Gallery Weekend Berlin and Major Exhibitions Across Europe
The article highlights several art events across Europe for the long weekend. In Aachen, Elen Braga's exhibition 'Ich bin wie du' at Neuer Aachener Kunstverein (May 3–Jul 26) uses textiles, installations, and performances to explore identity, migration, and belonging. Berlin hosts the Gallery Weekend (May 1–3) with 50 galleries at 66 locations, plus parallel events. Beeple's 'Regular Animals' at Neue Nationalgalerie (until May 10) features robotic dogs with silicone heads of tech oligarchs and artists, using AI to filter perception. Lina Lapelytė's Chanel Commission 'We Make Years Out of Hours' at Hamburger Bahnhof (until Jan 10, 2027) transforms the space with 400,000 wooden blocks and performers singing texts by Ocean Vuong and Khalil Gibran. In St Ives, Tate St Ives presents Aleksandra Kasuba's first UK survey 'Shelters for the Senses' (May 2–Oct 4), focusing on her textile, immersive environments. Ulm's Kunsthalle Weishaupt opens 'Wenn Farben Formen finden' (May 2–Oct 4) with works by Albers, Arp, Bill, Stella, and others. Vienna's Kunsthalle Wien presents 'Lebt und arbeitet in Wien' (until Oct 26), curated by Daniel Baumann, Michelle Cotton, and Monika Georgieva, featuring 56 artists including Jojo Gronostay, Iman Issa, and Jakob Lena Knebl.
Key facts
- Elen Braga's exhibition 'Ich bin wie du' runs May 3–Jul 26 at Neuer Aachener Kunstverein.
- Gallery Weekend Berlin takes place May 1–3 with 50 galleries at 66 locations.
- Beeple's 'Regular Animals' at Neue Nationalgalerie Berlin is on view until May 10.
- Lina Lapelytė's 'We Make Years Out of Hours' at Hamburger Bahnhof runs until Jan 10, 2027.
- Aleksandra Kasuba's 'Shelters for the Senses' at Tate St Ives runs May 2–Oct 4.
- 'Wenn Farben Formen finden' at Kunsthalle Weishaupt Ulm runs May 2–Oct 4.
- 'Lebt und arbeitet in Wien' at Kunsthalle Wien runs until Oct 26, curated by Baumann, Cotton, Georgieva.
- Beeple's installation uses robotic dogs with silicone heads and AI to filter perception.
Entities
Artists
- Elen Braga
- Beeple
- Lina Lapelytė
- Aleksandra Kasuba
- Josef Albers
- Hans Arp
- Max Bill
- Geneviève Claisse
- Ulrich Erben
- Karl Gerstner
- Auguste Herbin
- Georg Karl Pfahler
- Frank Stella
- Victor Vasarely
- Jojo Gronostay
- Iman Issa
- Bpuchra Khalili
- Jakob Lena Knebl
- Till Megerle
- Hans Schabus
- Sergei Tcherepnin
- Emily Wardill
- Ocean Vuong
- Khalil Gibran
- Marianne Rosenberg
- Holly Herndon
- Shepard Fairey
- Monty Richthofen
- Anna Schachinger
Institutions
- Neuer Aachener Kunstverein
- Wouters Galerie
- Gallery Weekend Berlin
- Neue Nationalgalerie
- Hamburger Bahnhof – Nationalgalerie der Gegenwart
- Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
- Tate St Ives
- Kunsthalle Weishaupt
- Kunsthalle Wien
- Sophie Tappeiner
- Chanel
Locations
- Aachen
- Berlin
- St Ives
- Ulm
- Vienna
- Austria
- United Kingdom
- Germany
- Brussels
- Belgium