Zeitgeist Irland 24 exhibitions during Berlin Art Week

There are a number of Zeitgeist Irland 24 exhibitions of Irish artists taking place during Berlin Art Week – an important fixture in the German cultural calendar that runs from 11^th – 15^th September – a week-long programme of contemporary art spread across the city in art institutions, an art fair, and countless commercial art galleries and independent art spaces. Here is an overview to help you prepare your art-week schedule:

Artist Mariechen Danz presents edge out, a significant solo exhibition in prestigious Berlinerische Galerie in Kreuzberg with a live performance during the opening on 12^th September. Danz has risen to prominence in Germany with her large installations and performance work. The exhibition runs 31st March 2025.

For more info: Mariechen Danz at Berlinerische Galerie – Zeitgeist Irland 24

The group exhibition Turbo Global: Eine irische Erzählung continues through September at Schloss Britz in Neukölln. The group exhibition featuring Elaine Byrne, Mariechen Danz, Seán Lynch, Nevan Lehart, Niamh McCann, and Michele Horrigan, examines the effects of turbo capitalism in a specifically Irish context and runs until 10th October.

For more info: Turbo Global: Eine irische Erzählung – Zeitgeist Irland 24

German curating collective Gossip Gossip Gossip present a new exhibition Domestic Optimism 3 by Irish artist Lyónn Wolf at Scriptings in Wedding. Turning a queer working-class gaze onto architecture, social housing and modernism, the exhibition opens 8^th September, and includes a programme of art, film screenings and talks until 29th September.

For more info: Domestic Optimism III – Zeitgeist Irland 24

The art project Libraries of Rest by artist Ciara Barker takes place at transmediale studio in Wedding. This immersive installation exploring the radical potential of resting is curated by Aoife Donnellan, and opens with a reception on 11^th of September. The exhibition runs until 22nd September.

For more info: Libraries of Rest – Zeitgeist Irland 24

Artistic duo Tom o’ Doherty & Kata Kovacs will present their project All Woven of Dream and Error at Hosek Contemporary in Mitte from 11th-15th September. The exhibition explores abandoned railway lines, and the emergence of machine learning, through film and sound works. Opening reception is 12^th September, and the exhibition concludes with a live concert on 15^th September.

For more info: Woven All of Dream and Error – Zeitgeist Irland 24

Saturnalia, a solo exhibition by Conor Walton opens at Galerie Feinart in Charlotteburg on 12th September and explores through figurative painting allegorical fantasy, the realism of sensuality, the provocation of the absurd. The exhibition runs until 24th.

For more info: Conor Walton: Saturnalia – Zeitgeist Irland 24

The programme of ANIMA MUNDI #5 focuses on environmental relationships through sound art and cultural exchange with a range of Irish and international artists in events and walks around Berlin and Brandenburg. Curated by Errant Sound, it launches at on 12th September at Leibig 12 in Friedrichshain with sound art by Irish artist Joseph Young and Irish label Farpoint Recordings. The programme runs until 1st November.

For more info: Anima Mundi #5 – Zeitgeist Irland 24