Here is a list of cool stuff to visit on and off the beaten path. For the purposes of this list we concentrated on one time events, 2-3 day pop ups and openings that get the good good crowds. Wednesday is usually my favorite day with the most chill, group openings, Thursday and Friday… save yourselves. 

Tue, 25 Apr, 18:30-21:00 at Outpost Cinema AlliiertenMuseum

Under a grey blanket 9.-19.11.1984
Old World Apes.
A film essay and publication launch by Rick Buckley & publisher Slimvolume, London. Presented at the historic location of the former US forces Outpost Cinema.

“To better understand civilian life on the threshold of the Iron Curtain, on the morning of 9 November 1984, at Gatwick Airport equipped with an Olympus OM-1 SLR and Super-8 camera, I boarded a British Airways flight to Berlin Tegel”. The images that appear in the pages of the publication were taken over an eleven-day period in East and West Berlin. These images along with incorporating super-8 film and CGI sequences transferred to 16 mm film stock, form the framework for the 20 min narrated film essay of the same title, culminating in a Psyochgeographical re-mapping of the city of Berlin during its Cold War period.

Outpost Cinema AlliiertenMuseum

Clayallee 135
14195 Berlin

Wed, 26 Apr, 18-21h at Lobe Berlin - Group show opening: a(r)rival

curated by Daniel Hölzl, presented by Dittrich & Schlechtriem with Hannah Blumas, Julian Charrière, Marta Dyachenko, Abie Franklin, Richard Green, Andreas Greiner, Daniel Hölzl, Klaus Jörres, Anton Roland Laub, Simon Mullan, Florian Neufeld, Monty Richthofen, Marie von Heyl, and Jonas Wendelin.

The story of an arrival is always a story of both a fresh start and something left behind. The inevitable result is a rivalry between a place A and a place B—between the feelings and memories bound up with the old and familiar and those aroused by the potentiality of the new. 
 

open Wednesday, April 26, 2–9 PM, ( with drinks 6-9pm) and Thursday, April 27, 10 AM–6 PM.

Lobe Berlin

Bötterstrasse 16
13357 Berlin

Wed, 26 Apr 19-21h at WIRWIR  opening of the group exhibition: HEAVY LIFTING

with Waszem Khan, Susanne Kohler, Mark Emblem, Lau Bau, Julien Villaret, Ezequiel Melero, Ayala Gazit, April Gertler, Andy Hayleck and Adrian Schiesser

Opening performances: Mark Emblem will read Figures at the base of a Crucifixion and Andy Hayleck will be performing his own music composition

Thursday, 27 April, 16 - 19h I Friday, 28 April, 16 - 19h I Saturday, 29 April, 16 - 19h

Finnissage: Sunday, 30. April, 15 - 18h: Mark Emblem will read In Die Nacht. Music by Andy Hayleck

WIRWIR

Stuttgarter Str. 56
12059 Berlin

Wednesday April 26th, 19h @smac_berlin Opening duo exhibition: Parade of Tender

with Fee Kleiß + Axel Eichhorst @axeleichhorst @feekleiss
curated by @philip_groezinger
27 April — 14 Mai 2023
SMAC
Linienstraße 57
10119 Berlin

pictured: Fee Kleiss vakuum, 2023, 47 x 40 x 8 cm, acrylic, leatherette, polystyrene, paint, pigment, polyurethane, jersey

Thu, 27 Apr 2023 19-21h at Between Bridges

Juan Pablo Echeverri: Identidad Perdida

Extended opening hours during Berlin Gallery Weekend: 28–30 April, 11–19h

28 Apr-29 Jul 2023

Between Bridges

Adalbertstraße 43
10179 Berlin

Thu 27 Apr, 19-21h, Galerie im Turm Screening and Artist Talk: "Robotron - A Tech Opera" (2018-2022) by and with Nadja Buttendorf
in German (Film subtitles in English)
“Robotron – A Tech Opera” is the first soap opera set in the computer industry of the GDR and deals with computer development in a planned economy and everyday life in East Germany. VEB Kombinat Robotron was the largest computer manufacturer in the former GDR and one of the most important producers of information technology in socialist Eastern Europe. Inspired by her own family history, Buttendorf deals with the political, material and social conditions of working, living and loving together in the people-owned company Robotron. The artist assumes all roles and functions in the film: direction, camera, script, make-up, costume, sound design, lighting and all acting roles.
 

Galerie im Turm

Frankfurter Tor 1
10243 Berlin

Thu 27 Apr, 19-21h for a listening session with @moshabangu at @theinstituteforendoticresearch
Worlds. Listening session arranged by Mohammad Shabangu
Meditating upon the notion of borders, belonging and unbelonging, the writer and critic Taiye Selasi proposes a concept called Three R’s –Rituals, Relationships and Restrictions–, a useful prism from which to consider the transnational character of individual and collective identities. Inspired by the idea of Three Rs as an organizing principle, this listening session explores the processes of deep and light listening postures by curating a mosaic, if musical pieces that express a preoccupation with human affection and relationality. Working with a fluid and diachronic blend of music ques from around the world, whether it is sprawling atmospheric synths by electro soul band, the healing properties of spiritual jazz; the notes of a classical piano that accompany moments of solipsism, or the distinct echoes of hypnotic North African chants, you are invited to explore the in(div)isible boundary between the literary and the sonic.
Event held onsite: Donaustr. 84, 12043 Berlin
No RSVP required

Fri, 28 Apr 17-20h at SOX Opening solo show: Norbert Bayer Rucki Zucki Rosinante

L: «Rucki Zucki ... Rucki Zucki ...»
F: «Rosinante.»
L: «Rucki Zucki ... Rucki Zucki ...»
F: «Rosinante!»
L: «Leave poor Rosinante alone. The song doesn't go like that at all!»
 

SOX

Oranienstrasse 175
10999 Berlin

Fri, 28 Apr 18:-22h at Pop-up gallery GILL: BETWEEN THE BREATH AND THE SILENCE

“Between the Breath and the Silence“ explores feelings that exist in the unexpected spaces of our experience between harmony and chaos, freedom and restriction. Deeply interested in dreams as a conduit for unspoken feelings and desires, Gill paints imaginative, unconventional and at times seemingly illogical compositions that assert the power of the unconscious and dreams. Featuring vibrant colours, intricately layered detail and large scale, striking formats, Gill has created a collection partly inspired by repetition and patterns that occur in nature, dancing between our conscious and subconscious worlds. His work conjures the emotions within that inhabit the silent spaces we experience in private, whether awake or asleep. Where Gill presents tension, he offers the possibility to find peace.

Opening hours: 14:00-18:00 (or by appointment)
Contact: mail@studio-gill.com

Pop-up gallery GILL

Paul-Lincke-Ufer 412nd Courtyard, 3rd floor
10999 Berlin

Fri, 28 Apr 18-21h at Dittrich & Schlechtriem Opening of Andrej Dúbravský: Anxiety of Subimago

Dúbravský presents an empathetic yet critical study of the environment and its progressing devastation. The Anxiety of Subimago points to an unresolved tension between humankind and nature, resulting in frustrating restlessness akin to an adolescent subimago state—a winged preadult life stage of the delicate-looking mayfly. Over a layered wall, an installation of molted studio canvases, Dúbravský presents a series of new large-format acrylic paintings on canvas with sweaty renderings of huddled running bodies paired with deserted landscapes and small-format portraits of pollinating bees and insects in varying states of metamorphosis.

extended opening hours during Gallery Weekend Berlin
Sat, 29. Apr, 11–19h and Sun, 30. Apr, 11-18h

on view 28 Apr-1 Jul 2023
Dittrich & Schlechtriem
Linienstraße 23
10178 Berlin

Fri, 28 Apr 18-21h at Galerie Georg Nothelfer: Opening K.R.H. Sonderborg. copy-paste

Galerie Georg Nothelfer is pleased to present a solo show of works by one of the most important representatives of “German Informel Art”, K.R.H. Sonderborg (1923 - 2008).
Inspired by the gestural painting of American Abstract Expressionism, Sonderborg went his own way early on, showing in his paintings and drawings a fascination with technical constructions and their traces of movement. 
Sunday, 30.04., 12h ODEM III Performance by archiv SANDER I SCHAAL
The work ODEM will be juxtaposed with several prints by K.R.H. Sonderborg at St. Thomas Church in Kreuzberg. The annual performance of the archiv SANDER I SCHAAL begins on April 30 at 12 noon in the gallery in the form of a procession. On the way to the church, the artist duo will be accompanied by a graphic work by Sonderborg.
 

Opening times during Gallery Weekend: Friday, April 28, 6 pm - 9 pm I Saturday, April 29, 11 am - 7 pm I Sunday, April 30, 11 am - 6 pm

Galerie Georg Nothelfer
Corneliusstr. 3
10787 Berlin

pictured: Untitled, 1986, Acrylic/canvas, 162 x 228 cm

Fri, 28 Apr 18-21h at L40 Bygones be bygones or what is hidden in the snow will come to light by thaw

Welcome to Henrik Strömberg's (SE, 1970) immersive installation, including sculpture, video, light, sound, and a bar. The project explores the ephemeral existence of humanity in relation to its transient, increasingly collapsing environment, which is literally just melting away in many places presents an immersive installation with video, light, and sound work. Every Friday at 7pm, the public is invited to join in conversations, readings, and performances at the Beygons-Bar - designed and executed by Strömberg for the installation. Guest will include: @jens.soneryd @k.yoland

28 Apr-2 Jun 2023
L40
Linienstrasse 40
10119 Berlin

Fri, 28 Apr 18-21h at Ronewa Art Projects Opening of Tashi Brauen: Cover the Blank Spots

Since Ronewa’s first collaboration with the Swiss-Tibetan artist in 2017, Brauen’s practice has covered photography, relief sculpture, works on paper and cardboard, and now painting on canvas – always led by an inquiry into reduction. He has explored reductions in pictorial space, materials, process, and color. The minimalist abstract paintings presented in Cover the Blank Spots could be considered the logical conclusion of this search.

Extended opening hours during Gallery Weekend: Saturday 29 & Sun 30, 11am–7pm.

28 Apr-24 Jun 2023
Ronewa Art Projects
Potsdamer Str. 91
10785 Berlin

Sat, 29 Apr 13:-18h at L40 Opening of Elephant’s Memory (Memorial Structure)
Inauguration of Raphaela Vogel’s fantastic pavilion “Elephant’s Memory (Memorial Structure)”

The latest sprout from the multidimensional cosmos of the artist brings space and time together in its own intense presence. And yet, in a strange way, it is anchored in a past that is related to the context of the presentation and the artist's own biography. Once again, what Claudia Aigner says about Vogel's work in the Wiener Zeitung (2022) applies: "You don't always know what you see, but looking away is not an option."

on view 29 Apr-31 May 2023
L40
Linienstrasse 40
10119 Berlin

Sat, 29 Apr 16h at Dittrich & Schlechtriem: Toxic Man, Champagne Performance with author Frédéric Schwilden

Writer Frédéric Schwilden reads from his newly released novel “Toxic Man” (Piper-Verlag), drinks champagne, and chats with art critic Silke Hohmann about genuine drugs, wrong guys, and genuinely good art. 
His father dies, he gets married. His biggest photography exhibit to date opens in Cologne. The narrator is on the verge of his breakthrough as an artist. His wife is having their first child and falls into depression. His cousin drinks to the point of organ failure; his best friend disappears into the sea. He himself butts his head against the wall until he passes out. And then?
“Toxic Man” is an autofictional story about escaping the terror of the middle class, about self-invention, self-presentation, and near self-annihilation.
The reading will be in German language.

Dittrich & Schlechtriem
Linienstraße 23
10178 Berlin

Fri, 28 Apr 17-21h at Kunstpunkt Berlin eat the artist with Bhima Griem 
Finissage: Sun, 30.04.23, 3–7 pm with Xiaoyu Tang

stay hungry presents Mobile Menu #14 - Eat the Artist, a culinary intervention series with contributions by the artists Çağdaş Çeçen, Laura Fiorio, Bhima Griem, Tomoko Mori with Johannes Rodenacker, Marco Schmitt and Xiaoyu Tang at Kunstpunkt Berlin on the occasion of the exhibition ICH ICH ICH. No RSVP is needed! Free food! Donations appreciated! Come by to eat and meet the artists!
www.stayhungry-projectspace.de

Kunstpunkt Berlin
Schlegelstraße 6
10115 Berlin

pictured Mobile Menu # 14 - Eat The Artist~ with Marco Schmitt @marco_schmitttt