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Kunsthaus Das Minsk to Open 'Wohnkomplex' on East German Plattenbau September 6

The show examines prefabricated housing as lived environment, symbol of utopias, projection surface for societal transformation.

Overview

  • The exhibition opens on 6 September 2025 and runs until early February 2026.
  • Roughly 50 works across installations, paintings, drawings, photographs and films from the 1970s to today will be presented.
  • Artists featured include Sibylle Bergemann, Peter Herrmann and Harald Metzkes.
  • The curatorial approach connects artistic viewpoints with questions of belonging, community, urban life and memory.
  • The museum situates Plattenbau in the arc from GDR social policy to post-reunification upheavals and racist violence, with admission at €10 (reduced €8).