Exhibition Reviews

Expert reviews of current and upcoming exhibitions — written by ArtSlaw.

C.B. Evans' Reality or Not at Schinkel Pavillon: Digital Rebellion in the Heart of Berlin

C.B. Evans' first Berlin solo exhibition interrogates algorithmic reality through film, sculpture, and NATO blankets. A sharp, timely exploration of how we construct truth.

16 August 2026 C.B. EvansSchinkel PavillonBerlincontemporary art
Matthias Noggler's 'The Uselessness of Defense': Defanging Violence Through Paint

Matthias Noggler transforms the pistol into abstract forms in a boldly conceptual exhibition at Salzburg's St. Andrew's Church, neutralizing violence through serial deformation.

25 July 2026 Matthias NogglerLayrSalzburgContemporary abstraction
Panthalassa: J. Parker Valentine Returns to Galerie Max Mayer with Fluid Forms and Evolved Vision

J. Parker Valentine's fifth solo at Galerie Max Mayer explores transformation through drawings, bronze sculptures, and the gallery's first outdoor installation.

22 July 2026 J. Parker ValentineGalerie Max MayerBerlinContemporary Drawing
Daniel Buren Returns to Konrad Fischer with Monumental Mirrored Works

Buren's new series of large-scale circular mirrors debuts at Konrad Fischer Galerie Berlin, extending his site-specific practice across architecture and facade.

21 May 2026 Daniel BurenKonrad Fischer GalerieBerlinConceptual Art
Ruin at the German Pavilion: A Haunting Reckoning with Divided Germany

Henrike Naumann and Sung Tieu's 'Ruin' at Venice Biennale 2026 transforms the German Pavilion into a meditation on post-Cold War memory, immigrant erasure, and the ghosts that haunt reunification.

17 May 2026 Henrike NaumannSung TieuGerman PavilionVenice Biennale 2026
Stella Zhong at Trautwein Herleth: Hermetic Worlds of Radical Scale

Stella Zhong's first German solo show at Trautwein Herleth during Gallery Weekend Berlin 2026 presents intricate sculptural environments exploring scale, perception, and cosmic minutiae.

30 April 2026 Stella ZhongTrautwein HerlethBerlincontemporary sculpture
Rey Akdogan's Carousels at Haus am Waldsee: Temporal Poetry from Industrial Detritus

Rey Akdogan transforms salvaged materials into mesmerizing rotating projections. A meditative exhibition that rewires our relationship with visibility itself.

29 April 2026 Rey AkdoganHaus am WaldseeBerlincontemporary art
What's Going On? How Contemporary Art Confronts a Restored Monument at Berlin's Mies van der Rohe Haus

New director Dennis Brzek inaugurates his program with a provocative group exhibition exploring memory, absence, and the paradox of architectural restoration.

25 April 2026 contemporary artMies van der RoheBerlinarchitectural restoration
Artwork by Melvin Way
Teresa Kutala Firmino's 'Tomorrow, I Become a Woman': Reclaiming Narratives from War's Shadow

South African artist Teresa Kutala Firmino explores accelerated girlhood and gendered trauma in her powerful mixed media exhibition at Galerie Nagel Draxler, Cologne.

22 April 2026 Teresa Kutala FirminoGalerie Nagel DraxlerCologneContemporary African Art
Painting by Tereza Kutala Firmino of the exhibition Tomorrow, I Become a Woman at Nagel Draxler Cologne
Yayoi Kusama's 70-Year Retrospective Takes Over Cologne's Museum Ludwig in 2026

Discover 300+ works spanning Kusama's entire career at Museum Ludwig Cologne (March 14–August 2, 2026). Iconic Infinity Mirror Rooms and never-before-seen pieces.

20 April 2026 Yayoi KusamaMuseum LudwigCologneContemporary Art
Pasta Bag by Yayoi Kusama
Carolyn Lazard's 'Corpus': Medical Objects as Monuments to Illness and Class

MacArthur Fellow Carolyn Lazard's Berlin debut examines pharmaceutical culture through found objects and inverted perspectives at Trautwein Herleth.

14 April 2026 Carolyn LazardTrautwein HerlethBerlinconceptual art