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Recently added recommendations, not a claim that every place just opened. Explore the latest additions to our address book and use their neighbourhoods and linked venues to build a fresh route.

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Club Culture Inventory Record

Objects from Berlin’s club culture become museum evidence. The exhibition asks what can be preserved from a scene whose meaning often depends on a particular room, crowd and night.

Until 9 NovCheck price
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Schalala - The Sing-Along

Schalala turns familiar songs into a shared singing session at ufaFabrik. Participation is the attraction, with the audience making the sound together.

Mon 12 OctCheck price
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Die Klöckner von Instagram

DISTEL takes social media and contemporary politics onto its satirical stage. The German-language programme relies on the details and absurdities of the current public conversation.

Tue 20 OctCheck price
On the house
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Michael Wesely. Doubleday in Prenzlauer Berg 1887–2026

Michael Wesely layers historical views of Prenzlauer Berg with present-day photographs. The overlaps make urban change visible within a single image rather than through a simple before-and-after pair.

Until 28 MarFree
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Clever & Curious Charlottenburg! - Kneipenquiz

Eavo hosts a pub quiz at Art Stalker for teams with mixed knowledge and a willingness to puzzle things out. Check the event’s language and reservation details before organising a group.

Wed 14 OctCheck price
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CARRIE MAE WEEMS | The Heart of the Matter

Carrie Mae Weems’s retrospective brings together a practice concerned with power, representation and history. Give the exhibition enough time for the relationships between images to emerge.

Until 3 FebCheck price
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Stelios Kallinikou . Cliffs Among Dreams

Stelios Kallinikou looks at the landscape around Akrotiri in Cyprus through photography and film. Ecology and the presence of military infrastructure occupy the same field of vision.

Until 20 JanCheck price
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Amnon David Ar

Amnon David Ar’s paintings are presented in dialogue with the world of Kurt Mühlenhaupt. Everyday subjects provide a point of contact between different artistic perspectives.

Until 10 JanCheck price
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everybody

The body becomes a meeting point for questions of identity and social expectation. The Georg Kolbe Museum provides a setting where those contemporary questions sit alongside a sculptural legacy.

Until 29 NovCheck price
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Dakil Berlin Friends - Indie-Disco-Rock

Dakil Berlin Friends bring an indie, disco and rock blend to Art Stalker. The advertised evening also includes DJs, so consult the running order if you want to catch the live set.

Fri 9 OctCheck price
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Experiment and Stubbornness

Graduation work recognised through the Mart Stam prize comes together at the Zitadelle. Compare how young designers and artists turn individual research into a public presentation.

Until 3 JanCheck price
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PEACEFUL PENETRATION – Germans in Angola

The exhibition examines German involvement in Angola through contemporary artistic perspectives. Mussunda Nzombo and Bruno Fonseca are among the voices addressing the colonial history.

Until 3 JanCheck price
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Pearls and Hooks

Laura Bruce moves between recognisable figures and abstract structures. Pearls and Hooks gives that shifting relationship room to develop across the exhibition.

Until 3 JanCheck price
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A Still, Windless Night

Ewa Finn and Katharina Poos bring painting into a shared exhibition at the Zitadelle. Look for the conversation between their approaches rather than treating the two positions as separate stops.

Until 3 JanCheck price
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Metropolis LIVE with Babylon Orchester Berlin

Fritz Lang’s Metropolis is screened with live accompaniment by the Babylon Orchester Berlin. The combination makes the score part of the event in the room, rather than a recorded background.

Sat 10 OctCheck price
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If Animals Could Talk

Funda Özgünaydin’s collages use animals to approach questions that also concern people. The title offers a useful starting point for considering who is allowed to speak within an image.

Until 3 JanCheck price
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Die SchMERZtherapie

DISTEL turns the strains of coalition politics into a German-language satire programme. Check the current cast and performance date when choosing seats.

Fri 30 OctCheck price
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Pigor and Eichhorn: Grundkurs II

Thomas Pigor and Benedikt Eichhorn return with Grundkurs II, combining songs and verbal sparring. The programme is centred on German-language writing and musical cabaret.

Sat 26 SeptCheck price
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Heavy Fabric

Women’s clothing from Danube Swabian communities carries histories of identity and movement. Heavy Fabric approaches garments as evidence of social life as well as material objects.

Until 29 MarCheck price
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Shilpa Gupta: What Still Holds

Shilpa Gupta explores language, borders and the ways power shapes movement. The presentation places her work in conversation with the museum’s Joseph Beuys and Marx collection context.

Until 3 Jan€16