The 11th edition of Artes Mundi Biennial presents six solo exhibitions by Artes Mundi Prize nominees in venues across Wales, as well as a collective group show at National Museum Cardiff⁠. Adela Lovric writes on rehearsing the interconnectedness of all things: www.berlinartlink.com/2025/11/28/a...

Oslo’s MUNCH Triennale ‘Almost Unreal’ sets out works by 26 artists that function at the nodes between various realities. As part of feature topic Ghosts, Jayne Wilkinson writes on things that aren’t real but seem so + debating what a utopic future would be: www.berlinartlink.com/2025/11/28/m...

Dana Awartani’s practice is rooted in the meticulous discipline of traditional craftsmanship and the emotional charge of cultural memory. Eve Rogers interviews Awartani, considering destruction, immersion, and the political and ethical gesture of handmade work: www.berlinartlink.com/2025/11/28/i...

Our feature topic Ghosts continues this month with pieces delving into hauntings, whether of the supernatural or cyclical historic kind, including exhibitions by Kara Walker + Mark Leckey. Read the full Letter from the Editor: www.berlinartlink.com/2025/11/06/l...

This week in Berlin, Dragana Bulut’s performance ‘Remake’ at Sophiensæle and Deutscher Künstlerbund’s exhibition ‘Dear Berlin’ both turn to the past in order to understand the present. See the full list of events:

IMMA presents ‘Reverse Migration: A Poetic Journey,’ an exhibition of works by Chilean artist, poet and activist Cecilia Vicuña, rooted in her recent revelation of her own Irish heritage. Eve Rogers writes on the artist’s appetite for connection and creation: www.berlinartlink.com/2025/11/26/c...

Futurium presents ‘Ocean Futures,’ a special exhibition including Leeroy New’s major installation ‘Balangay Spacecraft.’ Constructing a watery speculative reality made from recycled materials, it highlights how closely humans + the environment are connected: futurium.de/en/ocean-fut...

Salta art offers a 2-month residency in Bahia, open to visual artists living in Munich. May 1–June 30, 2026, the residency invites one artist to live & work in a 1930s mansion that once belonged to the Bahian painter Presciliano Silva. Apply by December 14: www.berlinartlink.com/2025/11/27/o...

At Haus am Waldsee, exhibition ‘Weathering’ presents works by Beverly Buchanan which gently shape and respond to the idea of home. For feature topic Ghosts, Lars Holdgate writes on the dualism of presence and absence and a childlike sense of awe: www.berlinartlink.com/2025/11/25/b...

Our top selects for events in Berlin this weekend include:⁠ ⁠ 𝗟𝗶𝗴𝗶𝗮 𝗟𝗲𝘄𝗶𝘀: ‘𝗪𝗮𝘆𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗱 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗻𝘁’ Performance at Gropius Bau Friday, Nov. 28; 8pm⁠ ⁠⁠ 𝗡𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗺𝗮𝗻 𝗣𝗼𝗹𝗮𝘁: ‘𝗚𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗹𝗲𝘀𝘀’ Exhibition opening at Zilberman Gallery Saturday, Nov. 29; 6–8:30pm ⁠ www.berlinartlink.com/2025/11/24/t...

Currently on view at KW, ‘Starmirror’ is a project by Holly Herndon and Mat Dryhurst drawing on their long-standing engagement in group singing projects. Annalisa Giacinti visited them in their studio, discussing understanding AI as a collective achievement: www.berlinartlink.com/2025/11/25/h...

Dec 4–7, PAF Olomouc International Festival of Animation and Contemporary Art returns. The 2025 edition, titled ‘Pinocchio Paradox,’ promises 4 days of screenings, performances, exhibitions, talks, concerts and a children’s program, as well as new commissions: www.berlinartlink.com/2025/11/25/p...

At Gropius Bau, exhibition ‘I’M NOT HERE FORRRRR…’ by Ligia Lewis engages negotiates between bodies physically present and ones that appear only as traces. As part of our feature topic Ghosts, Josefin Granetoft writes on moving between synchrony and collapse: www.berlinartlink.com/2025/11/21/l...

This week, both Ligia Lewis’ ‘Wayward Chant’ at Gropius Bau and ‘Sissy Smut’ at Volksbühne centre on the power of communal presence. See the full list of events:

At Performa 2025, Aria Dean unveils ‘The Color Scheme,’ a new theatrical work inspired by a 1923 meeting between two Black American expatriates in Berlin’s Tiergarten. Read Eve Rogers' interview with Dean discussing imperially-funded monuments of Siegesallee: www.berlinartlink.com/2025/11/21/a...

‘Bolero Bordello’ is Capitain Petzel’s first solo show of Paris-based artist Matthew Lutz-Kinoy. Chris Erik Thomas interviews Lutz-Kinoy, discussing colors being interdependent, disciplined chaos, and a rhythmic, sensual, playful, ecstatic unfolding: www.berlinartlink.com/2025/11/20/m...

Nov 26, Sissy Smut is back for its 6th edition taking over Volksbühne with a night of queer cinema, smut + uninhibited performances. Questioning the cyclical nature of fascism, it unites critical theory with the more transgressive + camp side of the queer scene: www.berlinartlink.com/2025/11/18/s...

Opening tonight at Flutgraben, Gaza Biennale presents ‘Berlin Pavilion,’ featuring 30 artists finding ways to utilize art to resist genocide. From Nov 22–Dec 21, exhibitions and a program of talks, workshops, listening sessions and screenings will be presented: www.berlinartlink.com/2025/11/18/g...

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Lyra Pramuk is an American, Berlin-based composer who understands music as a form of devotion. Kim Budd visited her, discussing Pramuk’s ability to synthesize and translate knowledge, honoring indigenous musical cultures, and new narratives of self-liberation: www.berlinartlink.com/2025/11/17/l...

Exhibitions pertaining to our feature topic Ghosts are ever present this week in Berlin; multiple shows engage with the theme of dispersed histories. See the full list of events:

Last month, the Barbican performed ‘Prayers for a Hungry Ghost’ by Elisabeth Gunawan following a family whose patriarch is dragged to the spirit realm. As part of our feature topic Ghosts, William Kherbek writes on hauntology + the self understood as a ghost: www.berlinartlink.com/2025/11/14/e...

Performa Biennial celebrates 20th years with live commissions across NYC Nov 1–23. Incl. is ‘Lithuanian Pavilion Without Walls,’ a program building on historic links between Lithuania and NYC’s experimental scene, with Lina Lapelytė, Pakui Hardware + more: www.berlinartlink.com/2025/11/14/p...

Our top picks for events in Berlin this weekend include:⁠ ⁠ 𝗝𝘂𝗹𝗶𝗮𝗻 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗿𝗶è𝗿𝗲: ‘𝗕𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗸 𝗦𝗺𝗼𝗸𝗲𝗿’ Exhibition opening @ Dittrich Schlechtriem Saturday, Nov. 15; 6–8pm 𝗔𝘆𝗻𝘂𝗿 𝗗𝗼ğ𝗮𝗻 Concert @ Maxim Gorki Theater Saturday, Nov. 15; 8:30pm ⁠ www.berlinartlink.com/2025/11/10/t...

Addressing the social and ethical issues raised by the increasing use of AI in medicine, kennedy+swan’s exhibition ‘The Red Queen Effect’ problematises understanding AI as a neutral cure-all. On view at Schering Stiftung until December 12: scheringstiftung.de/en/projektra...

Christelle Oyiri’s installation ‘Dead God Flow’ engaged with the figure of the rapper as both martyr and gladiator. As the first article in Ghosts, Eve Rogers writes on inheritance, welcome hauntings, and how music can make viable and resonant afterlife: www.berlinartlink.com/2025/11/11/c...

Open Nov 13, AdK presents ‘Every Artist Must Take Sides – Resonances of Eslanda and Paul Robeson.’ Grounded in words exclaimed by the civil rights activists in 1937, it asks what it means to align art with action, incl. works by Masimba Hwati + Ariel Orah: www.berlinartlink.com/2025/11/11/e...

This week, Schloss Biesdorf and Futurium open group shows exploring the ocean’s symbolism. Die Zeit ist ein Ozean sees time as an ever-moving sea, while Ocean Futures explores how oceans link our histories and future. See the full list at the link in bio.

Introducing our feature topic for November + December, Ghosts. ⁠ In the shadow of Halloween and Dia de los Muertos, feature articles delve into the spectral. We also look at how history leaves traces that persist despite attempts to bury or forget them: www.berlinartlink.com/2025/11/06/l...

Our top selects for events in Berlin this weekend include:⁠ ⁠ 𝗥𝗮𝗼𝘂𝗹 𝗛𝗮𝘂𝘀𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗻: ‘𝗩𝗶𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻. 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝘃𝗼𝗸𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻. 𝗗𝗮𝗱𝗮.’ Exhibition opening at Berlinische Galerie Friday, Nov. 7; 7pm 𝗝𝗼𝗿𝗱𝗮𝗻 𝗦𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗳𝗲𝗿 Screening at Video Art at Midnight Friday, Nov. 7; midnight ⁠ www.berlinartlink.com/2025/11/03/t...

Our international exhibitions list for November include ‘Ukrainian Diary,’ a major retrospective of artist Boris Mikhailov + his decades-long engagement with Ukraine’s social + political landscape at Photographers’ Gallery, London. See the full list: www.berlinartlink.com/2025/11/04/t...

Gropius Bau presents ‘Konstellationen,’ the largest survey of works by Diane Arbus featuring 454 darkroom prints. As the final instalment in Weird, Olivia Noss writes on the feeling of being surveilled in the exhibition architecture + worshipping the eccentric: www.berlinartlink.com/2025/10/31/d...

‘I Want My Crown’ is an exhibition by Bruce McLean, presented by Modern One in Edinburgh on his 80th birthday. Leaning into the artist’s sharp wit as part of feature topic Weird, Johanna Siegler discusses keeping jokes alive + the artist getting the last laugh: www.berlinartlink.com/2025/10/28/b...

At Sophiensaele, Djibril Sall presents ‘DJAM LEELII, a Necroromantic,’ a performance mapping the topography of deathly Blackness onto the Atlantic Ocean. This is one of the events, happening across Berlin, included in our ‘The Week’ list. See the full list of events:

‘Leap Year’ is an exhibition of works by Haegue Yang presented by Migros Museum, divided into movement, spirituality, community + domesticity. Alison Hugill writes on fragmentation, cracking open of one’s previous sense of self and an ancestral memory of place: www.berlinartlink.com/2025/10/31/h...

Filmmaker + artist Adam Sébire presents ‘Sikoqqinngisaannassooq,’ turning his lens towards the island community of Uummannaq in northern Greenland. Eve Rogers interviews Sébire, discussing grasping climate change + the landscape being a character in his film: www.berlinartlink.com/2025/10/31/a...

Our top selects for events in Berlin this weekend include: 𝗟𝗮 𝗖𝗮𝗴𝗲: ‘𝗗𝗲𝗿 𝗢𝘇𝗲𝗮𝗻’ Performance premiere @ballhausost Friday, Oct. 31; 8pm ‘𝗙𝗲𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗹𝗲 𝗩𝗼𝗶𝗱’ Lectures, Interactive Sessions, Performances, DJ Set, Installation @hkw_berlin Nov. 1–2, 2025 www.berlinartlink.com/2025/10/27/t...

Nov 6–16, TD Berlin presents ‘I WANT TO BELIEVE,’ the 8th Monologue Festival exploring belief as a creative force, combining theatre with music, debate + get-togethers. The festival seeks to understand what you could believe in vs. want to believe in: www.berlinartlink.com/2025/10/30/m...

Museion presents ‘I Am The Last Woman Object,’ a comprehensive exhibition of 80 works by Nicola L. spanning five decades. As part of our feature topic Weird, Chris Erik Thomas discusses tactile limbs, transformative resistance, and fighting for Nicola’s utopia: www.berlinartlink.com/2025/10/24/n...

At both SAVVY Contemporary and KW Institute for Contemporary Art, exhibitions centered on sonic imagery from the past open this week. Anton Kats’ Sudnozavod dives into Ukraine’s underground sounds; Herndon & Dryhurst’s Starmirror reimagines Hildegard via AI. See the full list of events:

Monsieur Zohore presents solo exhibition ‘Whether the Weather’ at KOW Berlin. Lars Holdgate writes on the exhibition, discussing kitchen roll, processing the historical images of racist violence, and emotional paradoxes. Read the full review: www.berlinartlink.com/2025/10/23/m...

Poet + artist Arch Hades 'We are all just passing through,’ drawing on references as diverse as her background in philosophy, teenage diary entries, and her grief counselling. Akin Oladimeji writes on the exhibition, discussing emptiness + senses of mortality: www.berlinartlink.com/2025/10/22/a...

Taking place in the newly-renovated Grand Palais, Art Basel Paris takes over the heart of the French capital. This year, 206 galleries from over 40 countries and territories present works. Open today for the weekend, Anna Russ compiles photo highlights: www.berlinartlink.com/2025/10/24/a...

Our selection for this weekend in Berlin include: 𝗠𝗲𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗲 𝗝𝗮𝗺𝗲 𝗪𝗼𝗹𝗳: ‘𝗠𝗜𝗥𝗔 𝗙𝗨𝗖𝗛𝗦 (𝗮 𝗿𝗲𝗽𝗿𝗶𝘀𝗲)’ @ Sophiensaele Fri; 9pm 𝗦𝘁𝘂𝗱𝗶𝗼 𝗔𝗶𝗿𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁, 𝗕𝗼𝗿𝗶𝘀 𝗔𝗰𝗸𝗲𝘁: ‘𝗘𝗺𝗲𝗿𝗴𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗠𝗮𝗴𝗮𝘇𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝗽𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀: 𝗙𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗦𝘁𝘂𝗱𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗼𝗻 𝗟𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁’ @ Reethaus Sat + Sun; 2–8pm Full list: www.berlinartlink.com/2025/10/20/t...

Anton Kats’ work explores memory, displacement + identity. Under musical alias ILYICH, he will release album ‘Sudnozavod’ next week at SAVVY Contemporary. Eve Rogers interviews Kats, discussing concrete listening + sound as a rehearsal of a less fascist world: www.berlinartlink.com/2025/10/21/a...

Ballhaus Ost presents ‘Linke Hände,’ a musical lecture performance following female artists who lived under the GDR by Hauen und Stechen music theatre collective. Performances take place on October 23, 24, and 25. For more information and to buy tickets: www.ballhausost.de/linke-haende...

Whether as musical lectures, speculative operas, or abstract memoirs, performances on survival through repression dominate across Berlin this week. See the full list of events:

Tomorrow, Oct 17, Works on Skin launches its third edition of original artworks by leading artists as tattoo flashes including the likes of Monicia Bonvicini, Slater Bradley, and Sonja Yakovleva. Join the launch party tomorrow at 6pm at SMAC gallery: worksonskin.com/blogs/news/r...

‘Strange!’ at Sammlung Scharf-Gerstenberg presents 60 surrealist works created against the backdrop of a divided Germany. As part of our feature topic Weird, Lars Holdgate discusses processes of becoming + depictions of gloom or apathy or painful neutrality: www.berlinartlink.com/2025/10/14/s...