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20 January 2021, 9:00 am CET

30 Years of KW – Institute for Contemporary Art

January 20, 2021
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Absalon, Disposition, 1990. Installation view of the exhibition “Absalon” at KW Institute for Contemporary Art, Berlin 2010. Photography by Uwe Walter. Courtesy of Collection du Fonds régional d’art contemporain Languedoc-Roussillon.
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Hanne Lippard, Flesh, 2016. Installation view at KW Institute for Contemporary Art. Photography by Frank Sperling. Courtesy the artist and LambdaLambdaLambda, Prishtina.
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Installation view of “Leonilson Drawn 1975–1993” at KW Institute for Contemporary Art, Berlin 2020. Photography by Frank Sperling. Courtesy of Projeto Leonilson.
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Franz Ackermann, Helicopter Nr. 21 (Flucht- und Befreiungsfahrzeug), 2003. Installation view of the exhibition “Regarding Terror: The RAF Exhibition” at KW Institute for Contemporary Art, Berlin 2005. Photography by Rainer Jordan. Courtesy the artists.
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Marienbad, Zimmer 001, eternally closed and opened the door. Installation view of the exhibition “Hotel Marienbad” at KW Institute for Contemporary Art, Berlin 2008. Photography by Uwe Walter. Courtesy of the artist.
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Cyprien Gaillard, The Recovery of Discovery, 2011. Installation view of the exhibition “Cyprien Gaillard. The Recovery of Discovery£ at KW Institute for Contemporary Art, Berlin 2011. Photography by Josephine Walter. Courtesy the artist.
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Lynn Hershman Leeson, First Person Plural, the Electronic Diaries of Lynn Hershman, 1984- 96 (in four parts). Installation view in the exhibition “First Person Plural” at KW Institute for Contemporary Art, Berlin 2018. Photography by Frank Sperling. Courtesy the artist.
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Petrit Halilaj, The places I’m looking for, my dear, are utopian places, they are boring and I don’t know how to make them real. Installation view of the 6th Berlin Biennale for Contemporary Art, Berlin 2010. Photography by Uwe Walter. Courtesy of the artist.
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Beatriz González. Installation view in the hallway of the exhibition “Retrospective 1965–2017” at KW Institute for Contemporary Art, Berlin 2018. Photography by Frank Sperling. Courtesy the artist.
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Joseph Kosuth, Berlin Chronik at Schönhauser Tor as part of the exhibition “Joseph Kosuth. Berlin Chronik” at Kunst-Werke Berlin, 1994. Photography by Jens Ziehe. Courtesy of the artist.

For its 30th anniversary, KUNST-WERKE BERLIN e.V. is inviting artists to revisit and reinterpret the institutions’ seminal role in the production and dissemination of contemporary art with a year-long program of exhibitions and special commissions, an art auction, an elaborate publication, and a celebratory weekend in its courtyard and neighborhood.

To mark this special occasion, KW will host various exhibitions featuring artists Renée Green, Leonilson, Michael Stevenson, and Amelie von Wulffen; group exhibitions co-curated by artists Iman Issa and Ghislaine Leung; and a new performance piece by Michele Rizzo.

From January 15 onwards, KW will unveil a series of new commissions, featuring Susan Philipsz’s acoustic work in KW’s courtyard in homage of political activist Rosa Luxemburg on the anniversary of her execution, which was created during Philipsz’s residency at KW in 2002; the re-installation of Katharina Sieverding’s monumental print Deutschland wird deutscher (1993) is to be displayed in the entranceway of KW as well as on billboards across Berlin in April-May; and artist Sissel Tolaas will create a limited edition of soap carefully composed from particles she collected at the KW building, a former margarine factory.

Complementing this program, a major two-part art auction, organized in collaboration with renowned Berlin-based fine art auction house Grisebach, will take place in June and December 2021, featuring works by over 60 artists who have significantly contributed to KW’s legacy. The annual program’s key event will be a weekend-long celebration on July 2 – 4, 2021, featuring an extensive program of events, performances, and the launch of the first publication retracing KW’s history.

The anniversary program includes the following events:

January
Commission by Susan Philipsz, Rosa, 2002

April – May
Commission by Katharina Sieverding, Deutschland wird deutscher, 1993.

June
Art auction with Berlin auction house Grisebach

July 2 – 4
Celebratory weekend full of performances and events around Auguststrasse
Commission by Sissel Tolaas

December
Art auction with Berlin auction house Grisebach

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