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About the Berlin Biennale
The Berlin Biennale is a large art exhibition
in the city of Berlin.
An art exhibition is a special event.
Visitors can look at different works of art.
Many people who work with arts
meet each other.
Works of art are things like:
– paintings
– sculptures
– films
It happens every two years.
The Berlin Biennale is the short name for:
The 13th Berlin Biennale for Contemporary Art.
Contemporary art is today's art.
Usually, it means:
The artists are still alive.
You can see many experimental works of art.
Experimental works of art are pieces
that look at ideas, ways of working,
or things you make art with in a new way.
The Berlin Biennale started in 1998.
Its goal is:
To let as many people as possible see:
– Art exhibitions and events.
– New kinds of art. Brave art. Political art.
It is a place where artists and curators can try new things.
A curator is a person who chooses works of art
for the exhibition and organizes the exhibition.
The Berlin Biennale is a place for art, not just for earning money.
The Berlin Biennale shows new art from Germany
and other countries around the world.
There are exhibitions like this in many countries.
The Berlin Biennale is one of the most important.
It tries to show art that not many people have seen before.
The Berlin Biennale brings together:
– Artists
– People who think about art
– People who like art
It gets people talking in Berlin.
You can find out more about the Berlin Biennale
from past years here:
institutional website of the Berlin Biennale.
About the 13th Berlin Biennale
The Berlin Biennale takes place from
14th June to 14th September 2025.
The Berlin Biennale shows art by more than 60 artists
from around the world.
There will be more than 170 works of art on display.
You will find the art at 4 different places in Berlin:
– KW Institute for Contemporary Art
– Sophiensæle
– Hamburger Bahnhof – Nationalgalerie der Gegenwart
– Former Courthouse Lehrter Straße
What is the exhibition about
The exhibition starts with the idea of foxes living in Berlin.
They are fleeting, running away from something.
Fleeting mean:
It is there for a short time and then gone.
And art shows, like everything else, are fleeting.
That means they do not last forever.
The idea of things disappearing is important for the exhibition.
The 13th Berlin Biennale shows political art.
That is art that deals with social problems.
Things like unemployment or the cost of living rising.
It is art that takes a stand.
Even when there is violence, a war or
the world we live in is being destroyed.
The exhibition asks:
Can art make its own rules?
What happens when the laws are unfair and there is violence?
Can art help us find new ideas?
The title of the exhibition is: Passing the Fugitive on.
This means passing something important on to someone else.
Think of it like a message.
The exhibition gives visitors information
about ideas and feelings of people living in other countries.
Now it is up to you!
Visitors need to take that message and do something with it.
Share it or talk about it.
Even if it is hard.
Zasha Colah was the exhibition's curator.
A curator is a person who chooses works of art
for the exhibition and organizes the exhibition.
Valentina Viviani helped Zasha.