BEHIND THE MASK: Portraits by Martin Schoeller
With the beginning of the SHOWROOM DAYS BERLIN, the Museum THE KENNEDYS will temporarily turn into a photographic catwalk for trendsetters, style icons as well as fashion rebels of the international fashion world. The exhibition “Behind the Mask” shows one of the most fascinating portrait series of the last couple of years worldwide.
Whether pop stars, athletes, actors, or politicians: It is the people from the public sphere who influence the public opinion and create a socially acceptable consensus out of short-lived lifestyle trends. Not only do they perfectly master the art of self-representation in the media – the high society also creates an impression of all-encompassing perfection and flawless beauty.
Until August 28, 2011
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LONG NIGHT OF MUSEUMS
On almost 400 square kilometres – between Glienicke Palace, the Museum at the Waterplant Friedrichshagen and the Museum of Local History Reinickendorf – more than 100 museums and cultural institutions are giving access to their exhibitions, collections and art objects throughout the night, enriched by a variety of events.

There will also be concerts, readings, theatricals and much more.
August 27th, 2011 – 6pm to 2 am
CAMERA WORK PRESENTS: 
ARNOLD CRANE
CAMERA WORK is pleased to present an exhibition of outstanding photographer portraits by the American photographer Arnold Crane. The show will open on July 16 and will continue through September 3, 2011. The photographs will be complemented with works by the portrayed artists from the comprehensive archive of CAMERA WORK.
Arnold Crane enjoyed unparalleled access to the most famous photographers of our time. He used his camera to capture the giants of 20th century photography – Man Ray, Walker Evans, Ansel Adams, Bill Brandt, Brassai, Edward Steichen and many others – in the very intimate settings of their homes, streets and studios. Over a period of more than two decades, Crane created a body of artistic work of immeasurable value and historic importance. Whether sitting in a car with Paul Strand, catching Imogen Cunningham in her kitchen or accompanying Ansel Adams on a Point Lobos shoot, Crane always managed to produce sensitive photographs that both revealed and revered his subjects.
Until September 3rd, 2011 at the gallery CAMERA WORK
SLOW ROOM 
by JONATHAN SCHIPPER

Jonathan Schipper‘s kinetic sculpture is contemporary in every sense. Utilizing electronic and/or mechanical technology, Schipper creates gracefully hi-tech works that simultaneously maintain a visceral classical romanticism.
In resistance to the ever-increasing speed of progress, Schipper decelerates his objets d‘art, thusly highlighting the hyperspeed that surrounds and consumes our modern lives. His work often incorporates familiar material items, and SLOW ROOM certainly does, its foundational metaphor holding our possessions as extensions of ourselves. As SLOW ROOM progresses - it is a moving sculptural installation which takes roundabout a month to arrive in its final state - it becomes a vanitas-in-motion, a tribute to the fleeting nature of life and a reminder: memento mori.
Vernissage: 5 August, 2011 
Exhibition: 6 August – 27 August, 2011
