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Berlin Reawakens – The Return of Culture

June 11, 2021

Berlin has been on winter hiatus for a year. But now it’s reemerging! An exhibition at Tempelhof Airport is exploring diversity, the Neue Nationalgalerie is freshly renovated and the film industry is booming.

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Babylon Berlin Filmszene Moka Efti
Image: X Filme/ARD Degeto/sky/Beta

Culture defying corona. At long last!

 

Ausstellung "Diversity United"
Image: Courtesy the artists/VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2021

Boundless: Diversity United in Berlin

Ninety artists from 34 countries, all with unique backgrounds – from different generations, regions, religions. Could it get any more diverse? The exhibition at Tempelhof Airport portrays the vibrancy of contemporary European art. Let’s have a look!
 

Watergate
Image: Marie Staggat/parthas verlag


Hyper Hyper! Berlin´s clubs struggling to survive

Oh, Berlin´s clubs! What would the city that never sleeps be without them? Abandoned for the past year, these venues continue to fight for survival. Marie Staggat captured images of locked-down clubs that bear witness to the wild lives left behind.
 

Deutschland Tage der offenen Tür in der Neuen Nationalgalerie
Image: Fabian Sommer/dpa/picture alliance


An Icon Returns: Berlin´s Neue Nationalgalerie

Mies van der Rohe's Neue Nationalgalerie in Berlin represents a milestone in architectural history. The exhibition building is like poetry carved in steel and glass. Closed for renovations for years, it’s now reopening – and more beautiful than ever.
 

Dreharbeiten 4. Staffel "Babylon Berlin" am Rolandufer
Image: Jörg Carstensen/dpa/picture alliance


Booked Out: Berlin is a Film Metropolis

While Hollywood is cooking on the back burner, Berlin is booming. The capital is hosting a whole slew of new productions such as Matrix 4, Babylon Berlin, Spencer and John Wick. Films and series for the world – made in Berlin. Despite corona!
 

BdTD Berlin Gropius Bau | Skulptur "A Bouquet of Love I Saw In the Universe" von Yayoi Kusama
Image: Adam Berry/Getty Images


Love and Peace: A Yayoi Kusama Retrospective in Berlin

A league of her own, with a museum all to herself: After a long wait, Berlin can finally welcome Japan´s superstar Yayoi Kusama. With polka dots and phalluses, she has been creating visionary art for 70 years. This could be the show of the year!

 

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