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The unmissable CTM Festival mixes this week with an extensive list of art openings. Despite the unpopular winter time, we suggest enthusiastically not to miss the upcoming events! WEDNESDAY 22.01 19.00 Athi-Patra Ruga – The Future Women of Azania...read more
Athi-Patra Ruga (18.01 @ SAVVY Contemporary) This week Berlin is all about fashion, but the opening calender indicates that the force is almost as strong with art. Good luck to everyone who will try to coexist both in the art and the fashion world...read more
We do not need to remind you that this week is all about fashion, darling! But the schedule is dense and impossible to coordinate with the less fabulous daily life, so we are bringing you a narrowed choice based mostly on the criteria: 1.fun and 2...read more
From France to Luxembourg, and Australia to Austria, the four co-curators of insitu are the perfect example of Berlin's collaborative/creative museum and gallery culture. Coming from a variety of commercial galleries, the team of Nora Mayr, Lauren...read more
Artwise and socially, last week did not disappoint. Encouraged by post-holiday boredom, new years resolutions, lack of money and/or friendly outdoor temperatures, a lot of people used the benefits of the sudden boom of art events. Let us hope that...read more
Lindsay Lawson (Sunday 12.01 @ Gillmeier Rech) ...and we are back! So are the galleries of Berlin with new and exciting events. Do not forget to include in your new year's resolutions list: ATTEND MORE ART OPENINGS THIS YEAR (PS. clicking the...read more
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Hito Steyerl (Friday 20.12 @ Babylon) This week a little less art talk, a little more partying. Fair enough - the holiday season is just around the corner, and most of the galleries are taking their deserved break. It is the time of the year to...read more
Tomasz Kobialka @ The Gym, Christmas Party @ Pop-Up Gallery Berlin, Oliver Jordan @ Haus am Lützowplatz, Secondo Stile presents Emmanuel Simon @ L40, Backjumps @ Kunstraum Kreuzberg/Bethanien, DIYmonds market @ Betahaus WEDNESDAY 11.12 Tomasz...read more
"There is a light that never goes out," sings Morrisey in The Smith's 1992 single of a similar title. In Kunst-Werke's most recent exhibit honoring the late Christoph Schlingensief , it is clear that there's still some volt of energy running...read more
Restoration work, art shows in the making, a brand new office; Haus am Lützowplatz is entering a new era guided by art historian and director Dr. Marc Wellmann. Previously the Director of Exhibitions at the Georg-Kolbe Museum in Berlin Westend,...read more
Tomasz Kobialka (Wednesday 11.12 @ The Gym) Whether you are keen on celebrating the upcoming holidays or not at all, this week should not dissapoint. Christmas-crazy or Grinch-grumpy, the upcoming anniversaries and spiced-up openings should...read more
I wonder what we will tell our grandchildren about “the good old days”—has the foundation of late-in-life nostalgia already passed us by, or are these overcast days spent huddling over our laptops and coffee mugs the “golden days” we will never...read more
Ute Klein (Friday 06.12 @ Centrum) Berlin is getting more gloomy and glittery with each day, which prepares us for that undecided feeling of joy coupled with disgust that only occurs around Christmas. Make the best of it and focus your happy...read more
You will miss the big Tomatina taking place in August in Spain and in Februar in Miami, but while you are shifting your weight from one stiletto to the other watching the booth or talking to some random suit, you can fantasize about walking on a...read more
Last week in a nutshell: sugar, spice and everything nice. The smell of Glühwein is taking over the city and openings are no exception. Take your hot cup of favorite winter drink to recreate the atmosphere and take a virtual stroll through the...read more
While no professional relationship is easy, rosy or all good ( and why should they) the artist-gallerist relationship can be particularly strained. Mostly because the contracts are written on dollar bills with champagne ink and it is very hard to...read more
Friederike von Rauch (Friday 29.11 @ Feldbuschwiesner) Calender says its thanksgiving time, so whatever it is you are thankful for, it's the right time to express your gratitude. Thank you galleries, project spaces and other venues. Thank you...read more
Ode to my Google Ads All that you whisper to your keyboard gets absorbed Stuff you remembered, thought of, dictated some ideas you put on mute. It’s not that you’re a hypocrite but it just gets a bit shameful sometimes, how small those are and...
Recently I have been cheating on Bpigs with a Späti. My new workplace from Monday til Friday, from 10am til the boss wakes up and takes over the shop. Why go out for a döner when I have a steak at home, you might ask. Well, it turned out to be...read more
Nicholas Byrne, Anthea Hamilton, Jack McConville, Rallou Panagiotou, Despina Stokou @remap4 I used to think of openings like birthday parties. You prepare something special and your friends, their friends and their friends friends come to...read more
Last week we went to see some interesting art and we saw much more than that. Everything blended well - people complemented artworks in the way they dressed, posed or or moved around. Rocker to rocker, raver to raver, hipster to Peres Projects,...read more
Last Friday, I was at the Pop-Up Gallery in Schöneberg - the week's theme was "American artists" and my roommate was showing some of the photographs she had been working on for the past few months. I wanted to support my friends - and I heard...read more
Christoph Schirmer (Friday 22.11 @ Galerie Hunchentoot) A tips list that starts and finishes with a festival indicates a great week ahead! Whether you are more into visual art, literature or music, or prefer it all mixed in one, there is an event...read more
Dear Monday, have mercy on us. The week was hard and we had our deserved fun, which leaves us tired but content and loaded with photos and impressions to share. Here we give you a slice of the last week's adventures. WEDNESDAY 13.11 Cyberfest 2013...read more
