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

17.04.2026
Neue Nationalgalerie

On the occasion of this year’s Gallery Weekend Berlin, the Neue Nationalgalerie is presenting three exhibitions: Ruin and Rush. Berlin 1910–1930, Beeple. Regular Animals and the reopening of Fujiko Nakaya’s fog sculpture. The Gallery Weekend Art Talks will feature a diverse, free programme of talks and panels with international guests in the upper hall throughout the weekend from Friday 1 May to Sunday 3 May 2026.

Friday, 1 May 2026

  • 11 am
    The Future of the Art World
    Panel with Marion Ackermann (President, Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation), Grace Yao (Founder and CEO, Artlas), and Thomas Girst (Global Head of Cultural Engagement, BMW Group), moderated by András Szántó (author and cultural strategy advisor)
  • 12:30 pm
    From the Internet to Museum Walls
    Beeple in conversation with Lisa Botti (Curator, Neue Nationalgalerie)
  • 2 pm
    Simulacra, Soap Operas, and Sacrifice
    Göksu Kunak in conversation with Léon Kruijswijk (Performance Curator, Mudam Luxembourg)
  • 3:30 pm
    On Craft and Unexpected Materiality
    Pae White in conversation with Kimberly Bradley (art critic, culture writer, and editor)
  • 5 pm
    Photographic Vertigo
    Ketuta Alexi-Meskhishvili in conversation with Carina Bukuts (Chief Curator, Kunsthalle Wien)

Saturday, 2 May 2026

  • 11 am
    The Challenge of Live Art in Museum Spaces
    Panel with Joel Valabrega (Head of Programme and Curator, Galeria Municipal do Porto), Matilde Guidelli-Guidi (Curator and Co–Department Head, Dia Art Foundation), Billy Tang (Artistic Director, YDP), moderated by Gregor Quack (Volkswagen Group Curator, Neue Nationalgalerie)
  • 12:30 pm
    about curating
    Thomas Demand in conversation with Lynne Cooke (curator and writer)
  • 2 pm
    Hermetic Worlds and Total Constellations
    Stella Zhong in conversation with Martin Germann (curator)
  • 3:30 pm
    On Intuition, Memory, and Becoming
    Edi Rama and Anri Sala in conversation with Natalia Gierowska (political scientist and art critic)

Sunday, 3 May 2026

  • 11 am
    The Power of Abstract Figuration
    Katherine Bradford in conversation with Chloe Stead (Associate Editor, Frieze)
  • 12:30 pm
    Ecological Transience and Fantastical Transformation
    Anne Duk Hee Jordan in conversation with Haeju Kim (Senior Curator and Head of Residencies, Singapore Art Museum)
  • 2 pm
    Die Überwindung der Moderne
    Markus Lüpertz in conversation with Dr. Dorothea Schöne (Director Kunsthaus Dahlem)
    This talk will be held in German

All talks will be held in English unless otherwise noted.

Limited number of participants, free admission, no registration required