Michael Wesely: Doubleday Prenzlauer Berg 1887 - 2026
In collaboration with the Museum Pankow, photographer Michael Wesely is developing a new exhibition of his “Doubleday” series, which explores the history and present of Berlin’s Prenzlauer Berg neighborhood.
The starting point is a collection of historical photographs from the Museum Pankow’s collection. Michael Wesely seeks out the original shooting locations in the urban landscape, positions his camera in the exact same spot - and thus superimposes the past and present photographically. This creates layers that overlap across time and space: streetscapes, courtyards, and facades from the Gründerzeit, the Weimar Republic, or the GDR era meet the reality of today’s Prenzlauer Berg.
This reveals both discontinuities and continuities, losses and traces of change in an urban space that, like almost no other, epitomizes political, social, and architectural transformation.
Michael Wesely, born in Munich in 1963, has lived and worked in Berlin since 2000. He is known for his extreme long-exposure photographs, through which he makes visible processes of time that span minutes, days, or years. His works have been exhibited at major institutions worldwide, including the Museum of Modern Art in New York and the Neue Nationalgalerie.
Free admission
- Special exhibition from September 11, 2026, to March 28, 2027
- Opening Hours:
- Tuesday through Sunday, 10:00 - 18:00
- (closed on holidays)
Location: Museum Pankow – Sebastian Haffner Cultural and Educational Center
Exhibition Hall
Prenzlauer Allee 227/228
10405 Berlin