Work of art by Mary Flanagan depicting floating walls in front of a blue sky over a blue sea.

Mary Flanagan, [borders: chichen itza], 2010

Exhibition Opening: Access Kafka

Kafka comes to Berlin! One hundred years after the death of Franz Kafka, the Jewish Museum Berlin is providing new insights into his work with its exhibition Access Kafka: manuscripts and drawings from Franz Kafka’s estate come together with contemporary art. The focus is on universal and timeless questions concerning access.

Past event

Map with all buildings that belong to the Jewish Museum Berlin. The Old Building is marked in green

Where

Old Building, ground level, Glass Courtyard
Lindenstraße 9–14, 10969 Berlin

Where, when, what?

Cory Arcangel, Yuval Barel, Yael Bartana, Guy Ben-Ner, Marcel Brood­thaers, Marcel Duchamp, Maria Eichhorn, Mary Flanagan, Ceal Floyer, Lynn Hershman Leeson, Tehching Hsieh, Anne Imhof, Fatoş İrwen, Franz Kafka, Uri Katzen­stein, Lina Kim, Martin Kippen­berger, Maria Lassnig, Michal Naaman, Trevor Paglen, Alona Rodeh, Roee Rosen, Gregor Schneider, Hito Steyerl

We cordially invite you and your friends to the opening. Everyone is welcome!

Speakers:

  • Claudia Roth (Minister of State for Culture and the Media)
  • Hetty Berg (Director of the Jewish Museum Berlin)
  • Shelley Harten (Curator of the Exhibition)

Party: Balagan Sisters

The exhibition is open from 5pm.

Work of art by Mary Flanagan depicting floating walls in front of a blue sky over a blue sea.

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
Current page: 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
On Fathers. Writing workshop with brunch and guided tour – 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 – 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

Sponsors

The German federal government commissioner for culture and the media (logo) The picture shows the logo of the Friends of the Jewish Museum Berlin in the U.S. Logo: Friends of the JMB. Berliner Sparkasse logo with red S and dot on top

Where, when, what?

  • WhenThu 12 Dec 2024, 7 pm
  • Where Old Building, ground level, Glass Courtyard
    Lindenstraße 9–14, 10969 Berlin
    See location on map
  • Entry fee

    Free of charge – No registration is required.

  • Please note There is limited seating available and there may be waiting times at the entrance due to security checks. No further registration is required. Admission is not guaranteed if capacites are exhausted! We ask for your understanding.

    Museum Café Drinks and snacks can only be purchased by card in the museum café.

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