“Since arriving in Berlin and starting at KW in May 2024, I have focused on seeing how the city and our building can be explored in a program centered on artists and their process, community and partnerships, and the social and ecological present. Whether the artists live in Berlin or not, the city serves as a nexus, shaping our work through its people, materials, and stories. A bodily understanding is key, from the transforming of the institution’s entrance and visual identity later this year, to a program that centers ideas, research and lived realities. It will be experienced through the perception of light and tone, sound and song, image and word, always working in dialogue with the ecology of the building—both its interiors and exteriors as well as the spaces in between.” —Emma Enderby, director
Matt Copson: Coming of Age. Age of Coming. Of Coming Age.
February 15–May 4, 2025
This first institutional solo exhibition by Matt Copson explores existential questions surrounding life and contemporary subjectivity. The exhibition at KW will center on Copson’s large-scale immersive laser installation, his Coming of Age trilogy—an animated bildungsroman featuring a newborn baby as the protagonist. More
Sung Tieu: 1992, 2025
Schering Stiftung Award for Artistic Research 2024
February 15–May 4, 2025
The research-driven work of Sung Tieu reflects on nuanced dynamics between individual lives and overarching systemic forces. In 1992, 2025, the artist interrogates the post-Wall repercussions for the Vietnamese contract workers of the former GDR and migrants like herself, examining how the socio-political conditions of the time shaped social roles and communities with lasting impact. More
Miloš Trakilović: Not a Love Song
February 15–May 4, 2025
Bosnian-Dutch artist Miloš Trakilović questions how digitalization processes influence our perception of history and reality. At KW, Trakilović presents an installation for which he revisits Yugoslav music produced between 1989 and 1992 and employs AI to analyze how the rising socio-political tensions resonated sonically. More
Jessica Ekomane: Antechamber
February 15–May 4, 2025
With Antechamber, the Berlin-based sound artist and computer musician Jessica Ekomane presents a new sound installation. The newly commissioned work continues Ekomane’s inquiry into how sound can act as a transformative force and intertwines her research into African mathematical knowledge systems with electronic compositional practices. More
13th Berlin Biennale for Contemporary Art
June 14–September 14, 2025
The Berlin Biennale for Contemporary Art takes place every two years in Berlin. The 13th edition is curated by Zasha Colah, Valentina Viviani is the assistant curator. More
Kazuko Miyamoto: String Constructions
October 18, 2025–January 11, 2026
String Constructions is the first solo presentation devoted to Japanese-American artist Kazuko Miyamoto in Germany, a leading figure in the post-minimal and feminist movements in New York since 1964. String Constructions focuses on Miyamoto’s eponymous sculpture series and traces the shifts in her methodology. More
Commissioning Series: Asad Raza
In the coming years, a commissioning series will focus on artworks that address key issues such as accessibility and environmental consciousness within the framework of the institution. In 2025, a multiyear project by artist Asad Raza begins with the detoxification of the soil in KW’s rarely used back garden. Raza will transform the garden into an artistic work that welcomes both the human and the non-human, relating to the institution as a site of energetic exchanges. More
Pogo Bar and BPA//
ongoing series
Pogo Bar is a monthly experimental format for live and time-based arts at KW of Berlin-based emerging artists. The KW partnership with BPA// Berlin program for artists continues with the annual exhibition. More
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