Current Projects

untitled 2025 (waiting room)

a common space by Rirkrit Tiravanija

Following his major exhibition DAS GLÜCK IST NICHT IMMER LUSTIG at Gropius Bau in 2024, Rirkrit Tiravanija has designed a freely accessible room where you can spend time: for example, to take a break, fill up your water bottle, simply wait without having to consume anything – for a friend or a chance encounter.

The Practice – What Moves Artists

New Book Series

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. Playing, thinking, gardening or collectively founding a band: In an artist’s practice, such seemingly incidental activities can be grasped as productive processes – as a way of establishing relationships, of reflecting on how we want to live. 

Ayumi Paul: Matane またね

Since 2024

The artist Ayumi Paul has been working closely with the Gropius Bau for several years. In 2024, she developed a sound work that announces the building’s closure via loudspeaker every evening: The exuberant laughter of children is followed by farewells in a variety of languages, which are currently spoken by the Gropius Bau’s employees. The work’s title – Matane またね – roughly translates to “see you again” in Japanese. The sound piece is played 30 minutes before closing every day and can also be found in German Sign Language and International Sign Language on the screens throughout the building.

The Singing Project

Since 2021

What if people met singing freely together?
What if an exhibition venue became a place of continuous song?

The Singing Project (2021–ongoing) is a collective practice and singing sculpture composed by Ayumi Paul, the Gropius Bau’s Artist in Residence 2022. Since its onset, the project has taken shape in a series of workshops, gatherings and an exhibition, hosting an open space to freely sing and listen to one another.