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Berlin Art Link is a contemporary art online magazine highlighting some of the most intriguing creatives and exhibitions around the globe. Through original articles and video, we feature the latest in art, design, music, film, fashion and architecture from a unique contemporary art perspective. Berlin Art Link online magazine is published by BAL Productions. Discover what else we're creating here: http://www.berlinartlink.com/productions/

From January 8–24, Sophiensæle presents Tanztage Berlin, a cross-genre program of contemporary dance, choreography, and ...
15/12/2025

From January 8–24, Sophiensæle presents Tanztage Berlin, a cross-genre program of contemporary dance, choreography, and performance. This year’s edition marks 30 years of the festival and is themed around the realities of independent artistic work.

Amongst the ten performances, seven of which are premieres, is jee chan’s ‘ratu’ forming an intimate portrait of Naniek K. who was born and raised in Indonesia as a royal court dancer and then moved to Berlin in 1978. The piece is an intergenerational exploration of tradition, gender, and embodied memory. Also presented is the piece ‘I want revenge, grandma’ by Colleen Ndemeh Fitzgerald, interrogating the colonial relationship between Liberia and Germany. Ndemeh Fitzgerald invites audiences to do the work of confronting, remembering, and cracking open.

To see the full program, including works by Dominique McDougal & Carro Sharkey, Alvin Collantes, and Pooyesh Frozandeh:

Happy Birthday, Tanztage! In 2026, the city’s longest-standing producing platform for emerging dance artists turns 30 — together with its home, Sophiensæle. At a time when the future of cultural life is acutely threatened here and elsewhere, the resilient history of Tanztage Berlin and its cont...

“There is a vague but hypnotic eroticism to the movement, uncertain and exploratory. Persistence and resistance exist in...
12/12/2025

“There is a vague but hypnotic eroticism to the movement, uncertain and exploratory. Persistence and resistance exist in an uneasy but non-threatening equilibrium and the longer I spend amongst it, the high-pressure hiss begins to sound more like the exhale of a deep meditative breath.”

‘Thresholds’ is an exhibition of works by Pakui Hardware at carlier | gebauer. The major works displayed are a series of four alien-like structures, the “sails” matching the scale of real international border walls and fences, making palpable the insurmountable impenetrability of systems imposed on so-called illegal aliens.

Eve Rogers writes on the exhibition, discussing infrared surveillance technologies, the cycle of yielding and holding firm, and the resilience and vulnerability of bodies.

Read the review:

Eve Rogers reviews the solo exhibition ‘Thresholds’ by Pakui Hardware at carlier | gebauer’s Berlin gallery

“The recurring bus stops, underpasses and motorway bridges—the built environment of his youth—act as a haunted urban mem...
12/12/2025

“The recurring bus stops, underpasses and motorway bridges—the built environment of his youth—act as a haunted urban memory, as well as class and cultural signifiers of his upbringing in suburban northern England. The collective energy of these spaces become routes to heightened states, situated somewhere between the corporeal world and the divine.”

‘Enter Thru Medieval Wounds’ is the most comprehensive exhibition of works by Mark Leckey in the last decade. Presented at Julia Stoschek Foundation, we witness the manifestation of his belief in the transformative potential of technology and visual media through the sound installations and video works on display.

Writing as part of our feature topic Ghosts, Olivia Ladanyi discusses the internet as a repository of memories and probing the void between analog and digital.

Read the full review:

Olivia Ladanyi reviews the solo exhibition of Mark Leckey at Julia Stoschek Foundation in Berlin

Our top selects for events in Berlin this weekend include:⁠⁠‘𝗗𝗲𝗺𝗼𝗰𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗰 𝗗𝗲𝘀𝗶𝗴𝗻’Opening reception at AedesFriday, Dec. 12...
11/12/2025

Our top selects for events in Berlin this weekend include:⁠
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‘𝗗𝗲𝗺𝗼𝗰𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗰 𝗗𝗲𝘀𝗶𝗴𝗻’
Opening reception at Aedes
Friday, Dec. 12; 6:30pm⁠
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Architecture non-profit Aedes presents an exhibition of notable projects, buildings, tools, and spatial interventions showing how inclusive planning and design processes can strengthen democratic participation and a shared sense of responsibility for the built environment.

𝗙𝗮𝗿𝗮𝗵𝗻𝗮𝘇 𝗦𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗳𝗶: ‘𝗠𝘆 𝗦𝘁𝗼𝗹𝗲𝗻 𝗣𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗲𝘁’
Screening at Volksbühne am Rosa-Luxemburg-Platz
Friday, Dec. 12; 6:30pm⁠

The film ‘My Stolen Planet’ is like a secret dance through the archives of memory, through a set of images that never saw the light of day, through a collection of voices that refused to stop telling the truth. As part of the program ‘3 DAYS TO LIBERATION II.’
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𝗞𝗮𝘁𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗮 𝗧ä𝘀𝗰𝗵𝗻𝗲𝗿 & 𝗞𝗮𝘁𝗷𝗮 𝗠ü𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗿-𝗛𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗲: ‘𝗩𝗶𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗠𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀: 𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝗧𝗲𝗰𝗵𝗻𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗴𝘆 𝗘𝗻𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲𝘀 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗚𝗮𝘇𝗲’
Guided tour at C/O Berlin
Saturday, Dec. 13; 3–4pm
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Join Katharina Täschner and Katja Müller-Helle for a special guided tour of the exhibitions Lisa Barnard ‘You Only Look Once’ and Isadora Romero ‘Notes on How to Build a Forest.’ Together, they explore the theme of “vision machines,” referring to technologies that accelerate, enhance, and ultimately even replace the human gaze.

See the full list of events for this weekend:

Berlin Art Link shares our favorite picks for art openings in Berlin, including Sophiensæle, C/O Berlin, Volksbühne am Rosa-Luxemburg-Platz, and more

“I see the body as the primary battlefield and simultaneously the ultimate archive of survival.”Maryam Palizban is a per...
10/12/2025

“I see the body as the primary battlefield and simultaneously the ultimate archive of survival.”

Maryam Palizban is a performer, scholar and cultural activist. Born in Tehran and based in Berlin, she draws on the lived realities of exile and her deep study of ritual, performance and Shi’a traditions to explore how memory, the body and collective action intersect.

From December 12–14, Palizban presents ‘3 Days to Liberation II’ at Volksbühne which she conceived and curates alongside an international circle of collaborators. The program brings together theater, dance, film, experimental sound and critical discussion to trace the currents of dissent, testimony and remembrance.

Eve Rogers interviews Palizban, discussing mutual empowerment, the ongoing labor of memory, and how art can be a vehicle for liberation.

Read the full interview:

Eve Rogers interviews Maryam Palizban, curator of the festival ‘3 Days to Liberation II: Between Oppression and Survival’ at Volksbühne

Das Minsk Kunsthaus’ exhibition ‘Wohnkomplex: Art and Life in Plattenbau’ explores the architecture, lifestyle and socia...
09/12/2025

Das Minsk Kunsthaus’ exhibition ‘Wohnkomplex: Art and Life in Plattenbau’ explores the architecture, lifestyle and social meaning of these buildings from the GDR era. Spanning two floors with about 50 works, the show understands the Plattenbau as a living space, social utopia and a canvas for social change.

Carolin Kralapp writes on the exhibition, discussing the role Plattenbau buildings played in presenting the GDR as a modern state, serving hatches intended to encourage men to help out with the housework, and the quest for individuality amidst uniformity.

Read the full review:

Carolin Kralapp reviews the group show ‘Wohnkomplex: Art and Life in Plattenbau’ at Das Minsk in Potsdam

🎟️ TICKET GIVEAWAY 🎟️⁠KW Institute for Contemporary Art presents ‘Starmirror,’ an exhibition and live program by Holly H...
09/12/2025

🎟️ TICKET GIVEAWAY 🎟️⁠

KW Institute for Contemporary Art presents ‘Starmirror,’ an exhibition and live program by Holly Herndon & Mat Dryhurst. Through an immersive sound installation, the artists propose a scenario where AI models coordinate humans to generate intelligence for collective benefit. The project builds on a new songbook generated by a model trained on ‘Ordo Virtutum,’ a morality play by German Benedictine abbess and polymath Hildegard von Bingen, finding inspiration in the connections she located between humanity and the cosmos. On several Sundays throughout the exhibition, participants are also invited to join a live process of AI training as the KW hall transforms into a recording studio where choirs, an ensemble, and visitors contribute their voices in call-and-response sessions.

We have 1 x 2 tickets to giveaway for the exhibition, redeemable at any time before it closes on January 18th. To enter the giveaway, follow Berlin Art Link and KW on Facebook, like this post, and tag a friend in the comments. The winner will be drawn at 2pm on Friday, December 12 and contacted via DM.⁠
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KW Institute for Contemporary Art, Berlin, and the Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, Düsseldorf partner to realize a major exhibition and live program with artists and technologists Holly Herndon and Mat Dryhurst.

“Their distorted gazes and fantastical bodies form a collective presence that is unsettling and deeply alive, echoing th...
09/12/2025

“Their distorted gazes and fantastical bodies form a collective presence that is unsettling and deeply alive, echoing the social pressures, stereotypes and projections that q***r and feminist communities navigate daily, transforming them into a vibrant counter-public of their own.”

The exhibition project ‘The desire for being many’ explores strategies of resistance against the rise of facism, bringing together 18 FLINTA artists across three Berlin spaces. Drawing inspiration from author, philosopher and activist Ewa Majewska, it engages with topics ranging from abortion access in Central and Eastern Europe to reinterpreting fragility as a shared resource rather than a weakness.

Valentina Iancu writes on the exhibition project, discussing emotional exposure, strengthening networks of solidarity, and imagining modes of togetherness that contest neoliberal individualism.

Read the article:

Valentina Iancu reviews the multi-venue exhibition project ‘The desire for being many’ featuring FLINTA* artists

“In the foreground, a child plays with a stick and hoop, rolling it through the rubble, continuing despite the devastati...
05/12/2025

“In the foreground, a child plays with a stick and hoop, rolling it through the rubble, continuing despite the devastation around them. The revolving hoop reminds me of cycles repeating, and the debris each repetition carries forward.”

‘Kara Elizabeth Walker presents Dispatches from A— and the Museum of Half-remembered Histories’ is a major exhibition at Sprüth Magers’ Berlin gallery. Featuring large-scale collages, vanitas-style pastels, and ink drawings, Walker fills the deathly, spectral gaps in the “Half-remembered Histories” that make up the story of the US, and does so unflinchingly.

As part of feature topic Ghosts, Jesse Slater writes on the exhibition, discussing national mythologies, all too familiar white supremacy symbols, and the inherited wounds of racial violence that haunt the present as they persist.

Read the review:

Jesse Slater reviews the solo exhibition of Kara Walker at Sprüth Magers in Berlin

“Bristling from the dancers’ costumes and flung by their movement, the matter oscillates between plant and textile. The ...
05/12/2025

“Bristling from the dancers’ costumes and flung by their movement, the matter oscillates between plant and textile. The repetitive phrase of their dance, then, begins to stutter. The performers find one another. Their bodies coordinate, distribute weight, borrow momentum.”

Staged across remote mountain villages and the city of Bergamo, the Orobie Biennial makes us imagine the agrarian life cycle of grain and seed, paced by labor and the coming and going of seasons. Realized by Bergamo gallery GAMeC under the artistic direction of curator Lorenzo Giusti, it probes the connections between site-specific art and traditional forms of coexistence.

Johanna Siegler writes on the biennial, this iteration titled ‘Thinking Like a Mountain,’ discussing the ancient practice of transhumance, minerals blooming on plaster bodies over time, and understanding the mountains surrounding the biennial as a topographical instrument that reorients address.

Read the review, including mediations on works by Julius von Bismarck, Bianca Bondi, and Cecilia Bengolea:

Johanna Siegler reviews the fifth and last installation of the Orobie Biennial exhibition ‘Thinking Like A Mountain’

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