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Step into the world of @gracielaiturbide Graciela Iturbide (b. 1942, Mex) with "Eyes to Fly With" at C/O Berlin, the first major retrospective of the Mexican photographer in Berlin. Spanning over five decades, the exhibition brings together iconic series and rarely seen works, tracing a practice that has shaped how Mexico and other cultural landscapes are visually understood. Iturbide’s photographs explore intimate relationships between identity, ritual, and society. Combining documentary precision with a poetic sensibility, she turns her attention to communities and everyday worlds where questions of belonging, cultural diversity, and female autonomy take center stage—from Juchitán and the nomadic Seri community in northern Mexico to her long-term project White Fence in East Los Angeles. Her images of Frida Kahlo’s Casa Azul, as well as works from India and Bangladesh, reveal recurring themes of spirituality, transience, and the tension between tradition and modernity. Graciela Iturbide . Eyes to Fly With Feb 7 – Jun 10, 2026 Supported by Karin und Uwe Hollweg Stiftung Mujer Ángel, Sonoran Desert, 1979 © Graciela Iturbide

"Photographs are like whales that are capable of carrying entire islands," writes @doerteeissfeldt Dörte Eißfeldt (b. 1950, GER), whose work has explored the world and the medium of photography itself with a gaze that is tender, poetic, and endlessly curious. With "Archipelago", C/O Berlin presents a long-awaited major institutional exhibition by one of Germany’s most important experimental photographers. Spanning nearly five decades, the show brings together large-format series, key works from her archive, unpublished sketches, artist books, and notebooks. Nothing in Eißfeldt’s images is as it seems: she works with fragments of reality, experiments with analog and digital processes. Surfaces shift, objects transform, and each photograph carries its own life, revealing new relationships between past and present. Dörte Eißfeldt . Archipelago Feb 7 – Jun 10, 2026 Supported by C/O Berlin Friends, @scheringstiftung Dörte Eißfeldt, Schneeball 01, 1988 © VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn, 2026

What can a face reveal about the future? In "(Inter)faces of Predictions", Finland-based artist and researcher @sheungyiuphoto Sheung Yiu (b. 1991, HKG) explores the hidden histories and emerging technologies that shape how we see and interpret human faces. C/O Berlin presents the first institutional solo exhibition in Germany by Yiu, winner of the C/O Berlin Talent Award 2025. Through photographs, found footage, object-based installations, and a video essay, Yiu investigates how faces have been used across cultures and technologies to predict character and destiny—from traditional East Asian face reading and Western physiognomy to contemporary facial recognition. His work reveals the growing influence of algorithms on our identities while inviting viewers to question what we consider an "objective" gaze, whether spiritual, scientific, or computational. The exhibition is accompanied by insights from arts writer, editor, and researcher @himeganwilliams Megan Williams (b. 1995, UK), this year’s C/O Berlin Talent Award winner in the category Theorist. Sheung Yiu . (Inter)faces of Predictions . C/O Berlin Talent Award 2025 Feb 7 – Jun 10, 2026 Made possible by @alexander.tutsek.stiftung The Ouroboros of Facial Data, Video Still, 2025 © Sheung Yiu

Feliz cumpleaños, @gracielaiturbide ! For more than five decades, her photographs have shaped the visual understanding of Mexico and its people, moving between documentary observation and poetic sensitivity. "Eyes to Fly With", currently on view at @coberlin , brings together key works from across her career. We are delighted to welcome Graciela Iturbide to Berlin on June 7 for an artist talk and book signing—join us and secure your ticket online. Part of Graciela Iturbide . Eyes to Fly With Daily on view, 11:00–20:00, until Jun 10, 2026 Untitled, Rome, Italy, 2007 © Graciela Iturbide

How do we read a face? In this Desktop Lecture Performance, artist Sheung Yiu @sheungyiuphoto traces the links between ancient face-reading traditions and contemporary facial recognition technologies. Moving between spiritual belief systems and algorithmic logic, the work opens up questions around how identity and prediction are constructed. Drawing on historical references and current debates around AI, the performance reveals how systems of meaning are shaped rather than simply discovered. 📅 29.05.2026, 18:00–19:00 💬 English 🔗 12/6€ incl. exhibition (tickets online) Part of Sheung Yiu . (Inter)faces of Predictions C/O Berlin Talent Award 2025 Daily on view, 11:00–20:00, until Jun 10, 2026 © C/O Berlin Foundation, Sheung Yiu

We are deeply saddened to hear of the passing of VALIE EXPORT. A pioneering artist and one of the most influential voices in feminist and media art, her work challenged conventions and reshaped the way we think about the body, image, and representation. @valieexportfoundation In 2024, we had the honor of presenting her work at C/O Berlin. We remember her as a radical thinker and artist whose legacy will continue to resonate. Our thoughts are with her family, friends, and all those she inspired. © C/O Berlin Foundation, David von Becker

Today, Joseph Beuys would have turned 105. I’m looking forward to seeing this print on the wall soon: 16° Pisces, from June 20, at @coberlin Joseph Beuys, 1980. Sponge development, silver gelatine print, vintage, 125 x 150 cm. #walterschels #josephbeuys #beuys #analogphoto #16gradfische #16degreespices @fcgundlachfoundation

"I wanted to capture the moment of moving from one medium to another, from air into water," says @doerteeissfeldt . Taken in a swimming pool, the image captures a precisely timed jump, where body and light meet at the water’s surface. A familiar setting becomes the stage for a subtle shift in perception. Dörte Eißfeldt . Archipelago Daily on view, 11:00–20:00, until Jun 10, 2026 Supported by C/O Berlin Friends, @scheringstiftung Dörte Eißfeldt, Großer Flieger, 1986 © Dörte Eißfeldt, VG Bild-Kunst Bonn 2026

C/O Berlin Asks… @sheungyiuphoto , what is your exhibition about? Artist Sheung Yiu introduces "(Inter)faces of Predictions", reflecting on how faces are read, interpreted, and understood across different contexts. From our C/O Berlin Asks series. Watch the full interview 🔗 link in bio Sheung Yiu . (Inter)faces of Predictions C/O Berlin Talent Award 2025 Daily on view, 11:00–20:00, until Jun 10, 2026 Made possible by @alexander.tutsek.stiftung © C/O Berlin Foundation, @studio.schaack

PHOTOGRAPHY CONNECTS . C/O BERLIN × GROPIUS BAU Make the most of your exhibition visit and discover more photography across Berlin: With your ticket from either C/O Berlin or Gropius Bau, you receive 20% off admission to the partner exhibition. At @coberlin , "Graciela Iturbide . Eyes to Fly With" offers a profound insight into the work of one of the most influential voices in contemporary photography, bringing together iconic series and rarely seen images. At @gropiusbau , "Peter Hujar / Liz Deschenes: Persistence of Vision" creates an intergenerational dialogue, pairing Hujar’s photographs with works by New York–based artist Liz Deschenes. The offer is valid until 10 June (C/O Berlin) and until 28 June 2026 (Gropius Bau). Simply present your ticket at the respective box office and continue your journey through photography. 1 + 2 Graciela Iturbide, Eyes to Fly With, installation view, C/O Berlin, 2026 © C/O Berlin Foundation, David von Becker; 3 + 4 Peter Hujar / Liz Deschenes: Persistence of Vision, installation view, Gropius Bau, 2026 © Gropius Bau, photos: Luca Girardini

C/O Berlin Asks… What can we see in the exhibition? Curator Sophia Greiff guides us through "Graciela Iturbide . Eyes to Fly With," spanning more than five decades—from street scenes and rituals in Mexico to her iconic series in the Sonoran Desert and Juchitán, and later works shaped by travel. A closer look at an artistic practice that moves between documentary and poetic observation. From our C/O Berlin Asks series. Check out the entire video interview 🔗link in bio Graciela Iturbide . Eyes to Fly With Daily on view, 11:00–20:00, until Jun 10, 2026 Supported by Karin und Uwe Hollweg Stiftung © C/O Berlin Foundation, @studio.schaack

"My destination in May 1986 was Los Angeles. Through the painter Margarita Garcia, I had arranged to photograph a group of young people known as cholos. […] They were proud members of the White Fence Gang, which had a long history of violence in that part of California. For one full day and a few more hours, I lived with Liza, Arturo, Cristina, and Rosario and her baby. I accompanied them while they met up with friends and other members of the gang, went out shopping or walked to the nearby park where drugs were sold. Their neighborhood had references to Mexican culture and identity everywhere."—Graciela Iturbide Graciela Iturbide . Eyes to Fly With Daily on view, 11:00–20:00, until Jun 10, 2026 Supported by Karin und Uwe Hollweg Stiftung Rosario y Boo Boo, White Fence, East Los Angeles, 1986 © Graciela Iturbide