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Highlights: The most important art exhibitions 2021

Yayoi Kusama (2)

Contemporary art, photography and old masters: The exhibition year 2021 once again offers some highlights from all fields of art.

Exhibition Highlights 2021

Berlin Global (3)

Berlin Global

Permanent exhibitions

Interactive city stories at a historical location: The exhibition "Berlin Global" at Humboldt Forum illustrates the mutual influences of Berlin and the world.  more

Alicja Kwade: In Abwesenheit

18 September 2021 until 4 April 2022

Alicja Kwade's installations in the exhibition «In Abwesenheit» («In Absence») transform constructions into models for the perception of time, space and matter.  more

Helmut Newton. Legacy

31 October 2021 until 22 May 2022

To mark the 100th birthday of the master photographer, the exhibition "Helmut Newton. Legacy" at the Museum of Photography focuses on Newton's fashion photography, including numerous previously unknown or forgotten motifs.  more

The Cool and the Cold

September 24, 2021 to January 09, 2022

The exhibition «The Cool and the Cold» in Berlin's Martin-Gropius-Bau critically examines American Pop Art and art from the Soviet Union.  more

Alexander Calder. Minimal / Maximal

22 August 2021 until 13 February 2022

The Neue Nationalgalerie is celebrating its grand reopening with an exhibition by the US American sculptor Alexander Calder specially conceived for the glass hall.  more

Iran. 5.000 Years of Art and Culture

04 December 2021 until 20 March 2022

The exhibits, many of which have never been shown before, illustrate the outstanding importance of Iran as a driving force for intercultural exchange and provide insights into the art of the courts and urban elites.  more

Finished exhibitions

Yayoi Kusama (1)

Yayoi Kusama

23 April until 15 August 2021

Yayoi Kusama is the superstar of contemporary art in Japan. In 2021, the Gropius Bau dedicates the first comprehensive retrospective in Germany to the artist.  more

Ausstellung "Pablo Picasso & Les Femmes d’Alger"

Pablo Picasso. Les Femmes d’Alger

07 May - 29 August 2021

The Berggruen Museum is showing a series of fifteen oil paintings by Picasso in response to the famous portrayal of Eugène Delacroix's «The Women of Algiers».  more

Chiharu Shiota: I hope

Chiharu Shiota: I hope

12 January to 21 March 2021

The installation "I hope" by the Japanese installation and performance artist Chiharu Shiota in Berlin's König Galerie invites visitors to participate.  more

Know Thyself (1)

Current exhibitions

See the best museum, art and photography exhibitions at Berlin's top museums, galleries and event venues.  more

Source: Berlin.de

Last edited: 22 December 2021