March exhibitions: Six not to miss
You don't have to wait until Gallery Weekend in April to see some great art. We've got a list of six for March to tide you over.
View ArticleNervous Systems: Big issues with big data
Surveillance, paranoia and big data... HKW's newest exhibition deals with topics Berliners know and love, but may not understand. From Julian Assange's office to a fake Apple store, Amanda Ribas...
View ArticleArt excess: Gallery Weekend 2016
The visual arts explode all over Berlin during Gallery Weekend Apr 29-May 1. More than 54 galleries and a constellation of artists confronting everything from pop to politics might be visual overload,...
View ArticleShooting people, not angels
INTERVIEW. Winged bodies enveloped in ecstasy, anguish or some exhilarating mix between: Gérard Rancinan and Caroline Gaudriault's "The Destiny of Men" looks at extremes of emotion through dark and...
View ArticleNot waiting for paint to dry: Petra Cortright
INTERVIEW! Copy, paste, voilà! Post-internet artist Petra Cortright makes "digital paintings" with Photoshop. She's gone from selling JPEGs to exhibitions at Frieze London. Catch the young artist's...
View ArticleHuman Factor – Endless Prototyping
"Human Factor – Endless Prototyping" is an exhibition of 50 artists confronting serious problems in today's digital, man-made world.
View ArticleViva Forever: A Spice Girls tribute exhibition
It's officially been 20 years since the dropping of "Wannabe" – a milestone marked by The Ballery's new Spice Girls exhibition. Spice up your life and celebrate (their version of) girl power with a mix...
View ArticlePalestinians speak out: After the Last Sky
INTERVIEW. Israelis have a voice here, but Palestinians, not so much. Curators of "After the Last Sky" Anna-Esther Younes and Pary El-Qualqili aim to change that with their fest at Ballhaus...
View ArticleArt Week for everyone
Berlin Art Week is upon us (Sep 13-18) but how do you handle it all? Fret not, whether you’re a snob, a trend-chaser or a hipster, here’s what to see and do at Berlin's six-day exhibition extravaganza.
View ArticleFinding love in chaos
Don’t let the screens and AI fool you – this edition of the Berlin Biennale draws warmth from the most surprising of places.
View ArticleRefugees on Mars: Halil Altindere
INTERVIEW! Refugees... in space! Halil Altindere is hitting Berlin Art Week with a jarring dystopian proposal: send them to Mars. Check out "Space Refugee" opening at Neuer Berliner Kunstverein on Sep 14.
View ArticleGround Control to Major Eckell
Dietmar Eckell returns to Berlin with another installation in his long-term photography project Restwert. The latest chapter documents abandoned sites and ways of being in a series of never before seen...
View ArticleThe future has begun: Constant Dullaart
High-profile digital detective Constant Dullaart wages war with Facebook in Synthesising the Preferred Inputs. Read our interview with him and then catch it at Future Gallery in Schöneberg before it...
View ArticleToxic safe spaces: Hannah Perry
INTERVIEW! British artist Hannah Perry's hypnotic installation 100 Problems at Contemporary Fine Arts takes on gender formation, relationships and vicious cycles with video, spoken monologue and music....
View ArticleLate November's art lessons
End your November with art presented by the Akademie der Künste. Camaro Stiftung hosts 150 years of the Association of Berlin Women Artists, while AdK's Uncertain States has a number events, including...
View ArticleGermany’s other guilt
The country’s little-known colonial history in Africa is on display at German Colonialism, a new exhibition at the Deutsches Historisches Museum through May 2017. It may not hit all its marks...
View ArticleArt in times of crisis
The Akademie der Künste overwhelms us with death and despair in Uncertain States, but there may be hope for humanity yet. It's on through January 15.
View ArticleOpening: Plüschtieroper
Berlin-born “grand dame of German pop art” Christa Dichgan arranged plush animals into operatic still-lifes inspired by her own life for this solo show at CFA.
View ArticleCindy Sherman
The ever-versatile photographer-performer portrays herself as a number of heavily made-up women in front of fantastical backgrounds in her most recent series. Through April 8.
View ArticleSea Life Berlin: Jurassic Seas
Fancy Jurassic Park... under the sea? Sea Life Berlin serves us something prehistoric by showcasing descendents of some truly fearsome creatures. Check out garfish, nautili and horseshoe crabs and...
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