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Suvi with a painting from the exhibition Alte Schönhauser Strasse 26 by Eemil Karila She landed in Berlin almost three years ago. Before starting the gallery under her name in Mitte, she would trace a long academic path from Finland via London and...read more
I am sure that everyone had their fair share of Halloween activities this past weekend, so instead of a supernatural booklist, I have decided to go extraterrestrial. Maybe you are bored with, disappointed in, or ambivalent towards this planet, so...read more
The closest I have been to know them was meeting Georg Parthen and Nicolas Wollnik at their so-named space in Köpenickerstr. 159. Their paths crossed in Essen while studying Communication Design at the art school. Back in those days they thought...read more
Dear diary, Starting the week with working on Mondays isn't bad… only if it starts after 12h. Any earlier and you might run into problems like showing up too late, making mistakes, or being too tired. 12h is perfect… Luckily I got two internships...read more
Before your eyes is the second installment of the latest supplement to the BPIGS blog, in which I, an avid reader, collector, and book browser, provide you with a suggested reading list composed of art related books found in Berlin. Considering...read more
Since nights falls like big pianos lately, you can get the impression that days are shorter. But you can also grasp the best of Berlin evenings in venues with late opening hours like Subtitut (Fridays open until 21.00!). Art theoretician and...read more
Never- Ever send an angry mail..not even from your iphone. Can only translate the punchline -- conclusion of an email "dispute" between an applicant for an internship job at Flash Art Magazine in Italy and Giancarlo Politi- director. A girl from...read more
Welcome to the newest addition to the BPIGS blog, a weekly suggested reading list of art-related printed matter all of which, for your convenience, can be found in Berlin! But first, who am I, and what are my qualifications for providing you with...read more
This time I met Ulrike Ludwig , who spoke on behalf of the artist collective behind the Kreuzberg Gallery Scotty Enterprises . She is currently having a solo show at their space, what means that I also met the artist and saw her work, two birds...read more
Dear Diary, This is already week 6 of my life as a Berliner. Life is running fast, and it's getting harder to keep up. On Tuesday we had Bob Rutman 's opening at Atelierhof Kreuzberg. Todays note: People don't like openings on Tuesdays… Luckily...read more
We seem to be moving towards winter backwards in the calendar and Berliners always react unexpectedly to extended sunshine. First the article of Kai Müller in Tagesspiegel informing extensively about how the so called Seven (powerful galleries)...read more
Text and photgraphs by Maria Santos I'm almost sure that you have met her before. In fact you probably took part in a project that she curated. Remember the A0 posters at ex tip-Berlin-Shop during Gallery Weekend ? Yes? Then you're in the right...read more
This Monday we started with a cup of coffee at Soho House Berlin where we had a such a great view over Berlin. Despina had invited Maria and me for a meeting. It was a good start of the week and at the same time a nice moment to look back at my...read more
The second Speed Portfolio Viewing took place last Sunday 25.09 in L40, kindly hosted by Verein zur Förderung von Kunst e.V. am Rosa-Luxemburg Platz. After the event we asked artists and curators for a short feedback. The pictures were taken with my...read more
You have already met her if you were some of the lucky few attending the Speed portfolio viewing last sunday. In case you didn't, let me introduce you to the player behind the intriguing name of L'Atelier-kunst(spiel)raum !! Stefania Angelini (...read more
If Mitte was a worm, Rosa-Luxemburg-Platz would be one of its hearts. The other four, you can certainly name them. What you can't deny is that the corners of the Volksbühne have a lot to offer. On its newest -and most shocking- building you can...read more
Big and Beautiful Berlin is immense! I knew that already, but now I'm totally convinced... I can’t help comparing it to a Dutch city, although that is almost impossible… Berlin makes me feel to me like I am the smallest person in the world (and I'...read more
The Godfather part III He is very big in Italy... Is he, ha.. I thought it was just a friend of John’s.. He is huge in Italy... Here in Berlin he is a nobody. That is what I love about berlin, you can be anybody anywhere, here we are all the same...read more
You probably have met Enrico Centonze, director of Grimmuseum, and you almost certainly have met me...but have you met the rest of the team? WHO: Marcel Türkowsky & Francesco Cavaliere WHAT: Curators of the sound art program WHISTLE MINOTAURE...read more
For only one week Sarie is living in Berlin. Moved from Rotterdam to do her internship at Bpigs and Atelierhof Kreuzberg. For three years she's studying Lifestyle & Design at the Willem de Kooning Academy in Rotterdam. For Bpigs she's writing...read more
Picture by Laura Gianetti It was exactly fifty years after the construction of the wall when I got to talk with Lutz Henke (1981), the president of Kunstverein Artitude . Growing up in the continuously developing background that was Berlin in the...read more
I think it is ok if I just go ahead and say it: Saying you are an artist (in Berlin) is kind of the equivalent of saying you are Greek right now. Try it out. The minute your conversation with somebody at an opening gets interesting tell them “I am...read more
BPIGS presents SPEED PORTFOLIO VIEWING II Sunday 25. September 2011 13:00-17:00 in L40, Verein zur Förderung von Kunst und Kultur am Rosa Luxemburg Platz e.V Linien str 40 Bpigs is happy to organize the second Speed Portfolio Viewings . Based on the...read more
Perla Montelongo and Ignacio Garcia from Node Center for Curatorial Studies (Image courtesy of Laura Gianetti ) Artists teaching Curators? Perla Montelongo (Mexico, 1980) and Ignacio García Gómez del Valle (Spain,1978), founding members and...read more
The other project space- VeneKlasenWerner I have been hearing the name VenerklaseWerner whispered around Berlin in awe for quite some time now, mostly in relation to some amazing after party or exclusive dinner, as things go in the arts. The...read more
