Berlin Snapshot: Art and Culture
Berlin’s cultural landscape is always in motion—layered, unpredictable, and endlessly expansive. With this in mind, we’ve put together a personal selection of worthwhile cultural events and art exhibitions.
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Ólafur Arnalds - Falling Apart Together
17.10.2026 - Admiralspalast
Award-winning artist, composer, and producer Ólafur Arnalds announces today his most daring and adventurous project to date: *Falling Apart Together*, a series of 18 immersive live shows across Europe and the United States that seek to bridge the distance between us. The show transcends the boundaries of what a concert can be,
unveiling the layers we build to feel safe, the moments when those layers begin to crumble, and the sense of intimacy and shared humanity that emerges when we allow ourselves to open up.
Together with his team of dedicated craftspeople and musicians, Ólafur presents a fascinating blend of old and new material in a conceptual show that explores what becomes possible when we open up just enough to collectively break down and dissolve the boundaries of what a concert can be.
Gemäldegalerie - Paintings from the 13th to 18th Century
Permanent exhibition
The Gemäldegalerie holds one of the world’s most remarkable collections of European painting from the 13th to the 18th century. Masterworks by van Eyck, Dürer, Raphael, Caravaggio, Rembrandt, Vermeer and others are displayed across 72 luminous rooms at the Kulturforum.
The collection invites you to trace the arc of Western art—from late medieval altarpieces to the luminous stillness of the Dutch Golden Age. Highlights include Italian Renaissance icons, German Gothic panels, and one of the largest ensembles of Rembrandt paintings in existence, anchored in an octagonal room at the museum’s heart.
Quiet, spacious, and beautifully arranged, this is a place to get lost in.
Feuerle Collection
Permanent exhibition
Inside a renovated World War II telecommunications bunker, The Feuerle Collection offers a rare and reverent encounter: Chinese Imperial furniture, early Khmer sculptures, and works by artists like Anish Kapoor and Zeng Fanzhi are presented side by side in near-darkness.
Designed by architect John Pawson, the space unfolds slowly—cool, meditative, almost subterranean in feel. Light reveals details gradually; sound and scent play active roles. The effect is both intimate and monumental.
Highlights include the world’s first presentation of Chinese Incense Culture as a live, performative art form, held in a dedicated Incense Room, alongside a Sound Room and a submerged Lake Room.
Boros Collection
Permanent exhibition
Link to exhbition & to book a visit
Since 2008, the Boros Collection has presented rotating exhibitions of international contemporary art within a five-story World War II bunker in central Berlin. Transformed by architect Jens Casper into a network of contrasting rooms—some sleek and minimal, others bearing raw traces of the building’s past—the space itself shapes the experience as much as the work on display.
The collection spans painting, sculpture, installation, and photography from 1990 to today. Many pieces are site-specific, engaging directly with the bunker’s layered history as wartime shelter, prison, storage space, and legendary techno club.
Access is by guided tour only, Thursday through Sunday. Booking well in advance is advised.