until 15.09. | #2123ARTatBerlin | CWC Gallery currently shows the solo exhibition The Nineties with photographs by Michel Comte. The CWC GALLERY is pleased to present a solo exhibition by the photo artist Michel Comte from 28 July 2018 onwards. With more than 70 works, the exhibition gives a comprehensive insight into the impressive artistic work of Michel Comte of the 1990s. Michel Comte is one of the most important contemporary fashion and society photographers in history. His visual aesthetics influenced the 1990s and, above all, has had a lasting influence on fashion photography to this day. »In Comte’s paintings, art and reality collide. They are brutal and poetic – dazzle and disturb. The emotions that evoke them are painful and complex: food for the mind and soul.« – Geraldine Chaplin on Michel Comte From Nadja Auermann to Gisele Bündchen or Helena Christensen to Claudia Schiffer and Bridget Hall: Michel Comte has always been one of the few photographers who has worked with the world’s most famous top models in history. Unconditional confidence in Michel Comte’s artistic understanding and the “relationship” with him results in unexpected scenarios and in a revelatory devotion that is reflected in the photographic works. Be […]

On the occasion of the 10th Berlin Biennale for Contemporary Art, curator Gabi Ngcobo and her team—Nomaduma Rosa Masilela, Serubiri Moses, Thiago de Paula Souza, and Yvette Mutumba—have invited Antonia Majaca and Sohrab Mohebbi to rethink and expand the format of the Curators Workshop. After a number of successful, theme-based workshops held in relation to the 4th to 9th editions of the Berlin Biennale, this iteration, as proposed by the workshop directors, is centered on the biennial exhibition itself. It encourages an exchange with the Berlin Biennale staff, curators, contributors, and participants. This edition of the Curators Workshop takes as its primary subject matter the parameters, resources, and tools offered by the Berlin Biennale. The program examines the exhibition as a complex network of material, political, and aesthetic contingencies. It focuses on its visible and invisible alliances and relations, using the biennial as a site of encounter and study. The ten-day gathering with a group of fifteen contributors selected from nearly 400 applications is comprised of daily Crit Sessions involving analyses and discussions about the curatorial decisions, conceptual constellations, and individual artworks, in addition to close readings of accompanying discursive and publishing programs. The program also includes in-depth conversations with […]

until 27.09. | #2121ARTatBerlin | Galerie Z22 shows from 25. August 2018 the Group Exhibition MAN EATS WASTE…WASTE EATS MAN – GARBAGE STRIKES BACK with works of the artists Dirk Krüll, Eric Massholder, Monika Radhoff-Troll, Caryzma (Frank Suffert and Diana Zeynebalhindawi) und M&M-project. Plastic waste is one of the biggest human challenges and threats to our planet, in addition to the global population explosion and climate change. For a long time, environmentalists and experts have warned against plastic contamination, but politicians are only hesitantly reacting. According to a study published in the scientific journal Science at the beginning of 2015, about 8 million tons of this waste were released into the oceans in 2010. A PET plastic bottle disintegrates only after 450 years. With exhibits from: DIRK KRÜLL ERIC MASSHOLDER MONIKA RADHOFF_TROLL KÜNSTLERGRUPPE CARYZMA M&M-project Vernissage: Saturday, 25th August 2018, 7.00 pm Ausstellungsdaten: Saturday, 25th August – Thursday, 27. September 2018   Image caption: Courtesy of Galerie Z22 Exhibition MAN EATS WASTE…WASTE EATS MAN – Group Exhibition – Galerie Z22 | Contemporary Art – Zeitgenössische Kunst in Berlin – ART at Berlin

until 12.10. | #2118ARTatBerlin | Köppe Contemporary shows from 7th September 2018 the exhibition “The Remains Of The Night – Review of the twenties and their dramatic end” by the artist Jim Avignon. At the Galerie Köppe, Jim Avignon will, of course, in the typically subversive “Jim Avignon style”, dedicate a theme that goes from the twenties of the last century to the present. He will quote artists such as Otto Dix, Max Beckmann and George Grosz, among others, with selected works from the period, but also return to the question of whether there are certain parallels between that epoch and our present. Jim Avignon will face themes such as the salon culture of today’s club culture and nightlife. But topics such as gentrification and right-wing (then as now) should also be included. Jim Avignon – Die Stunde des Opportunisten The Golden Twenties or the period from 1924 to 1929, stood in Berlin for a completely new attitude to life. Cosmopolitanism and internationality, Dreigroschenoper (Threepenny Opera), Bubikopf (Bob), Josephine Baker, Dada, Bauhaus architecture, outstanding sports competitions, dance amusements, a booming nightlife with bars, clubs and amusements of all kinds – these are just a few of the keywords that exemplify the spirit of […]

until 31.08. | EX-EMBASSY presents from 4th August 2018 the exhibition and text series with the artists Megan Cope (Quandamooka); Archie Moore (Kamilaroi); Sumugan Sivanesan (AU) & Carl Gerber (DE); Sonya Schönberger (DE); and Khadija von Zinnenburg Carroll (AU / UK) and texts by cultural scientist Ben Gook (AU); Legal scholar Sarah Keenan (UK); Historian Peter Monteath (AU); Artist, critic and curator Rachel O’Reilly (AU); and author Nathan Sentance (Wiradjuri). EX-EMBASSY is hosted by artist Sonja Hornung (AU / NL) with curatorial advice from Rachel O’Reilly (AU). EX-EMBASSY is an exhibition and text series that unfolds from the former Australian embassy in the German Democratic Republic (GDR). Five artistic works and five texts are located in and around this iconic modernist structure. Built between 1973 and 1975, the former embassy is part of a barely known but unprecedented architectural experiment: in the late 1960s and early 1970s, 135 diplomatic buildings were erected in the peripheral northeast of Berlin, in Pankow, for a short period of time. Virtually without national symbolism these prefabricated, modular structures are still scattered throughout Pankow. Australia, often referred to in the communiqués of the GDR as the “fifth continent”, plays a subordinate role in the history […]

until 15.09. | #2112ARTatBerlin | Jarvis Dooney shows from 21st July 2018 the exhibition Autofocus by the photographers Torsten Schumann and David Schikora. If you are in Berlin for the summer, we invite you to join us this Friday, 20th July from 19:00 for the opening of Autofocus; exhibition of two Berlin based German photographers: Torsten Schumann & David Schikora. Preview the work in More Cars, Clothes and Cabbages from Torsten Schumann, published by Pepperoni Books – and self published photo book Autolose Autoreifen in der Ukraine by David Schikora. Vernissage: Friday, 20th July 2018, 7.00 pm – 9.00 pm Exhibition period: Saturday, 21st July – Saturday, 15th September 2018   Image caption: ART at Berlin – Courtesy of Jarvis Dooney – Torsten Schumann + David Schikora Exhibition Torsten Schumann + David Schikora – Autofocus – Jarvis Dooney | Contemporary Art – Zeitgenössische Kunst in Berlin –ART at Berlin 

bis 04.08. | #2107ARTatBerlin | On the occasion of its anniversary mianki.Gallery currently presents the exhibition 10 years mianki.Gallery – Nr. 3/6 with works of the artists Tina Heuter and Claudia Kallscheuer. 10 years mianki.Gallery – Tina Heuter & Claudia Kallscheuer For the 10th anniversary, we have come up with something very special. In 2018 we will show all artists in four-week double exhibitions. Look forward to the individual positions and the dialogue in the juxtaposition with the other position. After the successful start with the first two exhibitions, in July, the exhibition Tina Heuter & Claudia Kallscheuer will be in session three. Tina Heuter Tina Heuter is a subtle observer of her surroundings and her everyday situations are just as important as the moods of the people and the behavior of society in current affairs. These observations flow into her works and she always succeeds in lending something special to everyday life and, at first sight, making it look quite natural, even almost everyday, special situations. Tina Heuter, Denker, Bronze, 2017, 165 cm, Foto Urs Kuckertz Claudia Kallscheuer Writing and drawing on the sewing machine, embroidery and sewing and threads sometimes hang – unusual expressions in the art of […]

until 08.09. | #2109ARTatBerlin | 68projects of GALERIE KORNFELD presents from 2nd August 2018 the Group Exhibition Cat Scan by the artists Jillian Mayer, Rodrigue Mouchez and Michael Sailstorfer, curated by Omar Lopez-Chahoud. The artists in Cat Scan, all multidisciplinary in practice, will present an array of sculptural works that are conceptually layered and formally engaging. Mechanically and technically speaking a Cat Scan is a computer-processed combination of x-ray measurements taken from many different an- gles to produce cross-sectional images, in effect, a Cat Scan is a way to get inside of something without cutting it open. This is an approach that each of the artists in Cat Scan uses, they engage familiar contemporary cultural references to make their works accessible to their viewers; they give a visual, conceptual or physical hook for the viewer to get into their works from many different angles. Evoking and embracing the performative yet absent body, each artist approaches making objects as a way to awaken and trouble binaries between technology & our evironment, physical objects & mental objects and absence & presence. Each of these artists approach their work as a way to share with viewers new ways to interpret think and look closely. […]

until 20.09. | #2106ARTatBerlin | Tschechisches Zentrum Berlin currently shows the exhibition Foreigners of the artist duo David Böhm and Jiří Franta. The Czech Center Berlin cordially invites you to the opening of the new exhibition “Foreigners” by David Böhm and Jiří Franta on Thursday, July 12, 2018 at 7 p.m. The successful artist duo, whose most important medium of communication is drawing, transcends the limits of standards, between artistic media and our ideas about the medium of drawing itself. In the summer exhibition of the TZB Gallery they ironically and playfully investigate the phenomenon of being a foreigner, both with regard to life in the closed Bohemian basin and also based on their own travel experiences. Jiří Franta + David Böhm David Böhm, Jiří Franta: Foreigner The successful artist duo David Böhm and Jiří Franta, whose most important medium of communication is drawing, transgress the boundaries of standards, between artistic media and our ideas about the medium of drawing itself. In the summer exhibition of the TZB Gallery they ironically and playfully investigate the phenomenon of being a foreigner, both with regard to life in the closed Bohemian basin and also based on their own travel experiences. In their […]

until 25.07. | Kleine Humboldt Galerie currently shows the exhibition [insert title]. Four international artists, four weeks of artistic practice in the gallery space inside the main building of Humboldt University and one final exhibition presenting the artists’ work. With its upcoming project the Kleine Humboldt Galerie will transform the Lichthof Ost in Berlin Mitte into a temporary studio. After a month of artistic practice, the space will be open to the public, showing not only the artwork itself but also the context in which it has been created. [insert title] asks its visitors to be part of the exhibition in a participatory way. [insert title] invites the four artists Helena Hladilová, Anouk Kruithof, Britta Lumer and Zorka Wollny inside the main building of Humboldt University to create new works using different techniques and approaches. During the working period, regular open studio sessions and artist workshops give visitors the opportunity to experience the creative process. Afterwards, the outcome of the artistic work will be presented without changing the context of its creation, leaving the traces of the creative practices intact. The project [insert title] is a call for participation that aims to encourage visitors to come up with their own […]

until 05.08 | #2102ARTatBerlin | Galerie Verein Berliner Künstler (VBK) shows from 21st July 2018 the Solo Exhibition REVIEW (Rückblick) with works by the artist Eberhardt Purrucker. The gallery VEREIN BERLINER KÜNSTLER presents the title REVIEW from 21.07. until 05.08. 2018 works by 91-year-old artist EBERHARDT PURRUCKER. The exhibition gives an insight into his long and interesting artistic work. On display are early to recent works. His motives are manifold: houses, trees, landscapes, fountains, water, clouds. Whether photography, watercolor or drawing – in his works, temperament, drama and energy can always be felt. Purrucker’s big theme is nature in all its varieties. In his works, he plays with the transfer of the objective to the abstract, thus leading the viewer on an associative journey. His sculptural snapshots, which evolve from movement and rhythm, dominate his pictorial character, and regardless of when the work was created, they reflect a deep creativity and an uninterrupted young and alert spirit of the artist. The artist himself says of his artistic work: “The forces, the processes of creation, which form the wealth of forms and forms of our environment, also shape every individual, for it is itself a part of nature. My dynamic compositions […]

until 19.08. | #2096ARTatBerlin | König Galerie (Chapel) shows from 14th July 2018 the solo exhibition EDEN of the artist Sabine Moritz. KÖNIG GALERIE is pleased to present the first exhibition of oil paintings by Sabine Moritz in Berlin. Emphasising abstraction in this new body of work, EDEN celebrates a masterful and sensitive rush of colours. The paintings communicate reality in an expressive and emotive manner; they transmit an impassioned atmosphere by exploring notions of experience, memory, and transience. Moritz’s work encaptures the fragility and fleetingness of time — her practice is continuously influenced by childhood memories of the high-density concrete housing sceneries of Lobeda — a suburban satellite of Jena in Eastern Germany — where Moritz first began to draw and paint. Figurative paintings from Sabine Moritz’s ongoing series of floral still lifes and grey-scaled cityscapes are also on display. Quoting the artist: »I often draw or paint flowers that I have in my studio, and the painting of these flowers is a representation of the present, in which you find yourself thinking about something distant, as in a sort of daydream.” Regen, Sterne, Granit, Glut and See (2018) are five nonrepresentational depictions of natural phenomena achieved with an […]

until 28.07. | # 2099ARTatBerlin | Galerie Buchholz currently shows an exhibition by the artists Florian Pumhösl and Atsuko Tanaka. Works by the artists Florian Pumhösl and Atsuko Tanaka (from the late 60s to 2000) are shown. Atsuko Tanaka Vernissage: Freitag, 8th June 2018, 7.00 pm– 9.00 pm Exhibition period: Friday, 8th June – Friday, 28th July 2018   Image caption: Courtesy of Galerie Buchholz – Atsuko Tanaka Exhibition Florian Pumhösl + Atsuko Tanaka – group exhibition – Galerie Buchholz | Contemporary Art – Zeitgenössische Kunst in Berlin – ART at Berlin

until 01.09. | #2094ARTatBerlin | Galerie Berlin shows from 19th July 2018 the exhibition Earth – Water – Light by the artists Christoph Bouet and Hans Georg Wagner. To be shown are paintings by Christoph Bouet and sculptures by Hans Georg Wagner. Hans Georg Wagner, “Tänzerin (figurehead)”, 2015, Oak, partially dyed, oiled, 154 x 40 x 33 cm Vernissage: Thursday, 19. Juli 2018, 6.00 pm Exhibition period: Thursday, 19th July – Saturday, 1st September 2018   Image caption: Hans Georg Wagner, “Tänzerin (figurehead)”, 2015, Oak, partially dyed, oiled, 154 x 40 x 33 cm Exhibition Christoph Bouet + Hans Georg Wagner – Galerie Berlin | Zeitgenössische Kunst – Contemporary Art – ART at Berlin  

until 31.08. | #2092ARTatBerlin | taubert contemporary shows from 13th July 2018 the guest exhibition by the artist Bodo Buhl (1951–2010), realized by Katharina Andrelang and Ulla Gröne. Bodo Buhl, sculptor and photo artist, studied at the Munich Art Academy (1973 – 1979). His passionate interest in architecture and the finesse of statics shape the creative years from 1979 to 1992, inspired by themes from the financial and business world. The conceptual and socio-political content of his work is combined with facets of postmodernism and his typical satirical, pointed humour. In recent years, before his untimely death, he has compiled an impressive graphic oeuvre. International exhibitions and presence on the art market brought him great recognition. For the first time we present his entire work in the context of a contemporary reception and classification in contemporary art in order to make the value of the artist visible to an international audience. The exhibition “Flashback”, realized by Katharina Andrelang and Ulla Gröne (www.private-transaction.com), shows photographs, sculptures and drawings by the German artist. Bodo Buhl Bodo Buhl, born 1951 in Marienweiher, Germany. He lived and worked until his death 2010 in Munich, Germany. Vernissage: Thursday, 12th July 2018, 6.00 pm – 9.00 pm Ausstellungsdaten: Friday, […]

until 25.08. | #2087ARTatBerlin | Laura Mars Gallery shows from 11th July 2018 the exhibition AMALGAMATE with photographs by Gosbert Adler and Thomas Hauser. The exhibition Amalgamate presents photographs by Gosbert Adler and Thomas Hauser. They fuse into a contemporary survey of the topics of image of man and portrait. In the series Girls Seen (2013-2016) and Jessica Standing (2015-2016), Thomas Hauser continues his portrait work. Employing a consistently stringent visual vocabulary, he develops his idea of female beauty literally as a confrontation, a juxtaposition, with the high resolution of large-format exposures. In the two multipiece typologies of body expositions the genre boundaries of nude, portrait, and still life dissolve. The simple gesture of showing reveals, together with the young women’s seemingly classical, yet sometimes disturbingly liberal poses, alternating between exposure and concealment, the dubiousness of mass-media-multiplied ideals of beauty. While Hauser time and again replays comparable image formulae with different models, Gosbert Adler, in the work Return to Reason (2018), investigates the full range of human relations in the image of their various acts and stances. What do gestures convey of a person’s relation to his or her environment? How do people position themselves to one other? More to the […]

until 10.08. |#2086ARTatBerlin | pavlov’s dog presents from 6th June 2018 the single exhibition YUGOMANIA with photographs by Joerg Waehner. The white plaster crumbles from the red brick wall, a gray gutter runs through the picture. In this red, white and gray gape small bullet holes. The photo was taken on the territory of the former Yugoslavia. In this way, the Yugoslavian war and the disintegration of the country in the 1990s, with their contradictions and fragility, are symbolic of the time after the Iron Curtain, which has led to new demarcations and social upheavals. Joerg Waehner approaches this era with the help of an extended photography concept. Through photographs, drawings, texts and frottages, Waehner materializes the historical remnants into haptic image carriers in a kind of sociological maturation process. In YUGOMANIA the past permanently influences the present. Waehner takes photographs of young soldiers from the Yugoslav War with the area mirrored on tombstones, combining images of former President Tito with landscapes from a calendar. A former national shield of Yugoslavia was simply overwritten with “Slovenia”. Traced Waehner brings this memory to light. In this way, YUGOMANIA pushes one image into the next to expose the repressed layers of war. […]

until 31.08. | #2068ARTatBerlin | galerie1214 presents from 26th July 2018 the exhibition „Linie Fläche Raum“ by the artist Roland Dostal. In the framework of the opening on Thursday, 26th July, 6:30 pm, an artist talk with Roland Dostal will take place. The work of Roland Dostal is carried out at the intersection of different positions, cultures and procedures, from the attitude that the path to truth in art is taken from very different points. Secrecy, development and density are key words for a work which Dostal has been constructing and forming for 30 years. Roland Dostal, Untitled, 2017, ca. 21 x 30 cm, mixed technik on paper Roland Dostal, Untitled, 2017, ca. 21 x 30 cm, mixed technik on paper Dostal is an illustrator, developer, literally a geographer in a wealth of structures whose mapping he drives forward in the often many states of his works on paper, recently on rough bast. In an interview in 2014, after a stay in Asia of several years, Dostal strikingly explained his style of working: “I always work with the ‘fundus’, I work on it for years, and thus it is difficult to distinguish between old and new. The gestures of the 1980s can […]

During the summer holidays of 2018, the National Museums in Berlin will offer families, children and young people a varied program consisting of  workshops as well as exhibition talks. This year, on the occasion of the large summer camp on Museum Island Berlin, it’s time to say “Together with artists, children and young people explore the museums together with artists and turn the Kolonnadenhof into an open-air studio. What is discovered in the museums is also visible outside – in an open-air exhibition, one’s own paintings, plaster casts, photographs and furniture are presented. Contemporary art is the focus of the holiday offers in the Hamburger Bahnhof – Museum for Contemporary Art – Berlin, in which the exhibition “Hello World. Revision of a collection “. At the Kunstgewerbemuseum the exhibition “Food Revolution. Designing for the Society of Tomorrow “an edible garden will emerge. And the exhibition “100 Percent Wool” offers exciting topics for a holiday week in the Museum of European Cultures in Berlin-Dahlem. Admission to the National Museums in Berlin is free for children and adolescents up to the age of 18.   MEHRTÄGIGE WORKSHOPS Teilnahmegebühr: 36 € (dreitägig), 78 € (viertägig), begrenzte Teilnehmerzahl, Anmeldung erforderlich   Museumsinsel Berlin Sommercamp […]

until 22.07. | #2082ARTatBerlin | galerie1214 shows since 1st July 2018 in the group show „Come from painting“ positions and developments of pictorial motifs by artists of the gallery. Uta Reinhardt’s “Zwei” (Two, 2010, provenience Collection Gunzenhauser) offers seemingly pure figuration, which grows in fact out of the configuration of colours in a clear schema. Uta Reinhardt Britta Lumers «Dyad» (2017) is a masterly, multi-perspectivist portrait in ink on paper and canvas, which prepares the portrayed head in the fluid phase out of a Rembrandt blackness. Jessica Buhlmanns «Folded Space» (2016), composed dominantly from forms of green shades an a current background reveals how many of her works the musical impregnation. Jessica Buhlmann Gallery View galerie1214 Stefan Kees shows one of his strict “Stratifications” (2016): painting in space, in whose geological bandings the luminous, shiny yellow lacquered stays in contrast with a vigorous black. Marie Irmgard presents acrylic works on paper, expressive forms that reward the patience of contemplation with exciting discoveries. Isabelle Borges is represented with a constructivist composition of 2017 that shows a vivid red. Gallery View galerie1214 Marie Irmgard By Wolfgang Betke we show a triptych of forceful energy that combines the semiotic potential of painting with a refined […]

Galerie Kornfeld shows the film “Querelle” by Rainer Werner Fassbinder in German language on Wednesday, 4 July 2018 at 7 pm. The film screening takes place in the context of the exhibition “” Querelle “cycle” by the artist Jürgen Draeger. The gallery asks for registration at galerie@galeriekornfeld.com or by phone at 030 889 225 890. Comprehensive information on the current exhibition in the gallery can be found in the exhibition description.   Image caption: Filmplakat Querelle – Credit: Gaumont Filmscreening Querelle – Galerie Kornfeld | Ausstellungen – Zeitgenössische Kunst in Berlin – ART at Berlin    

until 31.08. | #2075ARTatBerlin | rk – Galerie für zeitgenössische Kunst im Rathaus Lichtenberg shows from 11th July 2018 the group exhibition HEIM_Spiel Lichtenberg of Frauenmuseum Berlin e.V. with several female artists from Lichtenberg. It has always been a special concern of the rk Gallery for Contemporary Art, professional artists living and working in the district to offer a podium, to create a way to present their artistic work to the public in their “HOME”. Numerous artists have applied for the invitation to this exhibition. Nine artists who live in Lichtenberg or have their studio in the district were selected by a jury to present their works of art on the subject. Heim_Spiel is an exhibition series developed by the Frauenmuseum Berlin e.V., which will be realized over a period of several years in various districts of Berlin and invites to an examination of the topic “home”. The idea of ​​the series is to offer the artists of a particular district a forum there as well. A career in the art world is, especially women with children, rarely granted. They have to do more, work more, be offensive and “better” than their male counterparts in order to be perceived as professional […]

until 11.08. | Galerie Dittmar shows from 27th June 2018 the exhibition of photography „Lissabon“ by the artists Tina Deininger + Gerhard Jaugstetter. The starting point for these photographs was the study of the Portuguese writer Fernando Pessoa, who has repeatedly conjured up the essence and history of his country, especially of Lisbon and its people in dense pictures. This challenged the photographers Tina Deininger and Gerhard Jaugstetter to pursue their tracks in their own way. The images capture, free from anything purely documentary or anecdotal, moments that reflect a mood, a certain sentiment. The authenticity to which the photographers are committed also includes the classical photographic methods used. It plays a lot of shadowy, nocturnal, which can be read metaphorically and, moreover, taken literally, meant a technical challenge for the photographers before all content related references. Far from any staging, but of great formal certainty, the images are condensed into tableaux of almost symbolic power. The feeling of life that is given expression and lets something timeless, a historical deep layer echo, is free of any nostalgia. All this is close to Lisbon, as Pessoa saw it, hiked and imagined and used as a projection screen for his inner travels. The brown-toned baryta […]

until 19.08. | #2072ARTatBerlin | KÖNIG GALERIE presents from 30th June 2018 the exhibition “Subversive Praktiken” by the artist Andreas Mühe at the nave of the former church St. Agnes. Andreas Mühe subverts his images. He topples significations and crushes expectations. Preconceived social orders are reshuffled; he trivializes hierarchies and inverts or undermines authorities. His artistic activity occurs almost secretively — he undermines meanings, fluctuates between them and shifts perspectives. Andreas Mühe transforms openly expressed or subdued propaganda; he arranges groups into uncommon formations. Diversion is his business and he is skilled in subordination. Mastering the language of power and the words of the powerful, he expresses precisely these notions by utilizing their perfected ideology. He effortlessly interchanges between Teichoscopy — a term used in theater by which actors describe things they supposedly see and which enables them to deal with simultaneously occurring events — and the so-called “report by messenger“ device, which transports past events into the present. It is his continuous goal to destroy the power of images in the eye of the beholder. Vernissage: Friday, 29th June 2018, 6:00 – 9:00 pm Exhibition period: Saturday, 30th June to Sunday, 19th August 2018   Image caption: Andreas Mühe, […]

In collaboration with the Berliner Ensemble, KW Institute for Contemporary Art will present the public workshop Hier wird heute Abend ein Mensch wie ein Auto ummontiert / Ohne dass er irgendetwas dabei verliert. Brecht in der Auto-Werkstatt by Olaf Nicolai. This workshop will show the assembly and repair of a Mercedes-Benz Ponton, which once belonged to Helene Weigel, the former intendant of the Berliner Ensemble and Bertolt Brecht’s wife. At the same time, Brecht’s learning play Man Equals Man will be developed with actors. Here, questions will be raised about the nature of performance and theater as well as the meaning of labor in the context of contemporary economics and art production. The garage visits are structured in traditional shifts and enable exciting insights into labor at various levels. Olaf Nicolai  Hier wird heute Abend ein Mensch wie ein Auto ummontiert / Ohne dass er irgendetwas dabei verliert. Brecht in der Auto-Werkstatt WHEN? Friday, June 29 – Sunday, July 1, 2018 WHERE? A car workshop in Berlin – Prenzlauer Berg A production by the Berliner Ensemble in cooperation with KW Institute for Contemporary Art Car workshop in Berlin – Prenzlauer Berg Shifts: Friday, June 29, 2018, 7 – 9pm Saturday, June 30, 2018, 11am – 1pm, […]

until 07.07. | #2066ARTatBerlin | EXILE currently show the exhibition “Aleppo” by the artist Tess Jaray. “…the darkness does not lift but becomes yet heavier as I think how little we can hold in mind, how everything is constantly lapsing into oblivion with every extinguished life, how the world is, as it were, draining itself, in that the history of countless places and objects which themselves have no power or memory is never heard, never described or passed on.” (W.G. Sebald, Austerlitz) EXILE is pleased to present a solo exhibition by London-based artist Tess Jaray entitled Aleppo. Jaray, born 1937 in Vienna, has investigated architectural structures and ornamental patterns in her work since the 1950s. A building’s particular structural rhythm, for example the patterned tiling of the roof of the Stephansdom in Vienna, remains a core inspiration and driving force for the artist’s visual translation into painterly abstraction. Yet Jaray’s perception of architecture frees its specific forms from their contextual site and elevates them towards a universal moment of aggregation and transcendence. In the late 1990s Jaray was able to visit the city of Aleppo in Syria. Here, Jaray was fascinated by the particular contrast created between alternating light- and […]

until 28.07. | #2063ARTatBerlin | lorch + seidel contemporary shows from 22nd June 2018 the exhibition STILL LIVES with paintings by the artist Pavel Feinstein. PAVEL FEINSTEIN, born in Moscow in 1960, studied painting at the Olimov State Art College in Dushanbe/Tajikistan and the Academy of Fine Arts in Berlin-Charlottenburg. In 1985, professor Gerhart Bergmann awarded him the title of Meisterschüler. Pavel Feinstein lives in Berlin. Rice Bowl and Avocado | oil/canvas | 19.7 x 23.6 inches | 2013 For unfathomable reasons, the rice bowl bows towards a rather unimpressive avocado. The consummately refined art object and the leathery, waxy, piece of shimmering fruit seem to be engaged in a rapt dialogue. The contrast between the two could hardly be more striking. The precious porcelain object, decorated in the blue-and-white style, summons a host of associations with East Asian and European art history. The bowl’s décor can only be guessed at: on the outside, a group of houses set among trees; on the inner edge, an ornamental frieze. Two pure white highlights may indicate a colorless glaze. In his reduced still life, Pavel Feinstein playfully stages the painted scene on the porcelain; the result is comparable to the depiction of a picture […]

until 15.07. | #2061ARTatBerlin | Galerie Verein Berliner Künstler (VBK) presents from 23rf June 2018 the solo exhibition of this year’s winner of the Art Prize of the VBK – Benninghaus Prize 2018 – Detlef Suske. In addition to other works by the artist, the exhibition titled ANTHROPOZÄN presents the photographic works from the artist’s series “Pomona’s Cabinet” 2017, from which the award-winning work “Pear from Pomona’s Cabinet”, Ed.1 / 9, was awarded. To listen to the radio report of the rbb Kulturradio please click here: https://www.kulturradio.de/av/programm/das_portrait/2018/das_portrait_7380.html  Photo © Detlef Suske, “Pear from Pomona’s Cabinet”, Ed.1 / 9, Fine art print on Hahnemühle handmade paper, 35 x 35 cm The Art Prize of the VBK, donated by the patrons Barbara and Michael Benninghaus, is awarded annually to an artist of the Verein Berliner Künstler. The award recognizes a work that is representative of the artist’s total work. This year’s VBK Art Prize went to the artist Detlef Suske on January 26, 2018. The external expert jury in 2018 formed Mrs. Dr. Carola Muysers, Mr. Martin Bayer and Mr. Dr. Martin Steffens. Justification of the jury The work of Detlef Suske surprises with its simplicity and a process of knowledge linked to […]

until 21.07. | #2059ARTatBerlin | Galerie Guido W. Baudach presents since 8th June 2018  the group exhibition “blank”, curated by Jonathan Garnham. Galerie Guido W. Baudach and blank projects are pleased to announce an exhibition of works by South African artists Igshaan Adams, Jared Ginsburg, Bronwyn Katz, Donna Kukama, Turiya Magadlela, Sabelo Mlangeni, Kyle Morland, Cinga Samson, Gerda Scheepers, Lerato Shadi and James Webb. The exhibition arose out of conversations around a gallery swap between Guido Baudach and Jonathan Garnham, who have been friends and colleagues since the ‘90s, which resulted in the invitation to present blank’s programme in Berlin. Curated by Garnham, the exhibition features selected works by represented artists and invited guests, the show offers a vignette of the practices of a group of emerging and established South African artists working today. Igshaan Adams (b.1982, Cape Town) combines aspects of performance, sculpture and installation in an ongoing investigation of his own identity. The quiet activism of Adams’s work speaks to his experiences of racial, religious and sexual liminality, his use of the material and formal iconographies of Islam and South African ‘coloured’ culture allowing him to develop a more equivocal, phenomenological approach towards these concerns and offer a […]

In its 20th year of existence, the 48 Stunden Neukölln art festival optimistically looks ahead – this year’s theme: Neue Echtheit. In 2018 the 48 Stunden Neukölln art festival will take place for the 20th time. The Berlin Senate Department for Culture and Europe has included the festival in its list of events relevant to urban politics and will support it as part of the Festival Fund from 2018. “We are very happy that for the first time in the festival’s history we will be able to optimize structures and align the 48 Stunden Neukölln to the future”, explains festival director Dr. Martin Steffens. “This is an important signal for the many artists of the independent scene who have supported the festival for so long with their honorary commitment,” adds his colleague Thorsten Schlenger. With the support of the Festival Fund, it is now for the first time possible to support part of the participating artists with fees or material expenses. In its 20th year, the festival also presents itself visually in a new light: the graphic artists from the Otto Sauhaus office in Neukölln are responsible for revising the appearance. The theme for the year 2018 is “Neue Echtheit” referring […]

until 15.09. | #2054ARTatBerlin | GALERIE SPRINGER BERLIN presents from 30th June 2018 the exhibition CURATOR’S CHOICE with 14 curators, who have selected different artistic positions. The GALERIE SPRINGER BERLIN cordially invites you to the opening of the exhibition Curator’s Choice. In the exciting presentation, 14 photo curators show a postion of their choice. The following curators have selected the following artists: Héliostat de Silbermann, grand modèle, fonctionne à toutes les latitudes, le miroir rèflèchissant à  9 cent. sur 18 cent. (Fig. 1), C-Print, 60 x 50 cm Künstler: © Ludwig Kuffer  Kurator: Prof. Dr. Steffen Siegel Vernissage: Friday, 29th June 2018, 7 pm  Exhibition period: Saturday, 30th June – Saturday, 15th September 2018 Summer holidays in the gallery: Tuesday, July 31st – Monday, August 20th, 2018   Image caption: Héliostat de Silbermann, grand modèle, fonctionne à toutes les latitudes, le miroir rèflèchissant à  9 cent. sur 18 cent. (Fig. 1), C-Print, 60 x 50 cm, Künstler: © Ludwig Kuffer  Kurator: Prof. Dr. Steffen Siegel Exhibition CURATOR’S CHOICE – GALERIE SPRINGER BERLIN | Contemporary Art – Zeitgenössische Kunst in Berlin – ART at Berlin  

until 21.07. | #2051ARTatBerlin | Galerie Z22 presents from 16th June 2018 the group exhibition HEIMAT. Von Ver- und Entwurzelten (> HOMELAND. From rooted and uprooted). The “Süddeutsche Zeitung” recently dedicated a series of articles to the term “homeland” and Germany is setting up a homeland office. Immense refugee movements, not for years as usual far away from us, but at our doorstep, let the question of what home means flare up high. Around the world, artists are dealing with this topic, which becomes an important topic for them personally in a globalized world. There are as many definitions of home as there are people – home is a personal feeling, a yearning. How do you understand uprooted homeland and how those who are condemned by political regimes like in North Korea or once in the GDR, to live close, isolated and without alternative homeland? How does one feel home from afar and how does it feel close up? The term home is subject to many different perspectives and personal views. The contemplation of Heimat is fed by a sea of ​​experiences, cultural origin and personal value system. Homeland can make you happy, but you can also vote desperately. It […]

until 28.07. | #2048ARTatBerlin | Galerie Born Berlin shows from 8th June 2018 the exhibition “Die Kleinen” by the artist Grégoire Hespel. The studio of Grégoire Hespel From the color frosted glass. High moorland landscapes behind the fogged windows of a pub. Or through the tears of the painter. In Kidknapped, Stevenson describes the familiar yet sinister landscapes of Scotland that David Balfour is mistaken about: The young man wakes up at dawn after a night in the bog, it rains, his face is scratched by the heather. Grégoire Hespel, having returned from the same journey, has barely noticed the downpour on canvas at home. “Painting a dewy,” he calls it. In this strange, fascinating painting light and weather overlay each other like tracing paper. Showers, gusts, clouds, atmospheric layers are mixed with earthy surfaces that are soaked in rain and yet permeable to air: light dripping like a delicate touch, a final movement towards the canvas, which one unfortunately has to leave again. It seems that the painter mixes his colors from the loamy soil of a painting landscape. The bristles of the brush keep following their own bushy trail until they turn to grass, to scrub, to color. […]

until (to be announced) | #2045ARTatBerlin | Semjon Contemporary presents from 8th June 2018 two exhibitions with the artists Hitomi Uchikura and Takayuki Daikoku. On display will be the exhibition “Lumière” by Hitomi Uchikura and an exhibition of folding drawings by Takayuki Daikoku. Takayuki Daikoku in front of the Triptychon RGB Hitomi Uchikura, Lumière (Detail) The artists will be present during opening on Friday, June 8th. from 7 – 9:30 pm. Both artists came travelling from Japan for the exhibition. Musical performances on the openings of Takushi Minagawa 8:00 pm: Takushi Minagawa 8:15 pm: Introduction to the exhibitions (Semjon) 8:25 pm: Takushi Minagawa Vernissage: Friday, 8th June 2018, 7:00 – 9:30 pm. The artists are present. Program see above. Exhibition period: Friday, June 8, 2018 until (date to follow)   Exhibition Hitomi Uchikura + Takayuki Daikoku – Semjon Contemporary | Contemporary Art – Exhibitions Berlin – Galleries Berlin – ART at Berlin  

until 07.07. | #2043ARTatBerlin | Galerie EIGEN + ART Berlin presents from 31st May 2018 the exhibition “formula” by the artist Carsten Nicolai. The current exhibition presents paintings from an ongoing series titled formula, which will be presented for the first time in the rooms of the gallery EIGEN + ART Berlin. These paintings are studies that belong to a larger ensemble of works on the translation of mathematical formulas into graphs. Manipulated by the artist, various mathematical formulas are transferred to Gesso primed canvases and serve as tools for the drawing process. Carsten Nicolai refers back to the classical concept of painting, as the process of making this work is very much reminiscent of it; and at the same time alienated, since the operation with random generators and formulas contradicts this. “Construction as ciphered information” could be named the method of this series. A transition from control and chance to perfect order, generated by mathematical formulas: the formula, a design element. The artist refers directly to the work of the composer Iannis Xenakis, whose music is explained by models of modern mathematics and physics, and creates a zone in which the exploration and application of mathematics, physics, statistics, game […]

until 28.07. | #2040ARTatBerlin | Galerie Kornfeld shows from 22nd June 2018 the exhibtion “„Querelle“-Zyklus” by the artist Jürgen Draeger. Galerie Kornfeld is happy to present works by German artist and actor Jürgen Draeger. On display are drawings, both masterly and sensual, created during the filming of Rainer Werner Fassbinder’s spectacular last film “Querelle”. Matrose Brad Davis, 1982, Pastell auf handgeschöpftem Papier, 65 x 48 cm Born in Berlin in 1940, Draeger made a name for himself as a charismatic actor in the 1960s, quickly becoming a public favorite. But his true passion was, and continues to be, painting. At the young age of thirteen he was allowed to study at Berlin University of the Arts, publishing his first works in newspapers and magazines shortly afterwards. In 1960, Willy Brandt, then governing mayor of Berlin, presented him with the 1st Prize for Young Art at the Great Berlin Art Exhibition for his oil painting “Berliner Häuser”, which depicted a lonely apartment building, spared in the war, in the midst of ruins. This first encounter was the beginning of a lifelong friendship. In 1990, at Willy Brandt’s express request, a close collaboration was initiated – Draeger accompanied the politician on a […]

until 22.06 | #2038ARTatBerlin | galerie1214 shows from 1st June 2018 the exhibition „Savage Glitter II: Interiors & Territories“ by Danish artist Marie Irmgard. An artist talk with Marie Irmgard will take place on Friday 1st of June at 6:30 pm. Marie Irmgard (*1976 in Copenhagen), Studies in English Literature, Art history and Art, graduated in 2010 with a MFA from Funen Art Academy; extended journeys in the United States; since 2003 single and group exhibitions in Arhus, Copenhagen, Memphis (USA), Odense, Stockholm, Viborg; lives and works in Berlin since 2013. The artist talk starts with Duo Concertante (* 2001), with Kathrin Goschenhofer (oboe) and Ulrike Buhlmann (bassoon) in our series Fagott+. Buhlmann and Goschenhofer will interpret a baroque sonata by Johann David Heinichen and the first two movements of the duo for oboe and bassoon (W535) by the Brazilian composer Heitor Villa-Lobos. Free admission. Registration on https://www.facebook.com/galerie1214 is desired (limited number of seats). Vernissage: Friday, 1st June 2018, 6:30 to 9:00 pm, an artist talk with Marie Irmgard | Concert Bassoon+: Villa-Lobos / Heinichen. Exhibition period: Friday, 1st June to Friday, 22nd June 2018   Image caption Cover: Marie Irmgard, Coatlicue II, oil on canvas, 200 x 180 cm, 2018 Exhibition […]

until 12.08. | From 18 May 2018, the Akademie der Künste (Pariser Platz) will present the exhibition “Waste Products of Love”, an exhibition of works by Elfi Mikesch, Rosa von Praunheim and Werner Schroeter with films, performances, talk shows and discussions. Elfi Mikesch, Rosa von Praunheim and Werner Schroeter (1945-2010) embody a generation of exceptionally versatile artists, who have cooperated creatively with each other since their joint departure in 1968 and who have devoted themselves to a poetry of transgression in life and work. Elfi Mikesch, photographer, cinematographer and director, Rosa von Praunheim, filmmaker, painter, author and activist, and Werner Schroeter, film, theater and opera director – she unites her offensive advocacy for divergent sexualities and their artist friendship. Elfi Mikesch, Rosa von Praunheim, Werner Schroeter © Collague by Markus Tiarks from photographies of Elfi Mikesch and Rosa von Praunheim Following the film Poussières d’Amour (1996) by Werner Schroeter, the exhibition “Waste Products of Love” will for the first time present photographs, films, pictorial works, sound installations and documents in the form of walk-in spaces, which fan out the diverse aesthetic and biographical relationships , From their common roots in the West Berlin art scene, a bridge has been built […]

The works of the eight winners of the Mart Stam Award 2017 will be exhibited from May 26, 2018 in the Kunstraum Kreuzberg / Bethanien. The annual Martin Stam Prize for graduates of the Weißensee Kunsthochschule berlin awarded by the Mart Stam Gesellschaft and the mart stam foundation for art + design consists of financing an exhibition and a catalog. The catalog, eight booklets in a slipcase, was designed by Fritzi Jarmatz. Protective charge: 10 EUR. The noise of the construction site, the bright orange of the safety vests, the intrusive red-and-white stripes of the cordons; the beginning of something new: MARIA MIOTTKES Fashion Collection “Construction Site” reflects what happens on the street. Maria Miottke Rather muted colors, on the other hand, characterize the clothing collection »Formation« by ALINA RENTSCH and LUISA KLEEMANN: a system of individual parts that can be infinitely combined like a modular system, but at the same time universal. LEON LASKOWSKI from product design developed the world’s first one-piece 3D-printed desk lamp with its “ALL IN” luminaire. It is made of one material, in one place and in one operation, including all mechanical components and specially developed friction hinges. Leon Laskowski MAXIMILIAN BELLINGHAUSEN set itself the […]

until 17.06. | #2033ARTatBerlin | Galerie Verein Berliner Künstler (VBK) presents from 26th May 2018 the group exhibition “As far as the eye can see – landscape today” [Soweit das Auge reicht – Landschaft heute]. Nine international artists present their work on the subject of landscape from the current point of view of the Verein Berliner Künstler. The artists show painting, drawing and video installation until June 17, 2018. For the opening on Friday, 25. May at 19:00 invites the historically significant artist association in his gallery on Schöneberger Ufer 57 (not far from the Kulturforum and Potsdamer Straße in the district Tiergarten – Mitte). As a separate subject, the landscape has entered late into art history. The independent genre was the landscape painting in the Dutch art of the 17th century. Nature itself became – so it is said – for the first time the object of interest. The landscape painters of the turn of the century illustrate a confrontation with the increasingly technical world of industrialization and an attempt to escape it. Is landscape a concrete place of longing or is it the fictional home of a better existence? Grown up, without any intervention on the part of […]

until 20.05. | #2031ARTatBerlin | Robert Morat Galerie presents from 10th May 2018 as a short interlude the exhibition “A Trilogy” with new works by the artist Jessica Backhaus. On Himmelfahrt (Ascension Day), May 10th, the gallery is open. Robert Morat Gallery is thrilled to present as an intermission, just for 10 days, new work by gallery artist Jessica Backhaus! With her new series “A Trilogy“, published by Kehrer Verlag, Jessica Backhaus resolutely pursues a path towards a pictorial abstraction that was already foreseeable in her last works. The trilogy consists of three new series: Staged Still Life Studies titled “Shifting Clouds”, minimalistic color and light experiments titled “Beyond Blue” and – in fact a completely new step for the documentary photographer Jessica Backhaus – freely associated, poetic mixed media works and collages under the title “New Horizon“. Jessica Backhaus, Planets, 2016 Pigment Print, 40 x 60 cm, edition of 5   Jessica Backhaus, Presence, 2016, Collage Pigment Print Tape and other Material, 21 x 30 cm + 30 x 42 cm, edition of 5 Jessica Backhaus is considered one of the most distinguished voices in contemporary photography out of Germany today. Her work is published and exhibited internationally and […]

until 16.06. | #2029ARTatBerlin | H ART MANN GALLERY presents from 3rd May 2018 the exhibition  “O.F.” with artworks by the artist Gisela Schattenburg. Dear Sir or Madam, Dear art lovers, I hereby cordially invite you to the next vernissage immediately after the certainly very eventful gallery weekend Friday, 04. May 2018 from 07.00 to 09.00 p.m. I would like to present new works by Gisela Schattenburg. First impressions in advance can be found at www.schattenburg.com We look forward to seeing you and greet you until then Reinhold Hartmann Vernissage: Friday, 4th May 2018, 07:00 to 09:00 p.m. Exhibition period: Thursday, 3rd May to Saturday, 16th June 2018   Image caption: Gisela Schattenburg, raum 11, 2017, Acryl + Reißkohle auf Fabriano, 80 x 60 cm Exhibition Gisela Schattenburg – H ART MANN GALLERY | Zeitgenössische Kunst | Contemporary Art | Ausstellungen Berlin | Art in Berlin | Galleries Berlin | ART at Berlin    

until 09.06. | #2026ARTatBerlin | Galerie Judin presents from 27th April 2018 the exhibition “An Old Story for Our Modern Times” by the artist Edouard Baribeaud. It is the third solo exhibition by Edouard Baribeaud at Galerie Judin. Following extensive travels through India, the German-Frenchman has recently made adventurous expeditions into distant, enchanted landscapes of longing into the picture. These can only be found in the paintings and watercolors of his latest work An Old Story for Our Modern Times (2017). Instead, enigmatic interiors and subtle portraits, rooted in European art and cultural history, were created. But although the artist no longer leads us through sensational outdoor spaces, his latest compositions have by no means lost their suspense and mystique. Because the view of the unknown has changed Baribeaud’s view of the known. He himself speaks of a rediscovery and remythmentation. The ten elaborately executed paintings and watercolors of the series all go back to Greco-Roman mythology. With his works Baribeaud u. a. the legends of Medusa, Odysseus, Narcissus and Penthesilea in the present – and entwined them with modern art historical references, including the Viennese Art Nouveau or the New Objectivity. The return to artistic movements of the early […]

until 14.05. | #2022ARTatBerlin | Andreas Reinsch Project currently shows the exhibition “Stencil & Paintings” by the artist Bernard Föll. Bernard Föll, born in Stuttgart in 1954, has lived in Berlin since 1974 and has been working here as an artist since the early 1980s. Föll works with a combination of techniques: the basis are stencils in which the often filigree figures are cut out with precision craftsmanship. He applies his motifs with Frotagetechniken in which several layers of paint are rolled onto the image, rubbed and dabbed. His latest works deal with the pictorial surface and its relation to the spatial. Exhibition period: Sunday, March 18 – Monday, May 14, 2018   Image caption: Courtesy by Andreas Reinsch Project – Bernard Föll. Exhibition Bernard Föll – Andreas Reinsch Project | Zeitgenössische Kunst | Contemporary Art | Ausstellungen Berlin | Kunst in Berlin | Galerien Berlin | ART at Berlin    

until 02.06. | #2019ARTatBerlin | White Square Gallery shows from 20th April 2018 the exhibition „Look at me …“ by the artist Dietrich Walther. In the solo exhibition “Look at me …”, the White Square Gallery presents selected works by the Berlin artist Dietrich Walther (* 1959, Wiesbaden). Since his studies in the 1980s, he worked as a freelance artist, first in the field of photography and later mainly as a painter. Today, he likes to experiment with different techniques and creates work groups in the fields of drawing, mixed media, and photography. In the White Square Gallery, Dietrich Walther presents sixteen paintings that have been produced over the last fifteen years, thus forming a kind of retrospective of his previous work. Although these works belong to different times and cycles, their cohesion is obvious. This reflects the aesthetic and thematic backgrounds that underlie the work, as well as the role models and inspirations of the artist but also his concerns and thus his real goal. Galerieansicht : White Square Gallery 19.04. 2018 / © White Square Gallery As the title of the exhibition “Look at me …” already tells us, this is about seeing and seeing. When looking around, the […]

until 29.04. | #2016ARTatBerlin | Galerie Eigenheim shows from 25th April 2018 a group exhibition with printmaking and painting by Ulrike Theusner, photography by Nina Röder, installation and object by Konstantin Bayer, and painting and drawing by Enrico Freitag. Also this year, EIGENHEIM BERLIN is showing a special presentation in the temporary space at Linienstrasse 130 for the Gallery Weekend Berlin. It shows printmaking and painting by Ulrike Theusner, photography by Nina Röder, installation and object by Konstantin Bayer and painting and drawing by Enrico Freitag. We cordially invite you, to the opening on Wednesday, the 25.04.2018 starting from 7 p.m. on, the performance If I Had talent of Elisa Jule brown on Saturday, the 28.04.2018 starting from 7 p.m. or to the daily opening times between 12 and 7 p.m. as well as after agreement. In this exhibition we will be presenting works by our house artists Enrico Freitag and Konstantin Bayer, as well as works by the two artists Nina Röder and Ulrike Theusner. Two interesting artists with whom Eigenheim Weimar / Berlin have already realized many exhibition projects. After studying at the Bauhaus-Universität Weimar, the four artists have gone their own ways, but have never lost sight […]

until 19.05. | #2014ARTatBerlin | The gallery JEANMICHELBERLIN shows from 5th May 2018 together with the “bambuspforte” SOCIETY FOR GERMAN CHINESE CULTURAL EXCHANGE BERLIN the exhibition “Your Horizon – Contemporary Painting by Chinese and German female Artists”. The gallery JEANMICHELBERLIN and the “bambuspforte” SOCIETY FOR GERMAN CHINESE CULTURAL EXCHANGE BERLIN present the exhibition “Your Horizon – Contemporary Painting by Chinese and German female Artists” from May 5 to May 19, 2018. The exhibition was designed by “bambuspforte” in cooperation with the Beijing ZUOZHE Gallery. On display are the works of a total of seven Chinese and German contemporary painters, each of whom has dealt with the question of the feminine in their own way. Artists Li Jing, Liu Dongmei, Yan Ping, Gudrun Brühne, Hanna Hennenkemper, Angela Uhsadel, Ekaterina Zacharova, Curator : Guo Feng   Hanna Hannenkemper – Left: Der Haken, 29,7 x 21 cm, 2014, Graphit auf Papier Right: Sie über ihm im papierenen Garten, 2012, Buntstifte auf Papier Liu Dongmei – Left: Existenz Nr. 4, 90 x 90 cm, 2018, Mischtechnik auf Leinwand Right: Existenz Nr. 3, 90 x 90 cm, 2018, Mischtechnik auf Leinwand Li Jing – Left: Jadestein, 50 x 50 cm, 2017, Öl auf Leinwand Right: Sternenhimmel, 50 x 60 […]

until 28.07. | #2011ARTatBerlin | Galerie Brockstedt presents from 27th April 2018 an exhibition with Assemblages, Collages and Objects by the artist Paul Joostens (1889-1960). Absurd reality – then as now Objects, Collages and Drawings by Paul Joostens (1889 – 1960) When in 1917 he exhibited his first abstract collages (made of colored paper because there was no painting utensils during the war) in Antwerp, he was regarded in progressive circles as the hope of the European avant-garde, as a pioneer of abstract art. When he died in Antwerp in 1960, he was almost forgotten. That one is now interested again in Paul Joostens probably depends on the fact that since then Dada has been rediscovered and reassessed. His works were shown in 1966 at the great Dada exhibition in Paris and Zurich. Also at the Berlin Dada exhibition 1977 (“Tendencies of the twenties”) Joostens was represented with collages and objects. In 2005/06, the Center Pompidou in Paris, the National Gallery of Art in Washington and the Museum of Modern Art in New York exhibited six works by Joostens, which can now be seen in this exhibition. The large solo exhibition in Oostende 2014 underlines the international significance of this […]

until 04.07. | #2008ARTatBerlin | Galerie im Körnerpark presents from 28th April 2018 the exhibition “Entwurzelt” (>”Uprooted”) by the artist Thomas Kilpper. Social cohesion and solidarity seem to have become fragile today more than ever. Worldwide, societies are confronted with nationalist tendencies. The public perception of flight and immigration usually focuses on the challenges facing society. The artist Thomas Kilpper offers a different perspective: What does the loss of home for refugees mean? Is the social uprooting, which means flight, counteracted or even amplified by the people in the places of arrival? Can uprooting also open up new opportunities? The beginning of the exhibition marks Thomas Kilpper’s new series “Burnout” with charcoal drawings of burning refugee shelters. The centerpiece of the exhibition is an uprooted tree using parts of the old maple tree that overturned in front of the Galerie im Körnerpark during a storm in the summer of 2017. In this expansive installation, the artist integrates new woodcuts, portraits of people exposed to or opposed to racist violence. In addition to clearly right-wing extremist attacks and attacks, he draws particular attention to cases in which racism is suspected as a motive, as in the murders of Burak Bektaş and […]

until 09.06./05.09. | #2006ARTatBerlin | Circle Culture shows from 27th April 2018 the exhibitions “Waste” and “Interstellar Spaces” by the artist Katrin Fridriks. We would like to draw your attention to the exhibitions Waste and Interstellar Spaces by the Icelandic artist Katrin Fridriks, which will be opened on the occasion of the Gallery Weekend Berlin on two evenings. The exhibitions are part of the program of the Icelandic Embassy for the 100th Anniversary of Independence and will be inaugurated by Icelandic Foreign Minister Gudlaugur Thor Thordarson on April 26 at 17:30 at Circle Culture, Gipsstraße 11, Berlin. A reception with live music will take place on April 28, 5 – 8 pm at the Hotel de Rome Berlin, Behrenstraße 37. WASTE Vernissage: Thursday, April 26, 5:30 pm – 8:00 pm, with opening by the Icelandic Foreign Minister at 5:30 pm (punctual), Circle Culture, Gipsstraße 11, Berlin – registration required at rsvp@circleculture.com Exhibition period: Friday, April 27 to Saturday, June 09, 2018 INTERSTELLAR SPACES Gallery Weekend Reception with live music: Saturday, April 28, 5:00 pm – 8:00 pm, Hotel de Rome, Behrenstraße 37, Berlin – Registration required at rsvp@circleculture.com Exhibition period: Saturday, April 28 to Wednesday, September 05, 2018   Bildunterschrift: Waste […]

until 21.05.| #2002ARTatBerlin | Palastgalerie Berlin shows from 24th April 2018 an exhibition by the artist Rita Kashap. Becoming, the new beginning, apart from all mythological ideas, is synonymous with the reawakening of nature, spring and flowers, and with it the revival of new hope, longing and urge. In her painting and drawings, Rita Kashap shows a visually stunning homage to the wild in people and nature, in the field of tension between passion, guilt and salvation. Admission free. Narziss, Öl auf Leinwand, 130x160cm, © Rita Kashap Vernissage:  Friday , 27th April 2018, 07:00 p.m. Exhibition period: Tuesday, 24th April – Monday, 21st May 2018 Special Opening hours during Gallery Weekend 2018: Sunday, 29th April 2018, 1:00 to 6:00 p.m.   Exhibition Rita Kashap – Palastgalerie Berlin | Opening Berlin | Contemporary Art | Zeitgenössische Kunst | Exhibitions Berlin |  Kunst in Berlin | Galleries Berlin | ART at Berlin    

until 06.05. | #1998ARTatBerlin | The GalerieETAGE of Rathaus-Galerie Reinickendorf currently shows an exhibition in remembrance of the artist Thomas Harndt with landscape, still life and portrait. District Councilor Katrin Schultze-Berndt (CDU) invites you to the exhibition: In Memory of Thomas Harndt – Landscape, Still Life and Portrait. Thomas Harndt created works of art that touch us. He occupied himself throughout his life with subjects such as landscape, still life and portrait, his artistic execution of these themes was unmistakable. His works are characterized by their size and format, the type of brush stroke and the application of paint. The special feature of the pictures is the delicacy with which he painterly embraces his motifs. He devoted the greatest attention to landscape painting. Thomas Harndt The exhibition was planned for the 85th birthday of Thomas Harndt, which should be celebrated in November 2017. A year earlier, in October 2016, Thomas Harndt died suddenly and unexpectedly. Now the presentation, whose concept was discussed together with him and whose organization and implementation was then continued with his wife Susanne Harndt, shows an overview of his life’s work. “Thomas Harndt was closely associated with Reinickendorf as a painter, but also as a patron […]

until 06.05. | #1995ARTatBerlin | The municipal gallery alte feuerwache projektraum currently shows the exhibition DIESUNDANDERS by the artist Gisela Kleinlein. A solo exhibition by the sculptor Gisela Kleinlein presents the project space in the old fire station Berlin-Friedrichshain from 24 March to 6 May. Under the title DIESUNDANDERS, the show presents a sculptural staging specially designed for the location in which the works relate to each other and to the space. Is it 1000 stitches? 100,000? Or rather a million? Because the crocheted mesh is long. Very long. At three meters high, two basketball baskets hang close to each other on the wall. The stitching begins with the one; a seemingly infinitely long net, which meanders across the room and finally ascends again to reach the other edge of the bay. Two basketball baskets – inseparably connected by a common net, a carefully crocheted, meter-long structure. But playing basketball is not good. Just as little as the various small objects reminiscent of vehicles could pick up speed. In fact, none of the structures can be moved – despite wheels and potential mobility. Here tracks are designed, that are not accessible. Absurd situations and objects denying their function are among […]

until 30.06. | #1992ARTatBerlin | Galerie Deschler shows from 09th May 2018 the exhibition “Innocent” by the artist Patricia Wallner. Patricia Waller’s new exhibition “Innocent” is dedicated to the various forms of violence against the weakest within our society, against children. These images and reports are far too familiar to us from the world’s areas of crisis: hunger, traumas, displacement, children soldiers, rape, sexual slavery, disfiguration, and death overlay the manifold other forms of emotional and physical violence that are also far too frequently present in our own society. Patricia Waller, Cripple, 2017. Wolle, Füllwatte, Styropor, Draht, Holz, Häkelarbeit, 80 cm. In the countless wars of the present age children are usually the first victims: collateral damage that is as a rule cynically accepted by all parties involved in a conflict. Still without physical or emotional resilience and accordingly helpless, they suffer grievous emotional and physical injuries affected their entire lives. The sense of caretaking that is inherent in all humans with regard to children makes these images of their suffering particularly unbearable, especially with the background of their perceived innocence. Waller’s works are bound to affect us – they force us to confront a theme that is within the responsibility […]

bis 29.04. | #1989ARTatBerlin | Three Artists of SEXAUER will participate in the second “NGORONGORO II” Artist Weekend during the Gallery Weekend 2018. At the same time as the Berlin Gallery Weekend 2018, the 6,000 square metre former factory site in Berlin-Weißensee will be the venue for a group exhibition of contemporary art for the second time since 2015. Next to the studios there is the gallery SEXAUER. NGORONGORO will be a guest at this year’s Gallery Weekend. We are very pleased that the gallery artists Carla Chan, Thomas Feuerstein, Philip Grözinger and Jeewi Lee are also participating in NGORONGORO. NGORONGORO II – Artist Weekend Berlin 2018 – In 2015, more than 15.000 visitors to the 4-tägige exhibition, which this year shows more than 150 Künstler, including Roger Ballen, George Baselitz, John Bock, Mat Collishaw, Marlene Dumas, Martin Eder, Gilbert and George, Gregor Hildebrandt, Andy Hope 1930, Jürgen Klauke, Alicja Kwade, Mark Manders, Paul McCarthy, Marilyn Minter, Bruce Nauman, Shirin Neshat, Anselm Reyle, Robin Rhode, Anri Sala and Bill Viola. Ngorongoro is a collapsed volcanic crater in Central African Tanzania. The paradise that exists here is also home to Africa’s density of predators. The principle of the exhibition is based on this […]

until 29.04. | #1986ARTatBerlin | KW Institute for Contemporary Art shows from 26th April 2018 the exhibition “Garten der Lüste” by the artist AA Bronson. AA Bronson’s Garten der Lüste—a 5-day hybrid installation featuring performances and artworks—will inaugurate KW Institute for Contemporary Art’s second exhibition season of 2018 as part of its Pause series. Pause is envisioned as a platform to punctuate the program by presenting a singular installation for a short period of time in order to bridge relationships between the past, present and future. AA Bronson (born 1946 in Vancouver) is both artist and curator, subject and object. In this project, Bronson continues his practice of enfolding his community of artists within his own performances and artworks. The project takes Hieronymus Bosch’s infamous painting The Garden of Earthly Delights (Garten der Lüste, circa 1500) as its starting point. To analyze Hieronymus Bosch’s triptych is an attempt to describe the indescribable and to decipher the indecipherable—an exercise in madness. The project could be seen as a queer adaptation that executes this madness through various spirits and universes. A pioneer of collaborative and queer visual art practice, AA Bronson is the sole surviving member of the art collective General Idea […]

bis 02.05. | #1982ARTatBerlin | The gallery JEANMICHELBERLIN and the “bambuspforte” SOCIETY FOR GERMAN CHINESE CULTURAL EXCHANGE BERLIN present the photo exhibition “Women in present-day China”. The gallery JEANMICHELBERLIN and the “bambuspforte” SOCIETY FOR GERMAN CHINESE CULTURAL EXCHANGE BERLIN present the photo exhibition “Women in Present-day China” by seven chinese female artists from 28 April to 2 May 2018: Hu Guo Qing, Li Xue Liang, Lou Ying, Song Jing, Wang Jing Min, Yuan Rui Lun and Ying Zi  No.2_拥日_胡国庆_Die Sonne umarmen Hu Guo Qing courtesy by Galerie JeanMichelBerlin    No.1_织花毯的克尔克孜族妇女_李学亮 Die kirgisische Frauen weben Blumendecke Li Xue Liang courtesy by Galerie JeanMichelBerlin   No.3_花鼓舞_英子 Trommeltanz Ying Zi courtesy by Galerie JeanMichelBerlin No.2_拥日_胡国庆 Die Sonne umarmen Hu Guo Qing courtesy by Galerie JeanMichelBerlin   The exhibition comprises 40 pictures and reflects the life of women in today’s modern China. As different as the people and their fates are, the exhibition approaches the topic in different ways and the works range from artistic portraits to scenes from everyday life. The exhibition is co-organized by the Chinese Photographers’ Association.   Vernissage: Freitag, 27. April 2018, 19:30 bis 21:30 Uhr Exhibition Period : Samstag, 28. April bis Samstag, 02. Mai 2018      Exhibiton: Photo […]

until 06.06. | #1979ARTatBerlin | galerie beate brinkmann presents from 21st April 2018 under the title „Nachthell“ (> as bright as night) photographs by Otto Reitsperger. “There is nothing that was different than in daytime. All that’s missing is the color, we told each other. ” (M.B.) Comments on the photo project “NACHTHELL” by Otto Reitsperger The sea and the sky at night are black to our eyes, in moonlight we can see color-reduced vision. However, a photochemical process on the film material is able to “add” the incident light to daylit images. Over a period of six years, Otto Reitsperger traveled through Europe, parts of the USA, Asia and North Africa, in order to bring the same and ever new and different views of the sea into view at quite different vantage points. The only source of light was the reflected light of the moon. Using long-term exposures of up to one hour, a mostly delicate color was found on the edge of overexposure, which otherwise escapes our perception. Otto Reitperger It is analog photography (without post-processing in Photoshop), the color prints were enlarged in the traditional way in the photo lab. The photos are in a size of 93x93cm laminated […]

until 16.06. | #1976ARTatBerlin | Blain|Southern Berlin shows from 28th April 2018 the exhibition “Quinceañeras” with new works by the artist Frank Thiel. Blain|Southern is pleased to present Quinceañeras, Frank Thiel’s first exhibition with the gallery. Returning to portrait photography for the first time in over 20 years, Quinceañeras examines the tradition of the often lavish coming-of-age celebrations around a young woman’s fifteenth birthday in Cuba. Known for extensively researched projects that survey places in transformation, Thiel uses the quince tradition in Cuba as a metaphor for a culture in flux, creating a portrait of a generation of young women alongside that of a city rich in heritage yet coming to terms with change and decay. Across Latin America, a girl’s fifteenth birthday is an important rite of passage and a celebration of her transition into adulthood. While each country has its own traditions, an essential part of the festivities is the idealised portrait shot by professional photographers, which often aim to reproduce the fantasy world depicted in high-fashion magazines. Thiel’s portraits of a generation of young women born in the year 2000 take a different approach, showing them in a single, consistent pose, in a range of everyday backdrops. […]

until 02.06. | #1973ARTatBerlin | Galerie Born Berlin shows from 20th April 2018 the exhibition “Serious Play” with the artists Lucy Teasdale and Michael Markwick. On visiting Lucy Teasdale in her studio in Berlin a few days ago I was immediately reminded of a visit I made to Uwe Kowski years ago. Back then, when Kowski was working on large canvases, there were small watercolors lying about his work space, sketches, ideas for possible large format realization. At Lucy Teasdale’s the studio walls are hung with photos from newspapers and hand drawn sketches, a collection of ideas for possible new sculptures. One can follow the development of her ideas in the small clay forms, testing the potential for sculptural realization before the work on the larger format begins. However, the sketches and preliminary forms merely serve as a starting point, with the sculpture growing from out of itself. One senses the artist’s passion for the energy and movement of bodies, which she tests to the limit in her work, time and again. Lucy Teasdale, Polo!, 2017, Acrystal and brass, 52 x 28 x 28 cm I have never inquired whether Michael Markwick makes sketches before starting work on a canvas. […]

until 09.06. | #1969ARTatBerlin | CWC Gallery shows from 28th April the exhibition »Spatial Concepts« by the artist Yoram Roth. After his last solo exhibition “Personal Disclosure” (2015), Yoram Roth returns with a retrospective exhibition, which opens at the CWC GALLERY on April 27. Under the title “Spatial Concepts”, the Berlin-born photographer shows over 50 works from his latest series “Spatial Concepts” (2017-2018) and from his previous picture cycles “Brutalism” (2016) and “Personal Disclosure” (2014-2015). On the occasion of the exhibition, the photo book “Nudes in Steel” will be published by teNeues Verlag. Since 2011 Yoram Roth is dedicated to artistic nude photography. In four series, which are summarized as “Nudes in Steel”, he shows men and women whose portraits are produced on different paper and acrylic. By further cropping the images and framing the various elements in steel, they receive several visual layers. This way of presentation not only allows the viewer a multi-perspective reception of the work, but also forms the increasingly strong sculptural approach in Yoram Roth’s works. With “Spatial Concepts” Yoram Roth enters new territory, because while retaining his individual style of nude photography, the focus is now on complex compositions. Previously in the Yoram Roth […]

until 12.06. | #1966ARTatBerlin | BRENNECKE FINE ART shows from 13th April 2018 an exhibition by the artist Heiner Meyer. Vernissage: Friday, 13th April 2018, 6:00-9:00 p.m. Exhibition period: Friday, 13th April to Tuesday, 12th June 2018   Image caption: “Wonderland” 120 x 160 cm, Öl auf Leinwand, 2015 Exhibition  – BRENNECKE FINE ART | Contemporary Art – Kunst in Berlin | ART at Berlin

until 28.07. | #1963ARTatBerlin | Niels Borch Jensen shows from 27th April 2018 the exhibition Quarantania by the artist Tacita Dean. BORCH Editions are proud to present Tacita Dean’s Quarantania, the print studio’s most ambitious print project to date, in Berlin. The large-scale colour photogravure is created specifically for Tacita Dean’s 2018 London exhibition Tacita Dean: LANDSCAPE, PORTRAIT, STILL LIFE. In an unprecedented collaboration, the National Gallery, National Portrait Gallery and Royal Academy of Arts are presenting three simultaneous solo exhibitions with Tacita Dean acting as both artist and curator. The exhibitions will explore genres traditionally associated with painting – landscape at the Royal Academy of Arts, portraiture at the National Portrait Gallery and still life at the National Gallery. Quarantania will be on display at the Royal Academy of Arts. The desert landscape depicted in Quarantania shows The Mount of Temptation, the historic site where, according to the Bible, Jesus was tempted by the devil after forty days of fasting. The Mount of Temptation is also known as Mount Quarantania and Jebel Quarantul. Both names arise from a mispronunciation of the Latin word Quarentena, meaning forty, the number of days in Christ’s fast. In spite of its historic context, […]

until 01.06 | #1960ARTatBerlin | galerie1214 is showing from the 27th of April 2018 the exhibition “Savage Glitter” by the artist Marie Irmgard. Special opening times at the Gallery Weekend 27th – 29th April 2018: Fri-Sun 11 a.m.- 7 p.m. Savage Glitter – a phrasing Irmgard has taken from Joy Williams novel “The Quick and the Dead” – is an allusion to the charged relationship between romanticism (wilderness) and society (trumpery / tinsel), two polarities to which we feel conflictingly attracted. Not without provocation, Irmgard speaks of an attitude of “passive astonishment”, which she cultivates in her paintings and which requires mindfulness rather than prompt judgements. For Irmgard, painting means waiting and consolidating, to create a sense of flow and time. During this process, she moves between concretion in the illustrative and the artistic question, which challenges the abstraction. Marie Irmgard, Oil on Canvas The new works by the Copenhagen-born artist Marie Irmgard (*1976) encompass genres of painting in a coordinate system, which broadly draws on one’s self-perception and the perception of nature by mankind between historical reference points such as Diego Velasquez and Cy Twombly. Galerie1214 is displaying a concentrated selection of works for the first time in a solo exhibition […]

until 05.05. | #1956ARTatBerlin | Gallery Michael Reid currently shows the exhibition Second Skin  by the artist David Ralph. David Ralph reflects on how built environments, cities and dwellings shape human experiences and forge identities. His paintings address the psychology of architectural spaces and what they say about the people who inhabit them. Recent work has looked at the places that artists and musicians colonise and transform. After moving to Leipzig in 2014, Ralph became interested in the derelict buildings that artists choose to reoccupy, as property elsewhere in the western world becomes unaffordable. Ralph finds the ‘theatre of life’ inscribed within the walls of these spaces, and describes his atmospheric, jewel-like paintings as collective portraits of the people who have occupied them over time. This interest has expanded into an examination of historically significant spaces of former creative ferment. Sites such as the CBGB’s club in New York and the Bimbo Bar and Spinnerei complex in Leipzig have been the subjects of recent works. Vernissage: Friday, 23rd March 2018, 6:00-8:00 p.m. Exhibition period: Friday, 23rd March to Saturday, 05th May 2018   Image caption: House in the middle of no where, 2008 Exhibition Second Skin  – Michael Reid | Contemporary […]

until 12.05. | #1953ARTatBerlin | Galerie Galerie Mönch shows from 14th April 2018 the exhibition MATERIA by the artists Carola Czempik and Reiner Mährlein. Carola Czempik *1958; 1976-83 studied Mime Corporel and modern dance, UdK Berlin; German Studies, Theater and Film Studies, FU Berlin; 1987-93 studied sculpture and free painting with Prof. Karl-Heinz Herrfurth, 1994 master student, UdK Berlin. Carola Czempik lives and works as a freelance artist in Glienicke and Berlin. Reiner Mährlein *1959; 1982-85 studied sculpture with Prof. Wilhelm Uhlig, Academy of Fine Arts Nuremberg; 1986-89 studied sculpture with Prof. Jean Cardot, École nationale supérieure des beaux-arts de Paris. Reiner Mährlein lives and works as a freelance artist in Rothselberg and Kaiserslautern. Vernissage: Saturday, 14th April 2018, 3:00-6:00 p.m. – Introduction: Michaela Nolte Exhibition period: Saturday, 14th April to Saturday, 12nd May 2018   Image caption: Carola Czempik WINDSBRAUT 5, 2015, Quarz, Speckstein, Alabaster, Marmor, Schiefer, Awagami Papier, Wachs und Acryl auf Leinwand, 200 cm x 160 cm | Reiner Mährlein CUBE, 2009, Stahl und Granitprägung auf Büttenpapier, 100 x 100 x 100 cm, Foto: Thomas Brenner Exhibition Carola Czempik + Reiner Mährlein – Galerie Mönch | Contemporary Art – Kunst in Berlin | ART at Berlin  

until 09.06. | #1951ARTatBerlin | ZWINGER Galerie shows from 14. April 2018 an exhibition by the artist Gerhard Faulhaber. Gerhard Faulhaber’s new works expand his series of drawings after the early photographs of William Henry Fox Talbot. In contrast to the fast medium photography (even if the exposure times lasted much longer than it is today) and in contrast to the immediacy and spontaneity, which is generally attributed to the medium of drawing, Faulhaber’s drawings are created by the time-consuming concentration of finest hatching. The renunciation of contouring lines in favor of delicate shades of gray creates visual spaces of great attraction. Some of the exhibited works can be assigned to a different group of works. Loosely linked to earlier drawings of illegal migrants, who are being made visible in their hiding places by means of X-rays of trucks, recent drawings show flying dealers on the beach, who in turn disappear behind absurdly stacked cheap goods. In their comedy, one could call these characters “victims of every observer” (W. Hildesheimer on Watteau’s “Pierro, called Gilles”) see. Vernissage: Friday, 13th April 2018, 07:00-09:00 p.m. Exhibition period: Saturday, 14th April – Saturday, 09th June 2018   Image caption: o.T., 2017, Bleistift auf Karton, 50 […]