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Alongside its exhibition program, Neuer Berliner Kunstverein offers numerous events, inviting visitors to participate actively: artist talks, panel discussions, workshops, seminars, concerts, performances, interventions, screenings, and symposia.

Online program

Membership program

General

AFI 2025

Artists’ Film International (AFI) 2025: Dream States

Artists’ Film International 2025: Dream States

EÖ Davey / Carnevale

Opening Moyra Davey / Graciela Carnevale

Eröffnung Moyra Davey / Graciela Carnevale

Current

Diskursprogramm

Dalia Al Kury, Sanja Anđelković, Anca Benera & Arnold Estefan, Babu Eshwar Prasad, Anette Gellein, Abdul Hamid Mandgar, Heesoo Kwon, Cocoy Lumbao, Raffaela Naldi Rossano, Isabelle Nouzha, Ahmet Rüstem Ekici & Hakan Sorar, Sin Wai Kin, Kialy Tihngang, Mykolas Valantinas, and Melisa Zulberti

With editors Nora Sternfeld (Professor of Art Education, Hochschule für bildende Künste Hamburg) and Ana Hoffner ex-Prvulovic* (artist, researcher, and author, Vienna)

Book Launch: Denialism – Antisemitismus und sexualisierte Gewalt aus feministischer Perspektive

Studio Visit with Franka Hörnschemeyer

Studio Visit bei Franka Hörnschemeyer

on the occasion of the n.b.k. facade work 

Nora Turato. they filled me up with words. 

Followed by an artist talk at 8 pm: Nora Turato in conversation with Lidiya Anastasova (curator, n.b.k.)

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Studio visit with Hansjörg Schneider followed by a guided tour of the Uferhallen

Studio Visit bei Hansjörg Schneider und anschließende Führung durch die Uferhallen

With Katerina Poladjan, Henning Fritsch, and Jörn Schafaff (art historian, curator, and author, Berlin)

Marguerite Duras, Il dialogo di Roma (1982)

Exclusive tour of Arno Brandlhuber's Antivilla and studio visit with Constanze Haas

Exklusiver Rundgang durch Arno Brandlhubers Antivilla und Studiobesuch bei Constanze Haas

With talks and lectures by Nora M. Alter, Marius Babias, Michaela Richter, Klaus Theweleit, Margarethe von Trotta, Volker Schlöndorff, Martin Wiebel, Thilo Wydra

Film Program – Margarethe von Trotta

Filmprogramm – Werkschau Margarethe von Trotta

with Murat Adash, Maximiliane Baumgartner, Tony Cokes, Kasia Fudakowski, Judith Hopf, Aykan Safoğlu, Shade Théret und Leyla Yenirce u. a.

A Hidden Well – Event Program

A Hidden Well – Veranstaltungsprogramm

Opening Margarethe von Trotta / Katerina Poladjan & Henning Fritsch / Nora Turato / Stephan Crasneanscki & Patti Smith

Eröffnung Margarethe von Trotta / Katerina Poladjan & Henning Fritsch / Nora Turato / Stephan Crasneanscki & Patti Smith

Visit to the non-profit institution Callie's

Besuch des Künstler*innen-hauses Callie's in Berlin-Wedding

With Marius Babias, Horst Bredekamp, monika enterprise, Gudrun Gut, Käthe Kruse, Doris Metz, moabit musik, Danielle de Picciotto, Karin Sander, a. o.

494h 29m 53s – Event Program

494h 29m 53s Veranstaltungsprogramm

Book Launch with Ghislaine Leung and Karsten Lund (Senior Curator, The Renaissance Society, Chicago) 

Ghislaine Leung, Holdings (2015–2025)

Introduction by Karin Sander to the project 494h 29m 53s – The collection of the n.b.k. Video-Forum at the Akademie der Künste

Einführung von Karin Sander in das Projekt 494h 29m 53s – Die Sammlung des n.b.k. Video-Forums in der Akademie der Künste

Opening 494h 29m 53s

Eröffnung 494h 29m 53s

With Layla Burger-Lichtenstein, David Joselit, and Abbas Zahedi, moderated by Antonia Kölbl

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Teilnehmer*innen

Trust Issues

Visit to the Klosterruine incl. exhibition tour with Neda Saeedi

Besuch der Klosterruine inkl. Ausstellungsrundgang mit Neda Saeedi

Visit to the Berlin Biennale with curatorial tour

Besuch der Berlin Biennale 2025 mit kuratorischer Führung

Opening Ghislaine Leung / Franka Hörnschemeyer

Eröffnung Ghislaine Leung / Franka Hörnschemeyer

By Eleni Poulou, on the occasion of the n.b.k. Billboard 

Kessire Effect

Visit to the sculpture park at Haus am Waldsee

Besuch des Skulpturenpark im Haus am Waldsee

Tour of Gallery Weekend Berlin 2025

Rundgang Gallery Weekend Berlin 2025

With Fabian Saul (author, composer, and musician, Berlin), Tanasgol Sabbagh (author and artist, Berlin), Franziska Aller (musician, Berlin), and Jonas Petry (musician and curator, Berlin and Leipzig)

SAUL „There, years after“

Screening at the n.b.k. Video-Forum (Ground Floor)

Works by Tekla Aslanishvili, Dario Azzellini / Oliver Ressler, Anca Benera / Arnold Estefan, Antje Ehmann / Eva Stotz, Giorgi Gago Gagoshidze / Hito Steyerl / Miloš Trakilović, John Miller, Pınar Öğrenci, Pallavi Paul, Mykola Ridnyi, Fried Rosenstock, Barbara Steppe , YOUNG-HAE CHANG HEAVY INDUSTRIES

Works by Thomas Arslan, Frieder Butzmann, Kiri Dalena / Ben Brix, Gülsün Karamustafa, Käthe Kruse, Sabrina Labis / Kristina Paustian, Ann Oren, Sung Tieu, Die Tödliche Doris

Saturday May 3, 12–6 pm, new additions 2023  

Sunday May 4, 12–6 pm, new additions 2024  

New additions to the Collection of the n.b.k. Video-Forum, 2023–2024

Neuzugänge der Sammlung des n.b.k. Video-Forums, 2023–2024

With works by Tolia Astakhishvili, Cay Bahnmiller, Clara Brörmann, Elio J Carranza, Monika Grabuschnigg, Rajkamal Kahlon, Šejla Kamerić, Maximilian Kirmse, Bitsy Knox, Ghislaine Leung, Les Levine, Diane Severin Nguyen, Lucas Odahara, Manfred Peckl, Megan Plunkett, Ana Prvački, Shirin Sabahi, Marlon Wobst.

Organized by Lidiya Anastasova (Head of n.b.k. Artothek) in cooperation with Katharina Bühler und Greta Hoheisel (Heads of Arts Department, ZLB) 

New acquisitions 2024 of the Artothek of Neuer Berliner Kunstverein (n.b.k.) and the Artothek of Zentral- und Landesbibliothek Berlin (ZLB, Berlin Central and Regional Library)

Neuerwerbungen 2024 der Artotheken des Neuen Berliner Kunstvereins (n.b.k.) und der Zentral- und Landesbibliothek (ZLB)

Guided tour through the exhibition Yoko Ono: Music of the Mind at the Gropius Bau

Führung durch die Ausstellung Yoko Ono: Music of the Mind im Gropius Bau

With Suzanne Lacy (artist, Los Angeles and London) and Alistair Hudson (Scientific and Artistic Director of the ZKM | Center for Art and Media Karlsruhe)

Artist Talk: What’s Good Socially Engaged Performance Art?

Opening Caught in a Landslide / Suzanne Lacy / Yoko Ono

Eröffnung Caught in a Landslide / Suzanne Lacy / Yoko Ono

Launch of the Food Biennale, initiated by Beate Slominski, with Harmut Böhme (Professor Emeritus of Cultural Theory and History of Mentalities, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin), Christopher Dell (musician and composer), Henrike Höhn (founder of GENUSSWANDEL), and Marco Müller (chef of the 3 Michelin-starred restaurant Rutz)

The Cultural Significance of Food

Die kulturelle Bedeutung des Essens

With Rosa Barba (artist, Berlin), Christine Sun Kim (artist, Berlin), Soundwalk Collective (Stephan Crasneanscki and Simone Merli, musicians, Berlin and New York), with Anika (musician, Berlin), and Gudrun Gut (musician, Berlin)

Moderation: Lidiya Anastasova, Sergio Edelsztein, and Michaela Richter

Artists and Participants

Presentation of the n.b.k. Records series: Listening sessions and discussions

Präsentation der n.b.k. Records-Reihe: Listening Sessions und Gespräche

With Erin Lang (vocals, electric bass, harp), David Georgos (synthesizer, programming), Samuel Hall (percussion, crystallophone), Peter Hanson (saxophone, flute)

Foundling

Guided tour of the Miettinen Collection

Führung durch Miettinen Collection

Oral History: Steina Vasulka in conversation with Arnold Dreyblatt

Oral History: Steina Vasulka im Gespräch mit Arnold Dreyblatt

Visit of the newly opened Kunst Raum Mitte

Besuch des neu eröffneten Kunst Raum Mitte

Eröffnung Kiri Dalena / Alicja Rogalska

KW Institute for Contemporary Art, n.b.k., nGbK, and Künstlerhaus Bethanien

Joint statement on the planned cuts to the cultural budget 2025

 Gemeinsames Statement zu den geplanten Kürzungen des Kulturhaushalts 2025 

Bahar Arfan, Deividas Vytautas Aukščiūnas, Ingrid Bjørnaali with Maria Simmons & Fabian Lanzmaier, Cassils, Collectif Faire-Part, Nadeem Din-Gabisi, Lihuel González, Rana Nazzal Hamadeh, Pınar Öğrenci, Milica Rakić, Caterina Erica Shanta, Mary Sullivan, Maud Sulter, and Aarti Sunder

Artists’ Film International (AFI) 2024: Solidarity

Artists’ Film International 2024

Visit to Brücke-Museum incl. a guided tour of the exhibition Biografie der Moderne 

Besuch des Brücke-Museums inkl. Führung durch die Ausstellung Biografien der Moderne 

Performance by Theresa Patzschke, on the occasion of the exhibition 

Tender Air

Screening, performance, and talk with Ming Wong

“I Must Go. Tomorrow”

With Felix Kraus (Swan Collective) and Sonja Longolius (Director, Literaturhaus Berlin)

Book Launch: Swan Collective, LEXI.exe

With introductions and commentaries by Thomas Macho and Klaus Theweleit

Film program – Pier Paolo Pasolini retrospective

Filmprogramm – Werkschau Pier Paolo Pasolini

Akademie der Künste: Visit to Bilderkeller and the exhibition Candida Höfer. Käthe-Kollwitz-Preis 2024

Akademie der Künste: Besuch des Bilderkellers und der Ausstellung Candida Höfer. Käthe-Kollwitz-Preis 2024

With Karo Akpokiere, Avi Caspi, Lucinda Dayhew, Elektrischer Hund, Nathaniel Flakin / Revolutionary Berlin, Nearat Hametifim, Jasmin Schiele

INDUSTRY – Event Program

INDUSTRY – Veranstaltungsprogramm 

INDUSTRY – Opening Program

Eröffnung INDUSTRY

Opening Pier Paolo Pasolini / Pamela Rosenkranz / Santiago Sierra / Yoko Ono

Eröffnung Pier Paolo Pasolini / Pamela Rosenkranz / Santiago Sierra / Yoko Ono

Studiovisit Anselm Reyle

Atelierbesuch bei Anselm Reyle

Trip to Schloss Biesdorf

Ausflug zum Schloss Biesdorf

Online presentation by Lia Perjovschi based on a conversation with art historian Kristine Stiles (Professor of Art, Art History and Visual Studies, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina / USA)

Lia Perjovschi. A Loud Life in Silence

A Loud Life in Silence

art educators from the rampe:aktion collective)

Presentation of the film Am Center

Präsentation des Films Am Center 

Visit to Fichtebunker with Patrick Ebensperger

Exklusiver Besuch im Fichtebunker mit Patrick Ebensperger

 Arsenal – Institute for Film and Video Art in Berlin), 

accompanied by introductions and discussions featuring Thomas Arslan, Diedrich Diederichsen, Till Kadritzke, Anke Leweke, Sabine Nessel, Serpil Turhan, a. o.

Film program – Thomas Arslan retrospective

Filmprogramm – Werkschau Thomas Arslan

Exhibition tour and conversation with Thomas Arslan

Ausstellungsrundgang und Künstlergespräch mit Thomas Arslan

Oral History: Les Levine in conversation with Anna Lena Seiser

Oral History: Les Levine

Opening Thomas Arslan / Lia Perjovschi

Eröffnung Thomas Arslan / Lia Perjovschi

Together with the Friends of the Galerie für Zeitgenössische Kunst Leipzig

Trip to the 60th Venice Biennial

Besuch der 60. Biennale Venedig zusammen mit Mitgliedern des Förderkreises der Galerie für Zeitgenössische Kunst Leipzig

With a laudatory speech by Stephan Berg (jury chairman, director, Kunstmuseum Bonn) followed by a discussion with Nóra Lukács and Melanie Roumiguière (curators), moderated by Thomas Wagner (critic, honorary professor of art history, Academy of Fine Arts Nuremberg)

Presentation of the Justus Bier Award for Curators – Award for the exhibition project If the Berlin Wind Blows My Flag

Verleihung des Justus Bier Preises für Kurator*innen – Auszeichnung des Ausstellungsprojekts If the Berlin Wind Blows My Flag

With Ewa Dziarnowska and Jeanna Serikbayeva

Tourist

Rundgang Gallery Weekend Berlin 2024

With Emeka Okereke (artist and scholar, Berlin and Lagos) and 

Alain Missala (founder of Black Dads Germany as well as founder and CEO of ZULA, Berlin)

Dilemma of a New Age. A Conversation Between Emeka Okereke & Alain Missala

Dilemma of a New Age

From A to B (to Z and back) or: Going into multiple perspectives at the same time

From A to B (to Z and back) oder: Zur selben Zeit in verschiedene Richtungen gehen

With Charmaine Poh, Feng You, Park Hye-in and Yan Lin (Asian Feminist Studio for Art and Research)

Cosmic Dialogues on Fiction Writing

Thesea Rigou (artist, gardener and art educator)

Returning to Life: Ecological thinking and pluralism in post-digital landscapes

Geführte Tour durch das Kunsthaus Achim Freyer

Opening A Home for Something Unknown / Les Levine / Isa Genzken

Eröffnung A Home for Something Unknown / Les Levine / Isa Genzken

Studio Talk with Eli Cortiñas

Ateliergespräch mit Eli Cortiñas

With Anajara Amarante, Emre Busse, Luce deLire, Julian K. Glover, Jule Govrin, Amber Jamilla Musser, Rebekka Wilkens

Concept: Kathrin Busch, Susanne Huber, Christian Liclair

Coordination: Silvia Koch, Susanne Mierzwiak, Michaela Richter

Program

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Participants

Lust

Studio Visit with Kasia Fudakowski plus Film Screening

Studiovisit bei Kasia Fudakowski inklusive Filmscreening

Screening on-site and online with works by Damir Avdagić, Jesse Chun, Michelle Deignan, R.I.P. Germain, Dejan Kaludjerović, Ottonella Mocellin and Nicola Pellegrini, Mochu, Sashko Protyah (Freefilmers collective), Liv Schulman, Adnan and Nina Softić

Program on-site screenings

Program online screenings

Artists' Film International (AFI) 2023: Diaspora

Artists' Film International 2023: Diaspora

With Melanie Roumiguière (Head of Visual Arts Berliner Künstlerprogramm des DAAD)

Curator's tour through the exhibition If the Berlin Wind Blows My Flag

Kuratorinnen-Führung durch die Ausstellung If the Berlin Wind Blows My Flag

Besuch und Führung in der Stiftung Kunstforum der Berliner Volksbank

With an introduction by Nóra Lukács, curator of the exhibition 

If the Berlin Wind Blows My Flag. Art and Internationalism before the Fall of the Berlin Wall

A Second Quarter (1975) by Lawrence Weiner

A Second Quarter (1975) von Lawrence Weiner

Besuch im KunstHaus Potsdam e. V. und Künstler*innen-Führung durch die Ausstellung Connected Space

A Friend’s Bathroom

Kristina Talking Pictures (1976) by Yvonne Rainer

Kristina Talking Pictures (1976) von Yvonne Rainer

Screening, discussion and archive presentation of works by Daniel Buren, Marcel Broodthaers, Safi Faye, Edward Kienholz. With contributions by Nomaduma Rosa Masilela, Dorothea von Hantelmann, Sebastian Egelhofer, Raf Wollaert