KW Institute for Contemporary Art

KW Institute for Contemporary Art

2018

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

Tips 11.10 – 23.10

October continues with plentiful exhibition openings, festivals, and various art-related events. For those who rather enjoy getting cultured in the comfort of their home, we found a perfect solution that only requires your online presence. Read...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

Tips 18.08 - 28.08

Take our word and take it easy, for September will bring an overwhelming abundance of exciting things revolving around the Berlin Art Week. For the last summer days we've prepared a light list of events, with yet another lovely festival to wrap it...read more

Hanne Lippard at KW Institute for Contemporary Art

Hanne Lippard's new installation in the recently reopened exhibition hall of KW Institute for Contemporary Art. The sparseness of KW’s vast ground floor exhibition space is striking; the only object, a central, cage-like structure coated in creamy...read more

Have you met...Krist Gruijthuijsen

KW Institute for Contemporary Art has entered a new era led by the recently appointed Krist Gruijthuijsen. The young Dutch curator acts both as director and chief curator, replacing Gabriele Horn and Ellen Blumenstein respectively. Gruijthuijsen...read more

Tips 12.01 - 23.01

New year has barely begun, and we are already popping new bottles of champagne: daadgalerie invites for a housewarming party to the new home in Kreuzberg and KW reopens its renovated chambers for its 25th birthday. Meanwhile art's birthday is...read more

2016

Tips 31.05 - 13.06

Event lists are growing longer, and we wouldn't be talking about Berlin if it was only open-air parties coming up. One very special event, which will take over various venues across the city is the 9th edition of the Berlin Biennale. While the...read more

Tips 05.04 - 18.04

Sunglasses on! We are taking you to a sun-drenched tour through the most interesting art events in the next two weeks. End of this month brings us favorite art holiday in Berlin – Gallery Weekend, of course – so use this time to sharpen your...read more

Tips 24.02 - 07.03

The future is bright - and you don't have to consult your psychic or read through your daily, weekly, and monthly astrology forecasts to see what we have seen. As per usual, we are giving you a shortcut to all of the good things coming up. Look...read more

Tips 10.02 - 22.02

Music folks from abroad just left the city and film lovers are already taking their airbnb-ed spots to celebrate the art of the moving image. Besides the most obvious tip for the upcoming week, which is of course Berlinale (and the other, less...read more

Music Tips 02.02 - 15.02

Looking at the concert list for the next two weeks makes us giggle like little girls. After one more week of CTM events, the month continues festively with great shows day after day. The downside: you might hear us repeating "sold-out" far too...read more

2015

Music Tips 14.10 - 27.10

Yep, that on the photo is Amy Poehler wearing a Yo La Tengo T-shirt for their "You Can Have It All" EP cover. And indeed, go have it all, because the next two weeks are 'don't miss' category. We will make it easier for you with a few guestlist...read more

Tips 06.10 - 19.10

October is the month for London and Paris to shine bright in the spotlight with their giant art fairs, but Berlin is not so far behind. For those who choose to stick to the home scene, here are some of the most interesting highlights in the next...read more

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

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

Music Tips 18.03 - 31.03

Fresh is the keyword for our first spring round of events. Reinvent yourself in the next two weeks with a little help from the musically gifted. WEDNESDAY 18.03 21.00 You Don’t Really Know Me w/ Phoebe Kiddo @ Monarch WHY: Not everyone in Berlin...read more

Music Tips 17.02 - 01.03

Bird song is our favorite tune lately, especially in the afternoon while the sun kisses the cold pavement and makes little squinting eyes shed joyful tears. Soon we will be blasting Vivaldi's "Spring" with all windows wide open, and start...read more

2014

Music Tips 09.12 - 22.12

Christmas screams in our ears everywhere we go, and everyone seems to be slowing down with happenings while having a kick out of jingle bell jazz at fairs and markets. But worry not; our slightly starved pre-holiday list is going to grow stronger...read more

Music Tips 13.11 - 24.11

Welcome to the first ever Bpigs all-music-guide! Here we lay all the shiniest pearls of the Berlin music calender - our favorite upcoming gigs, parties & festivals, freshly listed every two weeks. What's in it for you, besides a concise...read more

What Did I Miss/ What Did I Not Miss 11.09 - 14.09

September is upon us. Berlin Art Week is upon us. Grab your art goggles and come get messy. Empty your schedules, grab a partner, and leave your life by the way side. This was the warm up for what awaits...

Tips 12.03 - 15.03

Our tip #1 is to go out immediately, lie on the grass in a comfortable position (we suggest the one in Falk Haberkorn's drawing – see above), and soak up the sunshine until the moon replaces the sun. The next best thing to do is to nurture your...read more

What Did I Miss/ What Did I Not Miss 18.02 - 22.02

A girl-powered week is behind us: we visited the retrospective of the "art's original bad girl" Dorothy Iannone, solo shows by Kristina Schuldt and Anna Talens, and a group show with video works by 13 artists, including Loretta Fahrenholz whose...

Tips 19.02 - 22.02

Five-day art forecast: very diverse throughout the whole week, especially busy on the west, mildly naked on Wednesday and with high possibility of geeky on Saturday. Now that you know what to expect, go out, pick a means of transportation, and let...read more

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