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Due to the increasing infection rate, we have decided to close KW Institute for Contemporary Art with immediate effect until further notice. We want to act responsibly towards you and our employees in order to contain the spread of COVID-19.

We are looking forward to welcoming you soon and will keep you informed of further developments via our website. Our public program continues to operate within the digital sphere. Stay healthy!

Exhibitions

Amelie von Wulffen
17 March – 24 May 21

Leonilson
Drawn 1975–1993
17 March – 24 May 21

KW Digital: The Last Museum
30 April – 6 June 21

Online program

You’re not muted.
Negotiating new meanings through art and education
14 April – 12 May 21

On Film: Hélio Oiticica, Lygia Clark and Arthur Bispo do Rosário
15 April – 24 May 21

Lecture by Tonio Kröner
22 April 21, 7 pm

KW 30 Years Commission:
Katharina Sieverding
Deutschland wird deutscher
27 April – 6 May 21

Pogo Bar Podcasts

News

Recording of the event Stadt und Knete: Talk with Annette Maechtel, Ina Wudtke, Thomas Kilpper, and Kathrin Bentele

Residenz Fahrenbühl, digital reading by Anna Haifisch; Courtesy the artist

Albert Hien in conversation with Léon Kruijswijk

Introduction by Amy Sillman; Courtesy the artist

Amelie von Wulffen At the cool table (2014); Courtesy the artist

On the occasion of Leonilson: Drawn 1975—1993, curator of the exhibition Krist Gruijthuijsen has a conversation with Lisette Lagnado, who was one of the curators of the 11th Berlin Biennale (2020) and who was a co-founder of the estate Projeto Leonilson.

A Paixão de JL (2015): The online film screening is introduced by Léon Kruijswijk, assistant curator of Leonilson: Drawn 1976—1993.

Krist Gruijthuijsen, A Letter for Leo in: Leonilson: Drawn 1975–1993, KW Institute for Contemporary Art and Hatje Cantz Verlag Berlin, 2020

Amelie von Wulffen, exhibition walk-through with curator Anna Gritz, 2020, Production: Tara Afsah, Alexander Brack , Sound: Nalan Karacagil

Leonilson, Drawn 1975–1993, exhibition walk-through with curator Krist Gruijthuijsen, 2020, Production: Tara Afsah, Alexander Brack, Sound: Nalan Karacagil

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Installation view of <i>Leonilson Drawn 1975–1993</i> at KW Institute for Contemporary Art, Berlin 2020; Courtesy Projeto Leonilson; Photo: Frank Sperling

Installation view of Leonilson Drawn 1975–1993 at KW Institute for Contemporary Art, Berlin 2020; Courtesy Projeto Leonilson; Photo: Frank Sperling

Left: Leonilson, <i>Les moments</i>, 1992; middle: <i>Ninguém</i>, 1992; right: <i>Auto-retrato (sic!)</i>, 1993; Installation view of <i>Leonilson Drawn 1975–1993</i> at KW Institute for Contemporary Art, Berlin 2020; Courtesy Projeto Leonilson; Photo: Frank Sperling

Left: Leonilson, Les moments, 1992; middle: Ninguém, 1992; right: Auto-retrato (sic!), 1993; Installation view of Leonilson Drawn 1975–1993 at KW Institute for Contemporary Art, Berlin 2020; Courtesy Projeto Leonilson; Photo: Frank Sperling

Installation view of Leonilson Drawn 1975–1993 at KW Institute for Contemporary Art, Berlin 2020; Courtesy Projeto Leonilson; Photo: Frank Sperling

Leonilson, <i>Instalação sobre duas figuras</i>, 1993; Installation view of <i>Leonilson Drawn 1975–1993</i> at KW Institute for Contemporary Art, Berlin 2020; Courtesy Projeto Leonilson; Photo: Frank Sperling

Leonilson, Instalação sobre duas figuras, 1993; Installation view of Leonilson Drawn 1975–1993 at KW Institute for Contemporary Art, Berlin 2020; Courtesy Projeto Leonilson; Photo: Frank Sperling

<p><a href="https://www.kw-berlin.de/en/artmediation/insideout-kw/"><em>InsideOut KW</em></a>, edition 2: Leonilson, Photo © Katja Zeidler</p>

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Amelie von Wulffen, Installation view of the exhibition <i>Amelie von Wulffen</i> at KW Institute for Contemporary Art, Berlin 2020, Courtesy the artist; Photo: Frank Sperling

Amelie von Wulffen, Installation view of the exhibition Amelie von Wulffen at KW Institute for Contemporary Art, Berlin 2020, Courtesy the artist; Photo: Frank Sperling