The performance artist Tanja Ostojić talks about her exhibition ENCOUNTERS – On Bodies, Borders, Resistance at Kunstraum Kreuzberg/Bethanien on Thursday 26 November 2026 at 6pm. The curator Bettina Knaup moderates. The talk is titled How much strength it takes …
Ostojić, born in Yugoslavia in 1972 and based in Berlin, has made research-based performances since 1994 about gender politics, migration and institutional power, often using her own body and biography as the material. Her best-known works include Looking for a Husband with EU Passport (2000–05), in which she advertised for a husband and married the man she chose, and After Courbet (2004), a photograph whose poster version was pulled from Vienna's streets. ENCOUNTERS is described as her first major survey in Germany, with works from the past 25 years and new projects, curated by Katharina Koch and Sylvia Sadzinski with alpha nova & galerie futura.
What to expect
A conversation between the artist and the curator about 25 years of work. The gallery is open until 8pm, so come early or stay after to see the show itself, which runs until 14 February 2027.
Good to know
- When: Thursday 26 November 2026, 6pm
- Where: Kunstraum Kreuzberg/Bethanien, Mariannenplatz 2, 10997 Berlin
- Entry: the gallery is always free; no ticket or registration is mentioned for the talk
- Language: not stated on the Kunstraum's page
- Access: building and exhibition rooms are step-free
- Getting there: U Kottbusser Tor, then ten minutes on foot; bus 140 Mariannenplatz
Nearby
A day later the Neue Nationalgalerie opens its Ulay retrospective. Ulay brought the stolen Spitzweg painting to the Künstlerhaus Bethanien in this very building in 1976. In the evening, Interrobang's Enter the Blackbox plays at HAU3 at 7pm.