Exhibitions in Berlin
July 2027
July at a glance: 0 exhibitions opening, 0 closing, and 11 more on view across the city.
Also on through July
Böcklin: Beyond the Mythto 1 AugAlte Nationalgalerie
Around 150 works for Arnold Böcklin's 200th birthday, bringing together several versions of The Isle of the Dead. With Kunstmuseum Basel.
Anna-Eva Bergmanto 2 AugBerlinische Galerie
First major German exhibition of the Norwegian artist: some 40 paintings and prints, 1930–1970, from satirical drawings to metal-leaf abstract landscapes.
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.
Thomas Gainsborough. Painter of Lifeto 12 SeptGemäldegalerie
For Gainsborough's 300th birthday, some 50 works from Berlin's British collection and international loans, focused on the poetic bond between portrait and nature.
Drag, Desire and the City. Rolf von Bergmann. Photographsto 13 SeptBerlinische Galerie
About 160 photographs of the queer, club and art scenes of 1970s–80s West Berlin and New York, from Klaus Nomi to Divine, by the little-known Rolf von Bergmann.
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.
Unsere Münzen! Gedenkprägungen der Bundesrepublik Deutschland (2006–2026)to 17 OctBode-Museum
The Münzkabinett shows 20 years of German commemorative coins across 200+ themes and asks who decides what our money looks like. Page in German only.
Objects. History. Stories. Reviewing the Collectionto 31 OctDeutsches Historisches Museum
Around 200 objects from the DHM's million-piece collection, some never shown before, exploring provenance, 150 years of collecting and how places have shaped history.
Intermezzo: Revisiting Helmut Newtonto 31 DecMuseum 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.
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