Survival in the 21st Century focuses on the basic questions of human existence and reflects on the radical changes ahead: climate change, the digital revolution, increasing injustice on national and global scales, democracy in crisis, and the necessity of community. The works of the exhibition project, developed by Georg Diez and Nicolaus Schafhausen, will be augment by the School of Survival, which transform the museum into a learning space for the future. With works by around 40 artists, including Abbas Akhavan, Andrea Bowers, Assemble, Sam Chermayeff, Bruno Serralongue, Cao Fei, Carolyn Lazard, Celine Pages & Christine Marchal, Charles Stankievech, Christelle Oyiri, Edith Dekyndt, Emmanuel Van der Auwera, Goshka Macuga, Grayson Perry, James Bridle, Jeremy Shaw, Jota Mombaça, Kablusiak, Lawrence Abu Hamdan, Leon Kahane, Liam Gillick, Lubiana Himid, Mohammed Bourouissa, New Red Order (NRO), Olaf Nicolai, Panteha Abareshi, Paul Kolling, Ron Terada, Sharon Lockhart, Shaun Motsi, Simon Denny, Syrus Marcus Ware, Taus Makhacheva, Trevor Paglen, Yalda Afsah. | 
