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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
from my article on http://www.berlinartlink.com/2011/06/23/spritz-kitsch-and-whiskey-sour/ LIST OF SMS EXCHANGED DURING THE OPENING DAYS OF THE VENICE BIENNALE Interview magazine party is scula grande, sestiere di san polo 2454. Text me if you...read more
Last week @ frieze d/e discussion about Leben in der Blase (living in the bubble) in Monbijou Park as part of based in berlin - about the growing (and growingly indifferent) expatriate scene in Berlin, I ran into Santiago Taccetti , Argentinian...read more
Bringing together speed dating and portfolio viewings , curators are invited to review artists’ portfolios in 10 short sessions of 20 minutes each. In a clean and friendly environment, Bpigs brings together artists and curators who have not yet met...read more
According to a poster I saw on the street there were three Turner Prize winners having a solo show opening this gallery weekend: the coo-coo lady in Bortolozzi, the painting genius in Johnen and one more who now escapes me. It also escapes me who...read more
On Saturday 19. March the Curator's Battle took place at the Grimmuseum. Two curators, two shows, the same 8 artists. Both curators created a show with all 8 artists, they chose at title, formed a concept, wrote a curatorial text and gave...read more
Carson Chan and Aaron Moulton CARSON CHAN Describe in a step-by-step way what the curating process is like for you- like If you had to write Curating for Dummies: step one, step two.. 1) Identify your interests. I often have mini-obsessions that get...read more
Bpigs- Berlin Independents Guide is happy to present the first of a series of shows and events in cooperation with the projects spaces featured in Bpigs. Two curators, two shows, the same artists. Team CHAN: Constant Dullaart, Kinga Kielczynska,...read more
