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Highlights: The most important exhibitions in 2020

From Contemporary Art, Impressionism to Media Art: these are the exhibitions not to miss in the German capital. Preview the most interesting exhibitions for the year 2020 in Berlin.

Exhibition Highlights 2020

Monet. Places

06 May to 19 July 2020

From February 2020, visitors can admire works by the French impressionist Claude Monet in the Barberini Museum.  more

Hassan Sharif: I Am The Single Work Artist

30 May to 19 July 2020

Hassan Sharif is one of the most influential artists of the 20th century in the Middle East. KW Institute for Contemporary Art presents the first major retrospective of the conceptual artist in Europe.  more

Alicja Kwade: In Abwesenheit

18 September 2021 until 4 April 2022

Alicja Kwade's installations in the exhibition «In Abwesenheit» («In Absence») transform constructions into models for the perception of time, space and matter.  more

Christo and Jeanne-Claude

21 March to 17 August 2020

The Palais Populaire focuses on the work of one of the most famous artist couples of our time: Christo and Jeanne-Claude.  more

Lee Mingwei

11 May - 12 July 2020

Give and receive: The exhibition by Taiwanese artist Lee Mingwei at Gropius Bau deals with the culture and rituals of gift-giving.  more

Magical Soup

6 September 2020 to 3 January 2021

The group exhibition «Magical Soup» shows outstanding works of media art from the collection of the Nationalgalerie, the Friedrich Christian Flick Collection and exciting loans.  more

Katharina Grosse. It wasn’t us

14 June to 10 January 2021

Katharina Grosse is one of the stars of contemporary art. «Katharina Grosse. It wasn't us» shows a selection of her outstanding works in the historical hall of the Hamburger Bahnhof.  more

Pablo Picasso. Les Femmes d’Alger

07 May - 29 August 2021

The Berggruen Museum is showing a series of fifteen oil paintings by Picasso in response to the famous portrayal of Eugène Delacroix's «The Women of Algiers».  more

Yayoi Kusama (1)

Yayoi Kusama

23 April until 15 August 2021

Yayoi Kusama is the superstar of contemporary art in Japan. In 2021, the Gropius Bau dedicates the first comprehensive retrospective in Germany to the artist.  more

The Germanic Tribes

18 September 2020 to 21 March 2021

In the exhibition «The Germanic Tribes. A Critical Look» in the James Simon Gallery compares the public image of the Teutons with the current state of research.  more

Masculinities: Liberation through Photography

16 October 2020 to 10 January 2021

The exhibition «Masculinities: Liberation through Photography» at Gropius Bau offers a photographic examination of the masculine in all its contradiction and complexity.  more

Mark Bradford. Keep Walking

Current Exhibitions

See the best museum, art and photography exhibitions at Berlin's top museums, galleries and event venues.  more

Source: Berlin.de

Last edited: 4 February 2020