From main retrospectives to exhibitions exploring textiles and pictures, Berlin’s museums have a lot to supply this month. Listed here are 4 exhibitions that opened in July and deserve a spot in your summer time itinerary.
Materialistin: Matter of Care, Care of Matter at Hamburger Bahnhof (3 July 2026 – 14 March 2027)
Hamburger Bahnhof continues its bold programme with Matter of Care, Care of Matter, a bunch exhibition by ‘Materialistin’ bringing eight Leipzig-based girls sculptors collectively. The set up explores labour, collective apply and solidarity. Mixing social commentary with experimental inventive apply, the exhibition asks how supplies themselves carry histories, encouraging guests to rethink their relationship with the bodily and financial world.
Glenn Ligon: Double America at Neue Nationalgalerie (4 July – 11 October 2026)
American artist Glenn Ligon’s Double America takes centre stage in a particular presentation on the Neue Nationalgalerie this summer time. First created in 2012, the hanging neon work spells the phrase “AMERICA” twice: as soon as backwards and as soon as as a mirrored reflection, inviting viewers to query concepts of identification, historical past and nationwide mythology. Offered as a part of the We the Individuals programme, the set up makes use of the simplicity of language and light-weight to problem the notion of a singular American narrative
Images Tells Sculpture at Bode Museum (16 July – 4 October 2026)
What occurs when sculpture is seen by the lens of a digital camera? Images Tells Sculpture examines this relationship between three-dimensional artworks and their photographic reproductions, pairing round sixty historic and up to date images with medieval and Renaissance sculpture. The result’s an exhibition that reveals how perspective, gentle and framing essentially form the way in which we expertise artwork.
Sofie Dawo. Textile Experiments at Kunstgewerbemuseum (17 July 2026 – 17 January 2027)
Textiles take centre stage on this survey of Sofie Dawo, whose radical method blurred the boundaries between artwork and craft. Dawo intentionally disrupted and deconstructed her materials, permitting probability to grow to be a part of the artistic course of. That includes 22 works alongside chosen drawings on paper, the exhibition highlights the originality of an artist whose affect continues to resonate closely.
