Part of Family Matters
The exhibition Making Kin brings together the works of artists from Canada, South Korea, Nigeria, Ghana, Myanmar, Germany, Estonia, Uzbekistan, and the US. Their various practices are interconnected by the understanding that we are all woven into a dynamic fabric of relationships: not only with other people, animals, plants, spiritual beings, and the cosmos but also with our office chairs.
Image gallery
Time's Gravity
This relational world view is linked to criticism of (colonial) regimes of violence and exploitation as well as state ideologies that reduce the diversity of relationships to models based on the nuclear family and to rigid forms of belonging. The artists resist the loss of connections, knowledge, biodiversity, languages and aesthetics and counter it with an exploration of marginalized forms of knowledge and relationship.
There are four central themes: belonging and community; entanglements between human and non-human collectives; the revitalization and passing on of devalued knowledge cultures; and cultural memory and intergenerational exchange.
The transcultural diversity of the artistic approaches turns the exhibition space into a pluriverse and invites visitors to weave their own connections.
Participating artists: Catherine Blackburn, Aziza Kadyri, Mae-ling Lokko, Meryl McMaster, Caroline Monnet, Katja Novitskova, Soe Yu Nwe, Odun Orimolade, Judith Raum, Cara Romero, Zina Saro-Wiwa, Haegue Yang
The exhibition was curated by: Kerstin Pinther, Curator for Modern and Contemporary Art in Global Context and Ute Marxreiter, Research Associate for Education and Outreach, Ethnologisches Museum and Museum für Asiatische Kunst, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin – Preußischer Kulturbesitz
- English, German
- Location: Museum of Asian Art, Room 304
- A Humboldt Forum ticket is required: EUR 14.00 / EUR 7.00 reduced. Free admission for: children and young people under to the age of 19.
- Duration: November 28, 2025, to August 3, 2026
- Opening hours: Wednesday to Monday from 10:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. Closed on Tuesdays
Additional information
Accessibility
The Humboldt Forum and all exhibition rooms can be reached barrier-free with a wheelchair. A tactile floor guidance system facilitates orientation for blind and visually impaired visitors. Educational formats are tailored to the different needs of visitors with disabilities. These include tactile tours, guided tours and workshops.
Barrier-free parking is available south of the Humboldt Forum on Schlossplatz. Barrier-free parking is available south of the Humboldt Forum on Schlossplatz. For more information, click here.
Bus bays are available in Rathausstraße: Stopping time from 9 - 22.30
By underground and suburban railway
U Museumsinsel (U5): 1 min walk
S/U Alexanderplatz: 15 min walk
S Hackescher Markt: 10 min walk
By bus
Lustgarten: 100, 300, N5; 1 min walk
Berlin Palace: 147; 1 min walk
