With the exhibition Make a travel deep of your inside, and don't forget me to take, Deutsche Bank’s “Artist of the Year”  2025  Charmaine Poh explores themes of time travel, ecology, responsible action, and resistance. Her films reflect the intricate fabric of Singaporean life, making these themes also points of reference for he accompanying concert program.

Dmitri Shostakovich composed his first piano trio at just 17. Despite being a single-movement work, it already reveals the distinctive traits that would define his later compositions.

His second piano trio is dedicated to the memory of his friend Ivan Sollertinsky, whose untimely death profoundly affected Shostakovich. A sharp critic of Bolshevik cultural policy, Sollertinsky encouraged him to break free from collective constraints and develop a truly individual compositional voice. Shostakovich later faced the perils of Stalinist scrutiny during a performance of his opera Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk, when Stalin, secretly in the audience, left before the work concluded.

Musicians: Marlene Ito, violin; Uladzimir Sinkevich, violoncello; Özgür Aydin, piano

SOLD OUT
Price: € 22 incl. French breakfast. Free choice of seats on site.

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Özgür Aydin, Photo: Angela Jimenez; Marlene Ito and Uladzimir Sinkevich, Photos: Stefan Hoederath

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 exhibition Make a travel deep of your inside, and don’t forget me to take, visitors can participate in a Sprachcafé at PalaisPopulaire. Each meeting will focus on one of the exhibited artworks and offer the opportunity to exchange thoughts on themes of migration, community and language. 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 drink.

REGISTRATION HERE
Free of charge. In German.

Since 2010, Deutsche Bank has honored artists every year, thus offering a platform for new positions in contemporary art. The work of the "Artist of the Year" 2025 should be of social and artistic relevance and should develop new perspectives on the present. A curated selection of these works can be seen in the meeting rooms of Quartier Zukunft. During this guided tour, art historian Dr. Elisabeth Klotz provides exciting insights into the background of the works and introduces the artists.

TICKETS HERE
Price: €5 (incl. a glass of sparkling wine). Limited capacity. Meeting point: in front of the entrance to Quartier Zukunft, Friedrichstraße 181, 10117 Berlin

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Photo: Frederike van der Straeten / Berliner Philharmoniker

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 exhibition Make a travel deep of your inside, and don’t forget me to take, visitors can participate in a Sprachcafé at PalaisPopulaire. Each meeting will focus on one of the exhibited artworks and offer the opportunity to exchange thoughts on themes of migration, community and language. 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 drink.

REGISTRATION HERE
Free of charge. In German.

Discover the exhibition Make a travel deep of your inside, and don’t forget me to take with music by HIỀN ĐIÊN, drinks, and guided art tours. HIỀN ĐIÊN‘s selections often carry voices and narratives—speaking of queer communities, identity, resistance, grief—and unexpected twists of love songs. Between Melancholia, Rage and Polyrhythmic sounds - the result is an invitation into a sonic adventure: a space to let go, dance, and feel, where moments of joy and vulnerability intertwine.

We’ll also have a karaoke room, in case you want to sing your favourite songs! The exhibition remains open until 9 pm, with short, guided tours at 7 and 8 pm.

TICKETS HERE
Price: 5€. Limited capacity.

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Portrait of HIỀN ĐIÊN, Photo: Jaara Lange

Through poetry and movement, Bella and Dira share their first experiences of queer self-discovery. As part of the Indonesian queer diaspora, they navigate themes of migration, loneliness, and belonging. When they meet, they find connection, support, and a sense of grounding in each other. Logan February's works explore desire, spirituality, and Afro-queer identity in poetry, essays, performance, film, and translation. In German translation by Christian Filips, the volume "Mental Voodoo" was published in 2024 by Urs Engeler Verlag. Logan February will read from their poems.

In cooperation with Haus für Poesie

REGISTRATION HERE
Free of charge. Limited capacity. The performance is part of the multi-part performance series "feeling backwards, across tongues." The next event is scheduled for February 5, 2026.

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Logan February, Photo: Diana Pfammatter; Bella & Dira, Photo: Asarela Dewi

We are thrilled to close our performance series "feeling backwards, across tongues" with a live work by Charmaine Poh. Her performance 'Godmother' complements the exhibition’s central video piece, "The Moon is Wet," which threads marginalised stories found in Singapore across time. Centred on how the sea embodies desire, the work reminds us of the cracks in current systems and gestures toward other ways of being.

REGISTRATION HERE
Free of charge. Limited capacity. Last appointment of the performance series "feeling backwards, across tongues."

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Videostill: Charmaine Poh, The Moon is Wet, 2025 © Charmaine Poh

One of our final conventional FreeTours of Charmaine Poh’s exhibition will be extraordinary. Led by drag queen Cali Harburg (sofa queen, intellectual, philosopher, and migrant), this tour offers insights into the background, concepts, and highlights of Make a travel deep of your inside, and don’t forget me to take from a queer perspective. A special focus will be placed on the video work "What’s softest in the world runs and rushes over what’s hardest in the world" (2024) as well as on the almost forgotten stories of the Majies — a group of migrant women from Southeast China.

TICKETS HERE
Price: 5€. Limited capacity. In English.

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Foto: Cali Harburg

One of our final conventional FreeTours of Charmaine Poh’s exhibition will be extraordinary. Led by drag queen Cali Harburg (sofa queen, intellectual, philosopher, and migrant), this tour offers insights into the background, concepts, and highlights of Make a travel deep of your inside, and don’t forget me to take from a queer perspective. A special focus will be placed on the video work What’s softest in the world runs and rushes over what’s hardest in the world as well as on the almost forgotten stories of the Majies — a group of migrant women from Southeast China.

TICKETS HERE
Price: 5€. Limited capacity. In German.

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Photo: Cali Harburg

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 film series OnView - Power, visitors can participate in a Sprachcafé at PalaisPopulaire. Each meeting will focus on one of the films shown and offer the opportunity to exchange thoughts on themes such as power, strength, and control. 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.

REGISTRATION HERE
Free of charge. In German.

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. Ticket sale starts on January 13th, 2026.

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Photo: Mathias Schormann

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

TICKETS HERE
Cost: 9€. Limited Capacity. In German.

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. Ticket sale starts on April 21st, 2026.

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Photo: Mathias Schormann

Who is in the running for Germany's most coveted book prize? Katharina von Uslar and Edgar Rai present the six nominees in the final round of the German Book Prize 2026.

In cooperation with the Uslar & Rai bookstore

TICKETS HERE
Price: 9€. Limited capacity. In German.

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Photo: Edgar Rai & Katharina von Uslar