--- title: "Life Across" date: 2026-08-11 last_modified: 2026-08-19T15:27:47+02:00 generated_at: 2026-08-19T16:43:42Z url: "https://www.berlin.museum/en/exhibition/life-across" description: "The exhibition presents Berlin as a city where the histories of art and migration are closely intertwined." image: "https://www.berlin.museum/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/Quevedo_Paar_SM-2024-01447_1.jpg" language: "en-US" --- # Life Across ![]() ![Radierung von ](https://www.berlin.museum/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/Quevedo_Paar_SM-2024-01447_1.jpg) ![Stilleben eines Flurs mit hängendem Mantel, Koffer und Schuhen neben einer Tür, Gemälde von ](https://www.berlin.museum/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/Boisier_SM-2025-03989.jpg) ![Vier Kinder umarmt von einem Menschen dessen Kopf nicht zu sehen ist, Gemälde von ](https://www.berlin.museum/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/Ferrer-Pizarro_SM-2024-02883.jpg) ![Gemälde](https://www.berlin.museum/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/hanefi-yeter-berlin-bunte-palette.jpg) ![Portrait einer Arbeiterin aus dem Berliner Glühlampenwerk von ](https://www.berlin.museum/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/Quevedo_Arbeiterin_VII-92str31-x_4.jpg) - The exhibition presents Berlin as a city where the histories of art and migration are closely intertwined. **Location** Ephraim-Palais First Floor Poststraße 16 10178 Berlin **Opening Hours** Tue – Sun | 10 a.m. – 6 p.m. (also on public holidays) Mon closed **Additional Opening Hours** see Info & Service **Admission** 7 euros (single ticket) | 15 euros (combi-ticket\*) | free admission (under 18 years or with reduction) \*Valid on two consecutive days for the Ephraim-Palais, the Nikolaikirche and the Knoblauchhaus. From "Shared Lives" by Ertekin Özcan, West Berlin, 1983 > “your roots are there – your branches are here – you yourself are here – your mind is there” What does it mean to live between places, languages and memories? Artistic positions from the 1970s to the present explore this question. Rarely exhibited works from the Berlin Museum collection and selected loans tell stories of exile, everyday life and self-determination. Archival materials and audio interviews with the artists complement the artworks and open up transnational perspectives on Berlin’s history and the many stories connected to it. The artists’ journeys are as diverse as their works. For some, Berlin became a new home where they could study and develop their artistic practice. For others, it became a place of refuge. What traces have migration and exile left on Berlin’s art scene? How do experiences differ between East and West Berlin? What role do networks, shared spaces and self-organisation play? The exhibition explores artistic practice through painting, graphic art, film and sculpture. ## With works by: Cecilia Boisier, Santos Chávez, Ximena Ferrer Pizarro, Evelyn Kuwertz, Ertekin Özcan, Minh Duc Pham, Núria Quevedo, Chetna Vora and Hanefi Yeter. "Life Across: Art and Migration in Berlin" is part of the Berlin Museum’s focus on migration history. It is accompanied by "A Change of Scenery: Migration and Furniture since 1960", curated by Burcu Dogramaci and Manuel Gogos and also presented at the Ephraim-Palais. Running until 3 January 2027, the exhibition brings together artistic works and documentary material exploring the themes of home-making, furnishing living spaces, migration and exile. Alongside "Life Across: Art and Migration in Berlin", the Gropius Bau presents from 10 September 2026 to 17 January 2027 "Kreuzberg: Art and Migration since 1960", curated by Gürsoy Doğtaş and Patrizia Dander. **Curated by Christine Heidemann and Aurora Rodonò, together with Pia Dressler and Antonia Welch Guerra (Berlin Museum).** ## Supported by ![](https://cdn.berlin.museum/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/Logog_Boetzow-300x73.jpg) ## Part of ![](https://cdn.berlin.museum/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/BAW26_Logo_RGB-300x72.png) ## Info & Service ## Opening Hours Tue – Sun | 10 a.m. – 6 p.m. (also on public holidays) Mon closed The [visitor rules](https://www.berlin.museum/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/besuchsordnung-stadtmuseum-berln.pdf) of the Stiftung Stadtmuseum Berlin apply. ## Directions Poststraße 16 10178 Berlin [ Google Maps ](https://maps.google.de/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=de&geocode=&q=Ephraim-Palais%2C%20Poststra%C3%9Fe%2C%20Berlin&aq=0&oq=Ephraim&sll=52.520399%2C13.774109&sspn=0.482148%2C1.065674&vpsrc=6&ie=UTF8&hq=Ephraim-Palais%2C&hnear=Poststra%C3%9Fe%2C%2010178%20Berlin&ll=52.515855%2C13.408406&spn=0.008031%2C0.018797&t=m&z=16&iwloc=A&cid=18287331903694586850) [ Bus & Bahn ](https://www.bvg.de/de/verbindungen/verbindungssuche) ## Tickets ## Admission **Combi-Ticket** 15 euros Valid for our three museums in the Nikolaiviertel (Nikolaikirche, Ephraim-Palais, Knoblauchhaus) on two consecutive days (please note opening hours) **Single Ticket** 7 euros Day ticket for the Ephraim-Palais **Free admission With proof of reduction** for children and adolescents under 18 years of age, students, trainees, FSJ/FÖJ/BFD volunteers, Berlin Ticket S holders, severely disabled persons (at least 50% GdB) and their Personal Assistant, refugees (with a valid work or residence permit/eAT and a Ukrainian passport or valid residence permit from Ukraine), recipients of transfer payments (Bürgergeld, ALG I), holders of the Berlin-Brandenburg Ehrenamtskarte, holders of the Super-Ferienpass / Berliner Familienpass, ICOM members, members of Deutscher Museumsbund, Verein der Freunde und Förderer des Stadtmuseums Berlin e. 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