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Lansstraße 8 / Arnimallee 25 Berlin Berlin 14195 Germany Museum Europäischer Kulturen

Basketry is a cultural technique that is thousands of years old, practised worldwide, regionally distinctive and still a handicraft in the truest sense of the word. Humans alone have mastered the complex weaving method, with no machine capable of replacing their artisanship. The exhibition focuses on this fascinating skill and reveals the interconnections between historically evolved knowledge and modern innovations. The exhibition’s four sections – People, Protection, Material and Patterns – offer visitors the chance to discover numerous woven everyday objects from across Europe stemming from the Museum Europäischer Kulture (MEK, Museum of European Cultures) collection. A walk-in sculptural installation by artist Olaf Holzapfel and other international contemporary art and design works using various weaving techniques offer additional perspectives on the artisanal tradition.

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Alte Jakobstraße 124-128

The Berlinische Galerie has devoted over 1000 square metres to presenting its collection. Waiting to be discovered among the roughly 250 works on show are paintings, prints, photographs, architecture and archive materials rarely or never displayed before. Walking around this exhibition is like time travel and takes visitors through Berlin in 17 chapters: the Kaiser’s era, the Weimar Republic, the Nazi dictatorship, the new beginnings after 1945, Cold War in the divided city, and the counter-cultures and unconventional lifestyles that evolved in East and West under the shadow of the Wall. In East Berlin, an alternative art community developed from the late 1970s. In West Berlin from the late 1970s, aggressive art by the “Neue Wilden” placed the divided city back in the international limelight.

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Berlin State Museums – Prussian Cultural Heritage - Administration, Stauffenbergstraße, Berlin

Already 2,000 years ago, the emperors of China had portraits of loyal officials and generals made in order to display them in their palaces. This presentation features depictions of meritorious officers that the Qianlong Emperor (r. 1736–1795) had commissioned for their display in the hall of fame Ziguangge to demonstrate his power and legitimacy. In the 20th century they became spoils of war not one but two times. Located adjacent to the Forbidden City in Beijing, the Ziguangge is a two-storey pavilion. During the reign of the Qianlong Emperor (r. 1736 – 1795), the building was a venue for military rituals and banquets and housed paintings with battle scenes of the imperial military campaigns and portraits of meritorious officers.

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Bülowstrasse 7 Berlin Berlin 10783 Germany URBAN NATION Museum for Urban Contemporary Art

The exhibition examines the transformative potential of public art and explores the methods and motivations behind such works, as well as their social impact.

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Matthäikirchplatz Berlin Berlin 10785 Germany Kunstgewerbemuseum

Since the 19thcentury, Paris has offered many designers a platform to develop their creativity and to present their collections to an international audience. The early 1980s were characterised by optimism and daring opulence, which found its expression especially through fashion. The creative centre of this haute couture era was dominated by Manfred “Thierry” Mugler, Jean Paul Gaultier and Jean-Charles de Castelbajac, whose designs shaped a new, strong and confident image of women. Their designs were expressed in broad-shouldered styles featuring accentuated silhouettes, as well as eye-catching materials and colours.

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Spore Initiative Berlin Berlin, Germany

Exhibition with works by Annalee Davis, Aurélie Derard, Françoise Dô, Isambert Duriveau, Guy Gabon, Florence Lazar, Mawongany, elementary school children from École Clémence Caristan in Martinique and more.

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Klosterruine Berlin Berlin Berlin, Germany

For the 2025/26 program year, artist Neda Saeedi was selected by a jury to create a site-specific work. In her sound installation, created for the monastery ruins, Neda Saeedi explores the question of how historical sites are remembered. "Who is remembered, who is excluded, and how do we deal with violent histories or missing monuments? Do we engage with the past in a way that allows us to shape the future?"

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Bodestraße 1-3, 10178 Berlin

For many visitors to Berlin, touring the city’s Museumsinsel (Museum Island) is an essential part of their itinerary. After opening in 1830, the then-Royal Museum quickly became a major attraction. However, the experience of visiting a museum was very different at that time. The special exhibition on the Altes Museum’s upper floor provides fascinating insights into the museum’s beginnings. It shows a selection of antiquities displayed in its first permanent exhibition in 1830.

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Berlinische Galerie Berlin Berlin, Germany

Monira Al Qadiri (*1983) is a Kuwaiti visual artist born in Senegal and educated in Japan. Recent shows include solo exhibitions at UCCA Dune, China (2023); Kunsthaus Bregenz, Austria (2023); the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao, Spain (2022); Blaffer Art Museum, Texas, USA (2022); Haus der Kunst, Munich, Germany (2020); Kunstverein Gottingen, Gottingen, Germany (2019); The CIRCL Pavilion, Amsterdam, Netherlands (2018); Sursock Museum, Beirut, Lebanon (2017) and Gasworks, London, UK (2017); amongst others. In 2022, Al Qadiri was featured in the Venice Biennale’s central exhibition “The Milk of Dreams.” She is based in Berlin.

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Bode Museum | The Skulpturensammlung and Museum für Byzantinische Kunst Berlin Berlin, Germany

With over 500,000 objects, the Münzkabinett (Numismatic Collection) is one of the largest coin collections worldwide. It is renowned for its rich variety and the continuity of its coin series, ranging from the dawn of minting in Asia Minor in the 7th century BC to its collections of coins and medals from the 21st century.