Sprachcafés are places for meeting others – for people who want to practice and improve their German or simply feel like meeting other Berliners. As part of the new film series OnView – Togetherness, we are launching a film and lSprachcafé at PalaisPopulaire. Each meeting will focus on one of the films shown and offer the opportunity to exchange thoughts on themes of togetherness and solidarity.

The meetings will be led by Dóra Sági, an expert in German in multilingual contexts and aesthetic language education. Whether young or old, new or long-time Berliner – everyone is welcome at the language café to discuss art, society, and personal experiences over a hot drink and cake.

In German
Please register in the ticket shop.

Celebrate the opening of the new exhibition It’s Just a Matter of Time. Sammlung Deutsche Bank in Dialogue! With a selection of contemporary club music between nostalgic elements and danceable beats, Nissa Carrington, one of the founders of the SLIC Unit network, creates an exuberant atmosphere.

In the exhibition, LiveSpeakers will support the exploration of the art. Drinks and snacks are available at LePopulaire, in good weather on the terrace.

Free admission

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Nissa Carrington © Photo: Sima Dehgani

Sprachcafés are places for meeting others – for people who want to practice and improve their German or simply feel like meeting other Berliners. As part of the new film series OnView – Togetherness, we are launching a film and lSprachcafé at PalaisPopulaire. Each meeting will focus on one of the films shown and offer the opportunity to exchange thoughts on themes of togetherness and solidarity.

The meetings will be led by Dóra Sági, an expert in German in multilingual contexts and aesthetic language education. Whether young or old, new or long-time Berliner – everyone is welcome at the language café to discuss art, society, and personal experiences over a hot drink and cake.

In German
Please register in the ticket shop.

The curatorial duo of the exhibition It’s Just a Matter of Time. Deutsche Bank Collection in Dialogue, Liberty Adrien and Carina Bukuts, will lead a guided tour through the exhibition. What historical layers and stories are hidden in buildings, narratives, and objects, and how are these reflected in the exhibited artworks? How do the works from the Deutsche Bank Collection engage in dialogue with the loans?

We invite you to engage in conversation with the curators and learn more about the artworks as well as the curatorial process, which focuses on exchange, dialogue, and collectivity.

In German
Cost: 9€. Limited Capacity. You can obtain a ticket here.

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Carina Bukuts and Liberty Adrien, Photo: Eike Walkenhorst

The focus of the exhibition It's Just a Matter of Time is the confluence of temporalities: artistic positions from 1946 to the present illustrate how past narratives persist in our present. Different perspectives and focal points, diverse locations, and (artistic) approaches play an essential role in storytelling and collective memory. The aim of the training is to present age-appropriate mediation methods in a dialogical and practical manner and to explore ways of creatively and practically integrating artistic ideas into the school context.

In German
Limited capacity. Please register soon here.

Based on the artworks in the outdoor area of the exhibition It’s Just a Matter of Time. Deutsche Bank Collection in Dialogue, which highlight the coexistence of different timelines, we embark on a journey through time in the immediate surroundings of PalaisPopulaire.

Together, we walk to Bebelplatz, which in the GDR served as a site for social gatherings. After the fall of the Berlin Wall, Micha Ullmann’s memorial was erected there in remembrance of the book burnings. Just a few meters away is the capital branch of Deutsche Bank, an impressive example of architecture from the Wilhelminian era. In a guided tour with art historian Dr. Elisabeth Klotz, artworks from the Deutsche Bank Collection, including Neo Rauch, Imi Knoebel, K.H. Hödicke, and Salome, will be presented, while also examining the collection from a historical perspective.

In German 
Please bring your ID card with you.
Cost: 5€. Limited Capacity. You can obtain a ticket here.
Meeting point: in front of the PalaisPopulaire

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Photo: Disconto-Gesellschaft, Unter den Linden 33, um 1930

"For, In Your Tongue, I Cannot Fit" is the title of Shilpa Gupta’s series of works on censorship, oppression, and resistance. Gupta’s new work, exhibited in It’s Just a Matter of Time. Deutsche Bank Collection in Dialogue, is dedicated to 100 authors who, at various times and places (8th to 21st century), experienced state repression due to their beliefs, faith, and writings—mostly in the form of imprisonment.

As part of the 26th Poetry Festival, Gupta’s installation will be poetically activated alongside selected works from the exhibition.

In cooperation with Haus für Poesie

In German
On International Museum Day is the entry into museums free of charge

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Shilpa Gupta, For, In Your Tongue, I Cannot Fit, 2023 © Shilpa Gupta. Courtesy the artist and neugerriemschneider, Berlin. Photo: Sebastian Bac

The current exhibition at PalaisPopulaire, It’s Just a Matter of Time. Deutsche Bank Collection in Dialogue, explores the different temporalities that buildings, objects, and narratives have absorbed and carried across centuries. Our own stories are never free from the narratives of others and cannot be viewed separately from the past. The past often intrudes painfully into our present. In our literary series with Katharina von Uslar and Edgar Rai, we present literary works in which different time levels merge and in which subjective, highly distinct stories can be simultaneously true.

In cooperation with the book store Uslar & Rai

In German
Cost: 5€. Limited Capacity. You can obtain a ticket here.
The exhibition can be visited before the reading until 7pm.

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Katharina von Uslar and Edgar Rai, Photo: Mathias Schormann

Based on the exhibition It’s Just a Matter of Time. Deutsche Bank Collection in Dialogue, which highlights the coexistence of different timelines and contextualizes both the Deutsche Bank Collection and PalaisPopulaire, we showcase art in and around Deutsche Bank branches. In front of the new building on Otto-Suhr-Allee, Dirk Bell’s sculpture "2FREE SPACE" towers unmistakably. The signal-red steel cube, measuring six by six by six meters and weighing seven tons, bears the word “FREE,” which the artist has duplicated, merging the individual letters into a cubic form. Art historian Florian Ehrich will lead a tour of the branch, where artworks by Günther Förg, Katharina Grosse, and Andreas Gursky are also on display.

In German
Please bring your ID card with you.
Cost: 5€. Limited Capacity. You can obtain a ticket here.
Meeting point: Deutsche Bank, Otto-Suhr-Allee 6, in front of the sculpture by Dirk Bell

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Photo: Deutsche Bank Campus Otto-Suhr-Allee © Peer Schröder, Deutsche Bank

Posters in the city offer the opportunity to reach a large number of people. This medium is also used by the artists of the current exhibition It’s Just a Matter of Time, who question the boundary between ‘private’ and ‘public’ or aim to provoke thought among a broad audience. For example, the phrase “It’s just a matter of time” on the poster by Felix González-Torres was always translated into the local language to ensure that everyone understood the message.

In this workshop, we will create posters together and think about which sentence, motif, or drawing is suitable for reaching a wide audience. Together, we will consider how we can convey a powerful message with our posters!

In German
Please register at the ticket shop.

Ayşe Erkmen is represented in the exhibition It’s Just a Matter of Time. Deutsche Bank Collection in Dialogue with her artwork "Balkanık" (2003/2025). Not a conventional artwork, this cake—a traditional recipe reinterpreted by the artist with her own instructions—combines ingredients from different cultures, symbolizing transnational exchange. During the exhibition, the cake will not only be on display in the café of PalaisPopulaire but also available for purchase.

The conceptual artist has been associated with Deutsche Bank’s art program for decades; in 2001, she realized the project "Shipped Ships" in Frankfurt am Main as part of Deutsche Bank’s “Moment - temporäre Kunst im öffentlichen Raum" series. Artworks by Ayşe Erkmen are part of the Deutsche Bank Collection.

As part of the current exhibition, Liberty Adrien, co-curator of It’s Just a Matter of Time, will talk to artist Ayşe Erkmen.

In English
Cost: 9€. Limited Capacity. You can obtain a ticket here.
The exhibition can be visited before the talk until 7pm.

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Ayşe Erkmen, Photo: Serdar TanyeliIstanbul; Liberty Adrien, Photo: Daniel Feistenauer

In the chamber music series “Workshop.Dialogue.Music” at the PalaisPopulaire, members of the Berliner Philharmoniker introduce themselves and their instruments and talk in a relaxed atmosphere about the works presented, their interpretations, and their approach. Questions and a dialogue with the audience are expressly encouraged! The concert will be followed by a guided tour of the exhibition.

Price: € 15 incl. French breakfast
Free choice of seats on site.
More information will follow in summer 2025. Advance ticket sales start on April 14, 2025.

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Photo: Frederike van der Straeten / Berliner Philharmoniker

Based on the artworks in the outdoor area of the exhibition It’s Just a Matter of Time. Deutsche Bank Collection in Dialogue, which highlight the coexistence of different timelines, we embark on a journey through time in the immediate surroundings of PalaisPopulaire.

Together, we walk to Bebelplatz, which in the GDR served as a site for social gatherings. After the fall of the Berlin Wall, Micha Ullmann’s memorial was erected there in remembrance of the book burnings. Just a few meters away is the capital branch of Deutsche Bank, an impressive example of architecture from the Wilhelminian era. In a guided tour with art historian Dr. Elisabeth Klotz, artworks from the Deutsche Bank Collection, including Neo Rauch, Imi Knoebel, K.H. Hödicke, and Salome, will be presented, while also examining the collection from a historical perspective.

In German
Please bring your ID card with you.
Cost: 5€. Limited Capacity. You can obtain a ticket here.
Meeting point: in front of the PalaisPopulaire

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Photo: Disconto-Gesellschaft, Unter den Linden 33, um 1930

James Gregory Atkinson’s work "CET/CST" (2021) explores the complex reverberations of World War II history from a transatlantic perspective. Atkinson’s family history serves as the starting point for this analysis, offering insights into the deeply rooted mechanisms of structural racism. His work draws attention to the asynchronous reality experienced by African American soldiers who fought for the liberation of Europe while simultaneously facing racism both within the U.S. military and in German society.

As part of the current exhibition It’s Just a Matter of Time. Deutsche Bank Collection in Dialogue, Carina Bukuts, co-curator of the show, will engage in a conversation with artist James Gregory Atkinson about additional temporalities and layers within this work and his broader practice.

In German
Cost: 9€. Limited Capacity. You can obtain a ticket here.
The exhibition can be visited before the talk until 7pm.

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James Gregory Atkinson © Photo: Eike Walkenhorst; Carina Bukuts © Photo: Marie Haefner

Discover the exhibition It’s Just a Matter of Time. Deutsche Bank Collection in Dialogue at PalaisPopulaire with music, drinks, and guided art tours. The exhibition remains open until 9 PM, with short guided tours at 7 and 8 PM.

Stay tuned—details on the program will follow.

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Photo: Bernd Brundert

Berlin's literary scene is on the move: traditional publishing houses have returned to the city, and numerous new publishers have emerged. We want to dedicate a special event format at the PalaisPopulaire to both: "writers’stage – New Literature from Berlin." Katharina von Uslar and Edgar Rai select the most exciting voices from the latest publishing programs, introduce the authors, and discuss their new novels with them.

In cooperation with the Uslar & Rai bookstore

In German
Cost: 9€. You can obtain a ticket here soon.

In the chamber music series “Workshop.Dialogue.Music” at the PalaisPopulaire, members of the Berliner Philharmoniker introduce themselves and their instruments and talk in a relaxed atmosphere about the works presented, their interpretations, and their approach. Questions and a dialogue with the audience are expressly encouraged! The concert will be followed by a guided tour of the exhibition.

Price: € 22 incl. French breakfast
Free choice of seats on site.
More information will follow in autumn 2025. Advance ticket sales start on October 28, 2025.

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Photo: Frederike van der Straeten / Berliner Philharmoniker