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Free admission every Sunday

Postponed to 14.12.25 | 5 – 8 pm | Free admission

With the artists in attendance

Closed from 15.12.25 – 15.01.26

16.01.26 | 6 – 10 p.m. | Free admission

Past Events:

13. – 14.09.25 | 12 – 6 pm | Free admission

As part of the exhibition EXILE: Art Without Borders, with the artists in attendance

20.09.25 | 6 – 10 pm | Free admission

The current exhibition EXILE: Art Without Borders brings together 18 outstanding artists from nine countries. The diversity of their artistic positions and cultural backgrounds opens up spaces for understanding. New forms of dialogue give rise to a multi-layered network of ideas that transcends borders.

7 p.m. Welcome in the courtyard

with the artists in attendance

21.09.25 | 18 – Open End | 15€

Jan-Philipp Sendker presents the second book in his Japan trilogy in conversation with Stephan Abarbanell (in German).

7.10.25 | 7 pm

Esra Küçük, Chairwoman of the board Schwarzkopf-Stiftung Junges Europa (in german)

As part of the exhibition EXILE: ART WITHOUT BORDERS, we warmly invite you to a special evening, featuring a keynote lecture by Esra Küçük, one of Germany’s most prominent voices for social participation, cultural diversity, and democratic cohesion.

In her talk, “The Courage to Open Spaces”, Esra Küçük explores how institutions like Haus. Kunst. Mitte. can create spaces that foster connection across boundaries. Especially in the context of exile and migration, such spaces carry a particular responsibility: they hold the power to open access and enable belonging.

Following the lecture, we invite you to a moderated conversation led by André Schmitz.

6.11.25 | 6 – 10 p.m. | Free admission

With the exhibition tiny objects, artburst berlin e.V., in cooperation with Haus. Kunst. Mitte., presents eight small artistic positions.

9.11.25 | 4 pm

We kindly request registration.

As part of the exhibition EXILE: Art Without Borders

Discover, discuss and create together.

We begin with a tour of the exhibition, which features works by artists from Iran, Afghanistan, Syria, Ukraine and other countries. Their works tell of art that transcends borders. A sensory trail offers the opportunity to experience art with all the senses.

Afterwards, young people aged 14 and above, as well as adults, are invited to express their discoveries in their own artistic form. Our education team will be on hand to provide support and inspiration for creative design. A wide range of materials will be available for creating collages or drawings.

Anyone who wishes to do so can display their work in a pop-up exhibition on 29 November 2025 from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. at HAUS.KUNST.MITTE.

15.11.25 | 3 – 6 pm Free admission

18.11.25 | 7 p.m. | €15 (in german)

Tickets are available at the box office. We kindly request that you register in advance.

Amsterdam, 1942: Five years after the propaganda exhibition ‘Degenerate Art’ in Munich, Max Beckmann and his wife Mathilde, known as Quappi, are living in exile. The couple try to forget that Holland has offered them little peace and livelihood since the German invasion by meeting friends and taking trips to the sea.

Against this backdrop, Marianne Ludes unfolds her novel, in which she recounts the life of the famous artist couple in a lively, entertaining and exciting way. She tells of deep love, creative inspiration and an unconventional friendship that is historically documented. The author pays particular attention to Mathilde Beckmann (née von Kaulbach), who was trained as a violinist and singer but gave up her art after marrying Max Beckmann. In her new novel, Marianne Ludes creates a sparkling literary monument to Mathilde.

Set during the Beckmanns' exile in Amsterdam, the novel ties in thematically with our exhibition.

24.11.25 | 5 – 7 pm

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As part of the exhibition EXILE: Art Without Borders

Polyrama - is a museum of life stories that provides a space to learn and listen to different life stories and pathways. The game is a carefully curated format that invites mutual listening and sharing. In small groups of 10-12 people - among them some of the artists - you will share and listen to each others experiences around topics of the exhibition: migration, exile and displacement.

More about the museum and the game: https://www.polyrama.de/en/polyrama-erzaehlspiel

29.11.25 | 3 – 6 p.m. | Free admission

On display are collages and drawings by around 70 participants – from primary school pupils to university students – created during workshops for the exhibition ‘Exile – Art Without Borders’.

The works are personal reactions to the exhibition or answers to the question: ‘What does home mean to you?’ – Is it an address, a person, an object, perhaps a cup, a smell or a sound?