; &ndash; Von der Notwendigkeit, man selbst zu sein</li>
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Gegenstimmen. Kunst in der DDR 1976-1989

Voices of Dissent: Art in the GDR 1976-1989

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The Berliner Festspiele organise a range of festivals and art exhibitions, concerts, dance and theatre performances, readings, lectures, debates and much more throughout the year. These events are presented at a range of locations across Berlin but are concentrated primarily at their own two venues: the Gropius Bau and the Haus der Berliner Festspiele.

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You can listen to some of our events this year digitally in the Berliner Festspiele Media Library after the live concerts.&nbsp;In addition, On Demand offers from past years are available.

Musikfest Berlin in the Media Library

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The international Jazzfest Research Lab&nbsp;welcomes academics and students to take a critical look at the festival’s archive, its programmes, creators, musicians and – last but not least – its myths. In two seminars during the summer semester of 2024, students from the Berlin University of the Arts and the University of Hildesheim have explored the festival’s history from various perspectives. In this film, the participants give a first look at how they dealt with their research subject.

Introducing: Jazzfest Research Lab

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To mark its 60th anniversary, Jazzfest Berlin is celebrating the cultural diversity of the neighbouring district of Moabit in collaboration with around 35 official partners and initiatives and with over 350 participants of all ages.&nbsp;In June 2024, interviews were conducted with 20 partners who presented their perspectives, wishes and ideas for the Jazzfest Community Lab Moabit. You can get a first impression with this film.

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Curated by&nbsp;Meron Mendel and Saba-Nur Cheema&nbsp;

From 13 to 16 June 2024, the interdisciplinary themed days “Reflexes &amp; Reflections” on the Israel-Palestine conflict and its consequences for society in Germany took place at the Haus der Berliner Festspiele. You can now find video and audio recordings of the discourse events in the Berliner Festspiele Media Library!

Reflexes &amp; Reflections. 7 October, the war in Gaza and the debate in Germany

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Major Orchestras and Vocal Ensembles as Guests in Berlin

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The 10 Remarkable Productions 2024

On 26 January, the Theatertreffen’s jury of critics announced their selection of 10 remarkable productions for the 2024 Theatertreffen at a press conference. Our congratulations go to the nominated production teams and all participants! The programme will be published on 5 April.

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“Radical Playgrounds”, an art parcours at the Gropius Bau, is spending eleven weeks exploring the differences between the concepts of play as competition and free play. Visitors are invited to walk and climb on the various installations and sculptures, to activate them and to shape the project collectively.

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Summer School 2025

As part of Performing Exiles there will be a Summer School from 16 to 28&nbsp;June 2025. This will offer workshops, seminars and mentoring. The participants will see the performances and guest productions in the festival programme and visit artistic initiatives and cultural institutions in Berlin that operate across a wide range of disciplines and contexts. A public presentation of the participants’ current work and research at the Haus der Berliner Festspiele will complete the programme.

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The massacre, hostage-taking and rocket attacks by Hamas have shaken us deeply. The grue-some attack on Israel on 7&nbsp;October left us stunned and initially lost for words.

The Berliner Festspiele on Current Events in Israel, Gaza and Germany

With this letter of intent, we, the signing cultural organizations, express our intention to welcome, host and stage Ukrainian theatre artists in our venues, to make Ukrainian dramatic work visible to the European community.

Support of the Ukrainian Cultural Scene

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In August 2025, the festival Tanz im August will be a guest at the Haus der Berliner Festspiele with three productions. All productions are already on pre-sale.

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53&nbsp;ensembles from 13&nbsp;federal states have submitted their works for the 12th&nbsp;Tanztreffen der Jugend.&nbsp;The selection has been made.

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