Gallery Weekend Berlin, 2–4 May 2025, at the Neue Nationalgalerie

28.04.2025
Neue Nationalgalerie

The Neue Nationalgalerie is launching two new special presentations featuring Fujiko Nakaya and Christoph Schlingensief as part of this year’s Gallery Weekend Berlin. A diverse programme of talks with international guests takes place in the form of Gallery Weekend Art Talks in the museum’s upper hall throughout the weekend from Friday, 2 May, to Sunday, 4 May 2025.

Gallery Weekend Art Talks

Friday, 2 May 2025, 11 – 11:45 am
The Legacy of Christoph Schlingensief’s Deutschlandsuche ’99
with Matthias Lilienthal and Klaus Biesenbach
The talk will be held in English.
Limited number of participants, free admission, no registration required

Friday, 2 May 2025, 12 – 1 pm
BMW Art Talk: Why and How to Support Art
with Karen Boros (Boros Collection), Eva Leinemann (Eva Leinemann Art Foundation) and Azu Nwagbogu (African Artists’ Foundation)
Moderation: Thomas Girst (BMW Group)
The talk will be held in English.
Limited number of participants, free admission, no registration required

Friday, 2 May 2025, 1 – 2 pm
Immersion, Fear, and Speculative Worldbuilding: An Artist Talk with Danielle Braithwaite-Shirley
Danielle Brathwaite-Shirley in conversation with Sheldon Gooch (MoMA PS1)
The talk will be held in English.
Limited number of participants, free admission, no registration required

Friday, 2 May 2025, 4 – 5 pm
Rupturing Time and Memory: An Artist Talk with Diane Severin Nguyen
Diane Severin Nguyen in conversation with Marcela Guerrero (Whitney Museum of American Art)
The talk will be held in English.
Limited number of participants, free admission, no registration required

Saturday, 3 May 2025, 11 – 11:45 am
Hyperreal Worlds and Pleasurable Artifice: An Artist Talk with Sun Yitian
Sun Yitian in conversation with Lisa Botti (Neue Nationalgalerie)
The talk will be held in English.
Limited number of participants, free admission, no registration required

Saturday, 3 May 2025, 12 – 1 pm
How to Start Collecting Art in a Changing Market
with Filip Dames, Robert Ramsauer and Christine Würfel-Stauss
Moderation: Kate Brown (Artnet News)
The talk will be held in English.
Limited number of participants, free admission, no registration required

Saturday, 3 May 2025, 3 – 4 pm
The Future of Museums
with Jordan Carter (Dia Art Foundation), Carson Chan (MoMA) and Ellen Drude Langvold (ARoS)
Moderation: Kimberly Bradley
The talk will be held in English.
Limited number of participants, free admission, no registration required

Saturday, 3 May 2025, 5 – 6 pm
Questioning Mechanisms of Political Power: An Artist Talk with Zuzanna Czebatul
Zuzanna Czebatul in conversation with Jean-Marie Gallais (Pinault Collection)
The talk will be held in English.
Limited number of participants, free admission, no registration required

Sunday, 4 May 2025, 12 – 13 pm

Photography Today: An Artist Talk with Thomas Struth
Thomas Struth in conversation with Joachim Jäger (Neue Nationalgalerie)
The talk will be held in German.
Limited number of participants, free admission, no registration required

Sunday, 4 May 2025, 3 – 3:45 pm
Rethinking Growth and Advancement through Abstraction: An Artist Talk with Leelee Chan
Leelee Chan in conversation with Teresa Retzer
The talk will be held in English.
Limited number of participants, free admission, no registration required

Sunday, 4 May 2025, 4 – 5 pm
Playing Charades: An Artist Talk with Marianna Simnett
Marianna Simnett in conversation with Sam Ozer (TONO & Canyon)
The talk will be held in English.
Limited number of participants, free admission, no registration required