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Current exhibition

Prologue

Within the context of this year’s theme, “Hauntings,” the Bärenzwinger’s artistic program unfolds in a four-part series. Over four weekends throughout the year, from May 15 to October 18, the prologue and the three acts explore past places, people, and things, taking the absence seriously—that which is no longer tangible as absences that nevertheless have an effect, and as a question with no simple answer. Caught between conservation and transformation, the Bärenzwinger monument becomes the backdrop and stage for an artistic exploration of how to deal with loss in light of an uncertain future.

HAUNTINGS

15.05.2026
18 Uhr: Performance
18. 30 Uhr: Listening Session

Prologue

In the context of this year’s theme, “Hauntings,” the Bärenzwinger’s artistic program unfolds in a four-part series. Inspired by the opening of Rainer Maria Rilke’s “Duino Elegies,” the prologue corresponds to an unanswered invocation.

The performance “The Puma Is Not a German Animal” by Luciano Mazzo on May 15 marks the beginning of this series. This will be followed by a listening session by the Berlin-based sound collective Ousia, offering a space for gathering and exchange.

SUNDAY ART MAKERS (SAM) – Your new creative Sunday at the Municipal Galleries Berlin-Mitte

Every first Sunday of the month
Free admission
No registration required
Languages: German and English


DATES, DURATION AND NOTES
7 June: Searching for Clues
with Cleo Wächter
5 July: Shadow Play
with Rezzan Gümgüm
2 August: with Theresa Sowka
6 September: Shadow Play
with Rezzan Gümgüm
4 October: Searching for Clues
with Cleo Wächter

Drop-in/drop-out workshops, 3 hours each: 2–5 PM
Open to everyone aged 6 to 15

Starting in May, Berlin-Mitte will be bursting with colour and creativity! Every first Sunday of the month, visitors will have the opportunity to discover, try out and participate in contemporary art! The brand-new Sunday Art Makers (SAM) format will launch at the municipal galleries Kunst Raum Mitte, Bärenzwinger and Galerie Wedding. Together with experienced art educators and creative professionals, children, teenagers and adults can discover, experience and help shape contemporary art in new, interactive ways. The formats are organised in collaboration with the municipal galleries Berlin-Mitte and the MiK Youth Art School.

7. June, 2-5 PM: Search for clues with Cleo Wächter

Our search for clues 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!

No registration required—drop-in only—for children ages 6–12 / Adults are welcome to accompany them

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