berlin art week

berlin art week

2018

Cover image © Gulnur Mukazhanova / Kunstquartier Bethanien

Top Shows You Overlooked @ Berlin Art Week 2018

Even though it technically is a week-long event, the Berlin Art Week echoes for much longer. Many of the exhibitions that are part of the program are still open to visitors for a few more weeks, or months, and can be viewed as they should…read more
Photo: Transit by Georg Korner at Positions Art Berlin Fair

Review: Berlin Art Week 2018

As the art fairs at Flughafen Tempelhof are taken down, the multiple off-site venues around town cleaned, and the hangovers of art people attended to in beds everywhere, Berlin Art Week 2018 comes to an end. This year we saw a handful of festive...read more

Have you met... Aurora Reinhard

The work of Finnish artist Aurora Reinhard is built upon different observations and theories on gender and sexuality. When asked why she keeps exploring these topics, Aurora sincerely answers – „It is not my decision“. Although contradictory at...read more

Sneak Peek @ Berlin Art Week

The Berlin Art Week is about to lift off — now for the seventh time, it invites visitors to join various exhibition openings, art fairs, award ceremonies, urban interventions, and numerous special events that will inhabit Berlin's venues, from the...read more

Pre-interview: Evelyn Taocheng Wang

While anticipating the Berlin Art Week and its many interrelated exhibitions and events, we reached out to the Rotterdam-based artist Evelyn Taocheng Wang (born 1981 in Chengdu, China) to talk about her upcoming show titled "What is he afraid of...read more

2017

Painting by Tamuna Sirbiladze and chairs from Franz West at Charim Galerie during Art Berlin Fair.

What Did I (Not) Miss: Berlin Art Week 2017

Last week the Berlin Art Week filled the city with countless exhibitions, art fairs, art awards, talks, films, tours, parties, and more. Here is a collection of mobile photos that show our highlights of this years Berlin Art Week, from galleries...read more

Inside art berlin 2017

The first iteration of art berlin – a new partnership between abc art berlin contemporary and Art Cologne – has opened its doors this Berlin Art Week . The elaborately configured network of stalls filling STATION-Berlin's vast space will spill out...read more

Have you met... NETZWERK FREIER BERLINER PROJEKTRÄUME UND –INITIATIVEN

This year's Berlin Art Week is underway, and we've met with the Netzwerk Freier Berliner Projekträume Und –Initiativen – which comprises a crucial part of the independent scene in BAW's program. Board member Chris Benedict, who also runs WerkStadt...read more

Berlin Art Week 2017 Tips Special

Back for its sixth year, this edition of Berlin Art Week runs from September 13 to 17, showing off the very best of art in Berlin and beyond. Galleries, project spaces, private collections, and various other art venues across the city are...read more

Have you met... Arnold Dreyblatt

For its 19th edition of "Appropriating Language" series, organised in partnership with the Berlin Art Week , Manière Noire shows an installation by the media artist and composer Arnold Dreyblatt . We spoke with Arnold about his ongoing show "...read more

Have you met... Katharina Maria Raab

Katharina Maria Raab posesses a rare, almost romantic devotion to art. This passionate art lover, who runs her own gallery since 2015, has launched herself among the most prominent gallerists in Berlin in the last two years of working on her...read more

Tips 30.08 - 12.09

We're slowly drifting away from holiday feels and into a hectic month priding on the most exciting art week of the year. Before the Berlin Art Week officially kicks off, many of the galleries will have an early opening to avoid the fuss. Our tip...read more

Have you met... Galerie im Turm

A fresh curatorial approach and new artistic positions might give you an impression of Galerie im Turm as a fairly recent member of Berlin's art scene. The gallery is, in fact, more than 50 years old, and has existed with the current program...read more

2016

Dignity Might Be Found on Mars

There’s no place for dignity in this world. A powerful, yet uncomfortable statement introduces you to “Space Refugee”, the exhibition by Halil Altindere presented at n.b.k. for this year’s Berlin Art Week. As for the news headlines, the city’s day...read more

With Laure Prouvost at abc – art berlin contemporary

During her appearance in Berlin last Friday at the abc – art berlin contemporary , we caught Laure Prouvost for a quick chat about her work showed at the fair by the gallery Carlier Gebauer . The presentation included a brand new tapestry piece,...read more
Caption: Alona Rodeh, Safe and Sound (High Visibility), 2016, installation view at abc. Courtesy Grimmuseum and the artist.

10 questions to Enrico Centonze from Grimmuseum at ABC

On Sunday afternoon we met with Enrico Centonze from Grimmuseum at his booth at ABC. This year he is showing the work of Alona Rodeh. The Israeli artist created for ABC the work Safe & Sound High Visibility. A presentation of 21 graphic works...read more

Inside abc art berlin contemporary 2016

This year sees the ninth edition of abc art berlin contemporary, with 63 galleries from Germany and around the world presenting individual positions and curated projects inside and outside the exhibition halls. As promised in the foreword of this...read more

Tips 07.09 - 19.09

The new season is about to begin, and the Berlin Art Week is the one to toll the bell. From September 13 to 18 Berlin becomes the center of the art world and shows off all of its best features. Galleries, project spaces, private collections, and...read more

2015

What Did I (Not) Miss: Berlin Art Week 2015

Some of you surely agree with us - this year's Berlin Art Week was impressive as ever, and possibly more positively exhausting than ever. Although the intense art & party week ended, the good times can be streched way further -- we hope that...read more

What Did I (Not) Miss: abc gallery night and art fair opening

Bpigs team was out and about last night for the abc gallery hopping. Our little adventures pointed at many reasons to visit Berlin’s biggest art fair, and reminded us of many different possible meanings of “a”, “b”, and “c”. See where we wondered...read more

Pre-interview: Marinella Senatore

While simultaneously participating at the Lyon Biennale and getting ready for the Berlin Art Week, Marinella Senatore reached back to us and shared some thoughts on her upcoming solo show “Scenografia” at Peres Projects, and the related...read more

Tips 10.09 - 20.09

We are counting down the days till the Berlin Art Week – starting on September 15th and gathering art lovers from all over the world for six days in Berlin. This year’s edition includes abc – art berlin contemporary , Positions Berlin , the...read more

2014

What Did I (Not) Miss: Berlin Art Week, Part 1

Berlin Art Week is stirring up the spirits once again with six days of events all around the city. Confusion and excitement, the crowds and the queues, free drinks, gossips, wacky outfits and cool shows. Here's what we did not miss so far; Part 1.

Tips 17.09 - 21.09

Being overwhelmed with art is one of the finer feelings in life. You never know when and how it is going to hit you, but it never fails to appear during the Berlin Art Week. The long awaited week is happening now and in full speed, so be quick and...read more

Pre-Interview: Ingo Mittelstaedt

In this series, Bpigs highlights artists and their work in progress just before their openings. An inside look into the studio practice and many other irrelevant thoughts that go through an artists mind before their proverbial 15 minutes of fame...read more

Pages