From October 19 to November 9, 2025, the Bauhaus Dessau Foundation will present TO THE CORE at the Mies van der Rohe Haus.
The exhibition features three-dimensional elements that give expression to the natural resources behind the “materials of modernity” – concrete, steel, glass, brick, and aluminium. The result is a series of spatial collages that can be rearranged again and again, reflecting the Bauhaus spirit of experimentation. The displays will travel to various Bauhaus sites throughout the anniversary year. The Mies van der Rohe Haus, as the second stop on this journey, becomes a key venue for the Bauhaus anniversary in Berlin. A diverse programme of talks and events accompanies the presentation.

The exhibition and event series explores weeds as metaphors, symbols, and agents of knowledge. Often seen as unruly, disruptive, ugly, stubborn, and almost rebellious, weeds embody characteristics that the series examines through contemporary multimedia artworks and events. Their stubborn vitality is reimagined as a productive force, with their resilience and defiance offering emancipatory strategies that reach far beyond the botanical realm.

The Goldrausch Künstlerinnenprojekt – a professional development program for women artists – presents the work of this year’s participants in a group show at Galerie im Körnerpark, marking the 35^th year of its renowned continuing education and support initiative. The works on display sharpen our perception of new and unexpected contexts. Through a diversity of motives and media, closeness – Up Close – emerges as a common approach on multiple levels: closeness to personal biographies, to social realities, and to political struggles.
 
Curated by Mona Hermann & Yolanda Kaddu-Mulindwa

Maraña collective, combining contemporary circus, object and physical theatre, and performance, has been developing in Berlin since 2018. Their latest full-length production, ORGANISMO, premiered in 2022 with the support of the Performing Arts Fund and has been performed internationally fifty times to date.

In Haut und Holz, Loredana Nemes explores themes of nature, love, and deep connections to place. The exhibition presents four bodies of work created since 2019.  The ‘Sicilia’ series focuses on the bond between humans and nature through portraits of residents of Sicily encountered during the artist’s travels. Each is pictured with a tree they named as their favourite. In the series ‘Immergrün’ (Evergreen), she explores how photography could visually represent love that spans decades. The cycles ‘Graubaum und Himmelmeer’ (Grey tree and Sky sea) and ‘White’ are an ode to the tree, celebrating its beauty across all seasons.