Off space, artist run space, project space, independent, non-profit, temporary, contemporary, avant-garde, hype, playground, cool…yeah yeah. But what do we really know about Berlin’s cultural spaces and the people behind them? We're introducing them to you, one by one.
Tayla talked to us about her new pop-up project in Berlin Brunnenstr and the challenges, internal and logistical, she had to overcome to face her dreams. Camp Space is a pop-up art gallery and cultural hub driven by the vision…read more
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
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
The name LAGE EGAL has become well known within the Berlin art scene. Over the past 8 years, artist-curator Pierre Granoux has been developing many curatorial projects, aiming to offer a space for production and wider visibility to artists. We...read more
We met with District Berlin 's current studio grant holder, Karina Griffith , whose practice comprises film and installation, often in tandem, as well as curatorial projects and organizing talks, conferences and events within the frame of her...read more
Initiated in 2015, the large-scale group exhibition organized by artists Jonas Burgert , John Isaacs , Christian Achenbach , Zhivago Duncan , Andrej Golder , Andreas Mühe and David Nicholson under the name of Artist Weekend , is taking place for...read more
Gallery Weekend brings a densely packed schedule of exhibition openings and events to Berlin each year. It’s a time when bustling crowds flood Potsdamer Strasse and the like, weaving in and out of the many spaces that open their doors with new...read more
In her multimedia work, the Berlin-born artist Yvon Chabrowski deals with the visual formulas of contemporary media, which she decontextualizes to uncover its mechanisms and manipulation strategies. Her sculptural video installations and...read more
We had the opportunity to meet with Dorothée Nilsson , who opened her space on the gallery-lined Potsdamer Straβe last fall. Arriving at the gallery, its storefront window wrapping around two sides – offering a panoramic view of the bustling...read more
Zilberman Gallery's presence is hardly news to anyone—the Berlin branch of the originally Istanbul-based gallery was warmly welcomed almost two years ago, and has since established itself as an exciting hub for young contemporary art. The gallery'...read more
Her experiences in the art world, as well as an interest in supporting fellow curators, artists, and art administrators has brought Berlin-based Turkish curator Ece Pazarbaşı to start the Berlin Art Grant Clinic. It is a clinic specialised in...read more
The Polish artist Malwina Niespodziewana recently exhibited her latest series Comic Gold Haribo at Maniere Noire in Berlin. In the 30 drawings, the artist explores scenes drawn from her work, her family and her surroundings, while at the same time...read more
With the newly commissioned curators Lena Johanna Reisner and Sylvia Sadzinski, Galerie im Turm takes on a new direction. Their two-year curatorial mandate kicked off earlier this month with “Third Lung”, a solo exhibition of the Guatemalan artist...read more
What started with a reenactment of a WOI battlefield in Cameroon between Germany and France has now developed into an ongoing project that alludes to several important topics, such as the effects of postcolonialism on identity, economics, politics...read more
In anticipation of NOME Gallery 's group exhibition, Evidentiary Realism, we spoke with curator Paolo Cirio about his development of the concept, the aesthetics of presenting and revealing evidence, and his own investigatory process of putting...read more
Three buses are towering vertically into today's bright blue sky over the 18th of March Square in the historical center of Berlin. Even from afar, you can already see "Monument“ , the disputed installation by the 32-year-old German-Syrian artist...read more
We met with artist Paul McDevitt , who runs Farbvision – an elaborately tiled storefront space in which he invites individual artists to present focused exhibitions of their work. With its multi-layered past, some of which is still visible, the...read more
Marie DuPasquier 's project space Display , and related curatorial work, takes an open, flexible approach to exhibitions – allowing the process to unfold and remain susceptible to unexpected interactions and variations. She spoke to us about the...read more
The cover of the Bpigs September/October 2017 Issue is shining bright with a contribution by the Berlin based French/Indian artist Nadira Husain. We spoke with the artist about her current show "Rider, Path, and Vehicle" at the brand new location...read more
The Berlin-based artists Nora Al-Badri and Nikolai Nelles have spent the last eight years working together in a multidisciplinary way that encompasses visual art, documentary filmmaking, and cultural activism. Their practice earned controversial...read more
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
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
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
Making friends with BERLIN BLUE art was a no-brainer for the Bpigs team – a young contemporary gallery run by three female artists/curators supporting fellow female artists is the kind of story we are always eager to hear. This new gallery...read more
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
