Exhibitions, performances, project spaces, private collections, art fairs, and gallery openings
September 15–19, 2021
Berlin Art Week celebrates its tenth edition with a rich jubilee programme at locations all across the city and with digital formats.
19 museums and art institutions, ten private collections, ten prizewinning project spaces, and numerous galleries showcase the diverse Berlin art scene in this year’s edition of Berlin Art Week. The new and extended outreach and education programme—Explore Berlin Art Week—offers a variety of workshops, events, and tours that allow the visitors to experience art up close and from new perspectives. The digital formats Journal and Playlist return this year and provide further insights into Berlin’s contemporary art world as well as complementing and expanding Berlin Art Week’s programme.
Programme highlights 2021
On the occasion of its tenth edition and as part of the education and outreach programme, Berlin Art Week features for the first time a central meeting point—the “BAW Garten.” Located on the grounds of Kindl—Center for Contemporary Art and realised with artist Sol Calero, the temporary centre offers Berlin Art Week visitors of all ages a place to casually spend time, participate, and enter into conversation along with a broad programme of workshops, performances, talks, and music.
This year’s programme especially shines a light on the work of young artists: Hamburger Bahnhof—Museum für Gegenwart—Berlin presents the work of the four nominees of the Preis der Nationalgalerie 2021. This year’s nominees are Lamin Fofana, Calla Henkel and Max Pitegoff, Sandra Mujinga, and Sung Tieu. Brücke-Museum will present the ars viva prize 2022 winners—outstanding young artists based in Germany—Tamina Amadyar, Lewis Hammond, and Mooni Perry. Besides, KW Institute for Contemporary Art celebrates its 30th anniversary with a rich open air weekend programme of events and performances. The Project Space Awards, awarded by the Berlin Senate Department for Culture and Europe, is turning ten this year and will be honouring not only this year’s ten prize winners but also all previous 110 winners on the occasion.
Berliner Festspiele/The New Infinity present the world premieres of audio/visual performances by Actress & Actual Objects, Florence To & Bendik Giske & Bridget Ferrill, as well as Lucas Gutierrez & Robert Lippok. A variety of solo exhibitions will open—Alicja Kwade at Berlinische Galerie, Thea Djordjadze at Gropius Bau, Alexandra Bircken and Tatjana Doll at Kindl—Center for Contemporary Art. The choreographers Ligia Lewis and Caner Teker will present their performances at HAU Hebbel am Ufer. Additional partners: Akademie der Künste, Haus am Lützowplatz, Haus am Waldsee, Haus der Kulturen der Welt, ifa-Galerie Berlin, Neuer Berliner Kunstverein (n.b.k.), neue Gesellschaft für bildende Kunst (nGbK), PalaisPopulaire, Savvy Contemporary, Schinkel Pavillon, Times Art Center Berlin.
Galleries at Berlin Art Week 2021
As part of Berlin Art Week, Gallery Weekend *Discoveries kicks off a series of exhibitions in which the participating galleries emphasise young artists. Misa Discoveries will take place at König Galerie again, presenting young positions. Positions Berlin Art Fair (September 9–12), as an overture to Berlin Art Week, presents more than 110 galleries from 16 countries with their most important artists at the former Tempelhof Airport. VBKI-Preis Berliner Galerien will be awarded to a noteworthy exhibition project—on this year’s shortlist you’ll find the galleries Efremidis, Alexander Levy, and Dorothée Nilsson.
Private collections
Ten private collections will be opening their doors to visitors: EAM Collection, Fluentum, haubrok foundation, Julia Stoschek Collection Berlin, Kienzle Art Foundation, Miettinen Collection | Salon Dahlmann, Museum Frieder Burda | Salon Berlin, Sammlung Ivo Wessel, Seibert Collection, The Feuerle Collection.
Prizewinning project spaces
Ten project spaces will be receiving this year’s Project Space Award: ABA Air Berlin Alexanderplatz, Club der polnischen Versager, Coven Berlin, Creamcake, diffract | zentrum für theoretische peripherie, Directors Lounge, Liebig12, NOrthEurope / WestGermany, Spoiler Aktionsraum, U144 Untergrundmuseum.
Berlin Art Week 2021 programme
Press contact
Petra Neye
p.neye [at] kulturprojekte.berlin
