Project area

Visual: Yukiko

Tirailleurs: Trials and Tribulations

From Cannon Fodder to Avant-Garde—The Forgotten Soldiers Who Freed Europe

Exhibition and Research Project

21.3–14.6.2026

Still from Cabascabo (1968/69). Courtesy of Argos Films

Walk-in Cinema

Tirailleurs: Trials and Tribulations

23.3.–14.6.2026
Photo: Milan Soremski/HKW

A Walk Through the Exhibition with…

Guided tour

21.3.–14.6.2026

Artist Talk: How to Perform the Archive through Photography

With Halida Boughriet, moderated by Alya Sebti

Conversation

16.5.2026

Artist Talk: How to Turn Public Spaces into Anti-War Sites

With Juan-Pedro Fabra Guemberena, moderated by Paz Guevara

Conversation

16.5.2026
Visual: Elis Nägele & Schattenmuseum

schtzngrmm schtzngrmm - Was bleibt-t-tt?

A performative intervention by the Schattenmuseum

Performance

17.5.2026
Photo: Milan Soremski/HKW

Conversations on Art

23.3.–13.6.2026

Online Magazin Teaser

Programme HKW

AI – Ancestral Immediacies Logo

AI (Ancestral Immediacies): Digital Twins and Data Doppelgängers

22 & 23 May 2026

Lectures, Performances, Conversations, Installations

Still from Dao (2026). Courtesy of Films That Matter

Dao (German Theatrical Release Premiere)

Dir.: Alain Gomis, 2026, France/Senegal/Guinea-Bissau, 185', French/Manjak/Wolof/Portuguese Creole with English subtitles

Film Screening

27.5.2026

Followed by a conversation between Alain Gomis and Marie-Helene Pereira and a Q&A (in French, with simultaneous translation into English)

Visual: Sonic Pluriverse Festival. Global Echoes of Gnawa

Sonic Pluriverse Festival

Global Echoes of Gnawa

June–August 2026

Concerts, DJ Sets, Film Screenings, Panel Discussions, Workshops

heimaten flags at Haus der Kulturen der Welt

heimaten

2024–2027
Book cover: Aslı Erdoğan: When Does a Journey End?

Aslı Erdoğan: When Does a Journey End?

Publication

'haɪ̯maːtn̩ Vol. 7

Illustration by Diana Ejaita

About Us

Haus der Kulturen der Welt (HKW) is guided by the quest for strategies of how to live and better inhabit this world together.
Jury 2026. Back row, left to right: Maha El Hissy, Cia Rinne, Joy Denalane, Hannes Langendörfer; front row, left to right: Melody Makeda Ledwon, Paula Fürstenberg, Senthuran Varatharajah

Jury 2026

Internationaler Literaturpreis

Aziza Ahmad for Archive Books

Resignifying Haus der Kulturen der Welt (HKW)

HKW ventures to resignify each public space in its historic building with the names of women from different worlds who have contributed to the betterment of them.

Accessibility

Equal participation in and accessibility to exhibitions, cultural events, and performances is important to HKW. Here you will find detailed information on barrier-free transportation to and from HKW and the forms of accessibility within the building.