It would be nice if there was, at least, a degree of geographical congruity within the discordant Berlin art scene. Alas, the sprawl is seemingly inebriated. On the up side, even if no one wants to hear about your increased knowledge of the city's...read more
An A4 poster in the front window of a Mitte gallery caught my eye this week, on it were 2 images paired next to one another: the most recent Vernissage of the gallery itself – guests, few. The other of the tightly packed queue outside of the...read more
This week the Former West conference brought some of our favorite theory all-stars to the Haus that soon became a second home. The unacceptable weather made us more inclined to sitting and listening than moving from gallery to gallery but no...read more
This week has certainly set one record of something I don’t usually have the fortune of tallying up, and that is food served at almost every event! Our stomachs were happy at the buffet table with a vast variety of choices mirroring the variety of...read more
Due to the cold generating colds all across Berlin, coverage of this week’s events mostly involved talks where it was possible to sit down in one place for a while and exert minimal energy. Clearly this epidemic didn’t hit everyone though, judging...read more
Here is a selection of shows (with a focus on Berlin artists) you should not miss during your trip in New York for the Armory this week. ( and a series of photos and comments to use in conversations in case you do miss them) Ragnar Kjartansson The...read more
So March is here, spring is coming, the Berghain queue is already almost as long as it is in summer, but apparently people (ok, us included to an extent…) are still a bit lazy when it comes to going to art events. Speaking of Berghain, there’s a...read more
Last week the dreary weather (-50) didn't stop us from going out to some events. And apparently, we weren't the only ones who refused to spend their weekend under the duvet, and wrapped themselves in their best winter outfits instead(+30).....read more
In case you are new here, let us keep you updated on the changes that have been made to our WDIM series. Now instead of only showing you pictures of the Berlin events we visited this last week, we are providing you with commentary too. The...read more
What happened this week? Well James Franco graced Berlin with his presence, and we saw quite a bit of work that was “haha” funny...so where does it fall on our Miss/Diss scale? Monday 04.02 Dream Factory @ Import Projects video screening dealing...read more
With transmediale in the mix this week, seeing everything there was to see would be an exhausting and impossible full time job. So everyone missed something, including us; we can just hope that we made the best decisions. We ended up going to a...read more
One of the things I will definitely miss about NY are the Lower East Side Sundays. The big galleries of Chelsea and midtown are closed on the day of the Lord (for obvious reasons ), so the bigger and smaller names of art journalism (and we) are...read more
This week it was especially hard to leave home and go see things, but it was usually worth the effort. So if you stayed at home this week, chances were you did miss something, have a look. There were also some impressive winter outfits despite...read more
MISS or DISS We decided to spice up our weekly What Did I Miss post with a +/- system for you to gage whether or not you came up with the right answer to the all important winter question: "Is it worth leaving my warm bed to freeze my face off and...read more
Now that Berlin’s art establishments have woken up from the holiday sleep, we would like to welcome you to the new and improved Bigs WDIM! This weekly update now contains not only pictures from the events we visited this last week but commentary...read more
WEDNESDAY 19.12 Bar Babette - Christmas Sale organized by Daniel Kingery ( 7 works were sold) dj Marc Bijl work by Cecile Evans (relatively) new arty restaurant - ( don't try this at home, if you are paying) NEW! Mescal tasting bar and Mexican...read more
THURSDAY 13.12 KItty Kraus @ Galerie Neu Perspective @ G9 Galleria Nove Festive Neptune @ Alexanderplatz SATURDAY 15.12 Jan van Oost, "The Demon Love". With a music performance by Anne Müller @ Galerie Rolando Anselmi Sergio Ragalzi, "Madre_Oro...read more
THURSDAY 06.12 Blows to the temple @ Atelierhof Kreuzberg FRIDAY 07.12 Şakir Gökçebağ @ Tanas Hito Steyerl @ pro qm Edition 2012 @ Scotty Enterprises Adrian Buschmann @ EINE Galerie Christian Patterson @ Robert Morat SATURDAY 08.12 SAMEHEADS /...read more
FRIDAY 30.11 Max Beckmann Benefit Auction @ Villa Grisebach (1.000.000€ raised in no more than half an hour...) Bruce McLean, Time-based Painting @ Tanya Leighton Mise-en-Scène. Skulpturale Rhetorik @ Kwadrat Roses & videogames... @ The Boss...read more
Julia Sherman, THE DOCTOR AND THE SAILOR- part of the Recess performances @ Moma Over the duration of the evening, the artist and one live model stage Pablo Picasso’s Les Demoiselles d’Avignon *********************** While Chelsea galleries are...read more
WEDNESDAY 07.11 Fokus Grupa @ Gitte Bohr - Club für Kunst und politisches Denken THURSDAY 08.11 Malerei der 80er Jahre / Nina Pohl @ Sprüth Magers Tacita Dean & Anna-Catharina Gebbers @ Zum Beispiel Berlin FRIDAY 09.11 Believers @ Kow Joel...read more
WEDNESDAY 31.10 Drop Dead 10th Anniversary Party @ Cube Club Symposium Fluid Cosmologies I @ Schering Stiftung SATURDAY 03.11 Zinefest Berlin @ SFE Marinella Senatore's parade @ Mitte Iris Touliatou @ Duve SUNDAY 04.11 Tacita Dean & Jérôme Bel...read more
This, dear Artist, is the Whitney Museum- pronounced We Tni. You will come to show here, when you grow up. During the openings you wait in line, then check your name at the girls with the ipad at the door. The space is candle lit, they have good...read more
THURSDAY 25.10 Oliver Möst @ Galerie Axel Obiger Hajnal Németh @ Invaliden1 Otolith Group and Falke Pisano @ District FRIDAY 26.10 My safe reduction to form @ Exile Antonia & Jens Nordmann @ Stedefreund Axel Lieber @ Hengesbach Gallery...read more
