January usually feels like the longest month of the year. With a holiday hangover, another round of questionable family memories under our belly, presents we wanted but do not quite need, and the inherent uncertainty of new beginnings ( even if they are constructed ones) you stumble into the new year like … is it over yet. Is Covid over yet? Can we wear lipstick again? Awkwardly hug strangers? Travel without sticking things up our nose? Not quite yet. 2022 is going to be the Year of the Tiger if that offers any comfort to you; a  symbol of strength, exorcising evils, and braveness. I will take it.

Let us get down to the tips this week! Last chance to visit this beautiful duo show at Dorothee Nilsson Gallery; finissage on January 12th, 16-20h

DOROTHÉE NILSSON GALLERY
Potsdamer Strasse 6510785 Berlin
From the book Tokyo, published in 2016 by Only Photography, Berlin. Book design and edition by Greger Ulf Nilson, © 2016 Gerry Johansson for the photographs.

Opening Thu, Jan 13. , 19h at Scotty Space Berlin FREEDOM’S JUST…
Video art exhibition with Anna Fiedler & Lilli Kuschel, Niklas Goldbach, Anne Haaning, Thomas Hawranke, Katrin Leitner & Walter Peter, NEOZOON, Sarah Oh-Mock, Franz Reimer and Clemens Wilhelm.
We have come to anticipate these carefully curated shows at Scotty, and this one is no exception; dealing with the concept of freedom as a capitalist tool. The interpretation of liberalism of Western democracies promises a free life; however, when we look at the inequalities and injustices in our societies, this noble principle does not apply to everyone equally: appearance, gender, wealth and education determine the degree of self-determination and personal freedom.

14 Jan 2022 – 12 Feb 2022
SCOTTY
Oranienstr. 46
10969 Berlin

Opening Thu, Jan 13th at 19h: NON-VERBAL STORIES with LENTOV (aka ELENA FUKS) at Haze Gallery
curated by IRINA RUSINOVICH
Lentov is the pseudonym of an artist, illustrator, painter, designer, and graphic designer, Elena Fuks. Elena was born in 1993 in Moscow and lives and works in Barcelona.

14 Jan 2022 – 5 Feb 2022
HAZE GALLERY
Bulowstrasse 11
10789 Berlin

Opening Jan 14th 14-18h at the public green space between Rosa Luxemburg Str and Almstadt str
NATIVE TONGUE XR a VR sculpture created by Gill Gatfield.
The sculpture is part of Alter Ego, curated by Susanne Prinz and Chiara Valci Mazzara at the Kunstverein für Kunst und Kultur am Rosa Luxemburg Platz. The Gatfield XR app will be available on place and online as of the inauguration day.

Don't forget your electronic devices aka mobile phones to view the artwork. Hot beverages will be served in accordance with the applicable distance regulations. Please note the 2G rules.
14 Jan 2022 – 10 May 2022
L40
Linienstrasse 40
10119 Berlin

Opening Sat Jan 15, 17h at Kunsthalle M3 at the Atelierhaus Mengerzeile: KEIN KATER BELLT
with Ilka Raupach, Hildegard Skowasch, Roswitha Schaab, Susanne Ring
The four sculptors met in 2021 at a symposium in the Gustav Seitz Museum in Trebnitz. The anagram formed from the word "Kellerkabinett" (cellar cabinet) anagram formed from the initial word "cellar cabinet" sums up essential aspects of their artistic work and forms the guiding principles for the exhibition. The natural meets the seriously playful and the everyday life oddity.
2G
15 Jan 2022 – 30 Jan 2022
Kunsthalle M3
Mengerzeile 1-3
12435 Berlin

VIET DUC GESCHICHTEN Short film screening and discussion | with filmmakers Duc Ngo Ngoc, Trang Nguyen a.o. | Moderation: Angelika Nguyen
This event takes place according to 2G guidelines (vaccinated, recovered). Please be aware that we are obliged to record your details for contact tracing. In German with whisper translations available upon request. Limited number of participants. Please register until 10.01.22 here: anmeldung@pratergalerie.de

The screening will be followed by a conversation with the filmmakers. Moderation: Angelika Nguyen
Prater Gallery
Date: Sat, 15 Jan, 18.00h – 20.30h
Prater Galerie
as a guest at Acud Gallery
Veteranenstr. 21
10119 Berlin

Last chance to see Seit Wir Letztens Über Zukunft Sprachen @axelobiger reopening on Jan 12th and running until Jan 22! With Juliane Duda and Hanna Mari Blencke
pictured: Juliane Duda, „Leitmotiv (Sarajevo)“, 2021, Fujiflex auf Aludibond, 100 x 88 cm, 1/3 >>>> The exhibition " seit wir letztens über zukunft sprachen" with works by Juliane Duda and Hanna-Mari Blencke
Opening hours: Thursday to Friday, 3-7 pm Sat, 2-7 pm and by appointment.

AXEL OBIGER
Brunnenstr. 29
10119 Berlin

Just opened last week @galerie_eigenart in Berlin: new solo exhibition „Moment“ by Marc Desgrandchamps until February 12, 2022.

Marc Desgrandchamps (*1960) lives and works in Lyon and is one of the major artists on the French scene. His paintings are constructed almost like equations. The realism is an illusory one.

Galerie EIGEN + ART Berlin
January 6 - February 12, 2022
Please wear a FFP2-mask and check the current safety standards for Berlin before your visit.
Photos: Uwe Walter, Berlin

COMING UP

KLAUS JÖRRES: KLEINE BILDER OPENING JAN 21. AT DITTRICH & SCHLECHTRIEM
We are excited about Jörres' NFT journey, seems like a natural extension of his practice. And, even more excited about this analog manifestation of his digital works. Must see! @klausjoerres
A catalog featuring artworks and installation views and including an essay on the new series will be published on the occasion of the exhibition.

21 Jan 2022 – 5 Mar 2022
DITTRICH & SCHLECHTRIEM
Linienstraße 23
10178 Berlin

Another show we are seriously looking forward to is “TW: Europe” by Jonas Shoeschl @jonashoeschl at Eigen Art Lab- with an accompanying cinematic program with
@annabaranowski, @belit_sag, @canabilmei, @cihancakmak_, @dominikbais, @frankfurterhauptschule, @kalasliebfried, @laura__leppert and @antifist & @tim_erdmann_
Jonas Höschl is a political conceptual artist and photographer. Most recently, he received the Bavarian Art Award for Visual Arts and the Culture Award of the District of Upper Palatinate for printmaking for his artistic work, which encompasses the media of printmaking, sound, video and installation. He is part of the artist collective „Tannhäuser Kreis“.
Opening: January 21, 17-21h
Exhibition: January 21 - March 5, 2022
Graphic design: Felix Neumann @seebelieveproduce
Eigen Art Lab
Torstraße 220
10115 Berlin

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