14.06.2025
to
14.09.2025
Hamburger Bahnhof – Nationalgalerie der Gegenwart
With exhibitions, interventions, and events, the 13th Berlin Biennale will span diverse venues in the city – including the Hamburger Bahnhof – Nationalgalerie der Gegenwart.
The 13th Berlin Biennale investigates a specific line of contemporary artistic languages drawn from diverse practices and art histories from nonadjacent geographies, focusing on the capacity of art in politically challenging times. Concentrated in the center of Berlin, the venues form a walkable route. The parcours is inspired by the circular movements of foxes—a leitmotif of the curatorial program—as they navigate the urban landscape.
The 13th Berlin Biennale for Contemporary Art will present its programme across four venues: KW Institute for Contemporary Art, Sophiensæle, Hamburger Bahnhof – Nationalgalerie der Gegenwart, and a former courthouse on Lehrter Straße in Berlin-Moabit.
The four venues have ambivalent histories—of violence but also resistance—spanning from the present day, through the post-1989 period, the period of divided Germany, National Socialism, the Weimar Republic, and the German Empire. Their spatial structures still bear traces of turbulence, protest, or suppression and, finally, how artists in Berlin performed a re-commoning of these spaces over time.
The 13th Berlin Biennale is curated by Zasha Colah. Valentina Viviani is Assistant Curator.
Offers and events
Organizer
Address / Getting there
Visitor entrance
Invalidenstraße 50
10557 Berlin
partially wheelchair accessible
S+U-Bahn, Tram und Bus: Hauptbahnhof
Opening hours
Sun 11:00 - 18:00
Mon closed
Tue 10:00 - 18:00
Wed 10:00 - 18:00
Thu 10:00 - 20:00
Fri 10:00 - 18:00
Sat 11:00 - 18:00
Related Links
Nationalgalerie
Hamburger Bahnhof – Nationalgalerie der Gegenwart