Exhibitions in Berlin
April 2026
April 2026 at a glance: 5 exhibitions opened, 0 closed, and 23 more were on view across the city.
Opened in April
Emilio Vedova. Absurd Berlin Diary ’6417 AprBerlinische Galerie
Vedova's monumental walk-around 'plurimi': hinged, double-sided painted wooden panels made in divided West Berlin in 1964 and shown at documenta III.
Marc Brandenburg. 20th Century Debris17 AprBerlinische Galerie
Major retrospective of the Berlin graphic artist: about 150 photo-based pencil drawings, videos, tattoo editions and photographs on the contrasts of urban life.
New Woman, New Vision: Women Photographers of the Bauhaus17 AprMuseum für Fotografie
Some 300 photographs from the Bauhaus-Archiv celebrate the women photographers of the Bauhaus and Chicago's New Bauhaus, from portraits to abstract experiments.
Intermezzo: Revisiting Helmut Newton24 AprMuseum für Fotografie
An immersive four-screen film on Helmut Newton with unseen footage and interviews, plus a wall of nearly 100 exhibition posters, before a new permanent display in 2027.
Ruin and Rush. Berlin 1910–193025 AprNeue Nationalgalerie
Around 35 collection works by Dix, Höch and others on Berlin between war, excess, poverty and emancipation in the 1910s and 1920s.
Was on view in April
Giulia Andreani: Sabotageto 13 SeptHamburger Bahnhof
Giulia Andreani's first institutional solo show in Germany reframes historical collections from a contemporary perspective.
Saâdane Afif: Five Preludesto 13 SeptHamburger Bahnhof
Saâdane Afif's Fountain Archives, gifted to the Nationalgalerie in 2023, shown alongside other works by the artist.
The Pazzi Conspiracy: Power, Violence and Art in Renaissance-Era Florenceto 20 SeptBode-Museum
The 1478 attack on Lorenzo and Giuliano de' Medici in Florence Cathedral, told through medals, sculpted portraits and Botticelli's posthumous portrait of Giuliano.
Carbon Culture. Museum of the Fossil Fuel Ageto 27 SeptDeutsches Technikmuseum
An intervention across the museum: yellow canisters and new labels recast steam engines and other exhibits by their carbon footprint, tracing 200 years of burning coal, oil and gas.
“I am not a ceramist.” Linde Burkhardtto 18 OctBröhan-Museum
Artist and designer Linde Burkhardt (b. 1937): paintings, carpets, ceramics and her metal-and-ceramic objects for Alessi. Most works then pass to the museum as a gift.
A Country in a Container – The Disposal of East German State Symbolsto 15 NovDDR Museum
What became of the GDR's flags, emblems and medals after 1990: dumped in containers, sold at flea markets, and still shaping how Germany remembers.
Scandal! Hermione von Preuschen and the “Mors Imperator”to 15 NovAlte Nationalgalerie
The painter, writer and traveller whose 1887 painting Mors Imperator, rejected by the Berlin Academy of Arts, made her famous overnight.
DINOSAURS! – Age of the Giant Lizardsto 30 NovMuseum für Naturkunde
Original fossils from the Triassic, Jurassic and Cretaceous, from early Plateosaurus to the superbly preserved T. rex Tristan Otto, with an Allosaurus skull.
Shilpa Gupta: What Still Holdsto 3 JanHamburger Bahnhof
Works by Shilpa Gupta on language, borders and power, in direct dialogue with Joseph Beuys and the Marx Collection.
Destiny in the Stars: The Beginnings of the Zodiacto 10 JanNeues Museum
The history of the zodiac from Babylonia to Egypt and the Greco-Roman world, from star tablets to celestial ceilings.
Founded on Antiquity: Berlin's First Museumto 10 JanAltes Museum
The upper-floor show revisits the museum's 1830 beginnings, reuniting antiquities from its first display around a large model of Schinkel's original building.
Nature and German History. Faith – Biology – Powerto 17 JanDeutsches Historisches Museum
Eight centuries of how Germans defined and politicised 'nature', from medieval faith through Nazi ideas of natural law to 20th-century environmental and anti-nuclear movements.
The Holocaust – What Did the Germans Know?to 31 JanTopography of Terror · Free
Around 300 objects in three parts – propaganda, everyday clues and pieced-together knowledge – ask what ordinary Germans knew about the Holocaust.
Conservation in Dialogueto 8 MarHumboldt Forum
A look at the hidden work of museum conservators, through restored objects such as Canadian crest poles, a Qing lacquer cabinet and a Mongolian shrine.
Dioscuri – The Given Dayto 14 MarNeues Museum
Artist Michael Müller reworks the myth of the twins Castor and Polydeuces in the staircase hall, a meditation on time and mortality.
Extreme Tension. Art between Politics and Society (1945–2000)to 4 AprNeue Nationalgalerie
The Nationalgalerie's post-war collection from East and West, 1945–2000, including Barnett Newman's Who's Afraid of Red, Yellow and Blue IV.
Christoph Schlingensief. Deutschlandsuche ’99to 25 AprNeue Nationalgalerie
A room devoted to Christoph Schlingensief, centred on Deutschland versenken (1999), his action of 'sinking Germany' in New York.
SuperCity 3000. Our City of the Futureto 27 JunDeutsches Technikmuseum
An exhibition by children for children: models built by 60 young 'future curators' from four Berlin schools imagine a liveable city of tomorrow, with hands-on stations in the Ladestraße.
ZUGvögel – Collection in Motionto 30 JunMuseum für Naturkunde
Around 11,500 historic mounted birds, moved out of the Historic Bird Hall during its restoration, tell stories of bird diversity, war, research and conservation.
If I Were King or Queen…to 30 AugHumboldt Forum
Young Visions from Neukölln: eleven young people on today's injustices and a fairer future. Visitors can take a seat on the throne. In BERLIN GLOBAL.
Dara Tûyê – The Mulberry Treeto 30 AugHumboldt Forum
Feminist voices on war and gardens: art, photography and interviews on women's solidarity across borders and the healing power of community gardens.
The Crown of Kerch: Treasures from the Dawn of European Historyto 22 SeptNeues Museum
Migration-period gold and garnet jewellery from the Diergardt collection, on loan from Cologne, led by a noblewoman's diadem from Crimea.
On Water: WasserWissen in Berlinto 27 SeptHumboldt Forum · Free
Free show in the Humboldt Lab pairing Berlin University Alliance water research with artistic takes on water and the climate crisis.
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