Overview
- The Staatliche Museen zu Berlin presented the 2026 slate on Museumsinsel, outlining site-spanning exhibitions shaped by new 'narration lines' across collections.
- From March, the Neue Nationalgalerie hosts a major Constantin Brâncuși survey with works loaned from Paris, carried under the patronage of Emmanuel Macron and Frank‑Walter Steinmeier.
- The Alte Nationalgalerie opens a May exhibition on Paul Cassirer’s role in the rise of Impressionism in Germany, featuring works by Monet, Manet, Degas and Renoir.
- October brings a James‑Simon‑Galerie show on Genghis Khan led by the Museum für Vor‑ und Frühgeschichte, alongside the Gemäldegalerie’s 'Porträts!' dialogues from Botticelli to Lempicka.
- Cross‑site and thematic projects include 'Off Score' linking Hamburger Bahnhof with the Musikinstrumenten‑Museum, a Sophie Calle commission, Berlin press history at the Stabi Kulturwerk in June, Donauschwaben dress at the MEK in April, and a Verner Panton design survey in November.