The Happy End of Access Kafka!
A Sunday with Kafka and Kippenberger to Mark the Final Week of the Exhibition (in German)
„Das große Theater von Oklahoma ruft euch! Es ruft nur heute, nur einmal! Wer jetzt die Gelegenheit versäumt, versäumt sie für immer! Wer an seine Zukunft denkt, gehört zu uns! Jeder ist willkommen! Wer Künstler werden will, melde sich!“ (from: Franz Kafka, Der Verschollene)
The great theater of Oklahoma is calling you! We celebrate the last week of the Access Kafka exhibition – with the Leseguerilla and a lecture by Shelley Harten on Franz Kafka, Martin Kippenberger and The Happy End of Franz Kafka’s ‘Amerika’. And cream cake. Everyone is welcome!
Sun 27 Apr 2025, 3 pm

Where
Old Building: in the exhibition, level 1, and in the foyer & Glas Courtyard, ground level
Lindenstraße 9–14, 10969 Berlin

Martin Kippenberger, The Happy End of Franz Kafka’s ‘Amerika’, Museum Boymans-van Beuningen (27 Feb–24 Apr 1994), invitation card, 15 x 42 cm © Estate of Martin Kippenberger, Galerie Gisela Capitain, Cologne

Exhibition ACCESS KAFKA: Features & Programs
- Exhibition Webpage
- Access Kafka (13 Dec 2024 to 4 May 2025): Information on the exhibition chapters, artworks and documents
- Accompanying Events
- Exhibition Opening: 12 Dec 2024, 7 pm
- Curator's Tour with Shelley Harten: Tour with fixed dates, in German
- Access Word – JMB Book Club The Vegetarian by Han Kang: 21 Jan 2025, in German
- Kafka and Art – Lecture by Hans-Gerd Koch: 30 Jan 2025, in German and German Sign Language (DGS)
- Access Word – JMB Book Club A Hunger Artist by Franz Kafka: 25 Feb 2025, in German
- Access Kafka in the JMB Library: Public tour through our library, 19 Mar 2025, in German
- Access Space – Night Walk with Artist Alona Rodeh: 20 Mar & 10 Apr 2025
- Access Judaism – Kafka & Visuality and Judaism: 1 Apr 2025, in German
- Current page: The Happy End of Access Kafka! A Sunday with Kafka and Kippenberger to mark the final week of the exhibition, 27 Apr 2025, in German
- On Fathers. Writing workshop with brunch and guided tour: Event with fixed dates
- Public Tour in German: Tour with fixed dates
- Public Tour in English: Tour with fixed dates
- Public Tour in Hebrew: Tour with fixed dates
- Bookable Tour for Groups: Tour by appointment
- Bookable Workshop for Students: Workshop by appointment, in German
- Digital Content
- Access Deferred: Essay by Vivian Liska on Kafka’s Judaism, from the exhibition catalog, 2024
- Franz Kafka: A short biography and further online content on the topic
- Kafka in Berlin: Berlin walk on Jewish Places to biographical stations of Franz Kafka, written by Hans-Gerd Koch
- Publications
- Exhibition catalog: German edition, 2024
- Exhibition catalog: English edition, 2024