Making Kin

Time's Gravity – Frau hält einen Bücherstapel und bildet mit ausgestreckten Armen und Bücher ein Kreuz

The exhibition Making Kin brings together the works of artists from Canada, South Korea, Nigeria, Ghana, Myanmar, Germany, Estonia, Uzbekistan, and the US. Their various practices are interconnected by the understanding that we are all woven into a dynamic fabric of relationships: not only with other people, animals, plants, spiritual beings, and the cosmos but also with our office chairs. This relational world view is linked to criticism of (colonial) regimes of violence and exploitation as well as state ideologies that reduce the diversity of relationships to models based on the nuclear family and to rigid forms of belonging. The artists resist the loss of connections, knowledge, biodiversity, languages and aesthetics and counter it with an exploration of marginalized forms of knowledge and relationship.

There are four central themes: belonging and community; entanglements between human and non-human collectives; the revitalization and passing on of devalued knowledge cultures; and cultural memory and intergenerational exchange.

The transcultural diversity of the artistic approaches turns the exhibition space into a pluriverse and invites visitors to weave their own connections.

Participating artists: Catherine Blackburn, Aziza Kadyri, Mae-ling Lokko, Meryl McMaster, Caroline Monnet, Katja Novitskova, Soe Yu Nwe, Odun Orimolade, Judith Raum, Cara Romero, Zina Saro-Wiwa, Haegue Yang

The exhibition was curated by: Kerstin Pinther, Curator for Modern and Contemporary Art in Global Context & Ute Marxreiter, Research Associate for Education and Outreach, Ethnologisches Museum and Museum für Asiatische Kunst, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin – Preußischer Kulturbesitz

 

 

- English, German
- Location: Museum of Asian Art, Room 304

- A Humboldt Forum ticket is required: EUR 14.00 / EUR 7.00 reduced

- Duration: November 28, 2025, to August 3, 2026

- Opening hours: Wednesday to Monday from 10:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. Closed on Tuesdays

Runtime: Fri, 28/11/2025 to Mon, 03/08/2026

Price info: Just one ticket gives you access to the permanent exhibitions and temporary presentations - and you can do this flexibly with a one-day, two-day or group ticket. With all these ticket options, you can visit the collections of the Ethnologisches Museum and the Museum für Asiatische Kunst, BERLIN GLOBAL as well as other temporary exhibitions. The ticket is also valid for the special exhibition Beziehungsweise Familie with interventions throughout the museum and in the Museum Knoblauchhaus in the Nikolai Quarter.

Many areas and programs are still accessible to you free of charge - including the Humboldt Labor with the new exhibition On Water.The Humboldt Brothers, the Palace Cellar, the Sculpture Hall, the Video Panorama and the Traces presentation. You can also visit numerous events and educational programs free of charge.

Price: €14.00

Reduced price: €7.00

Reduced price info: Admission remains free of charge for children and young people up to the age of 19, persons accompanying a severely disabled person (provided this is noted as B on the severely disabled person’s pass), persons receiving transfer payments and Berlin-Ticket-S-holders. Admission is also free of charge for Members of the International Council of Museums (ICOM), the German Museums Association and the Federal Association for Museum Education.

Takes place here:

• Humboldt Forum