Access Kafka
English edition
One hundred years after Franz Kafka’s death, an exhibition at the Jewish Museum in Berlin places key aspects of his oeuvre in dialogue with works of contemporary art. The term “access” serves as the guiding principle: in his literary works, Kafka poses universal and timeless questions relating to access and belonging. How do Kafka’s ideas resonate in the present day? In six chapters entitled Access Denied, Word, Body, Space, Law, and Jewishness, contemporary art is placed alongside documents, letters, and drawings by Kafka. The catalogue accompanying the exhibition features contributions by the curator of the exhibition, Shelley Harten, as well as by Kafka experts Carolin Duttlinger, Reiner Stach, and Vivian Liska, which provide another perspective on Franz Kafka’s life and work.
![Kafka, Franz, Selbstporträts, [ca. 1911], ARC. 4* 2000 05 086, Max Brod Archive, National Library of Israel](https://www.kerberverlag.com/media/image/ed/bc/be/dedupmrg772803518_IE166063816_FL166063832_600x600@2x.jpg)
![Kafka, Franz, [Schwarzes Notizbuch] - Zeichnungen, [ca. 1923], ARC. 4* 2000 05 037, Max Brod Archive, National Library of Israel](https://www.kerberverlag.com/media/image/6e/99/82/dedupmrg772830229_IE167354525_FL167354675_600x600@2x.jpg)
![Kafka, Franz, [Schwarzes Notizbuch] - Zeichnungen, [ca. 1923], ARC. 4* 2000 05 037, Max Brod Archive, National Library of Israel](https://www.kerberverlag.com/media/image/f4/a3/16/dedupmrg772830229_IE167354525_FL167354681_600x600@2x.jpg)
![Kafka, Franz, Kleine Skizzen und Zeichnungen, 1905-[ca. 1920], ARC. 4* 2000 05 080, Max Brod Archive, National Library of Israel](https://www.kerberverlag.com/media/image/8a/9a/5f/dedupmrg772769747_IE166061810_FL166061916_600x600@2x.jpg)
![Preview: Kafka, Franz, Selbstporträts, [ca. 1911], ARC. 4* 2000 05 086, Max Brod Archive, National Library of Israel](https://www.kerberverlag.com/media/image/db/1d/fb/dedupmrg772803518_IE166063816_FL166063832.jpg "Preview: Kafka, Franz, Selbstporträts, [ca. 1911], ARC. 4* 2000 05 086, Max Brod Archive, National Library of Israel")
![Preview: Kafka, Franz, [Schwarzes Notizbuch] - Zeichnungen, [ca. 1923], ARC. 4* 2000 05 037, Max Brod Archive, National Library of Israel](https://www.kerberverlag.com/media/image/26/f8/2c/dedupmrg772830229_IE167354525_FL167354675.jpg "Preview: Kafka, Franz, [Schwarzes Notizbuch] - Zeichnungen, [ca. 1923], ARC. 4* 2000 05 037, Max Brod Archive, National Library of Israel")
![Preview: Kafka, Franz, [Schwarzes Notizbuch] - Zeichnungen, [ca. 1923], ARC. 4* 2000 05 037, Max Brod Archive, National Library of Israel](https://www.kerberverlag.com/media/image/ed/4f/31/dedupmrg772830229_IE167354525_FL167354681.jpg "Preview: Kafka, Franz, [Schwarzes Notizbuch] - Zeichnungen, [ca. 1923], ARC. 4* 2000 05 037, Max Brod Archive, National Library of Israel")
![Preview: Kafka, Franz, Kleine Skizzen und Zeichnungen, 1905-[ca. 1920], ARC. 4* 2000 05 080, Max Brod Archive, National Library of Israel](https://www.kerberverlag.com/media/image/e9/b3/8a/dedupmrg772769747_IE166061810_FL166061916.jpg "Preview: Kafka, Franz, Kleine Skizzen und Zeichnungen, 1905-[ca. 1920], ARC. 4* 2000 05 080, Max Brod Archive, National Library of Israel")
December 2024
ISBN 978-3-7356-1014-0
20 × 28 cm
176 pages
80 colored illustrations
Hardcover
Languages: English
Editor
Shelley Harten, Jüdisches Museum Berlin
Text by
Carolin Duttlinger, Shelley Harten, Vivian Liska, Reiner Stach
Design by
Visual Space Agency, Berlin
Events
Access Kafka, Jüdisches Museum Berlin, 13.12.2024-04.05.2025
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