Berlin Art Week heralded the launch of the iconoclastic culture capital’s A/W art calendar, marking its 15th edition with exhibitions, openings, performances and events across the city. More than 120 museums, galleries, private collections and project spaces took part in this year’s programme and many of the exhibitions remain open for a few months, if a little trip to the European hotspot floats your boat, before winter truly sets in.

Maurizio Cattelan: Night

Maurizio Cattelan’s Night at the Neue Nationalgalerie marked the artist’s first major solo exhibition in Germany in epic style. The exhibition brought together important historical works and new pieces, including Him (2001), Novecento (1997), La Rivoluzione Siamo Noi (2000) and Untitled (2003), alongside a new site-specific installation developed for Mies van der Rohe’s building. The combination is impressive and creates formally interesting dynamics between the artist’s subversive, humourous and on-the-nose iconography.

9 September 2026 – 7 March 2027
Neue Nationalgalerie
Potsdamer Straße 50, Berlin

Silencio Berlin at the former Watergate

As the afterparty for Cattelan, Silencio marked its 15th anniversary with a pre-opening at the former Watergate space on 9 September. The evening featured Richie Hawtin, Ben Klock, BASHKKA and Valentina Magaletti, ahead of the official opening of Silencio’s seven-month pop-up in October.

The project will run from October 2026 until May 2027, with different collectives taking over the space each weekend.

30 October 2026 – May 2027
Former Watergate
Falckensteinstraße 49, Berlin

C/O Berlin

Carrie Mae Weems: The Heart of the Matter, is a stand out show. The first comprehensive retrospective of the artist in Berlin, the exhibition brings together more than 100 photographs and videos spanning more than four decades of Weems’ extraordinary work and is worth a visit alone.

The programme also includes exhibitions by Stelios Kallinikou and Susanne Kriemann, the two winners of the After Nature Prize ’26.

12 September 2026 – 3 February 2027
C/O Berlin
Amerika Haus, Hardenbergstraße 22–24, Berlin

Luisa Rabbia: Containing the Container

A surprise delight in the schedule, Tanya Leighton presented Luisa Rabbia’s Containing the Container. The exhibition was the New York-based artist’s first solo exhibition in Germany and brought together Hilma Af Klimt-esque paintings exploring the female body as a source of energy and change, nature, transformation and networks of support. A stunning body of work sure to take off.

9 September – 10 October 2026
Tanya Leighton
Kurfürstenstraße 24–25, Berlin

Kerstin Brätsch: Die Sein: Para Psychics Expanded (Excerpt)

Galerie Thomas Schulte presented Kerstin Brätsch’s Die Sein: Para Psychics Expanded (Excerpt) as part of Berlin Art Week. The installation transformed the gallery’s Corner Space with a mosaic-like floor work, cardboard honeycomb panels based on motifs from Brätsch’s Stucco Marmo works and drawings from the Para Psychics series, one of the best presentations on show.

11 September – 7 November 2026
Galerie Thomas Schulte
Charlottenstraße 24, Berlin

Berlin Art Week
9–13 September 2026
Berlin, Germany

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