Brancusi & Beeple - Guided Tour + Café

Join us for a guided art morning — a mix of conversation, discovery, and shared experience.

We'll begin together in the iconic glass foyer of the Neue Nationalgalerie, designed by Mies van der Rohe, where Yuliya will give a guided introduction to both exhibitions before we explore together. Afterwards, we'll head to a nearby café to relax, share impressions and connect.

This time, we're visiting two exhibitions that couldn't be more different on the surface — and yet ask surprisingly similar questions about art, perception, and the world we live in.

Constantin Brancusi — one of the founding fathers of modern sculpture — stripped form down to its purest essence, searching for something timeless in stone and bronze.
Beeple (Mike Winkelmann) — the digital artist who sold an NFT for 69 million dollars — layers on the chaos of our digital age through AI, robotics and sharp political satire, presenting his first-ever exhibition in Germany right here in Berlin.
What counts as art? Who decides? How does the world around us shape what we see? Two artists, a century apart, both asking the same things.

🖼️ About the Exhibitions
Brancusi is one of the most important retrospectives of the season — a rare opportunity to encounter his sculptures, drawings and photographs in depth, tracing his lifelong obsession with reducing form to its essential truth.
Beeple. Regular Animals is an interactive robotic installation making its German debut. Autonomous robot dogs roam the space, each wearing a hyperrealistic silicon head modelled after a global figure — Elon Musk, Zuckerberg, Bezos, Warhol, Picasso. They scan the room, process what they see through AI, and print out images which you can take home for free. A pointed, witty comment on algorithms, power and how technology shapes our perception.

📋 Agenda
🎨 Guided Introduction: We meet in the main foyer at 12:00 for a guided talk by Yuliya — no slides, just conversation — setting the context for both exhibitions before we go in together. 🖼️ Exhibition Visit: We explore Brancusi and Beeple at our own pace, with Yuliya on hand throughout.
☕ Post-visit café: We finish at a nearby café to share impressions and connect.
📅 Date & Time: Saturday, 09.05 · 12:00
📍 Meeting Point: Neue Nationalgalerie, Potsdamer Str. 50 — main foyer
💶 Participation Fee: 20 EUR on the day
🎟 Brancusi ticket: Please purchase online in advance — link in the comments
🤖 Beeple installation: Free — no ticket needed 📌 RSVP required — limited spots available

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✅ Event Info & FAQ
🕐 Schedule — How long will it last? We meet at 12:00 in the main foyer, explore both exhibitions together, and finish at a nearby café. The full experience will run until around 15:00.
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💶 Payment — How do I pay? Payment is made in cash on the day of the event. Please bring 20 EUR in cash or paypal.
If your plans change, please update your status to "Not Going" so someone on the waiting list can take your spot. 🙏
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🎟 Exhibition Ticket — Do I need to buy it in advance? Yes, please! Everyone should purchase their Brancusi ticket online before the event so we don't lose time at the entrance. I'll share the link in the comments. The Beeple installation in the lower foyer is free — no ticket needed.
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🥐 Can I come only for the talk or only for the exhibition? No — the event is a full programme designed as one shared experience. Partial attendance isn't possible.
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❗ What if I show up without signing up? Unfortunately, a spot can't be guaranteed. Only confirmed RSVPs are accepted.
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✨ The experience is curated and guided by Yuliya, founder of Berlin Ladies Art Culture — a growing community of over 2,000 women passionate about art, culture, and meaningful connection.
With a background bridging hospitality, real estate, and creative studies, Yuliya has lived in Ukraine, France, China, and now Berlin. Over the years, she has deepened her passion for art through studies and experiences — from the Louvre School in Paris to the University of the Arts London, from workshops at the Universität der Künste in Berlin to curatorial programs during the Venice Biennale, and most recently completing studies at Sotheby's Institute of Art in London.

Today, she curates experiences that blend art history, conversation, and exploration — always with the goal of making culture feel alive, shared, and inspiring.