Berlin Art Link Magazine
@berlinartlink.bsky.social
Featuring international contemporary art and artists rooted in Berlin since 2010. Published by Mona Productions.
Currently on view at KW, ‘Starmirror’ is a project by Holly Herndon and Mat Dryhurst drawing on their long-standing engagement in group singing projects.
Annalisa Giacinti visited them in their studio, discussing understanding AI as a collective achievement:
www.berlinartlink.com/2025/11/25/h...
Annalisa Giacinti visited them in their studio, discussing understanding AI as a collective achievement:
www.berlinartlink.com/2025/11/25/h...
www.berlinartlink.com
November 25, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Currently on view at KW, ‘Starmirror’ is a project by Holly Herndon and Mat Dryhurst drawing on their long-standing engagement in group singing projects.
Annalisa Giacinti visited them in their studio, discussing understanding AI as a collective achievement:
www.berlinartlink.com/2025/11/25/h...
Annalisa Giacinti visited them in their studio, discussing understanding AI as a collective achievement:
www.berlinartlink.com/2025/11/25/h...
Dec 4–7, PAF Olomouc International Festival of Animation and Contemporary Art returns. The 2025 edition, titled ‘Pinocchio Paradox,’ promises 4 days of screenings, performances, exhibitions, talks, concerts and a children’s program, as well as new commissions:
www.berlinartlink.com/2025/11/25/p...
www.berlinartlink.com/2025/11/25/p...
www.berlinartlink.com
November 25, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Dec 4–7, PAF Olomouc International Festival of Animation and Contemporary Art returns. The 2025 edition, titled ‘Pinocchio Paradox,’ promises 4 days of screenings, performances, exhibitions, talks, concerts and a children’s program, as well as new commissions:
www.berlinartlink.com/2025/11/25/p...
www.berlinartlink.com/2025/11/25/p...
At Gropius Bau, exhibition ‘I’M NOT HERE FORRRRR…’ by Ligia Lewis engages negotiates between bodies physically present and ones that appear only as traces.
As part of our feature topic Ghosts, Josefin Granetoft writes on moving between synchrony and collapse:
www.berlinartlink.com/2025/11/21/l...
As part of our feature topic Ghosts, Josefin Granetoft writes on moving between synchrony and collapse:
www.berlinartlink.com/2025/11/21/l...
www.berlinartlink.com
November 25, 2025 at 9:15 AM
At Gropius Bau, exhibition ‘I’M NOT HERE FORRRRR…’ by Ligia Lewis engages negotiates between bodies physically present and ones that appear only as traces.
As part of our feature topic Ghosts, Josefin Granetoft writes on moving between synchrony and collapse:
www.berlinartlink.com/2025/11/21/l...
As part of our feature topic Ghosts, Josefin Granetoft writes on moving between synchrony and collapse:
www.berlinartlink.com/2025/11/21/l...
This week, both Ligia Lewis’ ‘Wayward Chant’ at Gropius Bau and ‘Sissy Smut’ at Volksbühne centre on the power of communal presence.
See the full list of events:
See the full list of events:
www.berlinartlink.com
November 24, 2025 at 11:14 AM
This week, both Ligia Lewis’ ‘Wayward Chant’ at Gropius Bau and ‘Sissy Smut’ at Volksbühne centre on the power of communal presence.
See the full list of events:
See the full list of events:
At Performa 2025, Aria Dean unveils ‘The Color Scheme,’ a new theatrical work inspired by a 1923 meeting between two Black American expatriates in Berlin’s Tiergarten.
Read Eve Rogers' interview with Dean discussing imperially-funded monuments of Siegesallee:
www.berlinartlink.com/2025/11/21/a...
Read Eve Rogers' interview with Dean discussing imperially-funded monuments of Siegesallee:
www.berlinartlink.com/2025/11/21/a...
www.berlinartlink.com
November 24, 2025 at 8:25 AM
At Performa 2025, Aria Dean unveils ‘The Color Scheme,’ a new theatrical work inspired by a 1923 meeting between two Black American expatriates in Berlin’s Tiergarten.
Read Eve Rogers' interview with Dean discussing imperially-funded monuments of Siegesallee:
www.berlinartlink.com/2025/11/21/a...
Read Eve Rogers' interview with Dean discussing imperially-funded monuments of Siegesallee:
www.berlinartlink.com/2025/11/21/a...
‘Bolero Bordello’ is Capitain Petzel’s first solo show of Paris-based artist Matthew Lutz-Kinoy.
Chris Erik Thomas interviews Lutz-Kinoy, discussing colors being interdependent, disciplined chaos, and a rhythmic, sensual, playful, ecstatic unfolding:
www.berlinartlink.com/2025/11/20/m...
Chris Erik Thomas interviews Lutz-Kinoy, discussing colors being interdependent, disciplined chaos, and a rhythmic, sensual, playful, ecstatic unfolding:
www.berlinartlink.com/2025/11/20/m...
www.berlinartlink.com
November 21, 2025 at 3:55 PM
‘Bolero Bordello’ is Capitain Petzel’s first solo show of Paris-based artist Matthew Lutz-Kinoy.
Chris Erik Thomas interviews Lutz-Kinoy, discussing colors being interdependent, disciplined chaos, and a rhythmic, sensual, playful, ecstatic unfolding:
www.berlinartlink.com/2025/11/20/m...
Chris Erik Thomas interviews Lutz-Kinoy, discussing colors being interdependent, disciplined chaos, and a rhythmic, sensual, playful, ecstatic unfolding:
www.berlinartlink.com/2025/11/20/m...
Nov 26, Sissy Smut is back for its 6th edition taking over Volksbühne with a night of queer cinema, smut + uninhibited performances. Questioning the cyclical nature of fascism, it unites critical theory with the more transgressive + camp side of the queer scene:
www.berlinartlink.com/2025/11/18/s...
www.berlinartlink.com/2025/11/18/s...
www.berlinartlink.com
November 21, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Nov 26, Sissy Smut is back for its 6th edition taking over Volksbühne with a night of queer cinema, smut + uninhibited performances. Questioning the cyclical nature of fascism, it unites critical theory with the more transgressive + camp side of the queer scene:
www.berlinartlink.com/2025/11/18/s...
www.berlinartlink.com/2025/11/18/s...
Opening tonight at Flutgraben, Gaza Biennale presents ‘Berlin Pavilion,’ featuring 30 artists finding ways to utilize art to resist genocide. From Nov 22–Dec 21, exhibitions and a program of talks, workshops, listening sessions and screenings will be presented:
www.berlinartlink.com/2025/11/18/g...
www.berlinartlink.com/2025/11/18/g...
Berlin Art Link | Contemporary Art & Culture Magazine
Berlin Art Link is an online magazine presenting a diversity of perspectives in contemporary art and culture through an unconventionally critical lens.
www.berlinartlink.com
November 21, 2025 at 10:43 AM
Opening tonight at Flutgraben, Gaza Biennale presents ‘Berlin Pavilion,’ featuring 30 artists finding ways to utilize art to resist genocide. From Nov 22–Dec 21, exhibitions and a program of talks, workshops, listening sessions and screenings will be presented:
www.berlinartlink.com/2025/11/18/g...
www.berlinartlink.com/2025/11/18/g...
Sign up to our newsletter to receive weekly listings of must-see events in the city. Every other Friday, we also release Editorial Highlights featuring a selection of the studio visits, critical exhibition reviews, interviews + videos we publish:
dashboard.mailerlite.com/forms/107242...
dashboard.mailerlite.com/forms/107242...
BerlinArtLink Newsletter Sign-Up
dashboard.mailerlite.com
November 18, 2025 at 11:11 AM
Sign up to our newsletter to receive weekly listings of must-see events in the city. Every other Friday, we also release Editorial Highlights featuring a selection of the studio visits, critical exhibition reviews, interviews + videos we publish:
dashboard.mailerlite.com/forms/107242...
dashboard.mailerlite.com/forms/107242...
Sign up to our newsletter to receive weekly listings of must-see events in the city. Every other Friday, we also release Editorial Highlights featuring a selection of the studio visits, critical exhibition reviews, interviews + videos we publish:
dashboard.mailerlite.com/forms/107242...
dashboard.mailerlite.com/forms/107242...
BerlinArtLink Newsletter Sign-Up
dashboard.mailerlite.com
November 18, 2025 at 11:10 AM
Sign up to our newsletter to receive weekly listings of must-see events in the city. Every other Friday, we also release Editorial Highlights featuring a selection of the studio visits, critical exhibition reviews, interviews + videos we publish:
dashboard.mailerlite.com/forms/107242...
dashboard.mailerlite.com/forms/107242...
Lyra Pramuk is an American, Berlin-based composer who understands music as a form of devotion. Kim Budd visited her, discussing Pramuk’s ability to synthesize and translate knowledge, honoring indigenous musical cultures, and new narratives of self-liberation:
www.berlinartlink.com/2025/11/17/l...
www.berlinartlink.com/2025/11/17/l...
www.berlinartlink.com
November 18, 2025 at 10:41 AM
Lyra Pramuk is an American, Berlin-based composer who understands music as a form of devotion. Kim Budd visited her, discussing Pramuk’s ability to synthesize and translate knowledge, honoring indigenous musical cultures, and new narratives of self-liberation:
www.berlinartlink.com/2025/11/17/l...
www.berlinartlink.com/2025/11/17/l...
Exhibitions pertaining to our feature topic Ghosts are ever present this week in Berlin; multiple shows engage with the theme of dispersed histories.
See the full list of events:
See the full list of events:
www.berlinartlink.com
November 17, 2025 at 11:10 AM
Exhibitions pertaining to our feature topic Ghosts are ever present this week in Berlin; multiple shows engage with the theme of dispersed histories.
See the full list of events:
See the full list of events:
Last month, the Barbican performed ‘Prayers for a Hungry Ghost’ by Elisabeth Gunawan following a family whose patriarch is dragged to the spirit realm.
As part of our feature topic Ghosts, William Kherbek writes on hauntology + the self understood as a ghost:
www.berlinartlink.com/2025/11/14/e...
As part of our feature topic Ghosts, William Kherbek writes on hauntology + the self understood as a ghost:
www.berlinartlink.com/2025/11/14/e...
www.berlinartlink.com
November 14, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Last month, the Barbican performed ‘Prayers for a Hungry Ghost’ by Elisabeth Gunawan following a family whose patriarch is dragged to the spirit realm.
As part of our feature topic Ghosts, William Kherbek writes on hauntology + the self understood as a ghost:
www.berlinartlink.com/2025/11/14/e...
As part of our feature topic Ghosts, William Kherbek writes on hauntology + the self understood as a ghost:
www.berlinartlink.com/2025/11/14/e...
Performa Biennial celebrates 20th years with live commissions across NYC Nov 1–23. Incl. is ‘Lithuanian Pavilion Without Walls,’ a program building on historic links between Lithuania and NYC’s experimental scene, with Lina Lapelytė, Pakui Hardware + more:
www.berlinartlink.com/2025/11/14/p...
www.berlinartlink.com/2025/11/14/p...
www.berlinartlink.com
November 14, 2025 at 10:04 AM
Performa Biennial celebrates 20th years with live commissions across NYC Nov 1–23. Incl. is ‘Lithuanian Pavilion Without Walls,’ a program building on historic links between Lithuania and NYC’s experimental scene, with Lina Lapelytė, Pakui Hardware + more:
www.berlinartlink.com/2025/11/14/p...
www.berlinartlink.com/2025/11/14/p...
Our top picks for events in Berlin this weekend include:
𝗝𝘂𝗹𝗶𝗮𝗻 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗿𝗶è𝗿𝗲: ‘𝗕𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗸 𝗦𝗺𝗼𝗸𝗲𝗿’
Exhibition opening @ Dittrich Schlechtriem
Saturday, Nov. 15; 6–8pm
𝗔𝘆𝗻𝘂𝗿 𝗗𝗼ğ𝗮𝗻
Concert @ Maxim Gorki Theater
Saturday, Nov. 15; 8:30pm
www.berlinartlink.com/2025/11/10/t...
𝗝𝘂𝗹𝗶𝗮𝗻 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗿𝗶è𝗿𝗲: ‘𝗕𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗸 𝗦𝗺𝗼𝗸𝗲𝗿’
Exhibition opening @ Dittrich Schlechtriem
Saturday, Nov. 15; 6–8pm
𝗔𝘆𝗻𝘂𝗿 𝗗𝗼ğ𝗮𝗻
Concert @ Maxim Gorki Theater
Saturday, Nov. 15; 8:30pm
www.berlinartlink.com/2025/11/10/t...
www.berlinartlink.com
November 14, 2025 at 9:25 AM
Our top picks for events in Berlin this weekend include:
𝗝𝘂𝗹𝗶𝗮𝗻 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗿𝗶è𝗿𝗲: ‘𝗕𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗸 𝗦𝗺𝗼𝗸𝗲𝗿’
Exhibition opening @ Dittrich Schlechtriem
Saturday, Nov. 15; 6–8pm
𝗔𝘆𝗻𝘂𝗿 𝗗𝗼ğ𝗮𝗻
Concert @ Maxim Gorki Theater
Saturday, Nov. 15; 8:30pm
www.berlinartlink.com/2025/11/10/t...
𝗝𝘂𝗹𝗶𝗮𝗻 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗿𝗶è𝗿𝗲: ‘𝗕𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗸 𝗦𝗺𝗼𝗸𝗲𝗿’
Exhibition opening @ Dittrich Schlechtriem
Saturday, Nov. 15; 6–8pm
𝗔𝘆𝗻𝘂𝗿 𝗗𝗼ğ𝗮𝗻
Concert @ Maxim Gorki Theater
Saturday, Nov. 15; 8:30pm
www.berlinartlink.com/2025/11/10/t...
Addressing the social and ethical issues raised by the increasing use of AI in medicine, kennedy+swan’s exhibition ‘The Red Queen Effect’ problematises understanding AI as a neutral cure-all.
On view at Schering Stiftung until December 12:
scheringstiftung.de/en/projektra...
On view at Schering Stiftung until December 12:
scheringstiftung.de/en/projektra...
kennedy+swan The Red Queen Effect – Schering Stiftung
scheringstiftung.de
November 14, 2025 at 9:23 AM
Addressing the social and ethical issues raised by the increasing use of AI in medicine, kennedy+swan’s exhibition ‘The Red Queen Effect’ problematises understanding AI as a neutral cure-all.
On view at Schering Stiftung until December 12:
scheringstiftung.de/en/projektra...
On view at Schering Stiftung until December 12:
scheringstiftung.de/en/projektra...
Christelle Oyiri’s installation ‘Dead God Flow’ engaged with the figure of the rapper as both martyr and gladiator.
As the first article in Ghosts, Eve Rogers writes on inheritance, welcome hauntings, and how music can make viable and resonant afterlife:
www.berlinartlink.com/2025/11/11/c...
As the first article in Ghosts, Eve Rogers writes on inheritance, welcome hauntings, and how music can make viable and resonant afterlife:
www.berlinartlink.com/2025/11/11/c...
www.berlinartlink.com
November 11, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Christelle Oyiri’s installation ‘Dead God Flow’ engaged with the figure of the rapper as both martyr and gladiator.
As the first article in Ghosts, Eve Rogers writes on inheritance, welcome hauntings, and how music can make viable and resonant afterlife:
www.berlinartlink.com/2025/11/11/c...
As the first article in Ghosts, Eve Rogers writes on inheritance, welcome hauntings, and how music can make viable and resonant afterlife:
www.berlinartlink.com/2025/11/11/c...
Open Nov 13, AdK presents ‘Every Artist Must Take Sides – Resonances of Eslanda and Paul Robeson.’
Grounded in words exclaimed by the civil rights activists in 1937, it asks what it means to align art with action, incl. works by Masimba Hwati + Ariel Orah:
www.berlinartlink.com/2025/11/11/e...
Grounded in words exclaimed by the civil rights activists in 1937, it asks what it means to align art with action, incl. works by Masimba Hwati + Ariel Orah:
www.berlinartlink.com/2025/11/11/e...
www.berlinartlink.com
November 11, 2025 at 10:38 AM
Open Nov 13, AdK presents ‘Every Artist Must Take Sides – Resonances of Eslanda and Paul Robeson.’
Grounded in words exclaimed by the civil rights activists in 1937, it asks what it means to align art with action, incl. works by Masimba Hwati + Ariel Orah:
www.berlinartlink.com/2025/11/11/e...
Grounded in words exclaimed by the civil rights activists in 1937, it asks what it means to align art with action, incl. works by Masimba Hwati + Ariel Orah:
www.berlinartlink.com/2025/11/11/e...
This week, Schloss Biesdorf and Futurium open group shows exploring the ocean’s symbolism. Die Zeit ist ein Ozean sees time as an ever-moving sea, while Ocean Futures explores how oceans link our histories and future.
See the full list at the link in bio.
See the full list at the link in bio.
www.berlinartlink.com
November 10, 2025 at 11:02 AM
This week, Schloss Biesdorf and Futurium open group shows exploring the ocean’s symbolism. Die Zeit ist ein Ozean sees time as an ever-moving sea, while Ocean Futures explores how oceans link our histories and future.
See the full list at the link in bio.
See the full list at the link in bio.
Introducing our feature topic for November + December, Ghosts.
In the shadow of Halloween and Dia de los Muertos, feature articles delve into the spectral. We also look at how history leaves traces that persist despite attempts to bury or forget them:
www.berlinartlink.com/2025/11/06/l...
In the shadow of Halloween and Dia de los Muertos, feature articles delve into the spectral. We also look at how history leaves traces that persist despite attempts to bury or forget them:
www.berlinartlink.com/2025/11/06/l...
www.berlinartlink.com
November 7, 2025 at 10:49 AM
Introducing our feature topic for November + December, Ghosts.
In the shadow of Halloween and Dia de los Muertos, feature articles delve into the spectral. We also look at how history leaves traces that persist despite attempts to bury or forget them:
www.berlinartlink.com/2025/11/06/l...
In the shadow of Halloween and Dia de los Muertos, feature articles delve into the spectral. We also look at how history leaves traces that persist despite attempts to bury or forget them:
www.berlinartlink.com/2025/11/06/l...
Our top selects for events in Berlin this weekend include:
𝗥𝗮𝗼𝘂𝗹 𝗛𝗮𝘂𝘀𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗻: ‘𝗩𝗶𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻. 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝘃𝗼𝗸𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻. 𝗗𝗮𝗱𝗮.’
Exhibition opening at Berlinische Galerie
Friday, Nov. 7; 7pm
𝗝𝗼𝗿𝗱𝗮𝗻 𝗦𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗳𝗲𝗿
Screening at Video Art at Midnight
Friday, Nov. 7; midnight
www.berlinartlink.com/2025/11/03/t...
𝗥𝗮𝗼𝘂𝗹 𝗛𝗮𝘂𝘀𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗻: ‘𝗩𝗶𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻. 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝘃𝗼𝗸𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻. 𝗗𝗮𝗱𝗮.’
Exhibition opening at Berlinische Galerie
Friday, Nov. 7; 7pm
𝗝𝗼𝗿𝗱𝗮𝗻 𝗦𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗳𝗲𝗿
Screening at Video Art at Midnight
Friday, Nov. 7; midnight
www.berlinartlink.com/2025/11/03/t...
www.berlinartlink.com
November 7, 2025 at 9:18 AM
Our top selects for events in Berlin this weekend include:
𝗥𝗮𝗼𝘂𝗹 𝗛𝗮𝘂𝘀𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗻: ‘𝗩𝗶𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻. 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝘃𝗼𝗸𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻. 𝗗𝗮𝗱𝗮.’
Exhibition opening at Berlinische Galerie
Friday, Nov. 7; 7pm
𝗝𝗼𝗿𝗱𝗮𝗻 𝗦𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗳𝗲𝗿
Screening at Video Art at Midnight
Friday, Nov. 7; midnight
www.berlinartlink.com/2025/11/03/t...
𝗥𝗮𝗼𝘂𝗹 𝗛𝗮𝘂𝘀𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗻: ‘𝗩𝗶𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻. 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝘃𝗼𝗸𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻. 𝗗𝗮𝗱𝗮.’
Exhibition opening at Berlinische Galerie
Friday, Nov. 7; 7pm
𝗝𝗼𝗿𝗱𝗮𝗻 𝗦𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗳𝗲𝗿
Screening at Video Art at Midnight
Friday, Nov. 7; midnight
www.berlinartlink.com/2025/11/03/t...
Our international exhibitions list for November include ‘Ukrainian Diary,’ a major retrospective of artist Boris Mikhailov + his decades-long engagement with Ukraine’s social + political landscape at Photographers’ Gallery, London.
See the full list:
www.berlinartlink.com/2025/11/04/t...
See the full list:
www.berlinartlink.com/2025/11/04/t...
www.berlinartlink.com
November 4, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Our international exhibitions list for November include ‘Ukrainian Diary,’ a major retrospective of artist Boris Mikhailov + his decades-long engagement with Ukraine’s social + political landscape at Photographers’ Gallery, London.
See the full list:
www.berlinartlink.com/2025/11/04/t...
See the full list:
www.berlinartlink.com/2025/11/04/t...
Gropius Bau presents ‘Konstellationen,’ the largest survey of works by Diane Arbus featuring 454 darkroom prints.
As the final instalment in Weird, Olivia Noss writes on the feeling of being surveilled in the exhibition architecture + worshipping the eccentric:
www.berlinartlink.com/2025/10/31/d...
As the final instalment in Weird, Olivia Noss writes on the feeling of being surveilled in the exhibition architecture + worshipping the eccentric:
www.berlinartlink.com/2025/10/31/d...
www.berlinartlink.com
November 4, 2025 at 9:48 AM
Gropius Bau presents ‘Konstellationen,’ the largest survey of works by Diane Arbus featuring 454 darkroom prints.
As the final instalment in Weird, Olivia Noss writes on the feeling of being surveilled in the exhibition architecture + worshipping the eccentric:
www.berlinartlink.com/2025/10/31/d...
As the final instalment in Weird, Olivia Noss writes on the feeling of being surveilled in the exhibition architecture + worshipping the eccentric:
www.berlinartlink.com/2025/10/31/d...
‘I Want My Crown’ is an exhibition by Bruce McLean, presented by Modern One in Edinburgh on his 80th birthday. Leaning into the artist’s sharp wit as part of feature topic Weird, Johanna Siegler discusses keeping jokes alive + the artist getting the last laugh:
www.berlinartlink.com/2025/10/28/b...
www.berlinartlink.com/2025/10/28/b...
www.berlinartlink.com
November 4, 2025 at 8:54 AM
‘I Want My Crown’ is an exhibition by Bruce McLean, presented by Modern One in Edinburgh on his 80th birthday. Leaning into the artist’s sharp wit as part of feature topic Weird, Johanna Siegler discusses keeping jokes alive + the artist getting the last laugh:
www.berlinartlink.com/2025/10/28/b...
www.berlinartlink.com/2025/10/28/b...
At Sophiensaele, Djibril Sall presents ‘DJAM LEELII, a Necroromantic,’ a performance mapping the topography of deathly Blackness onto the Atlantic Ocean.
This is one of the events, happening across Berlin, included in our ‘The Week’ list. See the full list of events:
This is one of the events, happening across Berlin, included in our ‘The Week’ list. See the full list of events:
www.berlinartlink.com
November 3, 2025 at 10:48 AM
At Sophiensaele, Djibril Sall presents ‘DJAM LEELII, a Necroromantic,’ a performance mapping the topography of deathly Blackness onto the Atlantic Ocean.
This is one of the events, happening across Berlin, included in our ‘The Week’ list. See the full list of events:
This is one of the events, happening across Berlin, included in our ‘The Week’ list. See the full list of events: