Play, laugh, be loud, romp, do nothing – and that in an exhibition house! Starting September 4, 2024, BAUBAU invites exactly that. In the play area for children designed by artist Kerstin Brätsch, more is allowed than is prohibited. Colorful wallpapers, structures, objects, and a range of "Loose Parts" (loose materials) shape spaces on the ground floor of the Gropius Bau that do not impose strict requirements but are determined by the children's activities. They set the direction and form for what happens here. Thus, this place becomes a space of possibility, which can change day by day.

BAUBAU starts in September 2024 in a prototype version and will develop and grow over the coming years, both inside and outside the Gropius Bau – in close exchange with children and their wishes, because this is their place.

 Play
All children have the urge to play. This is how they learn to understand themselves and the world. Especially open, self-determined play is of great importance for emotional and social development. The educational concept for BAUBAU is therefore based on the foundations of free play: Here, children have the time, space, and permission to follow their own needs and interests. They are accompanied by playworkers – trained staff who create a safe and supportive environment in which children can play freely.

 
Art
BAUBAU playfully questions what a museum or art institution should be. The comprehensive spatial design developed by Kerstin Brätsch is full of references and inspirations: Elements from her earlier works, like marbling, paintings, or stucco marble works, reappear here in altered forms and materiality. The wallpapers, curtains, fabrics, seating furniture, and climbing frames are inhabited by dinosaurs, fantastic creatures, termite mounds, and abstract elements. With their quirky, funny, perhaps also somewhat eerie shapes, they create an open framework for free play.

Kerstin Brätsch's practice is designed to allow and incorporate external influences. While she has previously collaborated with artists or artisans, she now does so in a completely different way with children: She invites the children to reshape and further develop the space according to their own ideas and concepts without the artist's influence in unpredictable ways.

Monday 11:00 AM–7:00 PM Tuesday closed Wednesday 11:00 AM–7:00 PM Thursday 11:00 AM–7:00 PM Friday 11:00 AM–7:00 PM Saturday 10:00 AM–7:00 PM Sunday 10:00 AM–7:00 PM

Play, laugh, be loud, romp, do nothing – and that in an exhibition house! Starting September 4, 2024, BAUBAU invites exactly that. In the play area for children designed by artist Kerstin Brätsch, more is allowed than is prohibited. Colorful wallpapers, structures, objects, and a range of "Loose Parts" (loose materials) shape spaces on the ground floor of the Gropius Bau that do not impose strict requirements but are determined by the children's activities. They set the direction and form for what happens here. Thus, this place becomes a space of possibility, which can change day by day.

BAUBAU starts in September 2024 in a prototype version and will develop and grow over the coming years, both inside and outside the Gropius Bau – in close exchange with children and their wishes, because this is their place.

 Play
All children have the urge to play. This is how they learn to understand themselves and the world. Especially open, self-determined play is of great importance for emotional and social development. The educational concept for BAUBAU is therefore based on the foundations of free play: Here, children have the time, space, and permission to follow their own needs and interests. They are accompanied by playworkers – trained staff who create a safe and supportive environment in which children can play freely.

 
Art
BAUBAU playfully questions what a museum or art institution should be. The comprehensive spatial design developed by Kerstin Brätsch is full of references and inspirations: Elements from her earlier works, like marbling, paintings, or stucco marble works, reappear here in altered forms and materiality. The wallpapers, curtains, fabrics, seating furniture, and climbing frames are inhabited by dinosaurs, fantastic creatures, termite mounds, and abstract elements. With their quirky, funny, perhaps also somewhat eerie shapes, they create an open framework for free play.

Kerstin Brätsch's practice is designed to allow and incorporate external influences. While she has previously collaborated with artists or artisans, she now does so in a completely different way with children: She invites the children to reshape and further develop the space according to their own ideas and concepts without the artist's influence in unpredictable ways.

Monday 11:00 AM–7:00 PM Tuesday closed Wednesday 11:00 AM–7:00 PM Thursday 11:00 AM–7:00 PM Friday 11:00 AM–7:00 PM Saturday 10:00 AM–7:00 PM Sunday 10:00 AM–7:00 PM

Play, laugh, be loud, romp, do nothing – and that in an exhibition house! Starting September 4, 2024, BAUBAU invites exactly that. In the play area for children designed by artist Kerstin Brätsch, more is allowed than is prohibited. Colorful wallpapers, structures, objects, and a range of "Loose Parts" (loose materials) shape spaces on the ground floor of the Gropius Bau that do not impose strict requirements but are determined by the children's activities. They set the direction and form for what happens here. Thus, this place becomes a space of possibility, which can change day by day.

BAUBAU starts in September 2024 in a prototype version and will develop and grow over the coming years, both inside and outside the Gropius Bau – in close exchange with children and their wishes, because this is their place.

 Play
All children have the urge to play. This is how they learn to understand themselves and the world. Especially open, self-determined play is of great importance for emotional and social development. The educational concept for BAUBAU is therefore based on the foundations of free play: Here, children have the time, space, and permission to follow their own needs and interests. They are accompanied by playworkers – trained staff who create a safe and supportive environment in which children can play freely.

 
Art
BAUBAU playfully questions what a museum or art institution should be. The comprehensive spatial design developed by Kerstin Brätsch is full of references and inspirations: Elements from her earlier works, like marbling, paintings, or stucco marble works, reappear here in altered forms and materiality. The wallpapers, curtains, fabrics, seating furniture, and climbing frames are inhabited by dinosaurs, fantastic creatures, termite mounds, and abstract elements. With their quirky, funny, perhaps also somewhat eerie shapes, they create an open framework for free play.

Kerstin Brätsch's practice is designed to allow and incorporate external influences. While she has previously collaborated with artists or artisans, she now does so in a completely different way with children: She invites the children to reshape and further develop the space according to their own ideas and concepts without the artist's influence in unpredictable ways.

Monday 11:00 AM–7:00 PM Tuesday closed Wednesday 11:00 AM–7:00 PM Thursday 11:00 AM–7:00 PM Friday 11:00 AM–7:00 PM Saturday 10:00 AM–7:00 PM Sunday 10:00 AM–7:00 PM

Play, laugh, be loud, romp, do nothing – and that in an exhibition house! Starting September 4, 2024, BAUBAU invites exactly that. In the play area for children designed by artist Kerstin Brätsch, more is allowed than is prohibited. Colorful wallpapers, structures, objects, and a range of "Loose Parts" (loose materials) shape spaces on the ground floor of the Gropius Bau that do not impose strict requirements but are determined by the children's activities. They set the direction and form for what happens here. Thus, this place becomes a space of possibility, which can change day by day.

BAUBAU starts in September 2024 in a prototype version and will develop and grow over the coming years, both inside and outside the Gropius Bau – in close exchange with children and their wishes, because this is their place.

 Play
All children have the urge to play. This is how they learn to understand themselves and the world. Especially open, self-determined play is of great importance for emotional and social development. The educational concept for BAUBAU is therefore based on the foundations of free play: Here, children have the time, space, and permission to follow their own needs and interests. They are accompanied by playworkers – trained staff who create a safe and supportive environment in which children can play freely.

 
Art
BAUBAU playfully questions what a museum or art institution should be. The comprehensive spatial design developed by Kerstin Brätsch is full of references and inspirations: Elements from her earlier works, like marbling, paintings, or stucco marble works, reappear here in altered forms and materiality. The wallpapers, curtains, fabrics, seating furniture, and climbing frames are inhabited by dinosaurs, fantastic creatures, termite mounds, and abstract elements. With their quirky, funny, perhaps also somewhat eerie shapes, they create an open framework for free play.

Kerstin Brätsch's practice is designed to allow and incorporate external influences. While she has previously collaborated with artists or artisans, she now does so in a completely different way with children: She invites the children to reshape and further develop the space according to their own ideas and concepts without the artist's influence in unpredictable ways.

Monday 11:00 AM–7:00 PM Tuesday closed Wednesday 11:00 AM–7:00 PM Thursday 11:00 AM–7:00 PM Friday 11:00 AM–7:00 PM Saturday 10:00 AM–7:00 PM Sunday 10:00 AM–7:00 PM

Play, laugh, be loud, romp, do nothing – and that in an exhibition house! Starting September 4, 2024, BAUBAU invites exactly that. In the play area for children designed by artist Kerstin Brätsch, more is allowed than is prohibited. Colorful wallpapers, structures, objects, and a range of "Loose Parts" (loose materials) shape spaces on the ground floor of the Gropius Bau that do not impose strict requirements but are determined by the children's activities. They set the direction and form for what happens here. Thus, this place becomes a space of possibility, which can change day by day.

BAUBAU starts in September 2024 in a prototype version and will develop and grow over the coming years, both inside and outside the Gropius Bau – in close exchange with children and their wishes, because this is their place.

 Play
All children have the urge to play. This is how they learn to understand themselves and the world. Especially open, self-determined play is of great importance for emotional and social development. The educational concept for BAUBAU is therefore based on the foundations of free play: Here, children have the time, space, and permission to follow their own needs and interests. They are accompanied by playworkers – trained staff who create a safe and supportive environment in which children can play freely.

 
Art
BAUBAU playfully questions what a museum or art institution should be. The comprehensive spatial design developed by Kerstin Brätsch is full of references and inspirations: Elements from her earlier works, like marbling, paintings, or stucco marble works, reappear here in altered forms and materiality. The wallpapers, curtains, fabrics, seating furniture, and climbing frames are inhabited by dinosaurs, fantastic creatures, termite mounds, and abstract elements. With their quirky, funny, perhaps also somewhat eerie shapes, they create an open framework for free play.

Kerstin Brätsch's practice is designed to allow and incorporate external influences. While she has previously collaborated with artists or artisans, she now does so in a completely different way with children: She invites the children to reshape and further develop the space according to their own ideas and concepts without the artist's influence in unpredictable ways.

Monday 11:00 AM–7:00 PM Tuesday closed Wednesday 11:00 AM–7:00 PM Thursday 11:00 AM–7:00 PM Friday 11:00 AM–7:00 PM Saturday 10:00 AM–7:00 PM Sunday 10:00 AM–7:00 PM

Play, laugh, be loud, romp, do nothing – and that in an exhibition house! Starting September 4, 2024, BAUBAU invites exactly that. In the play area for children designed by artist Kerstin Brätsch, more is allowed than is prohibited. Colorful wallpapers, structures, objects, and a range of "Loose Parts" (loose materials) shape spaces on the ground floor of the Gropius Bau that do not impose strict requirements but are determined by the children's activities. They set the direction and form for what happens here. Thus, this place becomes a space of possibility, which can change day by day.

BAUBAU starts in September 2024 in a prototype version and will develop and grow over the coming years, both inside and outside the Gropius Bau – in close exchange with children and their wishes, because this is their place.

 Play
All children have the urge to play. This is how they learn to understand themselves and the world. Especially open, self-determined play is of great importance for emotional and social development. The educational concept for BAUBAU is therefore based on the foundations of free play: Here, children have the time, space, and permission to follow their own needs and interests. They are accompanied by playworkers – trained staff who create a safe and supportive environment in which children can play freely.

 
Art
BAUBAU playfully questions what a museum or art institution should be. The comprehensive spatial design developed by Kerstin Brätsch is full of references and inspirations: Elements from her earlier works, like marbling, paintings, or stucco marble works, reappear here in altered forms and materiality. The wallpapers, curtains, fabrics, seating furniture, and climbing frames are inhabited by dinosaurs, fantastic creatures, termite mounds, and abstract elements. With their quirky, funny, perhaps also somewhat eerie shapes, they create an open framework for free play.

Kerstin Brätsch's practice is designed to allow and incorporate external influences. While she has previously collaborated with artists or artisans, she now does so in a completely different way with children: She invites the children to reshape and further develop the space according to their own ideas and concepts without the artist's influence in unpredictable ways.

Monday 11:00 AM–7:00 PM Tuesday closed Wednesday 11:00 AM–7:00 PM Thursday 11:00 AM–7:00 PM Friday 11:00 AM–7:00 PM Saturday 10:00 AM–7:00 PM Sunday 10:00 AM–7:00 PM

Play, laugh, be loud, romp, do nothing – and that in an exhibition house! Starting September 4, 2024, BAUBAU invites exactly that. In the play area for children designed by artist Kerstin Brätsch, more is allowed than is prohibited. Colorful wallpapers, structures, objects, and a range of "Loose Parts" (loose materials) shape spaces on the ground floor of the Gropius Bau that do not impose strict requirements but are determined by the children's activities. They set the direction and form for what happens here. Thus, this place becomes a space of possibility, which can change day by day.

BAUBAU starts in September 2024 in a prototype version and will develop and grow over the coming years, both inside and outside the Gropius Bau – in close exchange with children and their wishes, because this is their place.

 Play
All children have the urge to play. This is how they learn to understand themselves and the world. Especially open, self-determined play is of great importance for emotional and social development. The educational concept for BAUBAU is therefore based on the foundations of free play: Here, children have the time, space, and permission to follow their own needs and interests. They are accompanied by playworkers – trained staff who create a safe and supportive environment in which children can play freely.

 
Art
BAUBAU playfully questions what a museum or art institution should be. The comprehensive spatial design developed by Kerstin Brätsch is full of references and inspirations: Elements from her earlier works, like marbling, paintings, or stucco marble works, reappear here in altered forms and materiality. The wallpapers, curtains, fabrics, seating furniture, and climbing frames are inhabited by dinosaurs, fantastic creatures, termite mounds, and abstract elements. With their quirky, funny, perhaps also somewhat eerie shapes, they create an open framework for free play.

Kerstin Brätsch's practice is designed to allow and incorporate external influences. While she has previously collaborated with artists or artisans, she now does so in a completely different way with children: She invites the children to reshape and further develop the space according to their own ideas and concepts without the artist's influence in unpredictable ways.

Monday 11:00 AM–7:00 PM Tuesday closed Wednesday 11:00 AM–7:00 PM Thursday 11:00 AM–7:00 PM Friday 11:00 AM–7:00 PM Saturday 10:00 AM–7:00 PM Sunday 10:00 AM–7:00 PM

Play, laugh, be loud, romp, do nothing – and that in an exhibition house! Starting September 4, 2024, BAUBAU invites exactly that. In the play area for children designed by artist Kerstin Brätsch, more is allowed than is prohibited. Colorful wallpapers, structures, objects, and a range of "Loose Parts" (loose materials) shape spaces on the ground floor of the Gropius Bau that do not impose strict requirements but are determined by the children's activities. They set the direction and form for what happens here. Thus, this place becomes a space of possibility, which can change day by day.

BAUBAU starts in September 2024 in a prototype version and will develop and grow over the coming years, both inside and outside the Gropius Bau – in close exchange with children and their wishes, because this is their place.

 Play
All children have the urge to play. This is how they learn to understand themselves and the world. Especially open, self-determined play is of great importance for emotional and social development. The educational concept for BAUBAU is therefore based on the foundations of free play: Here, children have the time, space, and permission to follow their own needs and interests. They are accompanied by playworkers – trained staff who create a safe and supportive environment in which children can play freely.

 
Art
BAUBAU playfully questions what a museum or art institution should be. The comprehensive spatial design developed by Kerstin Brätsch is full of references and inspirations: Elements from her earlier works, like marbling, paintings, or stucco marble works, reappear here in altered forms and materiality. The wallpapers, curtains, fabrics, seating furniture, and climbing frames are inhabited by dinosaurs, fantastic creatures, termite mounds, and abstract elements. With their quirky, funny, perhaps also somewhat eerie shapes, they create an open framework for free play.

Kerstin Brätsch's practice is designed to allow and incorporate external influences. While she has previously collaborated with artists or artisans, she now does so in a completely different way with children: She invites the children to reshape and further develop the space according to their own ideas and concepts without the artist's influence in unpredictable ways.

Monday 11:00 AM–7:00 PM Tuesday closed Wednesday 11:00 AM–7:00 PM Thursday 11:00 AM–7:00 PM Friday 11:00 AM–7:00 PM Saturday 10:00 AM–7:00 PM Sunday 10:00 AM–7:00 PM

Play, laugh, be loud, romp, do nothing – and that in an exhibition house! Starting September 4, 2024, BAUBAU invites exactly that. In the play area for children designed by artist Kerstin Brätsch, more is allowed than is prohibited. Colorful wallpapers, structures, objects, and a range of "Loose Parts" (loose materials) shape spaces on the ground floor of the Gropius Bau that do not impose strict requirements but are determined by the children's activities. They set the direction and form for what happens here. Thus, this place becomes a space of possibility, which can change day by day.

BAUBAU starts in September 2024 in a prototype version and will develop and grow over the coming years, both inside and outside the Gropius Bau – in close exchange with children and their wishes, because this is their place.

 Play
All children have the urge to play. This is how they learn to understand themselves and the world. Especially open, self-determined play is of great importance for emotional and social development. The educational concept for BAUBAU is therefore based on the foundations of free play: Here, children have the time, space, and permission to follow their own needs and interests. They are accompanied by playworkers – trained staff who create a safe and supportive environment in which children can play freely.

 
Art
BAUBAU playfully questions what a museum or art institution should be. The comprehensive spatial design developed by Kerstin Brätsch is full of references and inspirations: Elements from her earlier works, like marbling, paintings, or stucco marble works, reappear here in altered forms and materiality. The wallpapers, curtains, fabrics, seating furniture, and climbing frames are inhabited by dinosaurs, fantastic creatures, termite mounds, and abstract elements. With their quirky, funny, perhaps also somewhat eerie shapes, they create an open framework for free play.

Kerstin Brätsch's practice is designed to allow and incorporate external influences. While she has previously collaborated with artists or artisans, she now does so in a completely different way with children: She invites the children to reshape and further develop the space according to their own ideas and concepts without the artist's influence in unpredictable ways.

Monday 11:00 AM–7:00 PM Tuesday closed Wednesday 11:00 AM–7:00 PM Thursday 11:00 AM–7:00 PM Friday 11:00 AM–7:00 PM Saturday 10:00 AM–7:00 PM Sunday 10:00 AM–7:00 PM

Play, laugh, be loud, romp, do nothing – and that in an exhibition house! Starting September 4, 2024, BAUBAU invites exactly that. In the play area for children designed by artist Kerstin Brätsch, more is allowed than is prohibited. Colorful wallpapers, structures, objects, and a range of "Loose Parts" (loose materials) shape spaces on the ground floor of the Gropius Bau that do not impose strict requirements but are determined by the children's activities. They set the direction and form for what happens here. Thus, this place becomes a space of possibility, which can change day by day.

BAUBAU starts in September 2024 in a prototype version and will develop and grow over the coming years, both inside and outside the Gropius Bau – in close exchange with children and their wishes, because this is their place.

 Play
All children have the urge to play. This is how they learn to understand themselves and the world. Especially open, self-determined play is of great importance for emotional and social development. The educational concept for BAUBAU is therefore based on the foundations of free play: Here, children have the time, space, and permission to follow their own needs and interests. They are accompanied by playworkers – trained staff who create a safe and supportive environment in which children can play freely.

 
Art
BAUBAU playfully questions what a museum or art institution should be. The comprehensive spatial design developed by Kerstin Brätsch is full of references and inspirations: Elements from her earlier works, like marbling, paintings, or stucco marble works, reappear here in altered forms and materiality. The wallpapers, curtains, fabrics, seating furniture, and climbing frames are inhabited by dinosaurs, fantastic creatures, termite mounds, and abstract elements. With their quirky, funny, perhaps also somewhat eerie shapes, they create an open framework for free play.

Kerstin Brätsch's practice is designed to allow and incorporate external influences. While she has previously collaborated with artists or artisans, she now does so in a completely different way with children: She invites the children to reshape and further develop the space according to their own ideas and concepts without the artist's influence in unpredictable ways.

Monday 11:00 AM–7:00 PM Tuesday closed Wednesday 11:00 AM–7:00 PM Thursday 11:00 AM–7:00 PM Friday 11:00 AM–7:00 PM Saturday 10:00 AM–7:00 PM Sunday 10:00 AM–7:00 PM

Play, laugh, be loud, romp, do nothing – and that in an exhibition house! Starting September 4, 2024, BAUBAU invites exactly that. In the play area for children designed by artist Kerstin Brätsch, more is allowed than is prohibited. Colorful wallpapers, structures, objects, and a range of "Loose Parts" (loose materials) shape spaces on the ground floor of the Gropius Bau that do not impose strict requirements but are determined by the children's activities. They set the direction and form for what happens here. Thus, this place becomes a space of possibility, which can change day by day.

BAUBAU starts in September 2024 in a prototype version and will develop and grow over the coming years, both inside and outside the Gropius Bau – in close exchange with children and their wishes, because this is their place.

 Play
All children have the urge to play. This is how they learn to understand themselves and the world. Especially open, self-determined play is of great importance for emotional and social development. The educational concept for BAUBAU is therefore based on the foundations of free play: Here, children have the time, space, and permission to follow their own needs and interests. They are accompanied by playworkers – trained staff who create a safe and supportive environment in which children can play freely.

 
Art
BAUBAU playfully questions what a museum or art institution should be. The comprehensive spatial design developed by Kerstin Brätsch is full of references and inspirations: Elements from her earlier works, like marbling, paintings, or stucco marble works, reappear here in altered forms and materiality. The wallpapers, curtains, fabrics, seating furniture, and climbing frames are inhabited by dinosaurs, fantastic creatures, termite mounds, and abstract elements. With their quirky, funny, perhaps also somewhat eerie shapes, they create an open framework for free play.

Kerstin Brätsch's practice is designed to allow and incorporate external influences. While she has previously collaborated with artists or artisans, she now does so in a completely different way with children: She invites the children to reshape and further develop the space according to their own ideas and concepts without the artist's influence in unpredictable ways.

Monday 11:00 AM–7:00 PM Tuesday closed Wednesday 11:00 AM–7:00 PM Thursday 11:00 AM–7:00 PM Friday 11:00 AM–7:00 PM Saturday 10:00 AM–7:00 PM Sunday 10:00 AM–7:00 PM

Play, laugh, be loud, romp, do nothing – and that in an exhibition house! Starting September 4, 2024, BAUBAU invites exactly that. In the play area for children designed by artist Kerstin Brätsch, more is allowed than is prohibited. Colorful wallpapers, structures, objects, and a range of "Loose Parts" (loose materials) shape spaces on the ground floor of the Gropius Bau that do not impose strict requirements but are determined by the children's activities. They set the direction and form for what happens here. Thus, this place becomes a space of possibility, which can change day by day.

BAUBAU starts in September 2024 in a prototype version and will develop and grow over the coming years, both inside and outside the Gropius Bau – in close exchange with children and their wishes, because this is their place.

 Play
All children have the urge to play. This is how they learn to understand themselves and the world. Especially open, self-determined play is of great importance for emotional and social development. The educational concept for BAUBAU is therefore based on the foundations of free play: Here, children have the time, space, and permission to follow their own needs and interests. They are accompanied by playworkers – trained staff who create a safe and supportive environment in which children can play freely.

 
Art
BAUBAU playfully questions what a museum or art institution should be. The comprehensive spatial design developed by Kerstin Brätsch is full of references and inspirations: Elements from her earlier works, like marbling, paintings, or stucco marble works, reappear here in altered forms and materiality. The wallpapers, curtains, fabrics, seating furniture, and climbing frames are inhabited by dinosaurs, fantastic creatures, termite mounds, and abstract elements. With their quirky, funny, perhaps also somewhat eerie shapes, they create an open framework for free play.

Kerstin Brätsch's practice is designed to allow and incorporate external influences. While she has previously collaborated with artists or artisans, she now does so in a completely different way with children: She invites the children to reshape and further develop the space according to their own ideas and concepts without the artist's influence in unpredictable ways.

Monday 11:00 AM–7:00 PM Tuesday closed Wednesday 11:00 AM–7:00 PM Thursday 11:00 AM–7:00 PM Friday 11:00 AM–7:00 PM Saturday 10:00 AM–7:00 PM Sunday 10:00 AM–7:00 PM

Play, laugh, be loud, romp, do nothing – and that in an exhibition house! Starting September 4, 2024, BAUBAU invites exactly that. In the play area for children designed by artist Kerstin Brätsch, more is allowed than is prohibited. Colorful wallpapers, structures, objects, and a range of "Loose Parts" (loose materials) shape spaces on the ground floor of the Gropius Bau that do not impose strict requirements but are determined by the children's activities. They set the direction and form for what happens here. Thus, this place becomes a space of possibility, which can change day by day.

BAUBAU starts in September 2024 in a prototype version and will develop and grow over the coming years, both inside and outside the Gropius Bau – in close exchange with children and their wishes, because this is their place.

 Play
All children have the urge to play. This is how they learn to understand themselves and the world. Especially open, self-determined play is of great importance for emotional and social development. The educational concept for BAUBAU is therefore based on the foundations of free play: Here, children have the time, space, and permission to follow their own needs and interests. They are accompanied by playworkers – trained staff who create a safe and supportive environment in which children can play freely.

 
Art
BAUBAU playfully questions what a museum or art institution should be. The comprehensive spatial design developed by Kerstin Brätsch is full of references and inspirations: Elements from her earlier works, like marbling, paintings, or stucco marble works, reappear here in altered forms and materiality. The wallpapers, curtains, fabrics, seating furniture, and climbing frames are inhabited by dinosaurs, fantastic creatures, termite mounds, and abstract elements. With their quirky, funny, perhaps also somewhat eerie shapes, they create an open framework for free play.

Kerstin Brätsch's practice is designed to allow and incorporate external influences. While she has previously collaborated with artists or artisans, she now does so in a completely different way with children: She invites the children to reshape and further develop the space according to their own ideas and concepts without the artist's influence in unpredictable ways.

Monday 11:00 AM–7:00 PM Tuesday closed Wednesday 11:00 AM–7:00 PM Thursday 11:00 AM–7:00 PM Friday 11:00 AM–7:00 PM Saturday 10:00 AM–7:00 PM Sunday 10:00 AM–7:00 PM

Play, laugh, be loud, romp, do nothing – and that in an exhibition house! Starting September 4, 2024, BAUBAU invites exactly that. In the play area for children designed by artist Kerstin Brätsch, more is allowed than is prohibited. Colorful wallpapers, structures, objects, and a range of "Loose Parts" (loose materials) shape spaces on the ground floor of the Gropius Bau that do not impose strict requirements but are determined by the children's activities. They set the direction and form for what happens here. Thus, this place becomes a space of possibility, which can change day by day.

BAUBAU starts in September 2024 in a prototype version and will develop and grow over the coming years, both inside and outside the Gropius Bau – in close exchange with children and their wishes, because this is their place.

 Play
All children have the urge to play. This is how they learn to understand themselves and the world. Especially open, self-determined play is of great importance for emotional and social development. The educational concept for BAUBAU is therefore based on the foundations of free play: Here, children have the time, space, and permission to follow their own needs and interests. They are accompanied by playworkers – trained staff who create a safe and supportive environment in which children can play freely.

 
Art
BAUBAU playfully questions what a museum or art institution should be. The comprehensive spatial design developed by Kerstin Brätsch is full of references and inspirations: Elements from her earlier works, like marbling, paintings, or stucco marble works, reappear here in altered forms and materiality. The wallpapers, curtains, fabrics, seating furniture, and climbing frames are inhabited by dinosaurs, fantastic creatures, termite mounds, and abstract elements. With their quirky, funny, perhaps also somewhat eerie shapes, they create an open framework for free play.

Kerstin Brätsch's practice is designed to allow and incorporate external influences. While she has previously collaborated with artists or artisans, she now does so in a completely different way with children: She invites the children to reshape and further develop the space according to their own ideas and concepts without the artist's influence in unpredictable ways.

Monday 11:00 AM–7:00 PM Tuesday closed Wednesday 11:00 AM–7:00 PM Thursday 11:00 AM–7:00 PM Friday 11:00 AM–7:00 PM Saturday 10:00 AM–7:00 PM Sunday 10:00 AM–7:00 PM

Play, laugh, be loud, romp, do nothing – and that in an exhibition house! Starting September 4, 2024, BAUBAU invites exactly that. In the play area for children designed by artist Kerstin Brätsch, more is allowed than is prohibited. Colorful wallpapers, structures, objects, and a range of "Loose Parts" (loose materials) shape spaces on the ground floor of the Gropius Bau that do not impose strict requirements but are determined by the children's activities. They set the direction and form for what happens here. Thus, this place becomes a space of possibility, which can change day by day.

BAUBAU starts in September 2024 in a prototype version and will develop and grow over the coming years, both inside and outside the Gropius Bau – in close exchange with children and their wishes, because this is their place.

 Play
All children have the urge to play. This is how they learn to understand themselves and the world. Especially open, self-determined play is of great importance for emotional and social development. The educational concept for BAUBAU is therefore based on the foundations of free play: Here, children have the time, space, and permission to follow their own needs and interests. They are accompanied by playworkers – trained staff who create a safe and supportive environment in which children can play freely.

 
Art
BAUBAU playfully questions what a museum or art institution should be. The comprehensive spatial design developed by Kerstin Brätsch is full of references and inspirations: Elements from her earlier works, like marbling, paintings, or stucco marble works, reappear here in altered forms and materiality. The wallpapers, curtains, fabrics, seating furniture, and climbing frames are inhabited by dinosaurs, fantastic creatures, termite mounds, and abstract elements. With their quirky, funny, perhaps also somewhat eerie shapes, they create an open framework for free play.

Kerstin Brätsch's practice is designed to allow and incorporate external influences. While she has previously collaborated with artists or artisans, she now does so in a completely different way with children: She invites the children to reshape and further develop the space according to their own ideas and concepts without the artist's influence in unpredictable ways.

Monday 11:00 AM–7:00 PM Tuesday closed Wednesday 11:00 AM–7:00 PM Thursday 11:00 AM–7:00 PM Friday 11:00 AM–7:00 PM Saturday 10:00 AM–7:00 PM Sunday 10:00 AM–7:00 PM

Play, laugh, be loud, romp, do nothing – and that in an exhibition house! Starting September 4, 2024, BAUBAU invites exactly that. In the play area for children designed by artist Kerstin Brätsch, more is allowed than is prohibited. Colorful wallpapers, structures, objects, and a range of "Loose Parts" (loose materials) shape spaces on the ground floor of the Gropius Bau that do not impose strict requirements but are determined by the children's activities. They set the direction and form for what happens here. Thus, this place becomes a space of possibility, which can change day by day.

BAUBAU starts in September 2024 in a prototype version and will develop and grow over the coming years, both inside and outside the Gropius Bau – in close exchange with children and their wishes, because this is their place.

 Play
All children have the urge to play. This is how they learn to understand themselves and the world. Especially open, self-determined play is of great importance for emotional and social development. The educational concept for BAUBAU is therefore based on the foundations of free play: Here, children have the time, space, and permission to follow their own needs and interests. They are accompanied by playworkers – trained staff who create a safe and supportive environment in which children can play freely.

 
Art
BAUBAU playfully questions what a museum or art institution should be. The comprehensive spatial design developed by Kerstin Brätsch is full of references and inspirations: Elements from her earlier works, like marbling, paintings, or stucco marble works, reappear here in altered forms and materiality. The wallpapers, curtains, fabrics, seating furniture, and climbing frames are inhabited by dinosaurs, fantastic creatures, termite mounds, and abstract elements. With their quirky, funny, perhaps also somewhat eerie shapes, they create an open framework for free play.

Kerstin Brätsch's practice is designed to allow and incorporate external influences. While she has previously collaborated with artists or artisans, she now does so in a completely different way with children: She invites the children to reshape and further develop the space according to their own ideas and concepts without the artist's influence in unpredictable ways.

Monday 11:00 AM–7:00 PM Tuesday closed Wednesday 11:00 AM–7:00 PM Thursday 11:00 AM–7:00 PM Friday 11:00 AM–7:00 PM Saturday 10:00 AM–7:00 PM Sunday 10:00 AM–7:00 PM

Play, laugh, be loud, romp, do nothing – and that in an exhibition house! Starting September 4, 2024, BAUBAU invites exactly that. In the play area for children designed by artist Kerstin Brätsch, more is allowed than is prohibited. Colorful wallpapers, structures, objects, and a range of "Loose Parts" (loose materials) shape spaces on the ground floor of the Gropius Bau that do not impose strict requirements but are determined by the children's activities. They set the direction and form for what happens here. Thus, this place becomes a space of possibility, which can change day by day.

BAUBAU starts in September 2024 in a prototype version and will develop and grow over the coming years, both inside and outside the Gropius Bau – in close exchange with children and their wishes, because this is their place.

 Play
All children have the urge to play. This is how they learn to understand themselves and the world. Especially open, self-determined play is of great importance for emotional and social development. The educational concept for BAUBAU is therefore based on the foundations of free play: Here, children have the time, space, and permission to follow their own needs and interests. They are accompanied by playworkers – trained staff who create a safe and supportive environment in which children can play freely.

 
Art
BAUBAU playfully questions what a museum or art institution should be. The comprehensive spatial design developed by Kerstin Brätsch is full of references and inspirations: Elements from her earlier works, like marbling, paintings, or stucco marble works, reappear here in altered forms and materiality. The wallpapers, curtains, fabrics, seating furniture, and climbing frames are inhabited by dinosaurs, fantastic creatures, termite mounds, and abstract elements. With their quirky, funny, perhaps also somewhat eerie shapes, they create an open framework for free play.

Kerstin Brätsch's practice is designed to allow and incorporate external influences. While she has previously collaborated with artists or artisans, she now does so in a completely different way with children: She invites the children to reshape and further develop the space according to their own ideas and concepts without the artist's influence in unpredictable ways.

Monday 11:00 AM–7:00 PM Tuesday closed Wednesday 11:00 AM–7:00 PM Thursday 11:00 AM–7:00 PM Friday 11:00 AM–7:00 PM Saturday 10:00 AM–7:00 PM Sunday 10:00 AM–7:00 PM

Play, laugh, be loud, romp, do nothing – and that in an exhibition house! Starting September 4, 2024, BAUBAU invites exactly that. In the play area for children designed by artist Kerstin Brätsch, more is allowed than is prohibited. Colorful wallpapers, structures, objects, and a range of "Loose Parts" (loose materials) shape spaces on the ground floor of the Gropius Bau that do not impose strict requirements but are determined by the children's activities. They set the direction and form for what happens here. Thus, this place becomes a space of possibility, which can change day by day.

BAUBAU starts in September 2024 in a prototype version and will develop and grow over the coming years, both inside and outside the Gropius Bau – in close exchange with children and their wishes, because this is their place.

 Play
All children have the urge to play. This is how they learn to understand themselves and the world. Especially open, self-determined play is of great importance for emotional and social development. The educational concept for BAUBAU is therefore based on the foundations of free play: Here, children have the time, space, and permission to follow their own needs and interests. They are accompanied by playworkers – trained staff who create a safe and supportive environment in which children can play freely.

 
Art
BAUBAU playfully questions what a museum or art institution should be. The comprehensive spatial design developed by Kerstin Brätsch is full of references and inspirations: Elements from her earlier works, like marbling, paintings, or stucco marble works, reappear here in altered forms and materiality. The wallpapers, curtains, fabrics, seating furniture, and climbing frames are inhabited by dinosaurs, fantastic creatures, termite mounds, and abstract elements. With their quirky, funny, perhaps also somewhat eerie shapes, they create an open framework for free play.

Kerstin Brätsch's practice is designed to allow and incorporate external influences. While she has previously collaborated with artists or artisans, she now does so in a completely different way with children: She invites the children to reshape and further develop the space according to their own ideas and concepts without the artist's influence in unpredictable ways.

Monday 11:00 AM–7:00 PM Tuesday closed Wednesday 11:00 AM–7:00 PM Thursday 11:00 AM–7:00 PM Friday 11:00 AM–7:00 PM Saturday 10:00 AM–7:00 PM Sunday 10:00 AM–7:00 PM

Play, laugh, be loud, romp, do nothing – and that in an exhibition house! Starting September 4, 2024, BAUBAU invites exactly that. In the play area for children designed by artist Kerstin Brätsch, more is allowed than is prohibited. Colorful wallpapers, structures, objects, and a range of "Loose Parts" (loose materials) shape spaces on the ground floor of the Gropius Bau that do not impose strict requirements but are determined by the children's activities. They set the direction and form for what happens here. Thus, this place becomes a space of possibility, which can change day by day.

BAUBAU starts in September 2024 in a prototype version and will develop and grow over the coming years, both inside and outside the Gropius Bau – in close exchange with children and their wishes, because this is their place.

 Play
All children have the urge to play. This is how they learn to understand themselves and the world. Especially open, self-determined play is of great importance for emotional and social development. The educational concept for BAUBAU is therefore based on the foundations of free play: Here, children have the time, space, and permission to follow their own needs and interests. They are accompanied by playworkers – trained staff who create a safe and supportive environment in which children can play freely.

 
Art
BAUBAU playfully questions what a museum or art institution should be. The comprehensive spatial design developed by Kerstin Brätsch is full of references and inspirations: Elements from her earlier works, like marbling, paintings, or stucco marble works, reappear here in altered forms and materiality. The wallpapers, curtains, fabrics, seating furniture, and climbing frames are inhabited by dinosaurs, fantastic creatures, termite mounds, and abstract elements. With their quirky, funny, perhaps also somewhat eerie shapes, they create an open framework for free play.

Kerstin Brätsch's practice is designed to allow and incorporate external influences. While she has previously collaborated with artists or artisans, she now does so in a completely different way with children: She invites the children to reshape and further develop the space according to their own ideas and concepts without the artist's influence in unpredictable ways.

Monday 11:00 AM–7:00 PM Tuesday closed Wednesday 11:00 AM–7:00 PM Thursday 11:00 AM–7:00 PM Friday 11:00 AM–7:00 PM Saturday 10:00 AM–7:00 PM Sunday 10:00 AM–7:00 PM

Play, laugh, be loud, romp, do nothing – and that in an exhibition house! Starting September 4, 2024, BAUBAU invites exactly that. In the play area for children designed by artist Kerstin Brätsch, more is allowed than is prohibited. Colorful wallpapers, structures, objects, and a range of "Loose Parts" (loose materials) shape spaces on the ground floor of the Gropius Bau that do not impose strict requirements but are determined by the children's activities. They set the direction and form for what happens here. Thus, this place becomes a space of possibility, which can change day by day.

BAUBAU starts in September 2024 in a prototype version and will develop and grow over the coming years, both inside and outside the Gropius Bau – in close exchange with children and their wishes, because this is their place.

 Play
All children have the urge to play. This is how they learn to understand themselves and the world. Especially open, self-determined play is of great importance for emotional and social development. The educational concept for BAUBAU is therefore based on the foundations of free play: Here, children have the time, space, and permission to follow their own needs and interests. They are accompanied by playworkers – trained staff who create a safe and supportive environment in which children can play freely.

 
Art
BAUBAU playfully questions what a museum or art institution should be. The comprehensive spatial design developed by Kerstin Brätsch is full of references and inspirations: Elements from her earlier works, like marbling, paintings, or stucco marble works, reappear here in altered forms and materiality. The wallpapers, curtains, fabrics, seating furniture, and climbing frames are inhabited by dinosaurs, fantastic creatures, termite mounds, and abstract elements. With their quirky, funny, perhaps also somewhat eerie shapes, they create an open framework for free play.

Kerstin Brätsch's practice is designed to allow and incorporate external influences. While she has previously collaborated with artists or artisans, she now does so in a completely different way with children: She invites the children to reshape and further develop the space according to their own ideas and concepts without the artist's influence in unpredictable ways.

Monday 11:00 AM–7:00 PM Tuesday closed Wednesday 11:00 AM–7:00 PM Thursday 11:00 AM–7:00 PM Friday 11:00 AM–7:00 PM Saturday 10:00 AM–7:00 PM Sunday 10:00 AM–7:00 PM

Play, laugh, be loud, romp, do nothing – and that in an exhibition house! Starting September 4, 2024, BAUBAU invites exactly that. In the play area for children designed by artist Kerstin Brätsch, more is allowed than is prohibited. Colorful wallpapers, structures, objects, and a range of "Loose Parts" (loose materials) shape spaces on the ground floor of the Gropius Bau that do not impose strict requirements but are determined by the children's activities. They set the direction and form for what happens here. Thus, this place becomes a space of possibility, which can change day by day.

BAUBAU starts in September 2024 in a prototype version and will develop and grow over the coming years, both inside and outside the Gropius Bau – in close exchange with children and their wishes, because this is their place.

 Play
All children have the urge to play. This is how they learn to understand themselves and the world. Especially open, self-determined play is of great importance for emotional and social development. The educational concept for BAUBAU is therefore based on the foundations of free play: Here, children have the time, space, and permission to follow their own needs and interests. They are accompanied by playworkers – trained staff who create a safe and supportive environment in which children can play freely.

 
Art
BAUBAU playfully questions what a museum or art institution should be. The comprehensive spatial design developed by Kerstin Brätsch is full of references and inspirations: Elements from her earlier works, like marbling, paintings, or stucco marble works, reappear here in altered forms and materiality. The wallpapers, curtains, fabrics, seating furniture, and climbing frames are inhabited by dinosaurs, fantastic creatures, termite mounds, and abstract elements. With their quirky, funny, perhaps also somewhat eerie shapes, they create an open framework for free play.

Kerstin Brätsch's practice is designed to allow and incorporate external influences. While she has previously collaborated with artists or artisans, she now does so in a completely different way with children: She invites the children to reshape and further develop the space according to their own ideas and concepts without the artist's influence in unpredictable ways.

Monday 11:00 AM–7:00 PM Tuesday closed Wednesday 11:00 AM–7:00 PM Thursday 11:00 AM–7:00 PM Friday 11:00 AM–7:00 PM Saturday 10:00 AM–7:00 PM Sunday 10:00 AM–7:00 PM

Play, laugh, be loud, romp, do nothing – and that in an exhibition house! Starting September 4, 2024, BAUBAU invites exactly that. In the play area for children designed by artist Kerstin Brätsch, more is allowed than is prohibited. Colorful wallpapers, structures, objects, and a range of "Loose Parts" (loose materials) shape spaces on the ground floor of the Gropius Bau that do not impose strict requirements but are determined by the children's activities. They set the direction and form for what happens here. Thus, this place becomes a space of possibility, which can change day by day.

BAUBAU starts in September 2024 in a prototype version and will develop and grow over the coming years, both inside and outside the Gropius Bau – in close exchange with children and their wishes, because this is their place.

 Play
All children have the urge to play. This is how they learn to understand themselves and the world. Especially open, self-determined play is of great importance for emotional and social development. The educational concept for BAUBAU is therefore based on the foundations of free play: Here, children have the time, space, and permission to follow their own needs and interests. They are accompanied by playworkers – trained staff who create a safe and supportive environment in which children can play freely.

 
Art
BAUBAU playfully questions what a museum or art institution should be. The comprehensive spatial design developed by Kerstin Brätsch is full of references and inspirations: Elements from her earlier works, like marbling, paintings, or stucco marble works, reappear here in altered forms and materiality. The wallpapers, curtains, fabrics, seating furniture, and climbing frames are inhabited by dinosaurs, fantastic creatures, termite mounds, and abstract elements. With their quirky, funny, perhaps also somewhat eerie shapes, they create an open framework for free play.

Kerstin Brätsch's practice is designed to allow and incorporate external influences. While she has previously collaborated with artists or artisans, she now does so in a completely different way with children: She invites the children to reshape and further develop the space according to their own ideas and concepts without the artist's influence in unpredictable ways.

Monday 11:00 AM–7:00 PM Tuesday closed Wednesday 11:00 AM–7:00 PM Thursday 11:00 AM–7:00 PM Friday 11:00 AM–7:00 PM Saturday 10:00 AM–7:00 PM Sunday 10:00 AM–7:00 PM

Play, laugh, be loud, romp, do nothing – and that in an exhibition house! Starting September 4, 2024, BAUBAU invites exactly that. In the play area for children designed by artist Kerstin Brätsch, more is allowed than is prohibited. Colorful wallpapers, structures, objects, and a range of "Loose Parts" (loose materials) shape spaces on the ground floor of the Gropius Bau that do not impose strict requirements but are determined by the children's activities. They set the direction and form for what happens here. Thus, this place becomes a space of possibility, which can change day by day.

BAUBAU starts in September 2024 in a prototype version and will develop and grow over the coming years, both inside and outside the Gropius Bau – in close exchange with children and their wishes, because this is their place.

 Play
All children have the urge to play. This is how they learn to understand themselves and the world. Especially open, self-determined play is of great importance for emotional and social development. The educational concept for BAUBAU is therefore based on the foundations of free play: Here, children have the time, space, and permission to follow their own needs and interests. They are accompanied by playworkers – trained staff who create a safe and supportive environment in which children can play freely.

 
Art
BAUBAU playfully questions what a museum or art institution should be. The comprehensive spatial design developed by Kerstin Brätsch is full of references and inspirations: Elements from her earlier works, like marbling, paintings, or stucco marble works, reappear here in altered forms and materiality. The wallpapers, curtains, fabrics, seating furniture, and climbing frames are inhabited by dinosaurs, fantastic creatures, termite mounds, and abstract elements. With their quirky, funny, perhaps also somewhat eerie shapes, they create an open framework for free play.

Kerstin Brätsch's practice is designed to allow and incorporate external influences. While she has previously collaborated with artists or artisans, she now does so in a completely different way with children: She invites the children to reshape and further develop the space according to their own ideas and concepts without the artist's influence in unpredictable ways.

Monday 11:00 AM–7:00 PM Tuesday closed Wednesday 11:00 AM–7:00 PM Thursday 11:00 AM–7:00 PM Friday 11:00 AM–7:00 PM Saturday 10:00 AM–7:00 PM Sunday 10:00 AM–7:00 PM

Play, laugh, be loud, romp, do nothing – and that in an exhibition house! Starting September 4, 2024, BAUBAU invites exactly that. In the play area for children designed by artist Kerstin Brätsch, more is allowed than is prohibited. Colorful wallpapers, structures, objects, and a range of "Loose Parts" (loose materials) shape spaces on the ground floor of the Gropius Bau that do not impose strict requirements but are determined by the children's activities. They set the direction and form for what happens here. Thus, this place becomes a space of possibility, which can change day by day.

BAUBAU starts in September 2024 in a prototype version and will develop and grow over the coming years, both inside and outside the Gropius Bau – in close exchange with children and their wishes, because this is their place.

 Play
All children have the urge to play. This is how they learn to understand themselves and the world. Especially open, self-determined play is of great importance for emotional and social development. The educational concept for BAUBAU is therefore based on the foundations of free play: Here, children have the time, space, and permission to follow their own needs and interests. They are accompanied by playworkers – trained staff who create a safe and supportive environment in which children can play freely.

 
Art
BAUBAU playfully questions what a museum or art institution should be. The comprehensive spatial design developed by Kerstin Brätsch is full of references and inspirations: Elements from her earlier works, like marbling, paintings, or stucco marble works, reappear here in altered forms and materiality. The wallpapers, curtains, fabrics, seating furniture, and climbing frames are inhabited by dinosaurs, fantastic creatures, termite mounds, and abstract elements. With their quirky, funny, perhaps also somewhat eerie shapes, they create an open framework for free play.

Kerstin Brätsch's practice is designed to allow and incorporate external influences. While she has previously collaborated with artists or artisans, she now does so in a completely different way with children: She invites the children to reshape and further develop the space according to their own ideas and concepts without the artist's influence in unpredictable ways.

Monday 11:00 AM–7:00 PM Tuesday closed Wednesday 11:00 AM–7:00 PM Thursday 11:00 AM–7:00 PM Friday 11:00 AM–7:00 PM Saturday 10:00 AM–7:00 PM Sunday 10:00 AM–7:00 PM

Play, laugh, be loud, romp, do nothing – and that in an exhibition house! Starting September 4, 2024, BAUBAU invites exactly that. In the play area for children designed by artist Kerstin Brätsch, more is allowed than is prohibited. Colorful wallpapers, structures, objects, and a range of "Loose Parts" (loose materials) shape spaces on the ground floor of the Gropius Bau that do not impose strict requirements but are determined by the children's activities. They set the direction and form for what happens here. Thus, this place becomes a space of possibility, which can change day by day.

BAUBAU starts in September 2024 in a prototype version and will develop and grow over the coming years, both inside and outside the Gropius Bau – in close exchange with children and their wishes, because this is their place.

 Play
All children have the urge to play. This is how they learn to understand themselves and the world. Especially open, self-determined play is of great importance for emotional and social development. The educational concept for BAUBAU is therefore based on the foundations of free play: Here, children have the time, space, and permission to follow their own needs and interests. They are accompanied by playworkers – trained staff who create a safe and supportive environment in which children can play freely.

 
Art
BAUBAU playfully questions what a museum or art institution should be. The comprehensive spatial design developed by Kerstin Brätsch is full of references and inspirations: Elements from her earlier works, like marbling, paintings, or stucco marble works, reappear here in altered forms and materiality. The wallpapers, curtains, fabrics, seating furniture, and climbing frames are inhabited by dinosaurs, fantastic creatures, termite mounds, and abstract elements. With their quirky, funny, perhaps also somewhat eerie shapes, they create an open framework for free play.

Kerstin Brätsch's practice is designed to allow and incorporate external influences. While she has previously collaborated with artists or artisans, she now does so in a completely different way with children: She invites the children to reshape and further develop the space according to their own ideas and concepts without the artist's influence in unpredictable ways.

Monday 11:00 AM–7:00 PM Tuesday closed Wednesday 11:00 AM–7:00 PM Thursday 11:00 AM–7:00 PM Friday 11:00 AM–7:00 PM Saturday 10:00 AM–7:00 PM Sunday 10:00 AM–7:00 PM

Play, laugh, be loud, romp, do nothing – and that in an exhibition house! Starting September 4, 2024, BAUBAU invites exactly that. In the play area for children designed by artist Kerstin Brätsch, more is allowed than is prohibited. Colorful wallpapers, structures, objects, and a range of "Loose Parts" (loose materials) shape spaces on the ground floor of the Gropius Bau that do not impose strict requirements but are determined by the children's activities. They set the direction and form for what happens here. Thus, this place becomes a space of possibility, which can change day by day.

BAUBAU starts in September 2024 in a prototype version and will develop and grow over the coming years, both inside and outside the Gropius Bau – in close exchange with children and their wishes, because this is their place.

 Play
All children have the urge to play. This is how they learn to understand themselves and the world. Especially open, self-determined play is of great importance for emotional and social development. The educational concept for BAUBAU is therefore based on the foundations of free play: Here, children have the time, space, and permission to follow their own needs and interests. They are accompanied by playworkers – trained staff who create a safe and supportive environment in which children can play freely.

 
Art
BAUBAU playfully questions what a museum or art institution should be. The comprehensive spatial design developed by Kerstin Brätsch is full of references and inspirations: Elements from her earlier works, like marbling, paintings, or stucco marble works, reappear here in altered forms and materiality. The wallpapers, curtains, fabrics, seating furniture, and climbing frames are inhabited by dinosaurs, fantastic creatures, termite mounds, and abstract elements. With their quirky, funny, perhaps also somewhat eerie shapes, they create an open framework for free play.

Kerstin Brätsch's practice is designed to allow and incorporate external influences. While she has previously collaborated with artists or artisans, she now does so in a completely different way with children: She invites the children to reshape and further develop the space according to their own ideas and concepts without the artist's influence in unpredictable ways.

Monday 11:00 AM–7:00 PM Tuesday closed Wednesday 11:00 AM–7:00 PM Thursday 11:00 AM–7:00 PM Friday 11:00 AM–7:00 PM Saturday 10:00 AM–7:00 PM Sunday 10:00 AM–7:00 PM

Play, laugh, be loud, romp, do nothing – and that in an exhibition house! Starting September 4, 2024, BAUBAU invites exactly that. In the play area for children designed by artist Kerstin Brätsch, more is allowed than is prohibited. Colorful wallpapers, structures, objects, and a range of "Loose Parts" (loose materials) shape spaces on the ground floor of the Gropius Bau that do not impose strict requirements but are determined by the children's activities. They set the direction and form for what happens here. Thus, this place becomes a space of possibility, which can change day by day.

BAUBAU starts in September 2024 in a prototype version and will develop and grow over the coming years, both inside and outside the Gropius Bau – in close exchange with children and their wishes, because this is their place.

 Play
All children have the urge to play. This is how they learn to understand themselves and the world. Especially open, self-determined play is of great importance for emotional and social development. The educational concept for BAUBAU is therefore based on the foundations of free play: Here, children have the time, space, and permission to follow their own needs and interests. They are accompanied by playworkers – trained staff who create a safe and supportive environment in which children can play freely.

 
Art
BAUBAU playfully questions what a museum or art institution should be. The comprehensive spatial design developed by Kerstin Brätsch is full of references and inspirations: Elements from her earlier works, like marbling, paintings, or stucco marble works, reappear here in altered forms and materiality. The wallpapers, curtains, fabrics, seating furniture, and climbing frames are inhabited by dinosaurs, fantastic creatures, termite mounds, and abstract elements. With their quirky, funny, perhaps also somewhat eerie shapes, they create an open framework for free play.

Kerstin Brätsch's practice is designed to allow and incorporate external influences. While she has previously collaborated with artists or artisans, she now does so in a completely different way with children: She invites the children to reshape and further develop the space according to their own ideas and concepts without the artist's influence in unpredictable ways.

Monday 11:00 AM–7:00 PM Tuesday closed Wednesday 11:00 AM–7:00 PM Thursday 11:00 AM–7:00 PM Friday 11:00 AM–7:00 PM Saturday 10:00 AM–7:00 PM Sunday 10:00 AM–7:00 PM

Play, laugh, be loud, romp, do nothing – and that in an exhibition house! Starting September 4, 2024, BAUBAU invites exactly that. In the play area for children designed by artist Kerstin Brätsch, more is allowed than is prohibited. Colorful wallpapers, structures, objects, and a range of "Loose Parts" (loose materials) shape spaces on the ground floor of the Gropius Bau that do not impose strict requirements but are determined by the children's activities. They set the direction and form for what happens here. Thus, this place becomes a space of possibility, which can change day by day.

BAUBAU starts in September 2024 in a prototype version and will develop and grow over the coming years, both inside and outside the Gropius Bau – in close exchange with children and their wishes, because this is their place.

 Play
All children have the urge to play. This is how they learn to understand themselves and the world. Especially open, self-determined play is of great importance for emotional and social development. The educational concept for BAUBAU is therefore based on the foundations of free play: Here, children have the time, space, and permission to follow their own needs and interests. They are accompanied by playworkers – trained staff who create a safe and supportive environment in which children can play freely.

 
Art
BAUBAU playfully questions what a museum or art institution should be. The comprehensive spatial design developed by Kerstin Brätsch is full of references and inspirations: Elements from her earlier works, like marbling, paintings, or stucco marble works, reappear here in altered forms and materiality. The wallpapers, curtains, fabrics, seating furniture, and climbing frames are inhabited by dinosaurs, fantastic creatures, termite mounds, and abstract elements. With their quirky, funny, perhaps also somewhat eerie shapes, they create an open framework for free play.

Kerstin Brätsch's practice is designed to allow and incorporate external influences. While she has previously collaborated with artists or artisans, she now does so in a completely different way with children: She invites the children to reshape and further develop the space according to their own ideas and concepts without the artist's influence in unpredictable ways.

Monday 11:00 AM–7:00 PM Tuesday closed Wednesday 11:00 AM–7:00 PM Thursday 11:00 AM–7:00 PM Friday 11:00 AM–7:00 PM Saturday 10:00 AM–7:00 PM Sunday 10:00 AM–7:00 PM

Play, laugh, be loud, romp, do nothing – and that in an exhibition house! Starting September 4, 2024, BAUBAU invites exactly that. In the play area for children designed by artist Kerstin Brätsch, more is allowed than is prohibited. Colorful wallpapers, structures, objects, and a range of "Loose Parts" (loose materials) shape spaces on the ground floor of the Gropius Bau that do not impose strict requirements but are determined by the children's activities. They set the direction and form for what happens here. Thus, this place becomes a space of possibility, which can change day by day.

BAUBAU starts in September 2024 in a prototype version and will develop and grow over the coming years, both inside and outside the Gropius Bau – in close exchange with children and their wishes, because this is their place.

 Play
All children have the urge to play. This is how they learn to understand themselves and the world. Especially open, self-determined play is of great importance for emotional and social development. The educational concept for BAUBAU is therefore based on the foundations of free play: Here, children have the time, space, and permission to follow their own needs and interests. They are accompanied by playworkers – trained staff who create a safe and supportive environment in which children can play freely.

 
Art
BAUBAU playfully questions what a museum or art institution should be. The comprehensive spatial design developed by Kerstin Brätsch is full of references and inspirations: Elements from her earlier works, like marbling, paintings, or stucco marble works, reappear here in altered forms and materiality. The wallpapers, curtains, fabrics, seating furniture, and climbing frames are inhabited by dinosaurs, fantastic creatures, termite mounds, and abstract elements. With their quirky, funny, perhaps also somewhat eerie shapes, they create an open framework for free play.

Kerstin Brätsch's practice is designed to allow and incorporate external influences. While she has previously collaborated with artists or artisans, she now does so in a completely different way with children: She invites the children to reshape and further develop the space according to their own ideas and concepts without the artist's influence in unpredictable ways.

Monday 11:00 AM–7:00 PM Tuesday closed Wednesday 11:00 AM–7:00 PM Thursday 11:00 AM–7:00 PM Friday 11:00 AM–7:00 PM Saturday 10:00 AM–7:00 PM Sunday 10:00 AM–7:00 PM

Play, laugh, be loud, romp, do nothing – and that in an exhibition house! Starting September 4, 2024, BAUBAU invites exactly that. In the play area for children designed by artist Kerstin Brätsch, more is allowed than is prohibited. Colorful wallpapers, structures, objects, and a range of "Loose Parts" (loose materials) shape spaces on the ground floor of the Gropius Bau that do not impose strict requirements but are determined by the children's activities. They set the direction and form for what happens here. Thus, this place becomes a space of possibility, which can change day by day.

BAUBAU starts in September 2024 in a prototype version and will develop and grow over the coming years, both inside and outside the Gropius Bau – in close exchange with children and their wishes, because this is their place.

 Play
All children have the urge to play. This is how they learn to understand themselves and the world. Especially open, self-determined play is of great importance for emotional and social development. The educational concept for BAUBAU is therefore based on the foundations of free play: Here, children have the time, space, and permission to follow their own needs and interests. They are accompanied by playworkers – trained staff who create a safe and supportive environment in which children can play freely.

 
Art
BAUBAU playfully questions what a museum or art institution should be. The comprehensive spatial design developed by Kerstin Brätsch is full of references and inspirations: Elements from her earlier works, like marbling, paintings, or stucco marble works, reappear here in altered forms and materiality. The wallpapers, curtains, fabrics, seating furniture, and climbing frames are inhabited by dinosaurs, fantastic creatures, termite mounds, and abstract elements. With their quirky, funny, perhaps also somewhat eerie shapes, they create an open framework for free play.

Kerstin Brätsch's practice is designed to allow and incorporate external influences. While she has previously collaborated with artists or artisans, she now does so in a completely different way with children: She invites the children to reshape and further develop the space according to their own ideas and concepts without the artist's influence in unpredictable ways.

Monday 11:00 AM–7:00 PM Tuesday closed Wednesday 11:00 AM–7:00 PM Thursday 11:00 AM–7:00 PM Friday 11:00 AM–7:00 PM Saturday 10:00 AM–7:00 PM Sunday 10:00 AM–7:00 PM

Play, laugh, be loud, romp, do nothing – and that in an exhibition house! Starting September 4, 2024, BAUBAU invites exactly that. In the play area for children designed by artist Kerstin Brätsch, more is allowed than is prohibited. Colorful wallpapers, structures, objects, and a range of "Loose Parts" (loose materials) shape spaces on the ground floor of the Gropius Bau that do not impose strict requirements but are determined by the children's activities. They set the direction and form for what happens here. Thus, this place becomes a space of possibility, which can change day by day.

BAUBAU starts in September 2024 in a prototype version and will develop and grow over the coming years, both inside and outside the Gropius Bau – in close exchange with children and their wishes, because this is their place.

 Play
All children have the urge to play. This is how they learn to understand themselves and the world. Especially open, self-determined play is of great importance for emotional and social development. The educational concept for BAUBAU is therefore based on the foundations of free play: Here, children have the time, space, and permission to follow their own needs and interests. They are accompanied by playworkers – trained staff who create a safe and supportive environment in which children can play freely.

 
Art
BAUBAU playfully questions what a museum or art institution should be. The comprehensive spatial design developed by Kerstin Brätsch is full of references and inspirations: Elements from her earlier works, like marbling, paintings, or stucco marble works, reappear here in altered forms and materiality. The wallpapers, curtains, fabrics, seating furniture, and climbing frames are inhabited by dinosaurs, fantastic creatures, termite mounds, and abstract elements. With their quirky, funny, perhaps also somewhat eerie shapes, they create an open framework for free play.

Kerstin Brätsch's practice is designed to allow and incorporate external influences. While she has previously collaborated with artists or artisans, she now does so in a completely different way with children: She invites the children to reshape and further develop the space according to their own ideas and concepts without the artist's influence in unpredictable ways.

Monday 11:00 AM–7:00 PM Tuesday closed Wednesday 11:00 AM–7:00 PM Thursday 11:00 AM–7:00 PM Friday 11:00 AM–7:00 PM Saturday 10:00 AM–7:00 PM Sunday 10:00 AM–7:00 PM

Play, laugh, be loud, romp, do nothing – and that in an exhibition house! Starting September 4, 2024, BAUBAU invites exactly that. In the play area for children designed by artist Kerstin Brätsch, more is allowed than is prohibited. Colorful wallpapers, structures, objects, and a range of "Loose Parts" (loose materials) shape spaces on the ground floor of the Gropius Bau that do not impose strict requirements but are determined by the children's activities. They set the direction and form for what happens here. Thus, this place becomes a space of possibility, which can change day by day.

BAUBAU starts in September 2024 in a prototype version and will develop and grow over the coming years, both inside and outside the Gropius Bau – in close exchange with children and their wishes, because this is their place.

 Play
All children have the urge to play. This is how they learn to understand themselves and the world. Especially open, self-determined play is of great importance for emotional and social development. The educational concept for BAUBAU is therefore based on the foundations of free play: Here, children have the time, space, and permission to follow their own needs and interests. They are accompanied by playworkers – trained staff who create a safe and supportive environment in which children can play freely.

 
Art
BAUBAU playfully questions what a museum or art institution should be. The comprehensive spatial design developed by Kerstin Brätsch is full of references and inspirations: Elements from her earlier works, like marbling, paintings, or stucco marble works, reappear here in altered forms and materiality. The wallpapers, curtains, fabrics, seating furniture, and climbing frames are inhabited by dinosaurs, fantastic creatures, termite mounds, and abstract elements. With their quirky, funny, perhaps also somewhat eerie shapes, they create an open framework for free play.

Kerstin Brätsch's practice is designed to allow and incorporate external influences. While she has previously collaborated with artists or artisans, she now does so in a completely different way with children: She invites the children to reshape and further develop the space according to their own ideas and concepts without the artist's influence in unpredictable ways.

Monday 11:00 AM–7:00 PM Tuesday closed Wednesday 11:00 AM–7:00 PM Thursday 11:00 AM–7:00 PM Friday 11:00 AM–7:00 PM Saturday 10:00 AM–7:00 PM Sunday 10:00 AM–7:00 PM

Play, laugh, be loud, romp, do nothing – and that in an exhibition house! Starting September 4, 2024, BAUBAU invites exactly that. In the play area for children designed by artist Kerstin Brätsch, more is allowed than is prohibited. Colorful wallpapers, structures, objects, and a range of "Loose Parts" (loose materials) shape spaces on the ground floor of the Gropius Bau that do not impose strict requirements but are determined by the children's activities. They set the direction and form for what happens here. Thus, this place becomes a space of possibility, which can change day by day.

BAUBAU starts in September 2024 in a prototype version and will develop and grow over the coming years, both inside and outside the Gropius Bau – in close exchange with children and their wishes, because this is their place.

 Play
All children have the urge to play. This is how they learn to understand themselves and the world. Especially open, self-determined play is of great importance for emotional and social development. The educational concept for BAUBAU is therefore based on the foundations of free play: Here, children have the time, space, and permission to follow their own needs and interests. They are accompanied by playworkers – trained staff who create a safe and supportive environment in which children can play freely.

 
Art
BAUBAU playfully questions what a museum or art institution should be. The comprehensive spatial design developed by Kerstin Brätsch is full of references and inspirations: Elements from her earlier works, like marbling, paintings, or stucco marble works, reappear here in altered forms and materiality. The wallpapers, curtains, fabrics, seating furniture, and climbing frames are inhabited by dinosaurs, fantastic creatures, termite mounds, and abstract elements. With their quirky, funny, perhaps also somewhat eerie shapes, they create an open framework for free play.

Kerstin Brätsch's practice is designed to allow and incorporate external influences. While she has previously collaborated with artists or artisans, she now does so in a completely different way with children: She invites the children to reshape and further develop the space according to their own ideas and concepts without the artist's influence in unpredictable ways.

Monday 11:00 AM–7:00 PM Tuesday closed Wednesday 11:00 AM–7:00 PM Thursday 11:00 AM–7:00 PM Friday 11:00 AM–7:00 PM Saturday 10:00 AM–7:00 PM Sunday 10:00 AM–7:00 PM

Play, laugh, be loud, romp, do nothing – and that in an exhibition house! Starting September 4, 2024, BAUBAU invites exactly that. In the play area for children designed by artist Kerstin Brätsch, more is allowed than is prohibited. Colorful wallpapers, structures, objects, and a range of "Loose Parts" (loose materials) shape spaces on the ground floor of the Gropius Bau that do not impose strict requirements but are determined by the children's activities. They set the direction and form for what happens here. Thus, this place becomes a space of possibility, which can change day by day.

BAUBAU starts in September 2024 in a prototype version and will develop and grow over the coming years, both inside and outside the Gropius Bau – in close exchange with children and their wishes, because this is their place.

 Play
All children have the urge to play. This is how they learn to understand themselves and the world. Especially open, self-determined play is of great importance for emotional and social development. The educational concept for BAUBAU is therefore based on the foundations of free play: Here, children have the time, space, and permission to follow their own needs and interests. They are accompanied by playworkers – trained staff who create a safe and supportive environment in which children can play freely.

 
Art
BAUBAU playfully questions what a museum or art institution should be. The comprehensive spatial design developed by Kerstin Brätsch is full of references and inspirations: Elements from her earlier works, like marbling, paintings, or stucco marble works, reappear here in altered forms and materiality. The wallpapers, curtains, fabrics, seating furniture, and climbing frames are inhabited by dinosaurs, fantastic creatures, termite mounds, and abstract elements. With their quirky, funny, perhaps also somewhat eerie shapes, they create an open framework for free play.

Kerstin Brätsch's practice is designed to allow and incorporate external influences. While she has previously collaborated with artists or artisans, she now does so in a completely different way with children: She invites the children to reshape and further develop the space according to their own ideas and concepts without the artist's influence in unpredictable ways.

Monday 11:00 AM–7:00 PM Tuesday closed Wednesday 11:00 AM–7:00 PM Thursday 11:00 AM–7:00 PM Friday 11:00 AM–7:00 PM Saturday 10:00 AM–7:00 PM Sunday 10:00 AM–7:00 PM

Play, laugh, be loud, romp, do nothing – and that in an exhibition house! Starting September 4, 2024, BAUBAU invites exactly that. In the play area for children designed by artist Kerstin Brätsch, more is allowed than is prohibited. Colorful wallpapers, structures, objects, and a range of "Loose Parts" (loose materials) shape spaces on the ground floor of the Gropius Bau that do not impose strict requirements but are determined by the children's activities. They set the direction and form for what happens here. Thus, this place becomes a space of possibility, which can change day by day.

BAUBAU starts in September 2024 in a prototype version and will develop and grow over the coming years, both inside and outside the Gropius Bau – in close exchange with children and their wishes, because this is their place.

 Play
All children have the urge to play. This is how they learn to understand themselves and the world. Especially open, self-determined play is of great importance for emotional and social development. The educational concept for BAUBAU is therefore based on the foundations of free play: Here, children have the time, space, and permission to follow their own needs and interests. They are accompanied by playworkers – trained staff who create a safe and supportive environment in which children can play freely.

 
Art
BAUBAU playfully questions what a museum or art institution should be. The comprehensive spatial design developed by Kerstin Brätsch is full of references and inspirations: Elements from her earlier works, like marbling, paintings, or stucco marble works, reappear here in altered forms and materiality. The wallpapers, curtains, fabrics, seating furniture, and climbing frames are inhabited by dinosaurs, fantastic creatures, termite mounds, and abstract elements. With their quirky, funny, perhaps also somewhat eerie shapes, they create an open framework for free play.

Kerstin Brätsch's practice is designed to allow and incorporate external influences. While she has previously collaborated with artists or artisans, she now does so in a completely different way with children: She invites the children to reshape and further develop the space according to their own ideas and concepts without the artist's influence in unpredictable ways.

Monday 11:00 AM–7:00 PM Tuesday closed Wednesday 11:00 AM–7:00 PM Thursday 11:00 AM–7:00 PM Friday 11:00 AM–7:00 PM Saturday 10:00 AM–7:00 PM Sunday 10:00 AM–7:00 PM

Play, laugh, be loud, romp, do nothing – and that in an exhibition house! Starting September 4, 2024, BAUBAU invites exactly that. In the play area for children designed by artist Kerstin Brätsch, more is allowed than is prohibited. Colorful wallpapers, structures, objects, and a range of "Loose Parts" (loose materials) shape spaces on the ground floor of the Gropius Bau that do not impose strict requirements but are determined by the children's activities. They set the direction and form for what happens here. Thus, this place becomes a space of possibility, which can change day by day.

BAUBAU starts in September 2024 in a prototype version and will develop and grow over the coming years, both inside and outside the Gropius Bau – in close exchange with children and their wishes, because this is their place.

 Play
All children have the urge to play. This is how they learn to understand themselves and the world. Especially open, self-determined play is of great importance for emotional and social development. The educational concept for BAUBAU is therefore based on the foundations of free play: Here, children have the time, space, and permission to follow their own needs and interests. They are accompanied by playworkers – trained staff who create a safe and supportive environment in which children can play freely.

 
Art
BAUBAU playfully questions what a museum or art institution should be. The comprehensive spatial design developed by Kerstin Brätsch is full of references and inspirations: Elements from her earlier works, like marbling, paintings, or stucco marble works, reappear here in altered forms and materiality. The wallpapers, curtains, fabrics, seating furniture, and climbing frames are inhabited by dinosaurs, fantastic creatures, termite mounds, and abstract elements. With their quirky, funny, perhaps also somewhat eerie shapes, they create an open framework for free play.

Kerstin Brätsch's practice is designed to allow and incorporate external influences. While she has previously collaborated with artists or artisans, she now does so in a completely different way with children: She invites the children to reshape and further develop the space according to their own ideas and concepts without the artist's influence in unpredictable ways.

Monday 11:00 AM–7:00 PM Tuesday closed Wednesday 11:00 AM–7:00 PM Thursday 11:00 AM–7:00 PM Friday 11:00 AM–7:00 PM Saturday 10:00 AM–7:00 PM Sunday 10:00 AM–7:00 PM

Play, laugh, be loud, romp, do nothing – and that in an exhibition house! Starting September 4, 2024, BAUBAU invites exactly that. In the play area for children designed by artist Kerstin Brätsch, more is allowed than is prohibited. Colorful wallpapers, structures, objects, and a range of "Loose Parts" (loose materials) shape spaces on the ground floor of the Gropius Bau that do not impose strict requirements but are determined by the children's activities. They set the direction and form for what happens here. Thus, this place becomes a space of possibility, which can change day by day.

BAUBAU starts in September 2024 in a prototype version and will develop and grow over the coming years, both inside and outside the Gropius Bau – in close exchange with children and their wishes, because this is their place.

 Play
All children have the urge to play. This is how they learn to understand themselves and the world. Especially open, self-determined play is of great importance for emotional and social development. The educational concept for BAUBAU is therefore based on the foundations of free play: Here, children have the time, space, and permission to follow their own needs and interests. They are accompanied by playworkers – trained staff who create a safe and supportive environment in which children can play freely.

 
Art
BAUBAU playfully questions what a museum or art institution should be. The comprehensive spatial design developed by Kerstin Brätsch is full of references and inspirations: Elements from her earlier works, like marbling, paintings, or stucco marble works, reappear here in altered forms and materiality. The wallpapers, curtains, fabrics, seating furniture, and climbing frames are inhabited by dinosaurs, fantastic creatures, termite mounds, and abstract elements. With their quirky, funny, perhaps also somewhat eerie shapes, they create an open framework for free play.

Kerstin Brätsch's practice is designed to allow and incorporate external influences. While she has previously collaborated with artists or artisans, she now does so in a completely different way with children: She invites the children to reshape and further develop the space according to their own ideas and concepts without the artist's influence in unpredictable ways.

Monday 11:00 AM–7:00 PM Tuesday closed Wednesday 11:00 AM–7:00 PM Thursday 11:00 AM–7:00 PM Friday 11:00 AM–7:00 PM Saturday 10:00 AM–7:00 PM Sunday 10:00 AM–7:00 PM

Play, laugh, be loud, romp, do nothing – and that in an exhibition house! Starting September 4, 2024, BAUBAU invites exactly that. In the play area for children designed by artist Kerstin Brätsch, more is allowed than is prohibited. Colorful wallpapers, structures, objects, and a range of "Loose Parts" (loose materials) shape spaces on the ground floor of the Gropius Bau that do not impose strict requirements but are determined by the children's activities. They set the direction and form for what happens here. Thus, this place becomes a space of possibility, which can change day by day.

BAUBAU starts in September 2024 in a prototype version and will develop and grow over the coming years, both inside and outside the Gropius Bau – in close exchange with children and their wishes, because this is their place.

 Play
All children have the urge to play. This is how they learn to understand themselves and the world. Especially open, self-determined play is of great importance for emotional and social development. The educational concept for BAUBAU is therefore based on the foundations of free play: Here, children have the time, space, and permission to follow their own needs and interests. They are accompanied by playworkers – trained staff who create a safe and supportive environment in which children can play freely.

 
Art
BAUBAU playfully questions what a museum or art institution should be. The comprehensive spatial design developed by Kerstin Brätsch is full of references and inspirations: Elements from her earlier works, like marbling, paintings, or stucco marble works, reappear here in altered forms and materiality. The wallpapers, curtains, fabrics, seating furniture, and climbing frames are inhabited by dinosaurs, fantastic creatures, termite mounds, and abstract elements. With their quirky, funny, perhaps also somewhat eerie shapes, they create an open framework for free play.

Kerstin Brätsch's practice is designed to allow and incorporate external influences. While she has previously collaborated with artists or artisans, she now does so in a completely different way with children: She invites the children to reshape and further develop the space according to their own ideas and concepts without the artist's influence in unpredictable ways.

Monday 11:00 AM–7:00 PM Tuesday closed Wednesday 11:00 AM–7:00 PM Thursday 11:00 AM–7:00 PM Friday 11:00 AM–7:00 PM Saturday 10:00 AM–7:00 PM Sunday 10:00 AM–7:00 PM

Play, laugh, be loud, romp, do nothing – and that in an exhibition house! Starting September 4, 2024, BAUBAU invites exactly that. In the play area for children designed by artist Kerstin Brätsch, more is allowed than is prohibited. Colorful wallpapers, structures, objects, and a range of "Loose Parts" (loose materials) shape spaces on the ground floor of the Gropius Bau that do not impose strict requirements but are determined by the children's activities. They set the direction and form for what happens here. Thus, this place becomes a space of possibility, which can change day by day.

BAUBAU starts in September 2024 in a prototype version and will develop and grow over the coming years, both inside and outside the Gropius Bau – in close exchange with children and their wishes, because this is their place.

 Play
All children have the urge to play. This is how they learn to understand themselves and the world. Especially open, self-determined play is of great importance for emotional and social development. The educational concept for BAUBAU is therefore based on the foundations of free play: Here, children have the time, space, and permission to follow their own needs and interests. They are accompanied by playworkers – trained staff who create a safe and supportive environment in which children can play freely.

 
Art
BAUBAU playfully questions what a museum or art institution should be. The comprehensive spatial design developed by Kerstin Brätsch is full of references and inspirations: Elements from her earlier works, like marbling, paintings, or stucco marble works, reappear here in altered forms and materiality. The wallpapers, curtains, fabrics, seating furniture, and climbing frames are inhabited by dinosaurs, fantastic creatures, termite mounds, and abstract elements. With their quirky, funny, perhaps also somewhat eerie shapes, they create an open framework for free play.

Kerstin Brätsch's practice is designed to allow and incorporate external influences. While she has previously collaborated with artists or artisans, she now does so in a completely different way with children: She invites the children to reshape and further develop the space according to their own ideas and concepts without the artist's influence in unpredictable ways.

Monday 11:00 AM–7:00 PM Tuesday closed Wednesday 11:00 AM–7:00 PM Thursday 11:00 AM–7:00 PM Friday 11:00 AM–7:00 PM Saturday 10:00 AM–7:00 PM Sunday 10:00 AM–7:00 PM

Play, laugh, be loud, romp, do nothing – and that in an exhibition house! Starting September 4, 2024, BAUBAU invites exactly that. In the play area for children designed by artist Kerstin Brätsch, more is allowed than is prohibited. Colorful wallpapers, structures, objects, and a range of "Loose Parts" (loose materials) shape spaces on the ground floor of the Gropius Bau that do not impose strict requirements but are determined by the children's activities. They set the direction and form for what happens here. Thus, this place becomes a space of possibility, which can change day by day.

BAUBAU starts in September 2024 in a prototype version and will develop and grow over the coming years, both inside and outside the Gropius Bau – in close exchange with children and their wishes, because this is their place.

 Play
All children have the urge to play. This is how they learn to understand themselves and the world. Especially open, self-determined play is of great importance for emotional and social development. The educational concept for BAUBAU is therefore based on the foundations of free play: Here, children have the time, space, and permission to follow their own needs and interests. They are accompanied by playworkers – trained staff who create a safe and supportive environment in which children can play freely.

 
Art
BAUBAU playfully questions what a museum or art institution should be. The comprehensive spatial design developed by Kerstin Brätsch is full of references and inspirations: Elements from her earlier works, like marbling, paintings, or stucco marble works, reappear here in altered forms and materiality. The wallpapers, curtains, fabrics, seating furniture, and climbing frames are inhabited by dinosaurs, fantastic creatures, termite mounds, and abstract elements. With their quirky, funny, perhaps also somewhat eerie shapes, they create an open framework for free play.

Kerstin Brätsch's practice is designed to allow and incorporate external influences. While she has previously collaborated with artists or artisans, she now does so in a completely different way with children: She invites the children to reshape and further develop the space according to their own ideas and concepts without the artist's influence in unpredictable ways.

Monday 11:00 AM–7:00 PM Tuesday closed Wednesday 11:00 AM–7:00 PM Thursday 11:00 AM–7:00 PM Friday 11:00 AM–7:00 PM Saturday 10:00 AM–7:00 PM Sunday 10:00 AM–7:00 PM

Play, laugh, be loud, romp, do nothing – and that in an exhibition house! Starting September 4, 2024, BAUBAU invites exactly that. In the play area for children designed by artist Kerstin Brätsch, more is allowed than is prohibited. Colorful wallpapers, structures, objects, and a range of "Loose Parts" (loose materials) shape spaces on the ground floor of the Gropius Bau that do not impose strict requirements but are determined by the children's activities. They set the direction and form for what happens here. Thus, this place becomes a space of possibility, which can change day by day.

BAUBAU starts in September 2024 in a prototype version and will develop and grow over the coming years, both inside and outside the Gropius Bau – in close exchange with children and their wishes, because this is their place.

 Play
All children have the urge to play. This is how they learn to understand themselves and the world. Especially open, self-determined play is of great importance for emotional and social development. The educational concept for BAUBAU is therefore based on the foundations of free play: Here, children have the time, space, and permission to follow their own needs and interests. They are accompanied by playworkers – trained staff who create a safe and supportive environment in which children can play freely.

 
Art
BAUBAU playfully questions what a museum or art institution should be. The comprehensive spatial design developed by Kerstin Brätsch is full of references and inspirations: Elements from her earlier works, like marbling, paintings, or stucco marble works, reappear here in altered forms and materiality. The wallpapers, curtains, fabrics, seating furniture, and climbing frames are inhabited by dinosaurs, fantastic creatures, termite mounds, and abstract elements. With their quirky, funny, perhaps also somewhat eerie shapes, they create an open framework for free play.

Kerstin Brätsch's practice is designed to allow and incorporate external influences. While she has previously collaborated with artists or artisans, she now does so in a completely different way with children: She invites the children to reshape and further develop the space according to their own ideas and concepts without the artist's influence in unpredictable ways.

Monday 11:00 AM–7:00 PM Tuesday closed Wednesday 11:00 AM–7:00 PM Thursday 11:00 AM–7:00 PM Friday 11:00 AM–7:00 PM Saturday 10:00 AM–7:00 PM Sunday 10:00 AM–7:00 PM

Play, laugh, be loud, romp, do nothing – and that in an exhibition house! Starting September 4, 2024, BAUBAU invites exactly that. In the play area for children designed by artist Kerstin Brätsch, more is allowed than is prohibited. Colorful wallpapers, structures, objects, and a range of "Loose Parts" (loose materials) shape spaces on the ground floor of the Gropius Bau that do not impose strict requirements but are determined by the children's activities. They set the direction and form for what happens here. Thus, this place becomes a space of possibility, which can change day by day.

BAUBAU starts in September 2024 in a prototype version and will develop and grow over the coming years, both inside and outside the Gropius Bau – in close exchange with children and their wishes, because this is their place.

 Play
All children have the urge to play. This is how they learn to understand themselves and the world. Especially open, self-determined play is of great importance for emotional and social development. The educational concept for BAUBAU is therefore based on the foundations of free play: Here, children have the time, space, and permission to follow their own needs and interests. They are accompanied by playworkers – trained staff who create a safe and supportive environment in which children can play freely.

 
Art
BAUBAU playfully questions what a museum or art institution should be. The comprehensive spatial design developed by Kerstin Brätsch is full of references and inspirations: Elements from her earlier works, like marbling, paintings, or stucco marble works, reappear here in altered forms and materiality. The wallpapers, curtains, fabrics, seating furniture, and climbing frames are inhabited by dinosaurs, fantastic creatures, termite mounds, and abstract elements. With their quirky, funny, perhaps also somewhat eerie shapes, they create an open framework for free play.

Kerstin Brätsch's practice is designed to allow and incorporate external influences. While she has previously collaborated with artists or artisans, she now does so in a completely different way with children: She invites the children to reshape and further develop the space according to their own ideas and concepts without the artist's influence in unpredictable ways.

Monday 11:00 AM–7:00 PM Tuesday closed Wednesday 11:00 AM–7:00 PM Thursday 11:00 AM–7:00 PM Friday 11:00 AM–7:00 PM Saturday 10:00 AM–7:00 PM Sunday 10:00 AM–7:00 PM

At the beginning of September 2024, the exhibition HAPPINESS IS NOT ALWAYS FUN by the artist Rirkrit Tiravanija will open at the Gropius Bau. Tiravanija has expanded the conventional concept of art with his practice, creating situations where social interactions and sensory experiences are negotiated. Since the early 1990s, Tiravanija has partly lived in Germany and has repeatedly developed artistic works that address cultural peculiarities, migration, and the political present of the country. HAPPINESS IS NOT ALWAYS FUN is the first to bring together these works, which also demonstrate the significance of Berlin and Germany as a site of artistic production for Tiravanija. The title of the exhibition is taken from the opening credits of Rainer Werner Fassbinder’s film Fear Eats the Soul from 1974, whose depiction of anti-Arab racism against the so-called guest worker Ali is disturbingly relevant today, 50 years later. The extensive exhibition includes works on paper, sculptures, photographs, multiples, and a selection of rarely shown Super-8 films, as well as regular activations of central ephemeral and participatory works by the artist from the 1980s to the present day. The explosive power of his practice remains the focus: institutional boundaries and categories are tested; it gets loud, cooking, eating, and playing happen.

Curated by Jenny Schlenzka, Yasmil Raymond, and Christopher Wierling

Monday 12:00–18:00 Tuesday closed Wednesday 12:00–18:00 Thursday 12:00–18:00 Friday 12:00–18:00 Saturday 12:00–18:00 Sunday 12:00–18:00

At the beginning of September 2024, the exhibition HAPPINESS IS NOT ALWAYS FUN by the artist Rirkrit Tiravanija will open at the Gropius Bau. Tiravanija has expanded the conventional concept of art with his practice, creating situations where social interactions and sensory experiences are negotiated. Since the early 1990s, Tiravanija has partly lived in Germany and has repeatedly developed artistic works that address cultural peculiarities, migration, and the political present of the country. HAPPINESS IS NOT ALWAYS FUN is the first to bring together these works, which also demonstrate the significance of Berlin and Germany as a site of artistic production for Tiravanija. The title of the exhibition is taken from the opening credits of Rainer Werner Fassbinder’s film Fear Eats the Soul from 1974, whose depiction of anti-Arab racism against the so-called guest worker Ali is disturbingly relevant today, 50 years later. The extensive exhibition includes works on paper, sculptures, photographs, multiples, and a selection of rarely shown Super-8 films, as well as regular activations of central ephemeral and participatory works by the artist from the 1980s to the present day. The explosive power of his practice remains the focus: institutional boundaries and categories are tested; it gets loud, cooking, eating, and playing happen.

Curated by Jenny Schlenzka, Yasmil Raymond, and Christopher Wierling

Monday 12:00–18:00 Tuesday closed Wednesday 12:00–18:00 Thursday 12:00–18:00 Friday 12:00–18:00 Saturday 12:00–18:00 Sunday 12:00–18:00

At the beginning of September 2024, the exhibition HAPPINESS IS NOT ALWAYS FUN by the artist Rirkrit Tiravanija will open at the Gropius Bau. Tiravanija has expanded the conventional concept of art with his practice, creating situations where social interactions and sensory experiences are negotiated. Since the early 1990s, Tiravanija has partly lived in Germany and has repeatedly developed artistic works that address cultural peculiarities, migration, and the political present of the country. HAPPINESS IS NOT ALWAYS FUN is the first to bring together these works, which also demonstrate the significance of Berlin and Germany as a site of artistic production for Tiravanija. The title of the exhibition is taken from the opening credits of Rainer Werner Fassbinder’s film Fear Eats the Soul from 1974, whose depiction of anti-Arab racism against the so-called guest worker Ali is disturbingly relevant today, 50 years later. The extensive exhibition includes works on paper, sculptures, photographs, multiples, and a selection of rarely shown Super-8 films, as well as regular activations of central ephemeral and participatory works by the artist from the 1980s to the present day. The explosive power of his practice remains the focus: institutional boundaries and categories are tested; it gets loud, cooking, eating, and playing happen.

Curated by Jenny Schlenzka, Yasmil Raymond, and Christopher Wierling

Monday 12:00–18:00 Tuesday closed Wednesday 12:00–18:00 Thursday 12:00–18:00 Friday 12:00–18:00 Saturday 12:00–18:00 Sunday 12:00–18:00

At the beginning of September 2024, the exhibition HAPPINESS IS NOT ALWAYS FUN by the artist Rirkrit Tiravanija will open at the Gropius Bau. Tiravanija has expanded the conventional concept of art with his practice, creating situations where social interactions and sensory experiences are negotiated. Since the early 1990s, Tiravanija has partly lived in Germany and has repeatedly developed artistic works that address cultural peculiarities, migration, and the political present of the country. HAPPINESS IS NOT ALWAYS FUN is the first to bring together these works, which also demonstrate the significance of Berlin and Germany as a site of artistic production for Tiravanija. The title of the exhibition is taken from the opening credits of Rainer Werner Fassbinder’s film Fear Eats the Soul from 1974, whose depiction of anti-Arab racism against the so-called guest worker Ali is disturbingly relevant today, 50 years later. The extensive exhibition includes works on paper, sculptures, photographs, multiples, and a selection of rarely shown Super-8 films, as well as regular activations of central ephemeral and participatory works by the artist from the 1980s to the present day. The explosive power of his practice remains the focus: institutional boundaries and categories are tested; it gets loud, cooking, eating, and playing happen.

Curated by Jenny Schlenzka, Yasmil Raymond, and Christopher Wierling

Monday 12:00–18:00 Tuesday closed Wednesday 12:00–18:00 Thursday 12:00–18:00 Friday 12:00–18:00 Saturday 12:00–18:00 Sunday 12:00–18:00

At the beginning of September 2024, the exhibition HAPPINESS IS NOT ALWAYS FUN by the artist Rirkrit Tiravanija will open at the Gropius Bau. Tiravanija has expanded the conventional concept of art with his practice, creating situations where social interactions and sensory experiences are negotiated. Since the early 1990s, Tiravanija has partly lived in Germany and has repeatedly developed artistic works that address cultural peculiarities, migration, and the political present of the country. HAPPINESS IS NOT ALWAYS FUN is the first to bring together these works, which also demonstrate the significance of Berlin and Germany as a site of artistic production for Tiravanija. The title of the exhibition is taken from the opening credits of Rainer Werner Fassbinder’s film Fear Eats the Soul from 1974, whose depiction of anti-Arab racism against the so-called guest worker Ali is disturbingly relevant today, 50 years later. The extensive exhibition includes works on paper, sculptures, photographs, multiples, and a selection of rarely shown Super-8 films, as well as regular activations of central ephemeral and participatory works by the artist from the 1980s to the present day. The explosive power of his practice remains the focus: institutional boundaries and categories are tested; it gets loud, cooking, eating, and playing happen.

Curated by Jenny Schlenzka, Yasmil Raymond, and Christopher Wierling

Monday 12:00–18:00 Tuesday closed Wednesday 12:00–18:00 Thursday 12:00–18:00 Friday 12:00–18:00 Saturday 12:00–18:00 Sunday 12:00–18:00

At the beginning of September 2024, the exhibition HAPPINESS IS NOT ALWAYS FUN by the artist Rirkrit Tiravanija will open at the Gropius Bau. Tiravanija has expanded the conventional concept of art with his practice, creating situations where social interactions and sensory experiences are negotiated. Since the early 1990s, Tiravanija has partly lived in Germany and has repeatedly developed artistic works that address cultural peculiarities, migration, and the political present of the country. HAPPINESS IS NOT ALWAYS FUN is the first to bring together these works, which also demonstrate the significance of Berlin and Germany as a site of artistic production for Tiravanija. The title of the exhibition is taken from the opening credits of Rainer Werner Fassbinder’s film Fear Eats the Soul from 1974, whose depiction of anti-Arab racism against the so-called guest worker Ali is disturbingly relevant today, 50 years later. The extensive exhibition includes works on paper, sculptures, photographs, multiples, and a selection of rarely shown Super-8 films, as well as regular activations of central ephemeral and participatory works by the artist from the 1980s to the present day. The explosive power of his practice remains the focus: institutional boundaries and categories are tested; it gets loud, cooking, eating, and playing happen.

Curated by Jenny Schlenzka, Yasmil Raymond, and Christopher Wierling

Monday 12:00–18:00 Tuesday closed Wednesday 12:00–18:00 Thursday 12:00–18:00 Friday 12:00–18:00 Saturday 12:00–18:00 Sunday 12:00–18:00

At the beginning of September 2024, the exhibition HAPPINESS IS NOT ALWAYS FUN by the artist Rirkrit Tiravanija will open at the Gropius Bau. Tiravanija has expanded the conventional concept of art with his practice, creating situations where social interactions and sensory experiences are negotiated. Since the early 1990s, Tiravanija has partly lived in Germany and has repeatedly developed artistic works that address cultural peculiarities, migration, and the political present of the country. HAPPINESS IS NOT ALWAYS FUN is the first to bring together these works, which also demonstrate the significance of Berlin and Germany as a site of artistic production for Tiravanija. The title of the exhibition is taken from the opening credits of Rainer Werner Fassbinder’s film Fear Eats the Soul from 1974, whose depiction of anti-Arab racism against the so-called guest worker Ali is disturbingly relevant today, 50 years later. The extensive exhibition includes works on paper, sculptures, photographs, multiples, and a selection of rarely shown Super-8 films, as well as regular activations of central ephemeral and participatory works by the artist from the 1980s to the present day. The explosive power of his practice remains the focus: institutional boundaries and categories are tested; it gets loud, cooking, eating, and playing happen.

Curated by Jenny Schlenzka, Yasmil Raymond, and Christopher Wierling

Monday 12:00–18:00 Tuesday closed Wednesday 12:00–18:00 Thursday 12:00–18:00 Friday 12:00–18:00 Saturday 12:00–18:00 Sunday 12:00–18:00

At the beginning of September 2024, the exhibition HAPPINESS IS NOT ALWAYS FUN by the artist Rirkrit Tiravanija will open at the Gropius Bau. Tiravanija has expanded the conventional concept of art with his practice, creating situations where social interactions and sensory experiences are negotiated. Since the early 1990s, Tiravanija has partly lived in Germany and has repeatedly developed artistic works that address cultural peculiarities, migration, and the political present of the country. HAPPINESS IS NOT ALWAYS FUN is the first to bring together these works, which also demonstrate the significance of Berlin and Germany as a site of artistic production for Tiravanija. The title of the exhibition is taken from the opening credits of Rainer Werner Fassbinder’s film Fear Eats the Soul from 1974, whose depiction of anti-Arab racism against the so-called guest worker Ali is disturbingly relevant today, 50 years later. The extensive exhibition includes works on paper, sculptures, photographs, multiples, and a selection of rarely shown Super-8 films, as well as regular activations of central ephemeral and participatory works by the artist from the 1980s to the present day. The explosive power of his practice remains the focus: institutional boundaries and categories are tested; it gets loud, cooking, eating, and playing happen.

Curated by Jenny Schlenzka, Yasmil Raymond, and Christopher Wierling

Monday 12:00–18:00 Tuesday closed Wednesday 12:00–18:00 Thursday 12:00–18:00 Friday 12:00–18:00 Saturday 12:00–18:00 Sunday 12:00–18:00

At the beginning of September 2024, the exhibition HAPPINESS IS NOT ALWAYS FUN by the artist Rirkrit Tiravanija will open at the Gropius Bau. Tiravanija has expanded the conventional concept of art with his practice, creating situations where social interactions and sensory experiences are negotiated. Since the early 1990s, Tiravanija has partly lived in Germany and has repeatedly developed artistic works that address cultural peculiarities, migration, and the political present of the country. HAPPINESS IS NOT ALWAYS FUN is the first to bring together these works, which also demonstrate the significance of Berlin and Germany as a site of artistic production for Tiravanija. The title of the exhibition is taken from the opening credits of Rainer Werner Fassbinder’s film Fear Eats the Soul from 1974, whose depiction of anti-Arab racism against the so-called guest worker Ali is disturbingly relevant today, 50 years later. The extensive exhibition includes works on paper, sculptures, photographs, multiples, and a selection of rarely shown Super-8 films, as well as regular activations of central ephemeral and participatory works by the artist from the 1980s to the present day. The explosive power of his practice remains the focus: institutional boundaries and categories are tested; it gets loud, cooking, eating, and playing happen.

Curated by Jenny Schlenzka, Yasmil Raymond, and Christopher Wierling

Monday 12:00–18:00 Tuesday closed Wednesday 12:00–18:00 Thursday 12:00–18:00 Friday 12:00–18:00 Saturday 12:00–18:00 Sunday 12:00–18:00

At the beginning of September 2024, the exhibition HAPPINESS IS NOT ALWAYS FUN by the artist Rirkrit Tiravanija will open at the Gropius Bau. Tiravanija has expanded the conventional concept of art with his practice, creating situations where social interactions and sensory experiences are negotiated. Since the early 1990s, Tiravanija has partly lived in Germany and has repeatedly developed artistic works that address cultural peculiarities, migration, and the political present of the country. HAPPINESS IS NOT ALWAYS FUN is the first to bring together these works, which also demonstrate the significance of Berlin and Germany as a site of artistic production for Tiravanija. The title of the exhibition is taken from the opening credits of Rainer Werner Fassbinder’s film Fear Eats the Soul from 1974, whose depiction of anti-Arab racism against the so-called guest worker Ali is disturbingly relevant today, 50 years later. The extensive exhibition includes works on paper, sculptures, photographs, multiples, and a selection of rarely shown Super-8 films, as well as regular activations of central ephemeral and participatory works by the artist from the 1980s to the present day. The explosive power of his practice remains the focus: institutional boundaries and categories are tested; it gets loud, cooking, eating, and playing happen.

Curated by Jenny Schlenzka, Yasmil Raymond, and Christopher Wierling

Monday 12:00–18:00 Tuesday closed Wednesday 12:00–18:00 Thursday 12:00–18:00 Friday 12:00–18:00 Saturday 12:00–18:00 Sunday 12:00–18:00

At the beginning of September 2024, the exhibition HAPPINESS IS NOT ALWAYS FUN by the artist Rirkrit Tiravanija will open at the Gropius Bau. Tiravanija has expanded the conventional concept of art with his practice, creating situations where social interactions and sensory experiences are negotiated. Since the early 1990s, Tiravanija has partly lived in Germany and has repeatedly developed artistic works that address cultural peculiarities, migration, and the political present of the country. HAPPINESS IS NOT ALWAYS FUN is the first to bring together these works, which also demonstrate the significance of Berlin and Germany as a site of artistic production for Tiravanija. The title of the exhibition is taken from the opening credits of Rainer Werner Fassbinder’s film Fear Eats the Soul from 1974, whose depiction of anti-Arab racism against the so-called guest worker Ali is disturbingly relevant today, 50 years later. The extensive exhibition includes works on paper, sculptures, photographs, multiples, and a selection of rarely shown Super-8 films, as well as regular activations of central ephemeral and participatory works by the artist from the 1980s to the present day. The explosive power of his practice remains the focus: institutional boundaries and categories are tested; it gets loud, cooking, eating, and playing happen.

Curated by Jenny Schlenzka, Yasmil Raymond, and Christopher Wierling

Monday 12:00–18:00 Tuesday closed Wednesday 12:00–18:00 Thursday 12:00–18:00 Friday 12:00–18:00 Saturday 12:00–18:00 Sunday 12:00–18:00

At the beginning of September 2024, the exhibition HAPPINESS IS NOT ALWAYS FUN by the artist Rirkrit Tiravanija will open at the Gropius Bau. Tiravanija has expanded the conventional concept of art with his practice, creating situations where social interactions and sensory experiences are negotiated. Since the early 1990s, Tiravanija has partly lived in Germany and has repeatedly developed artistic works that address cultural peculiarities, migration, and the political present of the country. HAPPINESS IS NOT ALWAYS FUN is the first to bring together these works, which also demonstrate the significance of Berlin and Germany as a site of artistic production for Tiravanija. The title of the exhibition is taken from the opening credits of Rainer Werner Fassbinder’s film Fear Eats the Soul from 1974, whose depiction of anti-Arab racism against the so-called guest worker Ali is disturbingly relevant today, 50 years later. The extensive exhibition includes works on paper, sculptures, photographs, multiples, and a selection of rarely shown Super-8 films, as well as regular activations of central ephemeral and participatory works by the artist from the 1980s to the present day. The explosive power of his practice remains the focus: institutional boundaries and categories are tested; it gets loud, cooking, eating, and playing happen.

Curated by Jenny Schlenzka, Yasmil Raymond, and Christopher Wierling

Monday 12:00–18:00 Tuesday closed Wednesday 12:00–18:00 Thursday 12:00–18:00 Friday 12:00–18:00 Saturday 12:00–18:00 Sunday 12:00–18:00

At the beginning of September 2024, the exhibition HAPPINESS IS NOT ALWAYS FUN by the artist Rirkrit Tiravanija will open at the Gropius Bau. Tiravanija has expanded the conventional concept of art with his practice, creating situations where social interactions and sensory experiences are negotiated. Since the early 1990s, Tiravanija has partly lived in Germany and has repeatedly developed artistic works that address cultural peculiarities, migration, and the political present of the country. HAPPINESS IS NOT ALWAYS FUN is the first to bring together these works, which also demonstrate the significance of Berlin and Germany as a site of artistic production for Tiravanija. The title of the exhibition is taken from the opening credits of Rainer Werner Fassbinder’s film Fear Eats the Soul from 1974, whose depiction of anti-Arab racism against the so-called guest worker Ali is disturbingly relevant today, 50 years later. The extensive exhibition includes works on paper, sculptures, photographs, multiples, and a selection of rarely shown Super-8 films, as well as regular activations of central ephemeral and participatory works by the artist from the 1980s to the present day. The explosive power of his practice remains the focus: institutional boundaries and categories are tested; it gets loud, cooking, eating, and playing happen.

Curated by Jenny Schlenzka, Yasmil Raymond, and Christopher Wierling

Monday 12:00–18:00 Tuesday closed Wednesday 12:00–18:00 Thursday 12:00–18:00 Friday 12:00–18:00 Saturday 12:00–18:00 Sunday 12:00–18:00

At the beginning of September 2024, the exhibition HAPPINESS IS NOT ALWAYS FUN by the artist Rirkrit Tiravanija will open at the Gropius Bau. Tiravanija has expanded the conventional concept of art with his practice, creating situations where social interactions and sensory experiences are negotiated. Since the early 1990s, Tiravanija has partly lived in Germany and has repeatedly developed artistic works that address cultural peculiarities, migration, and the political present of the country. HAPPINESS IS NOT ALWAYS FUN is the first to bring together these works, which also demonstrate the significance of Berlin and Germany as a site of artistic production for Tiravanija. The title of the exhibition is taken from the opening credits of Rainer Werner Fassbinder’s film Fear Eats the Soul from 1974, whose depiction of anti-Arab racism against the so-called guest worker Ali is disturbingly relevant today, 50 years later. The extensive exhibition includes works on paper, sculptures, photographs, multiples, and a selection of rarely shown Super-8 films, as well as regular activations of central ephemeral and participatory works by the artist from the 1980s to the present day. The explosive power of his practice remains the focus: institutional boundaries and categories are tested; it gets loud, cooking, eating, and playing happen.

Curated by Jenny Schlenzka, Yasmil Raymond, and Christopher Wierling

Monday 12:00–18:00 Tuesday closed Wednesday 12:00–18:00 Thursday 12:00–18:00 Friday 12:00–18:00 Saturday 12:00–18:00 Sunday 12:00–18:00

At the beginning of September 2024, the exhibition HAPPINESS IS NOT ALWAYS FUN by the artist Rirkrit Tiravanija will open at the Gropius Bau. Tiravanija has expanded the conventional concept of art with his practice, creating situations where social interactions and sensory experiences are negotiated. Since the early 1990s, Tiravanija has partly lived in Germany and has repeatedly developed artistic works that address cultural peculiarities, migration, and the political present of the country. HAPPINESS IS NOT ALWAYS FUN is the first to bring together these works, which also demonstrate the significance of Berlin and Germany as a site of artistic production for Tiravanija. The title of the exhibition is taken from the opening credits of Rainer Werner Fassbinder’s film Fear Eats the Soul from 1974, whose depiction of anti-Arab racism against the so-called guest worker Ali is disturbingly relevant today, 50 years later. The extensive exhibition includes works on paper, sculptures, photographs, multiples, and a selection of rarely shown Super-8 films, as well as regular activations of central ephemeral and participatory works by the artist from the 1980s to the present day. The explosive power of his practice remains the focus: institutional boundaries and categories are tested; it gets loud, cooking, eating, and playing happen.

Curated by Jenny Schlenzka, Yasmil Raymond, and Christopher Wierling

Monday 12:00–18:00 Tuesday closed Wednesday 12:00–18:00 Thursday 12:00–18:00 Friday 12:00–18:00 Saturday 12:00–18:00 Sunday 12:00–18:00

At the beginning of September 2024, the exhibition HAPPINESS IS NOT ALWAYS FUN by the artist Rirkrit Tiravanija will open at the Gropius Bau. Tiravanija has expanded the conventional concept of art with his practice, creating situations where social interactions and sensory experiences are negotiated. Since the early 1990s, Tiravanija has partly lived in Germany and has repeatedly developed artistic works that address cultural peculiarities, migration, and the political present of the country. HAPPINESS IS NOT ALWAYS FUN is the first to bring together these works, which also demonstrate the significance of Berlin and Germany as a site of artistic production for Tiravanija. The title of the exhibition is taken from the opening credits of Rainer Werner Fassbinder’s film Fear Eats the Soul from 1974, whose depiction of anti-Arab racism against the so-called guest worker Ali is disturbingly relevant today, 50 years later. The extensive exhibition includes works on paper, sculptures, photographs, multiples, and a selection of rarely shown Super-8 films, as well as regular activations of central ephemeral and participatory works by the artist from the 1980s to the present day. The explosive power of his practice remains the focus: institutional boundaries and categories are tested; it gets loud, cooking, eating, and playing happen.

Curated by Jenny Schlenzka, Yasmil Raymond, and Christopher Wierling

Monday 12:00–18:00 Tuesday closed Wednesday 12:00–18:00 Thursday 12:00–18:00 Friday 12:00–18:00 Saturday 12:00–18:00 Sunday 12:00–18:00

At the beginning of September 2024, the exhibition HAPPINESS IS NOT ALWAYS FUN by the artist Rirkrit Tiravanija will open at the Gropius Bau. Tiravanija has expanded the conventional concept of art with his practice, creating situations where social interactions and sensory experiences are negotiated. Since the early 1990s, Tiravanija has partly lived in Germany and has repeatedly developed artistic works that address cultural peculiarities, migration, and the political present of the country. HAPPINESS IS NOT ALWAYS FUN is the first to bring together these works, which also demonstrate the significance of Berlin and Germany as a site of artistic production for Tiravanija. The title of the exhibition is taken from the opening credits of Rainer Werner Fassbinder’s film Fear Eats the Soul from 1974, whose depiction of anti-Arab racism against the so-called guest worker Ali is disturbingly relevant today, 50 years later. The extensive exhibition includes works on paper, sculptures, photographs, multiples, and a selection of rarely shown Super-8 films, as well as regular activations of central ephemeral and participatory works by the artist from the 1980s to the present day. The explosive power of his practice remains the focus: institutional boundaries and categories are tested; it gets loud, cooking, eating, and playing happen.

Curated by Jenny Schlenzka, Yasmil Raymond, and Christopher Wierling

Monday 12:00–18:00 Tuesday closed Wednesday 12:00–18:00 Thursday 12:00–18:00 Friday 12:00–18:00 Saturday 12:00–18:00 Sunday 12:00–18:00

At the beginning of September 2024, the exhibition HAPPINESS IS NOT ALWAYS FUN by the artist Rirkrit Tiravanija will open at the Gropius Bau. Tiravanija has expanded the conventional concept of art with his practice, creating situations where social interactions and sensory experiences are negotiated. Since the early 1990s, Tiravanija has partly lived in Germany and has repeatedly developed artistic works that address cultural peculiarities, migration, and the political present of the country. HAPPINESS IS NOT ALWAYS FUN is the first to bring together these works, which also demonstrate the significance of Berlin and Germany as a site of artistic production for Tiravanija. The title of the exhibition is taken from the opening credits of Rainer Werner Fassbinder’s film Fear Eats the Soul from 1974, whose depiction of anti-Arab racism against the so-called guest worker Ali is disturbingly relevant today, 50 years later. The extensive exhibition includes works on paper, sculptures, photographs, multiples, and a selection of rarely shown Super-8 films, as well as regular activations of central ephemeral and participatory works by the artist from the 1980s to the present day. The explosive power of his practice remains the focus: institutional boundaries and categories are tested; it gets loud, cooking, eating, and playing happen.

Curated by Jenny Schlenzka, Yasmil Raymond, and Christopher Wierling

Monday 12:00–18:00 Tuesday closed Wednesday 12:00–18:00 Thursday 12:00–18:00 Friday 12:00–18:00 Saturday 12:00–18:00 Sunday 12:00–18:00

At the beginning of September 2024, the exhibition HAPPINESS IS NOT ALWAYS FUN by the artist Rirkrit Tiravanija will open at the Gropius Bau. Tiravanija has expanded the conventional concept of art with his practice, creating situations where social interactions and sensory experiences are negotiated. Since the early 1990s, Tiravanija has partly lived in Germany and has repeatedly developed artistic works that address cultural peculiarities, migration, and the political present of the country. HAPPINESS IS NOT ALWAYS FUN is the first to bring together these works, which also demonstrate the significance of Berlin and Germany as a site of artistic production for Tiravanija. The title of the exhibition is taken from the opening credits of Rainer Werner Fassbinder’s film Fear Eats the Soul from 1974, whose depiction of anti-Arab racism against the so-called guest worker Ali is disturbingly relevant today, 50 years later. The extensive exhibition includes works on paper, sculptures, photographs, multiples, and a selection of rarely shown Super-8 films, as well as regular activations of central ephemeral and participatory works by the artist from the 1980s to the present day. The explosive power of his practice remains the focus: institutional boundaries and categories are tested; it gets loud, cooking, eating, and playing happen.

Curated by Jenny Schlenzka, Yasmil Raymond, and Christopher Wierling

Monday 12:00–18:00 Tuesday closed Wednesday 12:00–18:00 Thursday 12:00–18:00 Friday 12:00–18:00 Saturday 12:00–18:00 Sunday 12:00–18:00

At the beginning of September 2024, the exhibition HAPPINESS IS NOT ALWAYS FUN by the artist Rirkrit Tiravanija will open at the Gropius Bau. Tiravanija has expanded the conventional concept of art with his practice, creating situations where social interactions and sensory experiences are negotiated. Since the early 1990s, Tiravanija has partly lived in Germany and has repeatedly developed artistic works that address cultural peculiarities, migration, and the political present of the country. HAPPINESS IS NOT ALWAYS FUN is the first to bring together these works, which also demonstrate the significance of Berlin and Germany as a site of artistic production for Tiravanija. The title of the exhibition is taken from the opening credits of Rainer Werner Fassbinder’s film Fear Eats the Soul from 1974, whose depiction of anti-Arab racism against the so-called guest worker Ali is disturbingly relevant today, 50 years later. The extensive exhibition includes works on paper, sculptures, photographs, multiples, and a selection of rarely shown Super-8 films, as well as regular activations of central ephemeral and participatory works by the artist from the 1980s to the present day. The explosive power of his practice remains the focus: institutional boundaries and categories are tested; it gets loud, cooking, eating, and playing happen.

Curated by Jenny Schlenzka, Yasmil Raymond, and Christopher Wierling

Monday 12:00–18:00 Tuesday closed Wednesday 12:00–18:00 Thursday 12:00–18:00 Friday 12:00–18:00 Saturday 12:00–18:00 Sunday 12:00–18:00

At the beginning of September 2024, the exhibition HAPPINESS IS NOT ALWAYS FUN by the artist Rirkrit Tiravanija will open at the Gropius Bau. Tiravanija has expanded the conventional concept of art with his practice, creating situations where social interactions and sensory experiences are negotiated. Since the early 1990s, Tiravanija has partly lived in Germany and has repeatedly developed artistic works that address cultural peculiarities, migration, and the political present of the country. HAPPINESS IS NOT ALWAYS FUN is the first to bring together these works, which also demonstrate the significance of Berlin and Germany as a site of artistic production for Tiravanija. The title of the exhibition is taken from the opening credits of Rainer Werner Fassbinder’s film Fear Eats the Soul from 1974, whose depiction of anti-Arab racism against the so-called guest worker Ali is disturbingly relevant today, 50 years later. The extensive exhibition includes works on paper, sculptures, photographs, multiples, and a selection of rarely shown Super-8 films, as well as regular activations of central ephemeral and participatory works by the artist from the 1980s to the present day. The explosive power of his practice remains the focus: institutional boundaries and categories are tested; it gets loud, cooking, eating, and playing happen.

Curated by Jenny Schlenzka, Yasmil Raymond, and Christopher Wierling

Monday 12:00–18:00 Tuesday closed Wednesday 12:00–18:00 Thursday 12:00–18:00 Friday 12:00–18:00 Saturday 12:00–18:00 Sunday 12:00–18:00

At the beginning of September 2024, the exhibition HAPPINESS IS NOT ALWAYS FUN by the artist Rirkrit Tiravanija will open at the Gropius Bau. Tiravanija has expanded the conventional concept of art with his practice, creating situations where social interactions and sensory experiences are negotiated. Since the early 1990s, Tiravanija has partly lived in Germany and has repeatedly developed artistic works that address cultural peculiarities, migration, and the political present of the country. HAPPINESS IS NOT ALWAYS FUN is the first to bring together these works, which also demonstrate the significance of Berlin and Germany as a site of artistic production for Tiravanija. The title of the exhibition is taken from the opening credits of Rainer Werner Fassbinder’s film Fear Eats the Soul from 1974, whose depiction of anti-Arab racism against the so-called guest worker Ali is disturbingly relevant today, 50 years later. The extensive exhibition includes works on paper, sculptures, photographs, multiples, and a selection of rarely shown Super-8 films, as well as regular activations of central ephemeral and participatory works by the artist from the 1980s to the present day. The explosive power of his practice remains the focus: institutional boundaries and categories are tested; it gets loud, cooking, eating, and playing happen.

Curated by Jenny Schlenzka, Yasmil Raymond, and Christopher Wierling

Monday 12:00–18:00 Tuesday closed Wednesday 12:00–18:00 Thursday 12:00–18:00 Friday 12:00–18:00 Saturday 12:00–18:00 Sunday 12:00–18:00

At the beginning of September 2024, the exhibition HAPPINESS IS NOT ALWAYS FUN by the artist Rirkrit Tiravanija will open at the Gropius Bau. Tiravanija has expanded the conventional concept of art with his practice, creating situations where social interactions and sensory experiences are negotiated. Since the early 1990s, Tiravanija has partly lived in Germany and has repeatedly developed artistic works that address cultural peculiarities, migration, and the political present of the country. HAPPINESS IS NOT ALWAYS FUN is the first to bring together these works, which also demonstrate the significance of Berlin and Germany as a site of artistic production for Tiravanija. The title of the exhibition is taken from the opening credits of Rainer Werner Fassbinder’s film Fear Eats the Soul from 1974, whose depiction of anti-Arab racism against the so-called guest worker Ali is disturbingly relevant today, 50 years later. The extensive exhibition includes works on paper, sculptures, photographs, multiples, and a selection of rarely shown Super-8 films, as well as regular activations of central ephemeral and participatory works by the artist from the 1980s to the present day. The explosive power of his practice remains the focus: institutional boundaries and categories are tested; it gets loud, cooking, eating, and playing happen.

Curated by Jenny Schlenzka, Yasmil Raymond, and Christopher Wierling

Monday 12:00–18:00 Tuesday closed Wednesday 12:00–18:00 Thursday 12:00–18:00 Friday 12:00–18:00 Saturday 12:00–18:00 Sunday 12:00–18:00

At the beginning of September 2024, the exhibition HAPPINESS IS NOT ALWAYS FUN by the artist Rirkrit Tiravanija will open at the Gropius Bau. Tiravanija has expanded the conventional concept of art with his practice, creating situations where social interactions and sensory experiences are negotiated. Since the early 1990s, Tiravanija has partly lived in Germany and has repeatedly developed artistic works that address cultural peculiarities, migration, and the political present of the country. HAPPINESS IS NOT ALWAYS FUN is the first to bring together these works, which also demonstrate the significance of Berlin and Germany as a site of artistic production for Tiravanija. The title of the exhibition is taken from the opening credits of Rainer Werner Fassbinder’s film Fear Eats the Soul from 1974, whose depiction of anti-Arab racism against the so-called guest worker Ali is disturbingly relevant today, 50 years later. The extensive exhibition includes works on paper, sculptures, photographs, multiples, and a selection of rarely shown Super-8 films, as well as regular activations of central ephemeral and participatory works by the artist from the 1980s to the present day. The explosive power of his practice remains the focus: institutional boundaries and categories are tested; it gets loud, cooking, eating, and playing happen.

Curated by Jenny Schlenzka, Yasmil Raymond, and Christopher Wierling

Monday 12:00–18:00 Tuesday closed Wednesday 12:00–18:00 Thursday 12:00–18:00 Friday 12:00–18:00 Saturday 12:00–18:00 Sunday 12:00–18:00

At the beginning of September 2024, the exhibition HAPPINESS IS NOT ALWAYS FUN by the artist Rirkrit Tiravanija will open at the Gropius Bau. Tiravanija has expanded the conventional concept of art with his practice, creating situations where social interactions and sensory experiences are negotiated. Since the early 1990s, Tiravanija has partly lived in Germany and has repeatedly developed artistic works that address cultural peculiarities, migration, and the political present of the country. HAPPINESS IS NOT ALWAYS FUN is the first to bring together these works, which also demonstrate the significance of Berlin and Germany as a site of artistic production for Tiravanija. The title of the exhibition is taken from the opening credits of Rainer Werner Fassbinder’s film Fear Eats the Soul from 1974, whose depiction of anti-Arab racism against the so-called guest worker Ali is disturbingly relevant today, 50 years later. The extensive exhibition includes works on paper, sculptures, photographs, multiples, and a selection of rarely shown Super-8 films, as well as regular activations of central ephemeral and participatory works by the artist from the 1980s to the present day. The explosive power of his practice remains the focus: institutional boundaries and categories are tested; it gets loud, cooking, eating, and playing happen.

Curated by Jenny Schlenzka, Yasmil Raymond, and Christopher Wierling

Monday 12:00–18:00 Tuesday closed Wednesday 12:00–18:00 Thursday 12:00–18:00 Friday 12:00–18:00 Saturday 12:00–18:00 Sunday 12:00–18:00

At the beginning of September 2024, the exhibition HAPPINESS IS NOT ALWAYS FUN by the artist Rirkrit Tiravanija will open at the Gropius Bau. Tiravanija has expanded the conventional concept of art with his practice, creating situations where social interactions and sensory experiences are negotiated. Since the early 1990s, Tiravanija has partly lived in Germany and has repeatedly developed artistic works that address cultural peculiarities, migration, and the political present of the country. HAPPINESS IS NOT ALWAYS FUN is the first to bring together these works, which also demonstrate the significance of Berlin and Germany as a site of artistic production for Tiravanija. The title of the exhibition is taken from the opening credits of Rainer Werner Fassbinder’s film Fear Eats the Soul from 1974, whose depiction of anti-Arab racism against the so-called guest worker Ali is disturbingly relevant today, 50 years later. The extensive exhibition includes works on paper, sculptures, photographs, multiples, and a selection of rarely shown Super-8 films, as well as regular activations of central ephemeral and participatory works by the artist from the 1980s to the present day. The explosive power of his practice remains the focus: institutional boundaries and categories are tested; it gets loud, cooking, eating, and playing happen.

Curated by Jenny Schlenzka, Yasmil Raymond, and Christopher Wierling

Monday 12:00–18:00 Tuesday closed Wednesday 12:00–18:00 Thursday 12:00–18:00 Friday 12:00–18:00 Saturday 12:00–18:00 Sunday 12:00–18:00

At the beginning of September 2024, the exhibition HAPPINESS IS NOT ALWAYS FUN by the artist Rirkrit Tiravanija will open at the Gropius Bau. Tiravanija has expanded the conventional concept of art with his practice, creating situations where social interactions and sensory experiences are negotiated. Since the early 1990s, Tiravanija has partly lived in Germany and has repeatedly developed artistic works that address cultural peculiarities, migration, and the political present of the country. HAPPINESS IS NOT ALWAYS FUN is the first to bring together these works, which also demonstrate the significance of Berlin and Germany as a site of artistic production for Tiravanija. The title of the exhibition is taken from the opening credits of Rainer Werner Fassbinder’s film Fear Eats the Soul from 1974, whose depiction of anti-Arab racism against the so-called guest worker Ali is disturbingly relevant today, 50 years later. The extensive exhibition includes works on paper, sculptures, photographs, multiples, and a selection of rarely shown Super-8 films, as well as regular activations of central ephemeral and participatory works by the artist from the 1980s to the present day. The explosive power of his practice remains the focus: institutional boundaries and categories are tested; it gets loud, cooking, eating, and playing happen.

Curated by Jenny Schlenzka, Yasmil Raymond, and Christopher Wierling

Monday 12:00–18:00 Tuesday closed Wednesday 12:00–18:00 Thursday 12:00–18:00 Friday 12:00–18:00 Saturday 12:00–18:00 Sunday 12:00–18:00

At the beginning of September 2024, the exhibition HAPPINESS IS NOT ALWAYS FUN by the artist Rirkrit Tiravanija will open at the Gropius Bau. Tiravanija has expanded the conventional concept of art with his practice, creating situations where social interactions and sensory experiences are negotiated. Since the early 1990s, Tiravanija has partly lived in Germany and has repeatedly developed artistic works that address cultural peculiarities, migration, and the political present of the country. HAPPINESS IS NOT ALWAYS FUN is the first to bring together these works, which also demonstrate the significance of Berlin and Germany as a site of artistic production for Tiravanija. The title of the exhibition is taken from the opening credits of Rainer Werner Fassbinder’s film Fear Eats the Soul from 1974, whose depiction of anti-Arab racism against the so-called guest worker Ali is disturbingly relevant today, 50 years later. The extensive exhibition includes works on paper, sculptures, photographs, multiples, and a selection of rarely shown Super-8 films, as well as regular activations of central ephemeral and participatory works by the artist from the 1980s to the present day. The explosive power of his practice remains the focus: institutional boundaries and categories are tested; it gets loud, cooking, eating, and playing happen.

Curated by Jenny Schlenzka, Yasmil Raymond, and Christopher Wierling

Monday 12:00–18:00 Tuesday closed Wednesday 12:00–18:00 Thursday 12:00–18:00 Friday 12:00–18:00 Saturday 12:00–18:00 Sunday 12:00–18:00

At the beginning of September 2024, the exhibition HAPPINESS IS NOT ALWAYS FUN by the artist Rirkrit Tiravanija will open at the Gropius Bau. Tiravanija has expanded the conventional concept of art with his practice, creating situations where social interactions and sensory experiences are negotiated. Since the early 1990s, Tiravanija has partly lived in Germany and has repeatedly developed artistic works that address cultural peculiarities, migration, and the political present of the country. HAPPINESS IS NOT ALWAYS FUN is the first to bring together these works, which also demonstrate the significance of Berlin and Germany as a site of artistic production for Tiravanija. The title of the exhibition is taken from the opening credits of Rainer Werner Fassbinder’s film Fear Eats the Soul from 1974, whose depiction of anti-Arab racism against the so-called guest worker Ali is disturbingly relevant today, 50 years later. The extensive exhibition includes works on paper, sculptures, photographs, multiples, and a selection of rarely shown Super-8 films, as well as regular activations of central ephemeral and participatory works by the artist from the 1980s to the present day. The explosive power of his practice remains the focus: institutional boundaries and categories are tested; it gets loud, cooking, eating, and playing happen.

Curated by Jenny Schlenzka, Yasmil Raymond, and Christopher Wierling

Monday 12:00–18:00 Tuesday closed Wednesday 12:00–18:00 Thursday 12:00–18:00 Friday 12:00–18:00 Saturday 12:00–18:00 Sunday 12:00–18:00

At the beginning of September 2024, the exhibition HAPPINESS IS NOT ALWAYS FUN by the artist Rirkrit Tiravanija will open at the Gropius Bau. Tiravanija has expanded the conventional concept of art with his practice, creating situations where social interactions and sensory experiences are negotiated. Since the early 1990s, Tiravanija has partly lived in Germany and has repeatedly developed artistic works that address cultural peculiarities, migration, and the political present of the country. HAPPINESS IS NOT ALWAYS FUN is the first to bring together these works, which also demonstrate the significance of Berlin and Germany as a site of artistic production for Tiravanija. The title of the exhibition is taken from the opening credits of Rainer Werner Fassbinder’s film Fear Eats the Soul from 1974, whose depiction of anti-Arab racism against the so-called guest worker Ali is disturbingly relevant today, 50 years later. The extensive exhibition includes works on paper, sculptures, photographs, multiples, and a selection of rarely shown Super-8 films, as well as regular activations of central ephemeral and participatory works by the artist from the 1980s to the present day. The explosive power of his practice remains the focus: institutional boundaries and categories are tested; it gets loud, cooking, eating, and playing happen.

Curated by Jenny Schlenzka, Yasmil Raymond, and Christopher Wierling

Monday 12:00–18:00 Tuesday closed Wednesday 12:00–18:00 Thursday 12:00–18:00 Friday 12:00–18:00 Saturday 12:00–18:00 Sunday 12:00–18:00

At the beginning of September 2024, the exhibition HAPPINESS IS NOT ALWAYS FUN by the artist Rirkrit Tiravanija will open at the Gropius Bau. Tiravanija has expanded the conventional concept of art with his practice, creating situations where social interactions and sensory experiences are negotiated. Since the early 1990s, Tiravanija has partly lived in Germany and has repeatedly developed artistic works that address cultural peculiarities, migration, and the political present of the country. HAPPINESS IS NOT ALWAYS FUN is the first to bring together these works, which also demonstrate the significance of Berlin and Germany as a site of artistic production for Tiravanija. The title of the exhibition is taken from the opening credits of Rainer Werner Fassbinder’s film Fear Eats the Soul from 1974, whose depiction of anti-Arab racism against the so-called guest worker Ali is disturbingly relevant today, 50 years later. The extensive exhibition includes works on paper, sculptures, photographs, multiples, and a selection of rarely shown Super-8 films, as well as regular activations of central ephemeral and participatory works by the artist from the 1980s to the present day. The explosive power of his practice remains the focus: institutional boundaries and categories are tested; it gets loud, cooking, eating, and playing happen.

Curated by Jenny Schlenzka, Yasmil Raymond, and Christopher Wierling

Monday 12:00–18:00 Tuesday closed Wednesday 12:00–18:00 Thursday 12:00–18:00 Friday 12:00–18:00 Saturday 12:00–18:00 Sunday 12:00–18:00

At the beginning of September 2024, the exhibition HAPPINESS IS NOT ALWAYS FUN by the artist Rirkrit Tiravanija will open at the Gropius Bau. Tiravanija has expanded the conventional concept of art with his practice, creating situations where social interactions and sensory experiences are negotiated. Since the early 1990s, Tiravanija has partly lived in Germany and has repeatedly developed artistic works that address cultural peculiarities, migration, and the political present of the country. HAPPINESS IS NOT ALWAYS FUN is the first to bring together these works, which also demonstrate the significance of Berlin and Germany as a site of artistic production for Tiravanija. The title of the exhibition is taken from the opening credits of Rainer Werner Fassbinder’s film Fear Eats the Soul from 1974, whose depiction of anti-Arab racism against the so-called guest worker Ali is disturbingly relevant today, 50 years later. The extensive exhibition includes works on paper, sculptures, photographs, multiples, and a selection of rarely shown Super-8 films, as well as regular activations of central ephemeral and participatory works by the artist from the 1980s to the present day. The explosive power of his practice remains the focus: institutional boundaries and categories are tested; it gets loud, cooking, eating, and playing happen.

Curated by Jenny Schlenzka, Yasmil Raymond, and Christopher Wierling

Monday 12:00–18:00 Tuesday closed Wednesday 12:00–18:00 Thursday 12:00–18:00 Friday 12:00–18:00 Saturday 12:00–18:00 Sunday 12:00–18:00

At the beginning of September 2024, the exhibition HAPPINESS IS NOT ALWAYS FUN by the artist Rirkrit Tiravanija will open at the Gropius Bau. Tiravanija has expanded the conventional concept of art with his practice, creating situations where social interactions and sensory experiences are negotiated. Since the early 1990s, Tiravanija has partly lived in Germany and has repeatedly developed artistic works that address cultural peculiarities, migration, and the political present of the country. HAPPINESS IS NOT ALWAYS FUN is the first to bring together these works, which also demonstrate the significance of Berlin and Germany as a site of artistic production for Tiravanija. The title of the exhibition is taken from the opening credits of Rainer Werner Fassbinder’s film Fear Eats the Soul from 1974, whose depiction of anti-Arab racism against the so-called guest worker Ali is disturbingly relevant today, 50 years later. The extensive exhibition includes works on paper, sculptures, photographs, multiples, and a selection of rarely shown Super-8 films, as well as regular activations of central ephemeral and participatory works by the artist from the 1980s to the present day. The explosive power of his practice remains the focus: institutional boundaries and categories are tested; it gets loud, cooking, eating, and playing happen.

Curated by Jenny Schlenzka, Yasmil Raymond, and Christopher Wierling

Monday 12:00–18:00 Tuesday closed Wednesday 12:00–18:00 Thursday 12:00–18:00 Friday 12:00–18:00 Saturday 12:00–18:00 Sunday 12:00–18:00

At the beginning of September 2024, the exhibition HAPPINESS IS NOT ALWAYS FUN by the artist Rirkrit Tiravanija will open at the Gropius Bau. Tiravanija has expanded the conventional concept of art with his practice, creating situations where social interactions and sensory experiences are negotiated. Since the early 1990s, Tiravanija has partly lived in Germany and has repeatedly developed artistic works that address cultural peculiarities, migration, and the political present of the country. HAPPINESS IS NOT ALWAYS FUN is the first to bring together these works, which also demonstrate the significance of Berlin and Germany as a site of artistic production for Tiravanija. The title of the exhibition is taken from the opening credits of Rainer Werner Fassbinder’s film Fear Eats the Soul from 1974, whose depiction of anti-Arab racism against the so-called guest worker Ali is disturbingly relevant today, 50 years later. The extensive exhibition includes works on paper, sculptures, photographs, multiples, and a selection of rarely shown Super-8 films, as well as regular activations of central ephemeral and participatory works by the artist from the 1980s to the present day. The explosive power of his practice remains the focus: institutional boundaries and categories are tested; it gets loud, cooking, eating, and playing happen.

Curated by Jenny Schlenzka, Yasmil Raymond, and Christopher Wierling

Monday 12:00–18:00 Tuesday closed Wednesday 12:00–18:00 Thursday 12:00–18:00 Friday 12:00–18:00 Saturday 12:00–18:00 Sunday 12:00–18:00

At the beginning of September 2024, the exhibition HAPPINESS IS NOT ALWAYS FUN by the artist Rirkrit Tiravanija will open at the Gropius Bau. Tiravanija has expanded the conventional concept of art with his practice, creating situations where social interactions and sensory experiences are negotiated. Since the early 1990s, Tiravanija has partly lived in Germany and has repeatedly developed artistic works that address cultural peculiarities, migration, and the political present of the country. HAPPINESS IS NOT ALWAYS FUN is the first to bring together these works, which also demonstrate the significance of Berlin and Germany as a site of artistic production for Tiravanija. The title of the exhibition is taken from the opening credits of Rainer Werner Fassbinder’s film Fear Eats the Soul from 1974, whose depiction of anti-Arab racism against the so-called guest worker Ali is disturbingly relevant today, 50 years later. The extensive exhibition includes works on paper, sculptures, photographs, multiples, and a selection of rarely shown Super-8 films, as well as regular activations of central ephemeral and participatory works by the artist from the 1980s to the present day. The explosive power of his practice remains the focus: institutional boundaries and categories are tested; it gets loud, cooking, eating, and playing happen.

Curated by Jenny Schlenzka, Yasmil Raymond, and Christopher Wierling

Monday 12:00–18:00 Tuesday closed Wednesday 12:00–18:00 Thursday 12:00–18:00 Friday 12:00–18:00 Saturday 12:00–18:00 Sunday 12:00–18:00

At the beginning of September 2024, the exhibition HAPPINESS IS NOT ALWAYS FUN by the artist Rirkrit Tiravanija will open at the Gropius Bau. Tiravanija has expanded the conventional concept of art with his practice, creating situations where social interactions and sensory experiences are negotiated. Since the early 1990s, Tiravanija has partly lived in Germany and has repeatedly developed artistic works that address cultural peculiarities, migration, and the political present of the country. HAPPINESS IS NOT ALWAYS FUN is the first to bring together these works, which also demonstrate the significance of Berlin and Germany as a site of artistic production for Tiravanija. The title of the exhibition is taken from the opening credits of Rainer Werner Fassbinder’s film Fear Eats the Soul from 1974, whose depiction of anti-Arab racism against the so-called guest worker Ali is disturbingly relevant today, 50 years later. The extensive exhibition includes works on paper, sculptures, photographs, multiples, and a selection of rarely shown Super-8 films, as well as regular activations of central ephemeral and participatory works by the artist from the 1980s to the present day. The explosive power of his practice remains the focus: institutional boundaries and categories are tested; it gets loud, cooking, eating, and playing happen.

Curated by Jenny Schlenzka, Yasmil Raymond, and Christopher Wierling

Monday 12:00–18:00 Tuesday closed Wednesday 12:00–18:00 Thursday 12:00–18:00 Friday 12:00–18:00 Saturday 12:00–18:00 Sunday 12:00–18:00

At the beginning of September 2024, the exhibition HAPPINESS IS NOT ALWAYS FUN by the artist Rirkrit Tiravanija will open at the Gropius Bau. Tiravanija has expanded the conventional concept of art with his practice, creating situations where social interactions and sensory experiences are negotiated. Since the early 1990s, Tiravanija has partly lived in Germany and has repeatedly developed artistic works that address cultural peculiarities, migration, and the political present of the country. HAPPINESS IS NOT ALWAYS FUN is the first to bring together these works, which also demonstrate the significance of Berlin and Germany as a site of artistic production for Tiravanija. The title of the exhibition is taken from the opening credits of Rainer Werner Fassbinder’s film Fear Eats the Soul from 1974, whose depiction of anti-Arab racism against the so-called guest worker Ali is disturbingly relevant today, 50 years later. The extensive exhibition includes works on paper, sculptures, photographs, multiples, and a selection of rarely shown Super-8 films, as well as regular activations of central ephemeral and participatory works by the artist from the 1980s to the present day. The explosive power of his practice remains the focus: institutional boundaries and categories are tested; it gets loud, cooking, eating, and playing happen.

Curated by Jenny Schlenzka, Yasmil Raymond, and Christopher Wierling

Monday 12:00–18:00 Tuesday closed Wednesday 12:00–18:00 Thursday 12:00–18:00 Friday 12:00–18:00 Saturday 12:00–18:00 Sunday 12:00–18:00

At the beginning of September 2024, the exhibition HAPPINESS IS NOT ALWAYS FUN by the artist Rirkrit Tiravanija will open at the Gropius Bau. Tiravanija has expanded the conventional concept of art with his practice, creating situations where social interactions and sensory experiences are negotiated. Since the early 1990s, Tiravanija has partly lived in Germany and has repeatedly developed artistic works that address cultural peculiarities, migration, and the political present of the country. HAPPINESS IS NOT ALWAYS FUN is the first to bring together these works, which also demonstrate the significance of Berlin and Germany as a site of artistic production for Tiravanija. The title of the exhibition is taken from the opening credits of Rainer Werner Fassbinder’s film Fear Eats the Soul from 1974, whose depiction of anti-Arab racism against the so-called guest worker Ali is disturbingly relevant today, 50 years later. The extensive exhibition includes works on paper, sculptures, photographs, multiples, and a selection of rarely shown Super-8 films, as well as regular activations of central ephemeral and participatory works by the artist from the 1980s to the present day. The explosive power of his practice remains the focus: institutional boundaries and categories are tested; it gets loud, cooking, eating, and playing happen.

Curated by Jenny Schlenzka, Yasmil Raymond, and Christopher Wierling

Monday 12:00–18:00 Tuesday closed Wednesday 12:00–18:00 Thursday 12:00–18:00 Friday 12:00–18:00 Saturday 12:00–18:00 Sunday 12:00–18:00

At the beginning of September 2024, the exhibition HAPPINESS IS NOT ALWAYS FUN by the artist Rirkrit Tiravanija will open at the Gropius Bau. Tiravanija has expanded the conventional concept of art with his practice, creating situations where social interactions and sensory experiences are negotiated. Since the early 1990s, Tiravanija has partly lived in Germany and has repeatedly developed artistic works that address cultural peculiarities, migration, and the political present of the country. HAPPINESS IS NOT ALWAYS FUN is the first to bring together these works, which also demonstrate the significance of Berlin and Germany as a site of artistic production for Tiravanija. The title of the exhibition is taken from the opening credits of Rainer Werner Fassbinder’s film Fear Eats the Soul from 1974, whose depiction of anti-Arab racism against the so-called guest worker Ali is disturbingly relevant today, 50 years later. The extensive exhibition includes works on paper, sculptures, photographs, multiples, and a selection of rarely shown Super-8 films, as well as regular activations of central ephemeral and participatory works by the artist from the 1980s to the present day. The explosive power of his practice remains the focus: institutional boundaries and categories are tested; it gets loud, cooking, eating, and playing happen.

Curated by Jenny Schlenzka, Yasmil Raymond, and Christopher Wierling

Monday 12:00–18:00 Tuesday closed Wednesday 12:00–18:00 Thursday 12:00–18:00 Friday 12:00–18:00 Saturday 12:00–18:00 Sunday 12:00–18:00

At the beginning of September 2024, the exhibition HAPPINESS IS NOT ALWAYS FUN by the artist Rirkrit Tiravanija will open at the Gropius Bau. Tiravanija has expanded the conventional concept of art with his practice, creating situations where social interactions and sensory experiences are negotiated. Since the early 1990s, Tiravanija has partly lived in Germany and has repeatedly developed artistic works that address cultural peculiarities, migration, and the political present of the country. HAPPINESS IS NOT ALWAYS FUN is the first to bring together these works, which also demonstrate the significance of Berlin and Germany as a site of artistic production for Tiravanija. The title of the exhibition is taken from the opening credits of Rainer Werner Fassbinder’s film Fear Eats the Soul from 1974, whose depiction of anti-Arab racism against the so-called guest worker Ali is disturbingly relevant today, 50 years later. The extensive exhibition includes works on paper, sculptures, photographs, multiples, and a selection of rarely shown Super-8 films, as well as regular activations of central ephemeral and participatory works by the artist from the 1980s to the present day. The explosive power of his practice remains the focus: institutional boundaries and categories are tested; it gets loud, cooking, eating, and playing happen.

Curated by Jenny Schlenzka, Yasmil Raymond, and Christopher Wierling

Monday 12:00–18:00 Tuesday closed Wednesday 12:00–18:00 Thursday 12:00–18:00 Friday 12:00–18:00 Saturday 12:00–18:00 Sunday 12:00–18:00

At the beginning of September 2024, the exhibition HAPPINESS IS NOT ALWAYS FUN by the artist Rirkrit Tiravanija will open at the Gropius Bau. Tiravanija has expanded the conventional concept of art with his practice, creating situations where social interactions and sensory experiences are negotiated. Since the early 1990s, Tiravanija has partly lived in Germany and has repeatedly developed artistic works that address cultural peculiarities, migration, and the political present of the country. HAPPINESS IS NOT ALWAYS FUN is the first to bring together these works, which also demonstrate the significance of Berlin and Germany as a site of artistic production for Tiravanija. The title of the exhibition is taken from the opening credits of Rainer Werner Fassbinder’s film Fear Eats the Soul from 1974, whose depiction of anti-Arab racism against the so-called guest worker Ali is disturbingly relevant today, 50 years later. The extensive exhibition includes works on paper, sculptures, photographs, multiples, and a selection of rarely shown Super-8 films, as well as regular activations of central ephemeral and participatory works by the artist from the 1980s to the present day. The explosive power of his practice remains the focus: institutional boundaries and categories are tested; it gets loud, cooking, eating, and playing happen.

Curated by Jenny Schlenzka, Yasmil Raymond, and Christopher Wierling

Monday 12:00–18:00 Tuesday closed Wednesday 12:00–18:00 Thursday 12:00–18:00 Friday 12:00–18:00 Saturday 12:00–18:00 Sunday 12:00–18:00

At the beginning of September 2024, the exhibition HAPPINESS IS NOT ALWAYS FUN by the artist Rirkrit Tiravanija will open at the Gropius Bau. Tiravanija has expanded the conventional concept of art with his practice, creating situations where social interactions and sensory experiences are negotiated. Since the early 1990s, Tiravanija has partly lived in Germany and has repeatedly developed artistic works that address cultural peculiarities, migration, and the political present of the country. HAPPINESS IS NOT ALWAYS FUN is the first to bring together these works, which also demonstrate the significance of Berlin and Germany as a site of artistic production for Tiravanija. The title of the exhibition is taken from the opening credits of Rainer Werner Fassbinder’s film Fear Eats the Soul from 1974, whose depiction of anti-Arab racism against the so-called guest worker Ali is disturbingly relevant today, 50 years later. The extensive exhibition includes works on paper, sculptures, photographs, multiples, and a selection of rarely shown Super-8 films, as well as regular activations of central ephemeral and participatory works by the artist from the 1980s to the present day. The explosive power of his practice remains the focus: institutional boundaries and categories are tested; it gets loud, cooking, eating, and playing happen.

Curated by Jenny Schlenzka, Yasmil Raymond, and Christopher Wierling

Monday 12:00–18:00 Tuesday closed Wednesday 12:00–18:00 Thursday 12:00–18:00 Friday 12:00–18:00 Saturday 12:00–18:00 Sunday 12:00–18:00

At the beginning of September 2024, the exhibition HAPPINESS IS NOT ALWAYS FUN by the artist Rirkrit Tiravanija will open at the Gropius Bau. Tiravanija has expanded the conventional concept of art with his practice, creating situations where social interactions and sensory experiences are negotiated. Since the early 1990s, Tiravanija has partly lived in Germany and has repeatedly developed artistic works that address cultural peculiarities, migration, and the political present of the country. HAPPINESS IS NOT ALWAYS FUN is the first to bring together these works, which also demonstrate the significance of Berlin and Germany as a site of artistic production for Tiravanija. The title of the exhibition is taken from the opening credits of Rainer Werner Fassbinder’s film Fear Eats the Soul from 1974, whose depiction of anti-Arab racism against the so-called guest worker Ali is disturbingly relevant today, 50 years later. The extensive exhibition includes works on paper, sculptures, photographs, multiples, and a selection of rarely shown Super-8 films, as well as regular activations of central ephemeral and participatory works by the artist from the 1980s to the present day. The explosive power of his practice remains the focus: institutional boundaries and categories are tested; it gets loud, cooking, eating, and playing happen.

Curated by Jenny Schlenzka, Yasmil Raymond, and Christopher Wierling

Monday 12:00–18:00 Tuesday closed Wednesday 12:00–18:00 Thursday 12:00–18:00 Friday 12:00–18:00 Saturday 12:00–18:00 Sunday 12:00–18:00

This tour is part of the tour offerings of BerlinArt Week and invites you to explore the festival meeting point BAW Garden and the Gropius Bau.

Led by: Olga Lang

Duration: 14:00–15:30
Meeting point: Gropius Bau, outdoor area, BAW Garden
10; Tickets only via Berlin Art Week

In Rirkrit Tiravanija's 10-hour black-and-white film, the poet and performance artist John Giorno reads poems and excerpts from his memoirs in his New York loft. Giorno's texts and his performative approach to language negotiate themes such as friendship, mortality, and sex.
In his cinematic practice, Tiravanija repeatedly focuses the lens on actors, colleagues, and companions from the art world.  untitled 2008 (john giorno reads) was created as Tiravanija filmed the poet and performance artist John Giorno in his loft at the Giorno Poetry Systems art center for several hours with a film crew. He recites poems, reads passages from his memoirs, or plays music from his band. Tiravanija not only portrays Giorno, who lived and worked in New York since the mid-60s, but also a whole generation of artists. The Gropius Bau shows the black-and-white film in its 10-hour long version.

As part of Berlin Art Week
During the event, photo and video recordings may be made, in which you could be recognizable. By attending, you consent to these recordings being used for the communication of the event or exhibition.

Meeting point: Gropius Bau, cinema (basement)
Duration: 10.5 hours
In English
Free admission

Screening 

This tour is part of the guided tour offerings of BerlinArt Week and invites you to explore the festival meeting point BAW Garden and the Gropius Bau.

Guided by: Olga Lang

Duration: 14:00–15:30
Meeting point: Gropius Bau, outdoor area, BAW Garden
10; Tickets exclusively via Berlin Art Week

On the occasion of the opening of DAS GLÜCK IST NICHT IMMER LUSTIG, Rirkrit Tiravanija invites chefs from the Berlin street food market and community gathering place Thaipark to share their favorite dishes and concerns with the visitors. Throughout the week, dishes from various regions of Thailand will be available to taste.
The term "demonstration" appears repeatedly in Rirkrit Tiravanija's practice in various meanings. It can refer to different forms of political assembly and actions, but it can also mean showing an interest or demonstrating a special talent. Thaipark, a popular food market and community gathering place in Berlin-Wilmersdorf, has been repeatedly threatened by displacement for years. Throughout the week, the chefs aim to present and offer dishes from the four regions of Thailand for visitors to try.

Thaipark initially began in 1992 as a picnic for German-Thai families who met for cooking and eating together in Preußenpark and is now regarded as a meeting point for the Southeast Asian community and a popular street food market. It is organized independently by the vendors in an association and has a large regular audience that consistently supports the event, which is threatened by displacement, during demonstrations and expressions of solidarity.
At the event, photo and video recordings may be created, in which you may be recognizable. By attending, you agree that these recordings may be used for the communication of the event or exhibition. 

Meeting point: Gropius Bau, outdoor area, BAW Garden
while supplies last
Free entry

Queer Ping Pong as a guest at Gropius Bau: The participatory project combines table tennis with queer club culture and creates a social space that dissolves the presumed opposition of play and discourse. Accompanied by DJ sets, newcomers, professionals, artists, and children can come together playfully in Gropius Bau. As part of the solo exhibition by Rirkrit Tiravanija, eight table tennis tables will be set up in the light courtyard – free and accessible to all. Paddles and balls are provided, so anyone can join in.
Queer Ping Pong adapts to the respective location and integrates movement, music, and post-migrant discourses. The normative setting of club culture is reinterpreted: The events take place during the day and are free of charge. Everything runs very relaxed; the only thing that matters is the fun of play and community – from early afternoon until sunset – including the obligatory round robin at the ping-pong table.

Curated by: Yeşim Duman 

Project organization: Tülin Duman

Collaboration: Coven Berlin

Yeşim Duman is a curator, organizer, and works transdisciplinary as well as in collaborative projects. Particularly noteworthy is her work as a music curator in the pop and club context, through which she integrates various cultural and musical influences into her projects. Through participatory formats such as the Çaystube, Queer Chess Club or Queer Ping Pong Duman creates inclusive spaces that dissolve apparent oppositions between play and discourse. These participatory projects are central to Duman's work and aim to mobilize communities and promote dialogues, for example, as at a ping-pong table. 

Tülin Duman is a queer and human rights activist who has been engaged for many years in various projects against sexism, homophobia, transphobia, and racism. Member of F_in – Network of Women in Football, program advisor for the supporting program for UEFA EURO 2024. Duman was significantly involved in several editions of the Kreuzberg (Transgenial) CSD. From 2008 to 2011, Duman was the managing director of GLADT e.V. (Berlin), an association founded predominantly by Turkish-origin lesbians, gays, and trans* people.

During the event, photo and video recordings may be made, in which you may be recognizable. By your visit, you agree that these recordings may be used for the communication of the event or exhibition.

 
Duration: 13:00–20:00
Meeting point: Gropius Bau, light courtyard
Admission free

For more than three decades, Rirkrit Tiravanija has expanded the idea of what is possible in exhibitions. As part of his practice, the artist creates situations where eating and drinking, playing, and resting can occur. This results in spaces for random encounters, social relationships, and their failures – in short: for life.

You can book an individual tour for a group through the museum service: +49 30 247 49 888 or museumsdienst@kulturprojekte.berlin

Meeting point: Gropius Bau, Foyer
In German Sign Language
The tour itself is free; however, you will need an exhibition ticket. Please purchase an exhibition ticket and be at the Gropius Bau foyer at the start of the tour.

For more than three decades, Rirkrit Tiravanija has expanded the notion of what is possible in exhibitions. As part of his practice, the artist creates situations where people can eat and drink, play and relax. This creates spaces for chance encounters, social relationships, and their failures – in short: for life.
You can book a private tour for a group through the museum service: +49 30 247 49 888 or museumdienst@kulturprojekte.berlin

Meeting point: Gropius Bau, foyer

In simple language
The tour itself is free; however, you will need an exhibition ticket. Please purchase an exhibition ticket and meet in the foyer of the Gropius Bau at the start of the tour.

For more than three decades, Rirkrit Tiravanija has been expanding the concept of what is possible in exhibitions. As part of his practice, the artist creates situations where people can eat and drink, play and relax. This creates spaces for chance encounters, social relationships, and their failures – in short: for life.

The workshop is aimed at adults and children from 6 years old.
Meeting point: Gropius Bau, 1st floor
In German

For more than three decades, Rirkrit Tiravanija has been expanding the concept of what is possible in exhibitions. As part of his practice, the artist creates situations where people can eat and drink, play and relax. This creates spaces for chance encounters, social relationships, and their failures – in short: for life.

The workshop is aimed at adults and children from 6 years old.
Meeting point: Gropius Bau, 1st floor
In German

For more than three decades, Rirkrit Tiravanija has expanded the notion of what is possible in exhibitions. As part of his practice, the artist creates situations in which people can eat and drink, play, and rest. This generates spaces for chance encounters, social relationships, and their failures – in short: for life.
You can book a private tour for a group through the museum service: +49 30 247 49 888 or museumsdienst@kulturprojekte.berlin

Meeting point: Gropius Bau, foyer
The tour itself is free; however, you will need an exhibition ticket. Please purchase an exhibition ticket and arrive at the foyer of the Gropius Bau for the start of the tour.

For more than three decades, Rirkrit Tiravanija has expanded the notion of what is possible in exhibitions. As part of his practice, the artist creates situations where eating and drinking, playing, and resting can take place. In doing so, spaces for casual encounters, social relationships, and their failures arise – in short: for life.
You can book an individual tour for a group through the museum service: +49 30 247 49 888 or museumsdienst@kulturprojekte.berlin.

Meeting point: Gropius Bau, foyer
The tour itself is free; however, you will need an exhibition ticket. Please purchase an exhibition ticket and gather in the foyer of the Gropius Bau for the start of the tour.

For more than three decades, Rirkrit Tiravanija has expanded the notion of what is possible in exhibitions. As part of his practice, the artist creates situations in which people can eat and drink, play, and rest. This generates spaces for chance encounters, social relationships, and their failures – in short: for life.
You can book a private tour for a group through the museum service: +49 30 247 49 888 or museumsdienst@kulturprojekte.berlin

Meeting point: Gropius Bau, foyer
The tour itself is free; however, you will need an exhibition ticket. Please purchase an exhibition ticket and arrive at the foyer of the Gropius Bau for the start of the tour.

For more than three decades, Rirkrit Tiravanija has expanded the notion of what is possible in exhibitions. As part of his practice, the artist creates situations where eating and drinking, playing, and resting can take place. In doing so, spaces for casual encounters, social relationships, and their failures arise – in short: for life.
You can book an individual tour for a group through the museum service: +49 30 247 49 888 or museumsdienst@kulturprojekte.berlin.

Meeting point: Gropius Bau, foyer
The tour itself is free; however, you will need an exhibition ticket. Please purchase an exhibition ticket and gather in the foyer of the Gropius Bau for the start of the tour.

For more than three decades, Rirkrit Tiravanija has expanded the notion of what is possible in exhibitions. As part of his practice, the artist creates situations where eating and drinking, playing, and resting can take place. In doing so, spaces for casual encounters, social relationships, and their failures arise – in short: for life.
You can book an individual tour for a group through the museum service: +49 30 247 49 888 or museumsdienst@kulturprojekte.berlin.

Meeting point: Gropius Bau, foyer
The tour itself is free; however, you will need an exhibition ticket. Please purchase an exhibition ticket and gather in the foyer of the Gropius Bau for the start of the tour.

For more than three decades, Rirkrit Tiravanija has expanded the notion of what is possible in exhibitions. As part of his practice, the artist creates situations in which people can eat and drink, play, and rest. This generates spaces for chance encounters, social relationships, and their failures – in short: for life.
You can book a private tour for a group through the museum service: +49 30 247 49 888 or museumsdienst@kulturprojekte.berlin

Meeting point: Gropius Bau, foyer
The tour itself is free; however, you will need an exhibition ticket. Please purchase an exhibition ticket and arrive at the foyer of the Gropius Bau for the start of the tour.