Highlights: Important Exhibitions 2026
Contemporary art, photography, and old masters: the 2026 exhibition year in Berlin once again offers top-class art highlights from all disciplines.
Art Exhibitions: Highlights in 2026
C/O Berlin presents the first major retrospective of Graciela Iturbide in Berlin, offering a deep insight into the work of one of Mexico's most important photographers.
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© Courtesy die Künstlerin und Miguel Abreu Gallery, New York
Rey Akdogan focuses on the standardization of materials and perception processes that shape our visual present.
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The exhibition “Kunstwerke” (Artworks) by Berlin-based artist Klara Lidén spans three floors of KW and brings together key works from the early 2000s to the present day, including performances, sculptures, spatial interventions, and video works.
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© Shilpa Gupta, Galleria Continua / Ela Bialkowska, OKNOstudio
Starting point of Shilpa Gupta’s solo exhibition at Hamburger Bahnhof is the monumental work Truth, situated at the intersection of language, power, and control.
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© Marina Abramović. Courtesy der Marina Abramović Archives
Marina Abramović's exhibition at Berlin's Gropis Bau focuses on her ongoing interest in rituals, eroticism, death, and the body as a site of political resistance.
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© Succession Brancusi - All rights reserved / VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2025
In cooperation with the Centre Pompidou in Paris, the Neue Nationalgalerie presents the first major exhibition of this exceptional artist in Germany in over 50 years.
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© Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Kunstgewerbemuseum / Stephan Klonk
French fashion designer Madame Grès was considered one of the most important pioneers of haute couture in the 20th century.
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© Lina Lapelytė / VG Bild-Kunst Bonn, 2025 / Bea Borgers
For the second edition of the Chanel Commission Lina Lapelytė will transform the Historic Hall into a polyphonic stage for a participatory choreography.
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© Paul Signac; Privatsammlung
Achieving the highest degree of luminosity and harmony—this was the goal Paul Signac set himself when he introduced a new style of painting to the art world in the mid-1880s together with Georges Seurat.
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© Ghenggis Khaan National Museum
The Museum of Prehistory and Early History is focusing on Genghis Khan as a central ruling figure in a major exhibition and shedding archaeological light on the world of the Mongols, which is virtually unknown in this country.
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© Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Alte Nationalgalerie / David von Becker
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Source: BerlinOnline
Last edited: 6 January 2026