KW Institute for Contemporary Art

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Founded in the early 1990s in an old margarine factory, nonprofit KW played a key role in turning the Scheunenviertel into Berlin’s first major post-Wall art district. It continues to stage boundary-pushing exhibits that reflect the latest – and often radical – trends in contemporary art.

KW's founding director Klaus Biesenbach also inaugurated the Berlin Biennale in 1998. The courtyard Café Bravo makes for a stylish coffee break. A combined ticket with the nearby me Collectors Room is €10 for adults, €8 concession.

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