Welcome to The Week, Berlin Art Link’s resource for the city’s must-see art events!
Galleries and museums are open to the public by appointment and with proof of a negative rapid antigen test from the same day. Here we present a selection of physical and digital exhibitions and events that will be on view this week.
Plus, be sure to check out Virtual Viewing, a continuously updated list featuring the best international art events hosted online.
Tuesday, May 25, 2021
Performing Arts Festival Berlin
Online and Open Air Program: May 25–30; 2021
performingarts-festival.de
Galerie Guido W. Baudach
Markus Selg: ‘I AM (VR)’
Online Exhibition: May 25–June 5, 2021
guidowbaudach.com
Pohlstraße 67, 10785 Berlin, click here for map
Friday, May 28, 2021
artspring 2021
‘artspringnale Signale 2021’
Online Screenings & Talk: Friday, May 28; 6pm
Art Festival: May 7–June 6, 2021
artspring.berlin/artspringnale-programm
Gropius Bau
‘Everything Is Just for a While. 70 years of Berliner Festspiele revisited’
Exhibition: May 28–Oct. 17, 2021
berlinerfestspiele.de/gropiusbau
Niederkirchnerstraße 7, 10963 Berlin, click here for map
Kienzle Art Foundation
Klaus Merkel: ‘struldbrugs’
Opening Reception: Friday, May 28; 2-9pm
Exhibition: May 29–Aug 28, 2021
kienzleartfoundation.de
Bleibtreustraße 54, 10623 Berlin, click here for map
Saturday, May 29, 2021
Tropez
Group Show: ‘TOUCHE-MOI!’
Exhibition: May 29–Aug. 29, 2021
Admission: €5,50; reduced €3,50
tropeztropez.de
Sommerbad Humboldthain, Wiesenstraße 1, 13357 Berlin, click here for map
Sunday, May 30, 2021
Hamburger Bahnhof
Group Show: ‘Scratching the Surface’
Exhibition: May 30–Sept. 7, 2021
smb.museum/museen-einrichtungen/hamburger-bahnhof
Invalidenstraße 50-51, 10557 Berlin, click here for map
nationalmuseum
Group Show: ‘The Gods Threw the Dogs a Bone’
Opening Reception: Sunday, May 30; 3-8pm
Exhibition: May 30–June 13, 2021
thenationalmuseum.de
Urbanstrasse 100, 2.Hof, 1.floor, 10967 Berlin, click here for map