MINSK LIVE Sommerfestival vom 28. bis 30. August

MINSK LIVE Summer Festival 

From August 28 to 30, 2026, DAS MINSK Kunsthaus in Potsdam will celebrate its first summer festival: MINSK LIVE is all about exchange, encounters, and shared activities. Over the course of three days, live events such as performances, music, film, culinary experiences, workshops, and a program of discussions will take place both indoors and outdoors at MINSK.

The festival kicks off with the opening of the exhibition *The Ceramics Workshop of Wilfriede Maaß* on Friday, August 28, 2026.

Fri, August 28, 2026, 6:00–10:00 p.m.
Sat, August 29, 2026, 2:00 p.m.–10:00 p.m.
Sun, August 30, 2026, 2:00–7:00 p.m.

Free admission. Some program events require registration

Featuring: James Gregory Atkinson and The String Archestra, Idil Baydar, Gabriel Chaile, Gesine Danckwart, Sarah Ama Duah, Katrin Hentschel, Sabine Herrmann, JAJAJA, Schorsch Kamerun, Harald Kisiedu, Wilfriede Maaß, Magdalena Mitterhofer, Katharina Oguntoye, Masha Qrella, Grit Seymour, Eric Otieno Sumba, the V.E.R.Z. Choir, and many others.

Three days of vibrant programming at DAS MINSK

The inaugural summer festival at DAS MINSK invites visitors of all ages to discover its diverse program. A range of international and local artists will be performing.
The Summer Festival builds on DAS MINSK’s ongoing commitment to bringing history and art from the GDR and the East German region to the forefront.

Exhibition in the Kabinett: Wilfriede Maaß’s Ceramics Workshop

The grand opening of the exhibition on Wilfriede Maaẞ’s ceramics workshop on Friday marks the start of the festival. With an artist talk, live music, films, and culinary offerings, the weekend begins—a time dedicated to exchange, encounters, and shared experiences.

The exhibition in the MINSK gallery is dedicated to the history of the ceramics workshop as an important hub of the nonconformist cultural scene of the GDR in Berlin. On display are ceramics created by Wilfriede Maaß and other artists, presented alongside paintings from the Hasso Plattner Collection with a focus on the 1980s and 1990s.

Fresh pizza from the oven sculpture

The artwork*Brenda*by Argentine artist Gabriel Chaile, located in front of the MINSK, invites visitors for the last time this summer season to enjoy art with all their senses, gather together, eat together, and participate in community life through culinary experiences. Crafted from traditional, simple materials,Brenda’s stylized facial features—named after one of the artist’s sisters—are reminiscent of pre-Columbian artifacts from Chaile’s home region.

The summer festival helps pass the time until the next exhibition. The current exhibition, “Oscar Murillo: Collective Osmosis,” runs through August 9 and invites visitors to join in a group painting session on the terrace, among other activities. Starting September 5, DAS MINSK will present the comprehensive retrospective“Annemirl Bauer: Bruch ist in der Welt.”