Past Events

The Bärenzwinger cordially invites the neighborhood and anyone interested to a cozy get-together over coffee and cake, where personal stories, memories, and shared conversation will take center stage. Inspired by the current exhibition “Furore,” we’d like to share what has shaped us, moved us, made us think, or perhaps even scared us a little—whether we […]

Held in the Bärenzwinger, this workshop takes ekphrasis, written description of images, not as a genre but as a methodology — a practice of translation between senses, mediums, and forms of attention. Taking its cue from Stevie Wonder’s ‘The Secret Life of Plants’, a soundtrack composed from written descriptions of a documentary never fully seen, […]

SONOKI is a DJ from Chiba, Japan, based in Berlin. Moving between house and techno, he digs into a leftfield sound that weaves together minimal, dubby, and psychedelic textures. His sets unfold slowly through tension and space, with a quiet energy in the groove that draws listeners inward and blurs the sense of time.

new solo creation Teddy Bear links captive animals to gentrification, body politics, and the commercialization of female artists, exposing a culture that loves wild femininity only when caged. On stage, that cage turns gilded: Tess resists the objectifying gaze yet must objectify herself to master her craft. Reclaiming what the world calls crazy, she transforms […]

The third act of the annual programme, Nowhere will world be, but within, brings the search of this year’s theme, Hauntings/Heimsuchungen, to a close. What began with the question of how the hidden can be brought to the surface and transformed now culminates in a process of reorientation and re-situating: a walk, a DJ set […]

The event will be in English. The Furies, the Amazons and the Greek heroes are among the many protagonists of ancient classical mythology, whose many versions offer a complex and varied perspective on the relationship with the more-than-human world. Through conversations, somatic exercises and an immersive audio experience, we will explore the various roles that […]

In his concert at the Bärenzwinger, C.D. Noé combines fragments from his current album with previously unreleased musical sketches. The performance takes up the theme of the exhibition and responds to the works on display in musical form. C.D. Noé is a Berlin-based musician and composer of electronic music. For many years, he has worked […]

Sediment Qusay Awad 16.10.2026  – 14.03.2027 The second segment of the exhibition within the annual theme Heimsuchungen/Hauntings is titled Sediment. The exhibition by architect and multimedia artist Qusay Awad draws on archival materials, architectural research, field recordings and site-specific observations. Through sculptures, installations and sound installation, Awad explores the question of how architecture preserves memories […]

As part of the Kunstwoche of the Kommunalen Galerien Berlin two bus tours will start in the Bärenzwinger. The tours start at 2:00 p.m. and last around 3 to 4 hours. Bus tour 1 is moderated by Yolanda Kaddu-Mulindwa and Milena Mercer and guides participants from the Bärenzwinger to Schloss Biesdorf (Marzahn-Hellersdorf), Galerie Adlershof (Treptow-Köpenick) […]

A New Chapter in Nina Paszkowski’s Exhibition “Furore” As part of an evening of dialogue, Nina Paszkowski and the curators will engage with the audience in a discussion about the third chapter of the exhibition “Furore.” As a process-oriented exhibition, “Furore” is constantly evolving. The paper and ceramic works are added to, removed, or placed […]

Our scavenger hunt invites you to discover the place with open eyes. The journey begins outside, leads past the Bärenzwinger through the greenery of Köllnischer Park, and finally into the building. You’ll receive your own clue-hunting booklet, which, like a little treasure chest, is waiting for you to open and fill it! Free Admission No […]

As part of Open Heritage Day, we invite you to join Alice Lorenzon on a guided tour focusing on the history of the historic site in Köllnischer Park. For almost 80 years, the Bärenzwinger, which opened in 1939, was home to several generations of the so-called “Berlin City Bears”. Until the death of Schnute, in […]

Free Admission No registration required For children 7 – 10 / accompanying adults welcome Languages: English and Turkish With Rezzan Gümgüm, you’ll dive into a world of light and imagination: You’ll create your own shadow figures and see how light brings them to life. Shadows dance, grow, and tell their own stories on the walls […]

With the second act, titled “Does the cosmic space, we dissolve into, taste of us?”, the artistic program running from August 7–9, 2026, focuses the theme of transformation. The opening act is Nina Guo’s radio performance BEARBONED on Friday evening. On Saturday, an artist talk with Qusay Awad will address the status of his artistic […]

Under the title For staying is nowhere, the first act of the program invites a form of invocation and explores ways of bringing what is hidden to the surface. Voice, sound, and bodily forms of expression intertwine to create a polyphonic tapestry. The program moves between the experimental sound works of DJ theories and a […]