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THURSDAY 25.07 Berlin A tonal @ Kraftwerk This new old festival really couldn't go wrong with the combination of an amazing location and a great lineup, and it even surpassed the high expectations. When I first felt that impressive wall of sound...read more
Ralf Baecker (Saturday 27.07 @ LEAP) A rewarding week of events for those who stick to Berlin - openings, performances, parties and discussions, as well as an exciting program within the resurrected legendary Berlin Atonal festival. WEDNESDAY 24...read more
FRIDAY 19.07 Martin Gross - "Rutur" @ Feldbuschwiesner You had to be incurably cynical by default to discard the effort that was obviously put into these drawings. All graphite/pencil on paper, and all made up completely. Although it appropriates...read more
Martin Gross (19.07 @ Feldbuschwiesner) With so many summer parties going on we couldn't resist to bring you our own choice for this week. Enjoy our tips modestly or the hedonist way; almost all of them offer the opportunity for both. FRIDAY 19.07...read more
WEDNESDAY 10.07 Parasite @OZEAN Øystein Aasan - David Edward Allen - Viktoria Binschtok Max Frisinger - Franziska Furter - Aubrey Heichemer Maureen Jeram - Joyce Kim - Antonia Low - Caitlin Masley Florian Neufeldt - Alex Schweder artist Maureen...read more
Yes, we did! Curators on the left, artists on the right. We asked the artists participating at the 4th Speed Portfolio Viewing to send us their feedback in following questions. 1. How did you go about preparing your presentation beforehand and then...read more
We asked Cyrus Smith, the young Canadian Artist we have followed through his Kunsthalle Waiting line - Dante macht Kunst - to describe his experience at the Speed Portfolio Viewing event last Sunday. Here it goes: Cyrus Smith and Lily Khositashvii...read more
Martin Skauen (performance on 13.07 @ Chert) Infinite, fetishist, historical, scientifical, hilarious, flashy and surreal. Follow our tips repertoire for a megamix of events. WEDNESDAY 10.07 19.00 Parasite @ OZEAN WHY. "The more, the merrier"...read more
THURSDAY 04.07 Episode 2: Sabotage @ insitu Sabotage awaited immediately at the entrance - a huge orange ball blocking the entrance caused some confusion (+13), until we realized the entrance is through the window, down the ladder. The rest of the...read more
Many of the galleries proclaimed summer break these days, but it didn't affect the exhibition offer that much - we're still bringing you the best of, and not whatever is left. This week we're proud of our tips being perfectly scheduled. Take our...read more
THURSDAY 27.06 Nicolás Robbio - Every Body Knows @ invaliden1 A simple, lovely and subtly humorous show. Or at least I saw it that way, while it actually cites some paragraph on ancient Greeks, Newton, the universe, quantum physics... (A)...read more
A few success story-lines I run after him screaming.“I am not a cop! I am not a cop! It took me a while to convince him to come in the gallery. A few weeks later I got him in a group show. People loved it!…First Time he ever sold art… He is...read more
Image from "Hyperborea" by Anton Ginzburg @ Recontres Internationales, Haus der Kulturen der Welt (25.06 - 30.06) This week we prefer diversity, and hope you do too. Our tips include lots of (free!) films and musical performances, as well as...read more
WEDNESDAY 19.06 Thomas Kilpper Resist! - Oder let it be! @ Galerie Nagel Draxler Angela Merkel, Leni Riefenstahl, Uli Hoeneß and Pussy Riot in the same room - not in a politically themed joke but portrayed on car pieces referring to the German...read more
Maybe it was the alcohol, the lack of sleep, the constant flying or the fact that I kept bumping into Carolyn Christov-Bakargiev in Venice. While landing in Zurich last week I heard cows (the sound of cows: muuuuh). Twenty hours later it happened...read more
Laura McLardy (performing and exhibiting at Berlin Art Prize, 22.06-29.07) Summer is evidently here, but we're not giving up on Berlin. Fortunately, we're not the only ones - there is still plenty of happenings in Berlin, with a high concentration...read more
THURSDAY 13.06 Resonant Bodies @ ICI Berlin +17 for the sound sculpture (by Marianthi Papalexandri-Alexandri & Pe Lang) producing delicate sounds in a peculiar way +15 for a sophisticated choice of food and wine served for the guests whose...read more
48 Stunden Neukölln, 14-16.06 This week is about Neukölln showing off with what makes it so special. In order not to get stuck in one neighborhood (like many others who already did), we dispersed our tips evenly from Neukölln to Wedding. WEDNESDAY...read more
THURSDAY 06.06 Rules of Attraction / Trink Dich Schön @ Insitu Angelika Arendt / Pauline Bastard / Julian Charrière / Vadim Fishkin / Michael Kargl / Sophia Pompéry / Tomás Werner +7 for a slightly shocking result of an experiment: how different...read more
Another week, another festival - this time Berlin celebrates the finest international design with a special focus on Poland. Don't get too distracted by shiny designer objects because there's a lot more going on this week. Our recommended events...read more
SPEED PORTFOLIO VIEWING IV Sunday 07. July 2013 from 13-16.30h at L40 - Verein für Kunst und Kultur am Rosa Luxemburg Platz, Linien Str 40 Special thanks to Susanne Prinz. HOW DOES IT WORK? Based on the structure of speed dating, curators are...read more
Marino Auriti's "Il Palazzo Encyclopedico del Mondo, (ca.1950s), surrounded by photographs by J.D. 'Okhai Ojeikere Spread between the Central Pavilion at the Giardini and part of the Arsenale, the exhibition curated by Masimiliano Gioni displays,...read more
It’s the Olympics of the art world and the jury is a bit stingy with the Gold Lion awards, so here are some more (unfortunately only symbolic) prizes for the national pavilions and collateral events of the 55th Venice Biennale. National Pavilions...read more
The Bigs team was on two fronts last week. Although the Venice Biennial deservingly stole the spotlight, we're still sharing some interesting bits and pieces from what we visited in Berlin. FRIDAY 31.05 Annette Sonnewend @ Scotty Enterprises +3...read more
Insanity and Architecture in historical palazzos. Another sneak peak into 55.Venice Biennale Edvard Munch and Lene Berg: "Beware of the Holy Whore", Norway's representation at the Biennale at Bevilaqualamasa, San Marco In front of the building,...read more
