Berlin's calendar doesn't slow down for the last weeks of summer: as of 17 August 2026 the Berlin ArtWalk live feed tracks 350+ events and 215+ galleries and museums with current exhibitions, refreshed nightly. Here's what to build the next four weeks around — shows closing before September, the festival run from Klassik Open Air to the Long Night of Museums, one free family pick, and where street art fits in before Berlin Art Week opens in the second week of September.
Closing this week — catch these before they're gone
Three exhibitions come down before the month is out. Marina Abramović's 'Balkan Erotic Epic' at Gropius Bau and Bruce Gilden's 'Why These?' at Fotografiska both close 23 August; Niki de Saint Phalle's 'Nikification. Niki de Saint Phalle and Germany' at Galerie Judin closes a day earlier, on 22 August. Once a show is down, the app's Galleries tab drops it overnight — so if it's still listed, it's still hanging.
The festival stretch: Klassik Open Air, Pop-Kultur, Long Night of Museums
Three city-wide moments anchor the back half of August. Klassik Open Air fills Britzer Garten on 22 August — free, an evening of carnival classics from the Philharmonia Frankfurt, closing with fireworks. Two days later Pop-Kultur Festival takes over the Kulturbrauerei and silent green Kulturquartier for a week, 24–30 August, with acts including Avalon Emerson & the Charm and Bar Italia. And on 29 August, the Long Night of Museums (Lange Nacht der Museen) opens 75 museums across the city from 6 pm to 2 am on a single ticket — this year's theme is 'Crime in Berlin.'
Free and outdoors: the Giant Kite Festival on Tempelhofer Feld
If the festivals above cost money, this one doesn't. The Giant Kite Festival (Festival der Riesendrachen) takes over the west end of Tempelhofer Feld on 12 September — giant inflatable kites over the old runways, free to watch, and an easy way to close out the Berlin Art Week weekend outdoors.
Where street art fits in
Berlin's murals don't wait for a festival calendar. Urban Nation, the city's dedicated street-art museum on Bülowstraße, keeps its 'Love Letters to the City' exhibition running with free admission — a good rainy-day companion to a walk through Kreuzberg or Friedrichshain. For a guided route, Berlin's street-art walking tours run daily year-round; our urban art guide maps the landmark murals with addresses for a self-guided version.
Berlin Art Week opens 9 September
The festival stretch ends where the gallery city's biggest week begins. Berlin Art Week runs 9–13 September 2026 — its 15th edition — with Gallery Night on 10 September and the Featured Night on 11 September as the week's highlights. Two shows worth timing a visit around open the same weekend: the Guerrilla Girls at the Neuer Berliner Kunstverein, and 'NIGHT.', the Preis der Nationalgalerie 2026 exhibition featuring Maurizio Cattelan at the Neue Nationalgalerie — both open 10 September.
Keep this list live
This page is a snapshot; the app is the live version. Berlin ArtWalk refreshes its events feed daily and its 215+ galleries nightly, maps 450+ street artworks, and builds AI walking tours with distance and time. See also what's already confirmed for September, or check today's feed the morning you head out. Free on the App Store and Google Play.
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