Kyiv Biennial: A Bird That Cannot Land
KW Institute for Contemporary Art
Auguststraße 69, 10117 Berlin, Germany
A Bird That Cannot Land is the Berlin chapter of the Kyiv Biennial at KW Institute for Contemporary Art. The exhibition runs from June 11 to September 13, 2026, with the KW building used for contemporary art, sound, discourse, and live programming.
The project connects post-Soviet Eastern Europe with Central and Southwest Asia and the Mediterranean, looking at memory, displacement, exile, belonging, conflict, and how geographies are described. It is a substantial exhibition rather than a quick gallery stop, and KW’s live and discursive program adds talks, performances, listening sessions, and community-focused formats around the main show.
Artists and contributors include Hito Steyerl, Mona Hatoum, Oleksiy Radynski, Lida Abdul, Flaka Haliti, Dana Kavelina, Anna Zvyagintseva, and many more across the touring biennial and Berlin commissions. If you are choosing one serious contemporary-art stop in Mitte this summer, this is a strong candidate.
KW is generally open Wednesday to Monday, 11:00-19:00, and closed Tuesdays. Check the KW exhibition page for current hours, live-program dates, and ticket details before visiting.