The exhibition by Gulnur Mukazhanova is conceived as a contemporary intervention within the historical space of Kunsthaus Dahlem. Through a spatial installation made of textile, soft, body-related materials, the artist responds to the building’s monumental architecture, whose history has been shaped by ideological attributions as well as political upheavals.

Opening: 4 July 2026
Doors open at 11 am, welcome address at 3 pm

Melanie Ender has conceived delicate, site-specific installations for her exhibition at Kunsthaus Dahlem. Presented in the former studio of Arno Breker, one of the principal monumental sculptors of National Socialism, they resist any claim to permanence. The artist examines how structures designed for stability and control reveal, over time, their openness to transformation. Straight lines become distorted, seemingly stiff metal rods balance in fragile situations – Ender’s works remain sensitive and responsive to their surroundings. In this way, they dissolve rigid orders and allow processes of change to become tangible.

Public presentation of works by Emma Zimmermann, graduate of UdK Berlin, in the former studio of Bernhard Heiliger in the East Wing of Kunsthaus Dahlem

Opening: 5 June 2026, 6 pm

The exhibition traces specific cultural and political developments in Socialist Yugoslavia from 1945 to 1960, a period marked by the rapid evolution of formal visual language and content. While acknowledging this cultural phenomenon, the curatorial framework also seeks to foreground its pragmatic background and raison d’être, which points to the fact that great cultural breakthroughs have often come at the expense of human suffering.

With the exhibition Emilio Vedova – More than Movement for Its Own Sake, Kunsthaus Dahlem dedicates a show to the Venetian artist that focuses on his Berlin years from 1963 to 1965. This period marks an important phase in Vedova’s career, during which he embarked on new artistic paths.