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BAW Garten sits at the heart of Berlin Art Week, acting as a festival meeting place, event platform, and oasis all in one. Located at the iconic Mies van der Rohe building that houses Neue Nationalgalerie on Kulturforum, it offers a range of attractions including food interventions, performances, talks, screenings, and music—all designed to foster a sense of togetherness, exploration, and relaxation. There is a focal point and recurring theme here: sustainability. A look at some of the highlights.

The DAAD Artists-in-Berlin Program is one of the world’s most respected and prestigious residency programmes for established artists. For over five decades, it has played a pivotal role in Berlin’s emergence as a leading international art centre, and yet the history of this institution has remained relatively unexplored. A major research project, accompanied by three exhibitions at different institutions, seeks to rectify this. A conversation with art historian and curator Nóra Lukács and Melanie Roumiguière, Head of the Visual Arts Division at the DAAD—both of whom have been instrumental in organising these exhibitions—on their research, an often-challenging history, and lessons learned.

Our writer Sophie Jung looks at four of the twelve special projects presented as part of the new ›Featured‹ section within the 12th edition of Berlin Art Week. An exploration of disparate venues, each with a unique perspective on contemporary art

Sound art as practice of collective listening plays an expanding role in contemporary art. This is also evident at this year’s Berlin Art Week. Sound artist Jessica Ekomane on aspects of intimacy, the incomplete historiography of sound and noise, and the beauty of multiplicity in listening.