Current & Upcoming
Masculinities: Liberation through Photography
16 October 2020 to 17 March 2021
Featuring works by Laurie Anderson, Richard Avedon, Rotimi Fani-Kayode, Isaac Julien and Annette Messager, a comprehensive group exhibition at the Gropius Bau titled Masculinities: Liberation through Photography explores the ways in which masculinity is experienced, performed and socially constructed from the 1960s to the present day.
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Yayoi Kusama
A Retrospective
19 March to 1 August 2021
Yayoi Kusama is one of the world’s most important contemporary artists. In March 2021, the Gropius Bau will devote the first comprehensive retrospective in Germany to Kusama’s work. Presented across almost 3000 m², the exhibition will offer an overview of the key periods in her oeuvre, which spans more than 70 years, and feature a number of current works as well as a newly realised Infinity Mirror Room.
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Hella Jongerius: Woven Cosmos
29 April to 5 September 2021
At the heart of Hella Jongerius’s artistic practice is the connection between industry and craft, as well as traditional knowledge and technology. In spring 2021, the Gropius Bau will present a solo exhibition devoted to the artist and designer that will continue to develop over the course of time.
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Zanele Muholi
Summer / Autumn 2021
Zanele Muholi self-identifies as a visual activist and has been documenting the life of Black LGBTQIA+ communities since the early 2000s in intimate and powerful photographs across South Africa and beyond. In summer / autumn 2021, the Gropius Bau will host Muholi’s first retrospective in Germany.
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Zheng Bo: Wanwu Council 萬物社
21 June to 12 September 2021
As In House: Artist in Residence 2020, the artist and theoretician Zheng Bo embarked on the question of how plants practice politics. In 2021, his exhibition Wanwu Council 萬物社 will expand upon themes that Zheng Bo worked on during his one-year residency at the Gropius Bau.
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Thea Djordjadze
10 September 2021 to 16 January 2022
Thea Djordjadze’s artistic practice can be understood as a process of continually reusing, reconfiguring and rearranging objects. From 10 September 2021, the Gropius Bau hosts an extensive exhibition of the Berlin-based artist’s work which will engage in a dialogue with the historic building.
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The Cool and the Cold: Painting in the USA and the USSR 1960–1990.
Ludwig Collection
17 September 2021 to 9 January 2022
30 years after the demise of the Soviet Union, the Gropius Bau presents The Cool and the Cold: Painting from the USA and the USSR 1960–1990, an extensive group show that brings together works held by the Ludwig Collection from six international museums.
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Painting Space
15 October 2021 to 16 January 2022
Painting Space brings together a variety of contemporary artists exploring the materiality of painting and its relationship with space. Existing works sit alongside new commissions created especially for this show, inviting visitors to experience painting both visually and physically.
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Wild Times, Planetary Motions
Berliner Festspiele 70
Live art, music, installations and archive
The originally planned date has been cancelled.
Berliner Festspiele will turn 70 in 2021. In honour of this occasion, they will host a five-day programme that unites the various festival disciplines at the Gropius Bau and lets them resonate with each other.
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