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The 13th Berlin Biennale for Contemporary Art passing the fugitive on began with a successful opening week. More than 20.000 visitors saw the exhibition at its four locations in Berlin. At the opening, 2000 professional visitors and 350 members of the press were registered.

The 13th Berlin Biennale for Contemporary Art titled passing the fugitive on opens on the evening of June 13, 2025, 7-10 pm, at four locations in Berlin with over 170 works by more than 60 artists. More than half of the artworks are newly commissioned for the exhibition.

Titled passing the fugitive on, the 13th Berlin Biennale for Contemporary Art opens on June 13, 2025. The international exhibition brings together over 60 artists and presents more than 170 works that open windows into a range of geographical contexts across four venues: KW Institute for Contemporary Art, Sophiensæle, Hamburger Bahnhof – Nationalgalerie der Gegenwart, and a former Courthouse on Lehrter Straße in Berlin-Moabit.

The 13th Berlin Biennale for Contemporary Art is curated by Zasha Colah. Valentina Viviani is Assistant Curator. The exhibition opens on June 14 and runs until September 14, 2025.

During the press preview on June 12 and 13, all four venues will be open from 10 am to 6 pm: KW Institute for Contemporary Art, Sophiensæle, Hamburger Bahnhof – Nationalgalerie der Gegenwart, and the former Courthouse Lehrter Straße in Berlin-Moabit. The press conference of the 13th Berlin Biennale for Contemporary Art will take place on June 12 at 11 am at Sophiensæle (Festsaal).

From June 14 to September 14, 2025, the 13th Berlin Biennale for Contemporary Art will present its program across four venues: KW Institute for Contemporary Art, Sophiensæle, Hamburger Bahnhof – Nationalgalerie der Gegenwart, and a former courthouse on Lehrter Straße in Berlin-Moabit. By introducing the former Courthouse Lehrter Straße, the Berlin Biennale is opening a new space for contemporary art in Berlin.

The 13th Berlin Biennale for Contemporary Art opens to the public from June 14 to September 14, 2025 and is curated by Zasha Colah. As Assistant Curator, the team of the 13th Berlin Biennale warmly welcomes Valentina Viviani.

The Berlin Biennale for Contemporary Art is pleased to announce and warmly welcome the curator of the 13th edition, Zasha Colah. Zasha Colah is a curator and writer. Her exhibitions and texts have been an exploration of artistic imagination under conditions of sustained oppression, often through the prisms of liveliness and restorative laughter.