The February of 2024 is filled with exciting things to do throughout Europe and beyond: From Stockholm to Berlin, from Vienna to London we picked the finest events regarding design, art and culture for you.

 

Berlinale

 

 

The 74th edition of the most famous and influential Filmfestival in the German speaking countries premieres the newest movies from all over the world. On February 1st, the juries of the Berlinale announce the winners.

 

HARD FACTS

Berlin
February 15th 2024 → February 25th 2024

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Book Talk with Stefanie Moshammer

 

 

Renowned Viennese Photographer Stefanie Moshammer will speak with Editorial Director of DIE ZEIT about her most recent book Each Poison, A Pillow.

HARD FACTS

MQ Freiraum, Museumsplatz 1 Vienna
January 1st 2024 7pm

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gugging.! classic & contemporary update

 

 

The exhibition gugging.! classic & contemporary which runs since Mai 2021 gets an update by the new artistic lead, Nina Ansperger. A special focus will be put on works by Heinrich Reisenbauer, Oswald Tschirtner and Laila Bachtiar.

HARD FACTS

museum gugging
Am Campus 2
3400 Maria Gugging

February 3rd → March 1st 2026

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Black in Berlin

 

 

Photographer Yero Adugna Eticha started this project when the protests against the murders of Breonna Taylor and George Floyd emerged and the Black Lives Matter-movement gained momentum in 2020. In the streets of Berlin, Yero handed our flyers to Black people asking them to be photographed by him, resulting in more than 500 portraits of Afro-Black Germans and the diaspora in Berlin. In parallel to his first solo exhibition, the accompanying book will be published by Distanz Verlag.

HARD FACTS

February 23rd → March 10th 2024
f³ – freiraum für fotografie
Waldemarstraße 17
10179 Berlin

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Wild Weekend: tough girls

 

 

An homage to some of the toughest girls in movie history: from Barbarella to Tank Girl to Cleopatra Wong take the screen for four days. Before every screening, there will be a short introduction to the movie.

 

HARD FACTS

February 8th → February 11th 2024
METRO Kinokulturhaus
Johannesgasse 4, 1010 Wien

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CASPAR DAVID FRIEDRICH – Art for a New Age

 

 

On occasion of Caspar David Friedrich’s 250th birthday this year, Hamburger Kunsthalle is showing pieces by Friedrich himself and his artist friends and contemporary artists who are influenced by him.

 

HARD FACTS

December 15th 2023 → April 1st 2024
Hamburger Kunsthalle
Glockengießerwall 5
20095 Hamburg

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Stockholm Design Week

 

 

Parallel to Stockholm Furniture Fair galleries, showrooms and studios open their doors to the public. During these days, the whole city is overflowing with design. Networking with likeminded people.

 

HARD FACTS

February 5th 2024 → February 11th 2024
Various locations in central Stockholm

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Unravel – The Power and Politics of Textiles in Art
 

 

The works of 50 international and intergenerational artists working with textiles are presented. All pieces are united in their visual language which communicated narratives of violence, exclusion and imperialism but also stories of resilience, love and hope.

 

HARD FACTS

February 13th 2024 → May 24th 2024
Barbican Centre
Silk Street, London
EC2Y 8DS

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Image credits:

© Berlinale
Gelbe Tassen: © Heinrich Reisenbauer
Schwarzer Stein: © Leopold Strobl
© Yero Adugna Eticha
© Filmarchiv
© Hamburger Kunsthalle
© Stockholm Design Week
© Hannah Ryggen / DACS 2023