The Mies van der Rohe Haus pays tribute to the concrete artist Horst Bartnig (1936–2025) with a selection of works from his estate. Bartnig maintained a close connection to the house over several decades; he had already presented solo exhibitions here in 1994 and 2003. This focused presentation brings together works spanning six decades – from Bartnig’s early explorations of abstraction to his later, systematically developed structures of form and color in the series “Square Paintings,” “Variations,” and “Interruptions.” Within the clarity of Mies van der Rohe’s architecture, Bartnig’s idea of design as a process of thought finds a striking resonance.

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Our next guided tour of the house, garden, and exhibition will take place on 1 February 2026 at 1 pm.

Admission is 5 euros per person. Participation is free for anyone under 16. Please register at info(at)miesvanderrohehaus.de

The Mies van der Rohe Haus in Berlin-Hohenschönhausen will have a new director as of 15 December 2025, in the form of curator and art historian Dennis Brzek. Building on the work done so far, Brzek wants to raise the profile of the Mies van der Rohe Haus so that visitors can rediscover it—as a living architectural monument, an exhibition space for contemporary art, and an open meeting place for the city and neighborhood. The new director wants to make these different facets of the venue possible in close collaboration with artists.

“I am delighted that Dennis Brzek has prevailed  from what was a very strong field of applicants. With this appointment, the Mies van der Rohe Haus gains a director from a younger generation who will continue to develop the extraordinary potential of this institution with great passion, new perspectives, and innovative ideas,” said Daniela Bell, head of the Office for Continuing Education and Culture.

Dennis Brzek, born in 1993, studied Curatorial Studies (MA) at the Städelschule and Goethe University Frankfurt am Main, as well as Art History and Philosophy (BA) in Düsseldorf.

Most recently, he was curator of contemporary art at the Albertinum of the Dresden State Art Collections. There he realized exhibitions, including “Wolfgang Tillmans: Weltraum” (2025), and, as head of the collection from 2000 onwards, he developed presentations of the holdings and conceived additions to the collection. Brzek was also Project Manager of the award-winning exhibition and research initiative “Auf Augenhöhe: Das Albertinum neu denken” (2025–2026), which reflects on the relationship between the public and the collection in order to develop a new narrative for the museum.

Previously, Brzek was curator at Fluentum, Berlin, a private institution founded in 2019 with a focus on time-based media. He helped steer Fluentum's programmatic focus toward the new production of artistic works and curated solo and group exhibitions with artists such as Loretta Fahrenholz, Calla Henkel & Max Pitegoff, Peter Wächtler, Patricia L. Boyd, Richard Sides, Simon Lässig, and D'Ette Nogle.

He also taught as a research assistant at the Institute of Art History at Goethe University.

With the first complete presentation of the furniture from Haus Lemke in Berlin the Kunstgewerbemuseum is displaying one of the most extensive original interior designs preserved from the work of Ludwig Mies van der Rohe. The restored furniture is now on view as part the museum's permanent collection display.

Additional information here.

The exhibiton takes place at
Kunstgewerbemuseum
Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Matthäikirchplatz
10785 Berlin