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Exterior of the Bröhan Museum on Schloßstraße, opposite Charlottenburg Palace

Bröhan-MuseumCharlottenburg

“I am not a ceramist.” Linde Burkhardt

Ended30 January 2026 – 18 October 2026Ticketed — see website

This exhibition has ended.

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.

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Alberto Alessi told Linde Burkhardt to try joining ceramics and steel, so she went through the company's stockroom. A plain cutlery cup became the steel base for her In Due vases, topped with hand-formed, ornamented ceramic. The title is her own line: she trained as a painter and calls herself an artist.

You walk into a show called "I am not a ceramist" and find mostly ceramics, in vitrines and on plinths: human-height stelae stacked like totems, a family of monumental vases, and the Schutzgöttinnen (protective goddesses) in ceramic, alabaster and wood. A wall projection covers the rest: carpets, glass, jewellery and public-space installations. Her reason for giving the museum most of it: at home, she says, you don't display pieces like these, you pack them up and put them in the Keller.

It closes on 18 October. Admission is €9 (€6 reduced, under-18s free), and the museum recommends booking online.

Look for

  • The In Due vases for Alessi

    Look for hand-formed, ornamented ceramic sitting on a steel base that started life as a plain Alessi cutlery cup.

  • The ceramic stelae

    Human-height columns built from several ceramic modules stacked on top of each other like totems.

  • The Schutzgöttinnen

    Burkhardt's series of protective goddesses, made from ceramic, alabaster and wood.

  • The wall projection

    Documentation of the work that isn't on the plinths: her carpets, glass objects, jewellery and installations in public space.

Good for

  • Locals Who've Seen It All
  • Nerding Out

Skip if

You want her paintings or carpets: almost everything on show is ceramic, the rest only projected.

With kids

Under-18s get in free.

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