{"id":4472,"date":"2019-05-21T10:57:41","date_gmt":"2019-05-21T10:57:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zitadelle-berlin.de\/en\/?page_id=4472"},"modified":"2026-03-12T14:27:45","modified_gmt":"2026-03-12T14:27:45","slug":"zentrum-fuer-aktuelle-kunst","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.zitadelle-berlin.de\/en\/zentrum-fuer-aktuelle-kunst\/","title":{"rendered":"Center for Contemporary Art"},"content":{"rendered":"

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image=”9848″ img_size=”full”][vc_column_text]ZAK \u2013 Center for Contemporary Art is a generous exhibition space for contemporary art and a meeting place for people of all cultures. It opened in May 2018 in the premises of the Old Barracks and it is establishing itself as a center for modern and contemporary art. In changing exhibitions, not only positions of contemporary art, but also the confrontation with the past and the location of the Citadel itself can be admired and discussed on 2,500 square meters of exhibition space. The museum\u2019s educational and supporting programs, which are tailored to individual exhibitions, round off your visit to the ZAK.<\/p>\n

Artistic Director: Dr. Ralf F. Hartmann (email<\/a>)[\/vc_column_text][vc_text_separator title=”Obituary Yishay Garbasz (1970-2026) ” color=”black”][vc_column_text]It is with great shock and deep sadness that we received the news that the artist Yishay Garbasz has passed away suddenly and unexpectedly.<\/p>\n

In 2023, we had the privilege of getting to know and appreciate Yishay Garbasz as part of an exhibition project. Some of her photographic works are currently on display at ZAK.<\/p>\n

With Yishay Garbasz, we have lost an outstanding artist who always stood up for her own freedom and that of others. We admire and respect her great courage and fighting spirit, as well as her love for humanity.<\/p>\n

[\/vc_column_text][vc_separator color=”black”][vc_single_image image=”11665″ img_size=”full” alignment=”center”][vc_text_separator title=”Applications” color=”black”][vc_column_text]We are not accepting applications from artists until further notice. We assume no liability for unsolicited applications, portfolios and catalogs and cannot return them for capacity reasons. Likewise, we cannot guarantee a response for this reason.<\/strong>[\/vc_column_text][vc_separator color=”black”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n

Current Exhibitions at the ZAK Center for Contemporary Art<\/h2>\n
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Solo exhibition<\/h3>\n

14 Feb \u2013 3 May 2026<\/h3>\n

ZAK \u2013 Center for Contemporary Art<\/h3>\n

Reiner Maria Matysik (born in Duisburg in 1967) uses instruments from the natural sciences and visual arts for his speculative biology of the future. Recording, describing, and classifying are just as much a part of his artistic practice as camouflage, deception, and irony. Models of post-evolutionary species with proliferating forms reveal that the biological nature of humans\u2014here supplemented by the (il)logical\u2014is a dead end on the path to the future and can only survive as anti-biology through entanglement and transformation with other phytic, animalistic, or biofactual realities of life.<\/p>\n

Reflecting on the disciplines, the artist devises utopian scenarios for a future of the human beyond humans. Only as a hybrid and post-evolutionary symbiont (Donna Haraway) is future of human life conceivable \u2013 not only for Matysik. Such ideas enriched us through the objects, drawings, and video works, but also through the performances and participatory projects of an artist who has been reflecting on the virulent questions of today since the mid-1990s<\/p>\n

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\nPhoto: sexual creeping, institut f\u00fcr postevolution\u00e4re lebensformen. (Installationsansicht), Kunstmuseum Heidenheim, 2021, \u00a9 Reiner Maria Matysik<\/h6>\n

You can find more information about the exhibition here<\/a>.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”Justin Time, Sabine Ercklentz \u2013 Touching monuments \u2013 Listening monuments” tab_id=”1750253705788-bfa259e2-51e1″][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n

Sound installation<\/h3>\n

14 Feb \u2013 3 May 2026<\/h3>\n

ZAK \u2013 Center for Contemporary Art<\/h3>\n

The installation in the ZAK project space is the second part of the project Touching Monuments \u2013 Listening to Monuments by Justin Time and Sabine Ercklentz, which deals with monuments in public spaces and chooses unusual ways of approaching them. During three participatory city walks in the summer of 2025, bronze and stone sculptures in public spaces in various districts of Spandau were touched and \u201cfelt.\u201d Audio recordings of these encounters are processed into a sound-producing, walk-in sculpture in the exhibition. A multisensory experience space, an \u201canti-bronze,\u201d is created.<\/p>\n

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\nPhoto: \u00a9 Urban Reflections<\/h6>\n

You can find more information about the exhibition here<\/a>.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”The Julius” tab_id=”1750255270033-81c9a71c-8f49″][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n

Group exhibition<\/h3>\n

14 Feb \u2013 3 May 2026<\/h3>\n

ZAK \u2013 Center for Contemporary Art<\/h3>\n

The Spandau Culture Prize \u2018Der Julius\u2019 is intended to express a clear sign of appreciation for Spandau\u2019s creative artists and to strengthen the cultural diversity of the district. The prize is awarded for outstanding achievements in the respective discipline, for above-average commitment to cultural work in the district, or for innovative formats that enable as many people as possible to participate both actively and as recipients.<\/p>\n

In 2025, the prize was dedicated to the visual arts and endowed with a total of \u20ac10,000. It was presented on 28 November during the Spandau Culture Festival by Dr Carola Br\u00fcckner, Councillor for Culture, to photographic artist Georgia Krawiec (1st prize), illustrator Karen Scheper (2nd prize) and painter Aydin \u00d6ztek (3rd prize).<\/p>\n

The cabinet exhibition provides a concentrated insight into the work of the three prize winners.<\/p>\n

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\nPicture: Der Julius \u00a9 Kulturamt Spandau<\/h6>\n

You can find more information about the exhibition here<\/a>.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”Whatever shape your heart is in” tab_id=”1773149657415-d99bb7f6-9eb0″][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n

Group exhibition
\nMarch 5 \u2013 May 3, 2026<\/h3>\n

The exhibition shows works by Berlin-based artists from the fields of painting, sculpture, video, and sound, dealing with themes ranging from resistance to tyranny, anger, and defense against gestures of power to poetic strategies of de-escalation. It offers a wide range of attitudes characterized by a high degree of attention to current political events.<\/p>\n

You can find more information about the exhibition\u00a0here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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