ERIAC at the 13th Berlin Biennale for Contemporary Art

The European Roma Institute for Arts and Culture (ERIAC) is proud to be one of the sister organizations of the 13th Berlin Biennale for Contemporary Art, alongside Filmrauschpalast Moabit at Kulturfabrik, Sinema Transtopia, and the Sophiensæle. By establishing these collaborative partnerships with culturally significant spaces deeply rooted in Berlin, the 13th Berlin Biennale underscores the role of the city’s institutions as vital incubators for artistic innovation and experimentation.

From June 14 to September 14, 2025, the 13th Berlin Biennale for Contemporary Art will present its program across four venues: KW Institute for Contemporary Art, Sophiensæle, Hamburger Bahnhof – Nationalgalerie der Gegenwart, and a former courthouse on Lehrter Straße in Berlin-Moabit. By introducing the former Courthouse Lehrter Straße, the Berlin Biennale is opening a new space for contemporary art in Berlin.

The 13th Berlin Biennale investigates a specific line of contemporary artistic languages drawn from diverse practices and art histories from nonadjacent geographies, focusing on the capacity of art in politically challenging times. The four venues have ambivalent histories—of violence but also resistance—spanning from the present day, through the post-1989 period, the period of divided Germany, National Socialism, the Weimar Republic, and the German Empire. Their spatial structures still bear traces of turbulence, protest, or suppression and, finally, how artists in Berlin performed a re-commoning of these spaces over time.

Concentrated in the center of Berlin, the venues form a walkable route, stretching from the starting point at KW Institute for Contemporary Art all the way to the former Courthouse Lehrter Straße. The parcours of the 13th Berlin Biennale is inspired by the circular movements of foxes—a leitmotif of the curatorial program—as they navigate the urban landscape.