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Joseph Beuys — Joseph Beuys © Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Kunstbibliothek, Sammlung Marzona

Starting From Language

Joseph Beuys at 100

Hamburger Bahnhof – Museum für Gegenwart – Berlin

13.06. to 19.09.2021

Niclaus Gerhaert van Leyden, male bust, ca. 1463 — Niclaus Gerhaert van Leyden, male bust, ca. 1463 © Musées de Strasbourg / M. Bertola

Late Gothic

The Birth of Modernity

Gemäldegalerie

21.05. to 05.09.2021

Ulrike Ottinger, Untitled (Claudia Skoda, Tabea Blumenschein & Jenny Capitain),
Silver gelatin vintage print, c. 1977–78 — Ulrike Ottinger, Untitled (Claudia Skoda, Tabea Blumenschein & Jenny Capitain), Silver gelatin vintage print, c. 1977–78 © Ulrike Ottinger

Claudia Skoda

Dressed to Thrill

Kulturforum

13.04. to 29.08.2021

Key visual, 100 Best Posters from Germany, Austria and Switzerland in 2020 — Key visual, 100 Best Posters from Germany, Austria and Switzerland in 2020 © design: Bueronardin (A, Vienna), photo: Niko Havranek (A, Vienna)

The 100 Best Posters from Germany, Austria and Switzerland in 2020

Kulturforum

18.06. to 04.07.2021

Banner Design Lab #8 — Banner Design Lab #8 © Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Kunstgewerbemuseum

Design Lab #8

Material Loops – Paths to a Circular Future

Kunstgewerbemuseum

11.06. to 29.08.2021

“Scratching the Surface“, Exhibition View, Hamburger Bahnhof - Museum für Gegenwart - Berlin, 2021 — “Scratching the Surface“, Exhibition View, Hamburger Bahnhof - Museum für Gegenwart - Berlin, 2021 © Nationalgalerie, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin / Mathias Völzke

Scratching the Surface

Works from the Nationalgalerie Collection, the Friedrich Christian Flick Collection im Hamburger Bahnhof and Loans

Hamburger Bahnhof – Museum für Gegenwart – Berlin

30.05. to 07.11.2021

Upper part of a colossal statue of Tutankhamun or Ay (detail) — Upper part of a colossal statue of Tutankhamun or Ay (detail) © Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Ägyptisches Museum und Papyrussammlung/photo: Sandra Steiß

Akhmim

Egypt’s Forgotten City

James-Simon-Galerie

23.05. to 12.09.2021

Perpetual calendar, Allgäu, c. 1579, detail — Perpetual calendar, Allgäu, c. 1579, detail © Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Museum Europäischer Kulturen / Ute Franz-Scarciglia

Objects on the Move: From the Kunstkammer into the Museum

Multiple venues

21.05. to 05.09.2021

Exhibition view "Picasso & Les Femmes d'Alger", Museum Berggruen, 2021 — Exhibition view "Picasso & Les Femmes d'Alger", Museum Berggruen, 2021 © Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Nationalgalerie / David von Becker © Succession Picasso / VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2021

Picasso & Les Femmes d’Alger

Museum Berggruen

21.05. to 29.08.2021

Gambier Bolton (1854‒1928), Portrait of a Tiger Baring Its Teeth (London Zoo), c. 1891, carbon print — Gambier Bolton (1854‒1928), Portrait of a Tiger Baring Its Teeth (London Zoo), c. 1891, carbon print © Archiv der Universität der Künste, Berlin

Paragons / Afterimages

Photographs from the Berlin University of the Arts 1850 – 1930

Museum für Fotografie

21.05. to 05.09.2021

Traces of Work: Porcelain Production in Poland, 26 March – 27 June 2021, Museum Europäischer Kulturen — Traces of Work: Porcelain Production in Poland, 26 March – 27 June 2021, Museum Europäischer Kulturen © Bartosz Grześkowiak, Arkadiusz Szwed

People From the Porcelain Factory

The Human Trace Tableware

Museum Europäischer Kulturen

21.05. to 12.09.2021

Finja Sander, “‘Performance 26’ at Museum”, Foto: Zebu Kluth, 2021 — Finja Sander, “‘Performance 26’ at Museum”, Foto: Zebu Kluth, 2021 © Finja Sander

Seen By #15

Nothing Ever Happened (Yet)

Museum für Fotografie

21.05. to 25.07.2021

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Symposium: Times of Waste – Handling Matter — © Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Kunstgewerbemuseum

Online Symposium: ‟Times of Waste – Handling Matter”, 17‒18 June 2021

Aktionstag „Berlin sagt Danke!“ am 19. Juni 2021 — © Senatskanzlei Berlin

Free Telephone Tours during the ‟Berlin Says Thank You!” Activity Day on 19 June 2021

Rauf auf die Insel! Ein Sommerprogramm auf der Museumsinsel — © Staatliche Museen zu Berlin / Valerie Schmidt

Get Away to the (Museum) Island! A Summer Programme on the Museumsinsel

Video workshop for the special exhibition “Late Gothic: The Birth of Modernity” — © Staatliche Museen zu Berlin

Video-Workshop zur Ausstellung „Spätgotik. Aufbruch in die Neuzeit“

The study room of the Kupferstichkabinett — © Staatliche Museen zu Berlin

Reading and Study Rooms of the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin Reopen

Sofonisba Anguissola, Portrait group with the artist`s family, 1557-59 — © The Nivaagaard Collection, Denmark

Two Loans from the Nivaagaards Malerisamling on Display at the Gemäldegalerie

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19.06.2021 - 14:00 Alte Nationalgalerie

Caspar David Friedrich (5.9.1774 - 7.5.1840), Der Mönch am Meer, Gemälde / Öl auf Leinwand (1808 - 1810)

Denken im Bild mit Caspar David Friedrich
Telephone tour

19.06.2021 - 16:00 Gemäldegalerie

Albrecht Dürer, Die Drahtziehmühle, Nürnberg, 1489 oder 1494

Spätgotik. Aufbruch in die Neuzeit
Telephone tour

24.06.2021 - 12:00 Kolonnadenhof

Raus ins Atelier!
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