This April, Vienna’s Klima Biennale opened under the title ‘Unspeakable Worlds’ examining the complexity of the climate crisis. Alison Hugill writes on Kunsthaus Wien's show, discussing the ongoing fragility and persistent struggle of our environments: www.berlinartlink.com/2026/05/29/k...

May 30–June 28, Project Space Festival tours 30 self-organized spaces in Berlin, presenting a shifting program of exhibitions, installations, workshops, concerts + performances. Tomorrow, May 30, exhibition ‘Body Multiple’ at Scherben opens the festival. More: www.berlinartlink.com/2026/05/27/b...

‘Timeline’ at Kodl Contemporary presents 14 artists alongside a illustrations by František Kupka, the show dealing with the incomprehensible scale of climate change. As part of feature topic Scale, Jesse Slater writes on apocalypse stories: www.berlinartlink.com/2026/05/26/t...

Marking the 125th anniversary of the Bezirksverband Berlin-Süden der Kleingärtner*innen e.V., the 6th Britzenale looks to the future of allotment gardens. Alison Hugill interviews the exhibition’s curator Christof Zwiener and assistant curator Gianna Ehrke: www.berlinartlink.com/2026/05/26/i...

This week, the month-long Project Space Festival returns to Berlin with daily events and openings, kicking off on Saturday with an exhibition at Scherben. See the full list of events:

The Latvian Centre for Contemporary Art (LCCA) announces an open call for its annual Summer School, which will take place in Madona, Latvia, from August 6th to 10th. The program combines lectures, workshops, guided tours, discussions and creative practices. Learn more here:

The group exhibition ‘New Woman, New Vision. Women Photographers of the Bauhaus’ reconsiders Bauhaus photography beyond reductive labels, tracing how women used the camera as a site of experimentation, self-invention, financial liberation and visual resistance. Read more in Olivia Noss’ review:

For our feature topic, Scale, William Kherbek spoke with Arash Nassiri about his recent exhibition ‘A Bug’s Life’ at London’s Chisenhale Gallery, which offers a lighthearted exploration of the incongruities that emerge from disparities in size and perspective. Read the interview below:

Wynnie Mynerva’s exhibition at Société turns the gallery into a labyrinth exploring love, survival and collective power, drawing from Andean revolutionary history and folklore alongside their own experiences navigating Berlin as an immigrant. Discover more in our interview with the artist:

Carolina Sculti visited Adam Fearon in his Berlin studio, discussing his artistic practice while looking closely at works ranging from portraits of friends to paintings of details drawn from everyday life—each reflecting his relationship to community and the city around him. Read the full article:

Performances that encompass music feature across Berlin this week, such as ‘And Only When the Fog Begins to Clear’ at KW, bringing together Tim Etchells’ text loop fragments and cello improvisation by Lucy Railton. See the full list of events:

Diriyah Art Futures is accepting applications for its 2026/27 Residency for Emerging New Media Artists. This one-year production training provides emerging artists with access to cutting-edge professional equipment and a production budget. Apply by May 31: www.berlinartlink.com/2026/04/24/d...

As the first article of our Scale feature topic, Dagmara Genda takes four ongoing or recent exhibitions presented by Hamburger Bahnhof, identifying the potential music holds in each to destabilize or expand the mechanisms of art. www.berlinartlink.com/2026/05/15/m...

With the Venice Biennale open to the public, Alison Hugill shares highlights, incl: Gabrielle Goliath: ‘Elegy’ @ Chiesa di Sant’Antonin Eglė Budvytytė: ‘animism sings anarchy’ @ Lithuanian Pavilion Merike Estna: ‘The House of Leaking Sky’ @ Estonian Pavilion www.berlinartlink.com/2026/05/14/h...

Introducing feature topic for May + June: Scale. ⁠ Whether through art world grandiosity or thinking of time— deep, geological considerations or the slowed measurement of pacing— feature topic articles consider scale. ⁠⁠ Alison Hugill’s Letter from the Editor: www.berlinartlink.com/2026/05/12/l...

At the weekend, Atonal presents its 30-hour program ‘The Infinite Now’, where sleeping is integrated into the experience of the event. Audiences are invited to listen, watch, pay attention, withdraw, eat, sleep; existing within the evolving space. See the full list of events:

Presented as a collateral exhibition representing Scotland at this year’s Venice Biennale, ‘Shame Parade’ by artist duo Bugarin + Castle offers a queer and trans reimagining of historical public shaming rituals. Alison Hugill interviews Bugarin + Castle: www.berlinartlink.com/2026/05/08/i...

Our top selects for events in Berlin this weekend include:⁠ ⁠ ‘𝗠𝗶𝘀𝗼𝗴𝘆𝗻𝗶𝗲’ Symposium @ n.b.k. Saturday, May 9; 2–9pm ⁠ 𝗔𝗻𝘁𝗼𝗻𝗶𝗮 𝗕𝗮𝗲𝗵𝗿: ‘𝗦𝗰𝗵𝗿𝗲𝗶𝗲𝗻 (𝗦𝗖𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗠𝗜𝗡𝗚) – 𝗔 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵 𝘀𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀’ Performance @ Sophiensaele⁠ Sunday, May 10; 6:30pm ⁠ www.berlinartlink.com/2026/05/04/t...

Gallery Weekend 2026: Schöneberg For the final of our Gallery Weekend Berlin recaps, Carolina Sculti visited a selection of Schöneberg galleries: Galerie Judin – Die Tankstelle, Galerie Molitor, Schiefe Zähne, Galerie Thomas Schulte and Galerie Judin: www.berlinartlink.com/2026/05/05/g...

Gallery Weekend 2026: Kreuzberg Continuing our coverage of Gallery Weekend Berlin, May 1–3, Nadia Egan took a turn around Kreuzberg, visiting Ebensperger, Paint Shop, Trautwein Herleth, Kraupa-Tuskany Zeidler + Galerie Barbara Thumm: www.berlinartlink.com/2026/05/05/g...

Gallery Weekend 2026: Mitte Over the last days, Gallery Weekend Berlin has taken hold of the city. ⁠We spent time across Berlin, beginning in Mitte where Eva Szwarc visited Eigen + Art, Nagel Draxler Kabinett, Galerie Gegen & Lücke + Dittrich & Schlechtriem. ⁠ www.berlinartlink.com/2026/05/05/g...

Entitled ‘Balkan Erotic Epic,’ Marina Abramović’s current exhibition at Gropius Bau is based on her central thesis that all energy in our bodies is sexual energy. Carolin Kralapp reviews, writing on the collective, public mourning and bodies as sites of desire: www.berlinartlink.com/2026/04/28/m...

Adam Pendleton’s ‘Can I Be?’ at Langen Foundation explores abstraction, language + history. Key to the exhibition is Pendleton’s concept Black Dada; finding the relationship between Blackness, abstraction + avant-garde. Carolina Sculti interviews the artist: www.berlinartlink.com/2026/04/28/i...

On Sunday at Sophiensæle, Antonia Baehr presents the research series ‘Schreien (SCREAMING),’ exploring this form of expression that is detached from intelligible language. See the full list of events:

Exhibition + program ‘QUEERE KUNST IN DER DDR?’ continues until June 28, exploring the life stories and works of 9 artists who lived in East Germany and how their sexual orientation impacted their practices It's delivered by KVOST with nGbK, Mitte Museum + Museum der Dinge: kvost.de/en/exhibitio...

Berlin University of the Arts is now open for registrations for their June to September summer programs. This year modelled around the word ‘ENOUGH,’ the courses look at overconsumption and sensory overload, as well as the pressure for constant growth: summer-university.udk-berlin.de?mtm_campaign...

Diriyah Art Futures is accepting applications for its 2026/27 Residency for Emerging New Media Artists, providing emerging artists with access to cutting-edge professional equipment, a production budget, and professional mentorship. Apply by May 31: www.berlinartlink.com/2026/04/24/d...

Gallery Weekend 2026 takes over the city later this week with exhibitions across 50 spaces included in the vast program of contemporary art presentations. Here is our selection of events and openings in the run-up and during Gallery Weekend. See the full list of events:

The 61st Venice Biennale ‘In Minor Keys’ preserves Koyo Kouoh's curation following her sudden passing in May 2025. The exhibition seeks out pockets of intimacy within the noise of our chaotic and unstable world. Open May 9-Nov 22. Read preview by Sophie Adams: www.berlinartlink.com/2026/04/23/v...

On view from today, Helmut Newton Foundation presents ‘Intermezzo,’ an immersive video installation. It encompasses a film portrait produced by Profirst International in collaboration with Martin Salvador Studio and unreleased recordings by June Newton: helmut-newton-foundation.org/en/intermezz...

Berlin Art Link x Flipping The Coin x STUDIO IIII Presents: Simon Mullan: ‘Chronos’ May 2, 2026 During Gallery Weekend Berlin, we present ‘Chronos’ by Simon Mullan as a spatial, multi-channel video installation across Studio 1111’s walls. Eventbrite RSVP: www.eventbrite.com/e/berlin-art...

May 30–June 28, Project Space Festival spotlights exhibitions, performances and events presented at thirty artistic spaces across Berlin. Each event is free of charge and open to the public. Read more as the program is released on Instagram: www.instagram.com/projectspace...

May 1–3, galleries across Berlin present the best of contemporary art as part of Gallery Weekend’s 22nd edition. To help you navigate through this year’s program, we have curated our top picks for the upcoming weekend: www.berlinartlink.com/2026/04/21/h...

This week, Constanza Macras presents ‘Goodbye Berlin’ at Volksbühne, exploring an amoral universe of intoxicating spectacle in the form of a cabaret. See the full list of events:

Dafna Maimon is known for her dark and lurid sense of humor, where hints of the abject course through. Following her recent survey show ‘Symptoms’ presented at Kiasma in Helsinki last year, Alison Hugill interviews Maimon as part of our feature topic Abjection: www.berlinartlink.com/2026/04/17/i...

Thailand Biennale Phuket presents its latest edition across the island, focusing on the notion of tropical temporality. Adela Lovric writes on Phuket’s transformation from extractive activities + departing from reductive clichés: www.berlinartlink.com/2026/04/13/t...

‘Persistence of Vision’ at Gropius Bau presents Peter Hujar’s photography, mostly taken in 1970s and 80s New York, alongside contemporary works by Liz Deschenes. Jesse Slater writes on reflections drained of color and making use of the privacy of the ruin: www.berlinartlink.com/2026/04/17/p...

The Bulgarian Pavilion at this year’s Venice Biennale is framed as the headquarters of a speculative research lab where care is centered. Alison Hugill interviews the curator Martina Yordanova, discussing being confronted by your own reflection: www.berlinartlink.com/2026/04/17/i...

Our Feature Topic Abjection continues for the rest of the month, presenting pieces depicting degradation and filth; considering what we are forced to exclude to maintain a sense of identity and social order: www.berlinartlink.com/2026/03/06/l...

June 5–7, Britzenale returns for its 6th ed. presenting an exhibition at Kleingartenanlage Zur Windmühle e.V. Alongside an existing work by Eckhart Haisch—a 1985 sculpture titled ‘Ramificazioni’—20 artists have been invited to develop site-specific works: www.berlinartlink.com/2026/04/14/b...

The exhibition ‘New Woman, New Vision,’ presented by the BAUHAUS archive at Museum für Fotografie comprises outstanding photographic works by women artists of the Bauhaus. See the full list of events:

At Hua International, works by Marianna Uutinen are presented in ‘Who’s Afraid of Red Stains and Yellow Snow?’ As part of feature topic Abjection, Lars Holdgate discusses how Uutinen's skins exhibit signs of life as well as reminding him of the vacuum of death: www.berlinartlink.com/2026/04/07/m...

Premiering this week at Sophiensæle, Olympia Bukkakis and Maria F. Scaroni present ‘Unsex Me Here,’ a dance and drag performance exploring the figures of the Queen and the Witch, both in the Western historical imagination and in the queer and now. See the full list at the link in bio.

‘Let Us Believe in the Dawn of Spring’ is a group show curated by Anahita Sadighi and presented in her eponymous gallery. The multi-sensory immersive experience celebrates renewal and new beginnings through the eyes of six artists. Olivia Noss reviews the exhibition: www.berlinartlink.com?p=179458

Presented at National Portrait Gallery in London, Catherine Opie’s ‘To Be Seen’ is her first major UK museum exhibition, incl 30 years of image-making. This exhibition, on view until May 31, is included in our Top International Exhibitions April to June list: www.berlinartlink.com/2026/04/01/t...

“No Strings Attached” was the slogan for the 2026 MaerzMusik festival, understanding sound as haptic, spatial and architectural experience, taking place last week, March 20–29. Dagmara Genda discusses technological indifference in her review: www.berlinartlink.com/2026/03/31/m...

At Haus der Visionäre, Leonis Works presents immersive performance piece ‘Urgency,’ exploring borders, conflict, and pressure. See the full list of events:

Jagoda Bednarsky is known for painting other-worldly landscapes where body parts merge with nature. As part of our feature topic Abjection, Gillian N. Osborne interviews Bednarsky ahead of her exhibition ‘Self as Solvent’ at ARTEFACT: www.berlinartlink.com/2026/03/27/i...

Kyiv-born artist Lesia Vasylchenko works across video, photography and installation, examining how technological infrastructures reshape perception. On the occasion of her first solo exhibition in Germany at Schinkel Pavillon, Maria Isserlis interviews: www.berlinartlink.com/2026/03/27/i...

Our top selects for events in Berlin this weekend include:⁠ 𝗚𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗽 𝗦𝗵𝗼𝘄: ‘𝗤𝗨𝗘𝗘𝗥𝗘 𝗞𝗨𝗡𝗦𝗧 𝗜𝗡 𝗗𝗘𝗥 𝗗𝗗𝗥?’ Exhibition opening @ nGbk Friday, Mar. 27; 6–9pm 𝗘𝗺𝗲𝗿𝗴𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗠𝗮𝗴𝗮𝘇𝗶𝗻𝗲: ‘𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗡𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴𝗮𝗹𝗲’𝘀 𝗦𝗼𝗻𝗴’ Listening Experience @ Reethaus Sunday, Mar. 29; 2–8pm www.berlinartlink.com/2026/03/23/t...