Tomás Saraceno in collaboration. Ancestral Futures

Tomás Saraceno (b. 1973, San Miguel de Tucumán, Argentina) bridges art, architecture, and science to imagine possible eco-social futures. This new exhibition brings together two central strands of Saraceno’s long-term research — Aerocene and Arachnophilia — alongside a new co-commission developed in close collaboration with the Indigenous communities of Red Atacama, Las Salinas Grandes in northern Argentina. Their ongoing struggle against lithium extraction, and the pressure it places on the region’s water cycles, becomes the starting point for an artwork that reaches beyond the exhibition space.

At Haus der Kunst, these ideas materialise in air-fuelled sculptures, shared multispecies habitats, and spatial environments that invite new forms of attention. Together, these works create a platform for rethinking forms of coexistence across human and non-human worlds. They also open a wider dialogue about the ecological and social forces shaping the global energy transition.

With many collaborators that shape the installations and learning programme, the exhibition transforms the building into a space for planetary attunement. It is an invitation to inhabit the museum differently. In dialogue with other programmes, this exhibition highlights new ways of sensing, imagining, and living within the entangled systems that sustain us.

Curated by Sarah Johanna Theurer and Andrea Lissoni With support by Aditi Kapoor

The exhibition is generously supported by Sergio Linhares and Stefan Vilsmeier. Brainlab is exhibition partner for “Tomás Saraceno. Ancestral Futures“.

The exhibition “Tomás Saraceno. Ancient Futures” features artworks for dogs that appeal to their unique sense of smell. During the summer months, from 16 July to 13 September 2026, we are inviting dog owners for the first time to visit one room of the exhibition with their dog free of charge.

Recommendation:

We recommend planning your visit to the exhibition with your dog so that you come as a pair and take turns looking after your four-legged friend whilst the rest of the exhibition is visited without the dog.

Meanwhile, the English Garden is a wonderful place for a walk. In this case, we recommend that you purchase a standard full-price admission ticket straight away and visit the entire exhibition in one go.

Tomás Saraceno (b. 1973) is an Argentina-born, Berlin-based artist whose projects devise platforms for ecosocial and participatory encounters, hosting and amplifying regenerative forms of knowledge. Connecting across scales and spectra, his work – and the transdisciplinary communities he has founded and continues to support – including Museo Aero Solar, the Aerocene Foundation and Arachnophilia – seeks to deepen reciprocity and attunement with other beings in the web(s) of life.

He has exhibited internationally at major institutions, including The Met, Palais de Tokyo, and Serpentine Galleries; held residencies at MIT, CNES, and The International Space University; given talks at WEF, TED, and Harvard; and staged interventions with COP20, COP21, and COP26.

19.7.26

Sunday 4:30 PM – 5:30 PM

20.7.26

Monday 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM

22.7.26

Wednesday 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM

23.7.26

Thursday 4:30 PM – 6:30 PM