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Grit Kallin-Fischer, Self-portrait with cigarette, detail, around 1928, Bauhaus-Archiv Berlin — Grit Kallin-Fischer, Self-portrait with cigarette, detail, around 1928, Bauhaus-Archiv Berlin © Bauhaus-Archiv Berlin

New Woman, New Vision

Women Photographers of the Bauhaus

Museum für Fotografie

17.04.2026 to 04.10.2026

Exhibition view „Shilpa Gupta. What Still Holds“, Hamburger Bahnhof – Nationalgalerie der Gegenwart, 27.03.2026 - 03.01.2027, Depicted: Truth, 2022-2025 — Exhibition view „Shilpa Gupta. What Still Holds“, Hamburger Bahnhof – Nationalgalerie der Gegenwart, 27.03.2026 - 03.01.2027, Depicted: Truth, 2022-2025 © Shilpa Gupta. Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Nationalgalerie / Photo: Luca Girardini

Shilpa Gupta

What Still Holds

Hamburger Bahnhof – Nationalgalerie der Gegenwart

27.03.2026 to 03.01.2027

Brancusi, exhibition view, Neue Nationalgalerie, 2026 — Brancusi, exhibition view, Neue Nationalgalerie, 2026 Foto: Neue Nationalgalerie – Stiftung Preußischer Kulturbesitz / David von Becker © Succession Brancusi - All rights reserved / VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2026

Brancusi

Neue Nationalgalerie

20.03.2026 to 09.08.2026

Aerial view of Karahantepe — Aerial view of Karahantepe © Karahantepe Project Archive/Yusuf Aslan

Building community

Göbeklitepe, Taş Tepeler and life 12,000 years ago

James-Simon-Galerie

06.02.2026 to 19.07.2026

Melchior Lorck, Süleymaniye Moschee von Nordost gesehen, detail, c. 1570, woodcut on paper — Melchior Lorck, Süleymaniye Moschee von Nordost gesehen, detail, c. 1570, woodcut on paper Photo credit: Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Kupferstichkabinett / Dietmar Katz

Bosporus Beats

Views of Istanbul from 1500 to 1800

Kupferstichkabinett

13.02.2026 to 31.05.2026

Photo shoot for the magazine ACHTUNG on the occasion of the BERLINER SALON at the Gemäldegalerie 2025, designed by Leya zu Stolberg, with paintings by Peter Paul Rubens — Photo shoot for the magazine ACHTUNG on the occasion of the BERLINER SALON at the Gemäldegalerie 2025, designed by Leya zu Stolberg, with paintings by Peter Paul Rubens Photo: Ralph Mecke

Gallery Looks

Fashion Staging at the Gemäldegalerie

Gemäldegalerie

30.01.2026 to 31.05.2026

Graphic design using: Alfred Sisley, Woman with a Parasol – Summer Scene, detail, 1883 and James Ensor, The Deadly Sins Dominated by Death, detail, 1904 — Graphic design using: Alfred Sisley, Woman with a Parasol – Summer Scene, detail, 1883 and James Ensor, The Deadly Sins Dominated by Death, detail, 1904 © Graphic design: Peter Dorén; photos: Sammlung Julietta Scharf / Sammlung Scharf-Gerstenberg, Dietmar Katz

Possibilities of an Island

Thinking in Images from Gerstenberg to Scharf

Sammlung Scharf-Gerstenberg

19.12.2025 to 03.05.2026

Exhibition view “Saâdane Afif. Five Preludes”, Hamburger Bahnhof – Nationalgalerie der Gegenwart, 12.12.2025 – 13.09.2026, Depicted: The Fountain Archives, 2008-2020 — Exhibition view “Saâdane Afif. Five Preludes”, Hamburger Bahnhof – Nationalgalerie der Gegenwart, 12.12.2025 – 13.09.2026, Depicted: The Fountain Archives, 2008-2020 © Saâdane Afif, 2025 VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn. Courtesy of the artist & Mehdi Chouakri, Berlin. Photo: Jacopo La Forgia

Saâdane Afif

Five Preludes

Hamburger Bahnhof – Nationalgalerie der Gegenwart

12.12.2025 to 13.09.2026

Scene from the “Tale of Genji”, The Royal Outing (Miyuki), detail — Scene from the “Tale of Genji”, The Royal Outing (Miyuki), detail Photo credit: Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Museum für Asiatische Kunst / Jürgen Liepe CC BY-SA 4.0

The Stuff of Narrative

New Perspectives on Literature

Forschungscampus Dahlem

16.04.2026 to 03.09.2026

Dancing Zhong Kui, detail, China, Yangliuqing, first half 20th c., woodblock print — Dancing Zhong Kui, detail, China, Yangliuqing, first half 20th c., woodblock print © Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Museum für Asiatische Kunst

Ghostbuster: Zhong Kui, the Demon Queller

Here to Protect the Family

Humboldt Forum

18.03.2026 to 28.09.2026

Philipp Remus, Pforzheim University, Felt the future – walking with wool, detail, 2025 award winner in the young talent category — Philipp Remus, Pforzheim University, Felt the future – walking with wool, detail, 2025 award winner in the young talent category Photo: © IDZ / Philipp Remus

German Ecodesign Award: Thinking Ahead

Kunstgewerbemuseum

13.03.2026 to 25.06.2026

Johann Christian August Birnbaum, Flower Studies, detail, 8 July 1781 and 18 August to 1 September 1782, gouache on grey-primed paper — Johann Christian August Birnbaum, Flower Studies, detail, 8 July 1781 and 18 August to 1 September 1782, gouache on grey-primed paper Photo: Christoph Müller Stiftung / Kilian Beutel

“Das alles bin ich!” Christoph Müller’s Gift, Part 4

Leaf by Leaf – A Life with Art

Gemäldegalerie

10.03.2026 to 14.06.2026

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Hamburger Bahnhof – Nationalgalerie der Gegenwart — © Staatliche Museen zu Berlin / Foto: Kulturprojekte, Alexander Rentsch

Special Opening Hours and Programme for Gallery Weekend Berlin from 1 to 3 May 2026 at Hamburger Bahnhof

Book sale at the Kulturforum — © Staatliche Museen zu Berlin

Book Sale at the Kulturforum on 30 and 31 May 2026

Gallery Weekend Art Talks at the Neue Nationalgalerie, 1 to 3 May 2026 — © Gallery Weekend Berlin

Gallery Weekend Berlin, 1–3 May 2026, at the Neue Nationalgalerie

Key visual: Slices of Life 2026 — © Ethnologisches Museum und Museum für Asiatische Kunst, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin

Slices of Life: Ethnographic Film Days at Forschungscampus Dahlem on 18 and 19 May 2026

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“Canvas Legends”: The Gemäldegalerie in Minute Detail and with New AI Perspectives

Event at the Gemäldegalerie of the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin — © Staatliche Museen zu Berlin / Valerie Schmidt

Academy Programme for the First Half of 2026

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23.04.2026 - 10:00 Haus Bastian – Zentrum für kulturelle Bildung

Kulturelle und politische Bildung im Museum
Conference

23.04.2026 - 12:30 James-Simon-Galerie

Shaft straighteren from Göbeklitepe, 9500–7800 BC

Lunchführung: Die Highlights!
Public tour

23.04.2026 - 16:00 Kupferstichkabinett

Işıl Eğrikavuk, BUT YOU DON’T, Photography, 2018 (detail)

Perspektiven auf Istanbul
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