Contemporary Art | Exhibitions | Galleries | Museums | Vernissages | ART at Berlin (2024)

On 5. June 2024 the German government announced that the VAT rate for art galleries and dealers will be reduced from to 7 %. This change applies fromJanuary2025. For the past ten years German galleries have been fighting to reduce the VAT rate for Galleries and Art dealers, and it has finally been a success. In 2014 the VAT of 7 % has been raised to 19 % for Galleries and art dealers, but for artists and direct sales it … Continue reading the article on DEEDS.NEWS. Image above: Courtesy Bundesverband Deutscher Galerien und Kunsthändler

12. Jun 2024

On the occasion of the awarding of the Käthe Kollwitz Prize 2023 to Sandra Vásquez de la Horra, the Akademie der Künste is showing the exhibition “Das Rauschen des Kosmos” in the Akademie building on Hanseatenweg from 19 June 2024. Selected drawings, photographs and objects by the artist will be presented in a site-specific installation. The award ceremony will take place on Tuesday, 18 June 2024, followed by the opening of the exhibition. The Chilean artist Sandra Vásquez de la Horra, who has lived in Germany since 1995, thematises conflicts in her works that concern our contemporary society worldwide: Questions of gender order and sexuality, intercultural reflections and spiritual practices are combined with archetypes of our collective consciousness and social taboos. The artist uses dreams, the subconscious and memories to … Continue reading the article on DEEDS.NEWS. Image above: Sandra Vásquez de la Horra: “Heilung”, 2003 (Nr. 3, 4), © VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn, 2024 – The Artist

11. Jun 2024

The gallery is committed to cross-border cultural exchange between France, Germany and the Czech Republic and involves co-operation partners from the Département Moselle, Saarland, Berlin and the Czech Republic. In this way, a structural model of European art exchange is to be created, in which Berlin is to act as a hub for creative work. The founding idea thus combines civic engagement and lively cultural federalism with a European vision. Since the exhibition began in September 2004, works by artists from the Czech Republic, France, Luxembourg, Belgium and, of course, Saarland and Berlin have been shown. … Continue reading the article on DEEDS.NEWS. Image above: Roshi Rouzbehani: Illustration for exhibition poster in the Saarlandmuseum, 2023, © Roshi Rouzbehani

10. Jun 2024

BBA Gallery Berlin announces the commissioning of artist and gallery owner Renata Kudlacek for the “Cloud One Prague” project, a design hotel in Prague. After around 9 months of planning, implementation and design, the grand opening of an edition specially created for the occasion in Prague will now take place on Thursday, 13 June 2024. The project, entitled “My Bohemia“, presents Kudlacek’s artistic (floral) motifs in a total of 382 rooms. In the reception area, visitors will also find a unique installation by Kudlacek measuring 3 by 6 metres. In this work of art, the iconic features of the city are interwoven with its rich history and mythology to create a … Continue reading the article on DEEDS.NEWS. Image above: by courtesy of BBA Gallery, Berlin

7. Jun 2024

until 20.07. | #4337ARTatBerlin | Galerie Stella A. shows from 29th June 2024 its farewell exhibition with accompanying artists or artworks. With Milena Aguilar, Roland Albrecht, Fritz Balthaus, Michael Behn, Eva Bernhard, Joseph Beuys, Hans Bötel, Eddie Bonesire, Henning Brandis George Brecht, Paul Cézanne, Marcel Duchamps, Edel Exel, Robert Filliou, Ludwig Gosewitz, Nataly Hocke, Gabriele Jerke, Thomas Kapielski, Alison Knowels, Katharina Kohl, Jürgen Liefmann, Christoph Mauler, Marc Pätzold, Bud Powell, Dieter Rot, Christian Schiebe, Peter Scior, Andreas Seltzer, Sara Sizer, Alex Spremberg, Akio Suzuki, Nanaé Suzuki, Peter Torp, Wols. “Dear friends of the Galerie Stella A., On October 1, 1999 we opened our gallery with a presentation of salt packages named “Stern Salz“ (Star Salt) and called it “Stella Armut”. Inspired by a pun made by Marcel Duchamp who transformed his name into “Marchand du Sel” as well as the Multiple “Sonnen Salz” (Sun Salt) by George Brecht, we began our exhibition program as “salt sellers” with the Stern Salz-Box as our first edition. Our vision also followed a maxim by Jonas Mekas.“I want to absorb the subtle, almost invisible things, experiences, emotions and contrast them with the hard, loud, violent activities and especially with the political systems nowadays.” After […]

21. Jun 2024

until 31.08. | #4336ARTatBerlin | Galerie Tammen presents from 13th July the exhibition WIR BESTEHEN ZU 70% AUS WASSER by the artist Lars Theuerkauff. In his fourth solo exhibition in this gallery, Lars Theuerkauff dares to experiment: he translates motifs from current events into paintings. Images from 7 October, from Palestine, Haiti and the Ukraine, which we reflexively close our eyes to, gain a new visibility in his paintings. The works that Theuerkauff juxtaposes with his political paintings would also have been unthinkable two years ago: The Berlin city views under his private address and the picturesque, flooded landscapes have their origins in the AI. Vernissage:Saturday, 13th July 2024, 7 until 10 pm Exhibition dates: Saturday, 13th July until Saturday. 31st August 2024 Image Caption Title: FLUT 10 | 2024 | Acryl auf Leinwand | 59 x 51 cm Abb. Rückseite: EMPORIO ARMANI | 2024 | Acryl auf Leinwand | 60,5 x 120 cm. Fotos: Holger Biermann Exhibition Lars Theuerkauff – Galerie Tammen | Zeitgenössische Kunst in Berlin | Contemporary Art | Ausstellungen Berlin Galerien | ART at Berlin

21. Jun 2024

until 31.08. | #4335ARTatBerlin | Galerie Friese presents from 29th June 2024 (Vernissage: 28th June) the exhibition Mouvements by the artist Robert Schad. „The important thing is the abstract linear movement.’’ (Robert Schad) Galerie Friese presents the work of Robert Schad (*1953) for the first time at Galerie Friese in Berlin after many years of collaboration in Stuttgart. The German artist studied at the State Academy of Fine Arts Karlsruhe and is considered an important figure in the European tradition of sculpture. He has received prestigious awards such as the Prize for Drawing at the III Biennial of Contemporary Art, Vila Nova de Cerveira, Portugal (1982), the Joan Miró International Prize for Drawing, Barcelona (1986) and the Grand Prize at the II International Biennial of Sculpture in Obidos, Portugal (1989). From 1989-1990 Schad held a guest professorship at the State Academy of Fine Arts in Stuttgart. Today he lives and works in Larians-et-Munans in France and in Chamosinhos in Portugal. He is known for his large installations in public spaces. Schad’s works combine two forms of design: Drawing and sculpture. The drawings are an elementary expression of the artist’s thoughts, ideas and abstraction. At the centre of his work is […]

20. Jun 2024

until 24.08. | #4334ARTatBerlin | Galerie Thomas Schulte presents from 29th June 2024 (Vernissage: 28.06.) the exhibition About Us by the artist Richard Deacon in the gallery’s Corner Space . Galerie Thomas Schulte presents Richard Deacon’s upcoming exhibition About Usin the Corner Space. The show brings together the artist’s fundamental mediums of drawing and sculpture, featuring two works: an almost life-size steel sculpture along with an intricate black and white wall drawing. While both works showcase his mastery of materials and mediums, they also offer aunique glimpse into two decades ofDeacon’s analytical form language and innovative artistry. Vernissage:Friday, 28th June 2024, 7 – 9 pm Ausstellungsdaten: Saturday, 29th June until Saturday, 24th August 2024 Image Caption Title: Richard Deacon, “About Us (White)”, 2024, (Detail), Painted and lacquered stainless steel on mild steel base, 148 x 76 x 56 cm | 58 1/4 x 29 7/8 x 22 in Exhibition Richard Deacon – Galerie Thomas Schulte | Zeitgenössische Kunst in Berlin | Contemporary Art | Ausstellungen Berlin Galerien | ART at Berlin

20. Jun 2024

until 24.08. | #4333ARTatBerlin | Galerie Thomas Schulte presents from 28th June 2024 the exhibition Behold the lowly Vessel by the artist Robert Mappelthorpe. Robert Mapplethorpe’s photographs of flowers are well known, and recognizable for their delicate yet erotic beauty. What is less discussed is the role of the specific set of objects often appearing within their carefully constructed compositions. Frequently drawn from the artist’s collection, the vases and bowls found in these still lifes reveal a deep appreciation for design – reflecting the confident eye and regard for classical form exemplified by his photographic work. It is the connection between the two, that forms the starting point ofBehold the Lowly Vessel.Presented at Galerie Thomas Schulte, the exhibition takes a distinctive point of view, bringing thoughtful arrangements of Mapplethorpe’s photographs together with a private collection of vases inspired by them. Vernissage:Friday, 28th June 2024, 7 – 9 pm Exhibition dates: Saturday, 29th June until Saturday, 24th August 2024 Image Caption Title: Robert Mapplethorpe, “Flower”, 1983, Silver gelatin print, © The Robert Mapplethorpe Foundation, used with permission Exhibition Robert Mappelthorpe – Galerie Thomas Schulte | Zeitgenössische Kunst in Berlin | Contemporary Art | Ausstellungen Berlin Galerien | ART at […]

20. Jun 2024

until 31.08. | #4333ARTatBerlin | Peres Projects presents from 21st June 2024 the exhibition Bloom by the artist Rafa Silvares. Peres Projects presents Bloom, the fourth solo exhibition by Rafa Silvares (b. 1984 in Santos, BR) at the gallery and his second in Berlin. ‘[…] His latest works are defined by a clear, sharp and reduced vocabulary of colour and everyday objects. Assertive compositions of red, green and blue architectures mingle with realistic images of ordinary reflective objects, painted in such a way that they could be photographs, with flowers or cloudy forms of liquids. In his work, these soft forms appear as water, air, vapour, fire, smell, cream. The tension between the shiny parts and the abstract forms embodies a tension between physical phenomena and emotional power. These are the parts you can identify with the most; you can almost feel, smell and touch the texture of Silvares’ paintings, get close to them in their bubbling, round, full, spherical, sensual waves of sensation. Or there are the tubular curtains, vertical waves of soft, velvety fabric. His works gain movement and warmth through such parts. There is no one in these scenes. […]’ -Nuno de Brito Rocha Vernissage: Friday, 21st […]

20. Jun 2024

until 02.08. | #4332ARTatBerlin | Galerie Tanja Wagner presents from 21st June 2024 the exhibition Was am Tiefsten in der Welt liegt by the artist Anna Steinert. Galerie Tanja Wagner presents the second solo exhibition by Anna Steinert: Was am Tiefsten in der Welt liegt. While Steinert undertook an exploratory journey into the transcendence of the imaginative power in her first solo exhibition Wanderings, she now turns her attention to what surrounds us on, above and below the earth. The title of her exhibition, which features video, sculpture and paintings, is based on Emanuele Coccia’sThe Roots of the World– an essay that helps us to understand plants as creators of the world, the vital basis of existence, mediators between sun and earth and living beings of equal value with hidden bodies in the ground. In her new 3-channel video installationErdemojies – Forscher*innen der Mischung, Steinert brings in reinforcements: The performers and fellow artists Monika Michalko, Nschotschi Haslinger, Cora Saller, Katharina Duve, Hanna Matthes, Helena Ratka, Sophie Labrey and Helena Wittmann (camera) appear as naturalists, healers and superheroes who, in an experimental and playful approach, accompanied by darkly wavering electro sounds and drums, summon nature and elemental forces with the common […]

19. Jun 2024

until 03.08. | #4331ARTatBerlin | Contemporary Fine Arts presents from 22nd June 2024 (Vernissage: 21st June) the exhibition Flugelhorns by the artist Ellen Berkenblit. Contemporary Fine Arts presents Flugelhorns, the first solo-exhibition from Ellen Berkenblit in the gallery and the first of the artist in Germany. On display are paintings and drawings featuring female figures that dominate much of the canvas, gazing not at the viewer but at something or someone within their own realm, the specifics of which remain obscure to us. The figures are never centered; instead, they are slightly off-balance, drawing attention only to deflect it. Cut out from their surroundings and cropped out of context, their emotional states become the main story. Complex, innate emotions manifest through paint, while the relationships between characters shape the composition. Somewhat of a rarity for Berkenblit, the women are not entirely isolated from their stories but appear alongside others, and in addition to tigers, horses, and birds, one gets a glimpse of motherhood, sisterhood, friendship, or perhaps even its opposite; the dynamics of their relationships are contained within the expressive brushstrokes and muted colors. For Berkenblit, the canvas is a world in which she strives for balance, but the laws […]

19. Jun 2024

until 24.08. | #4330ARTatBerlin | WENTRUP presents from 28th June 2024 the exhibition Tempo Primo by the artist Thomas Wachholz. An English riddle, which gained popularity around 1900, presents a predicament: “A man walks into a dark room. He has a match in his hand. In the dim light, he can make out three objects: a candle, a fireplace, and a kerosene lamp. The question is, which should he light first?” Against all expectations, the three objects, which can provide either light or warmth, are not the primary concern. The overlooked fact is that the answer is already in his hand. Without striking the match, he cannot light anything else. Throughout his artistic career, Thomas Wachholz has handled many matches, even entire series of them. For “Tempo Primo”, these matches join brushes and other utensils that Wachholz has used in recent years for his deep exploration into the possibilities of pictorial creation. At times, the matches have served as a model, a motif, a subject matter, or even a tool in this practical relationship. Wachholz’s paintings consistently showcase his fascination with matchboxes and matchbooks. This fascination stems from their iconicity, practicality, the chemical processes of ignition, and ultimately, fire. The […]

18. Jun 2024

until 17.08 | #4329ARTatBerlin | Haverkampf Leistenschneider shows from 21st June 2024 the exhibition NEUE WELT by the artist Stefan Hirsig. In a restless exchange of movement, gesture and texture,Stefan Hirsig‘s work has always questioned what painting is capable of and what abstraction can be. Integrating a rich pool of references from classical and modern painting, pop culture and today’s oversaturated media, his dynamic compositions bear witness to the hyper-connected, always-on cacophony of our present moment. Yet Hirsig’s imagery resists quick consumption. If you look long enough, you’ll discover a processual logic: marks made like chess moves, a series of calculated responses, both destructive and creative; sometimes in opposition, sometimes in dance. InNeue Welt,Hirsig reflects on the endless cycle of global conflicts and wars that break out, subside, and escalate again without permanent resolve, keeping our world in a state of constant anxiety. The artist observes that everywhere we look, the leaders of these conflicts are almost always men. Why do so many despotic, egotistical men dominate world affairs? he asks. Is masculinity the driving force behind the world’s cycle of violence? These conflicts are not perpetuated in the name of caution or protection, but rather masculinity at its worst: […]

15. Jun 2024

until 17.08. | #4328ARTatBerlin | CAMERA WORK shows from 8th June 2024 a solo exhibition by the artist Dean Wests. Galerie CAMERA WORK shows Dean West’s first solo exhibition in Germany from 8th June, 2024. The exhibition comprises over 20 predominantly large-format works from a decade of the conceptual artist’s work as well as a short film. Alongside other photographs created in 2024, this will be shown in an exhibition for the first time worldwide. CAMERA WORK represents the artist in Europe as the main gallery. The exhibition shows elaborately conceived, serial works from the oeuvre of the artist Dean West – including photographs from the latest series “American West” and “The Palms”, which deal with cowboy culture in the USA and scenically condense facets of everyday life in Florida. This also includes the figure of the lone wolf, which two of West’s works depict using different storytelling techniques. The monochrome photographs in the series are presented across two exhibition rooms. In these atmospheric works, West stages motionless moments removed from time. They are theatrically charged fragments of narratives that are structured by means of color and clear symmetry. The exhibition also provides insights into “Pink Dreams” and “New York”, […]

15. Jun 2024

until 18.07. | #4327ARTatBerlin | Raab Galerie presents from 22nd June 2024 (Vernissage: 21.06) the exhibition Me, myself and Ei by the artist Björn Heyn. it is not necessary to explain Björn Heyn’s works, they are beautiful and mysterious, full of temptation. While I look at a variety of forms, colours and hints, paintings come to my mind that are known to me: A quarter of a century ago the works of Picasso and Matisse were celebrated in exhibitions all over the world as represetative of the spirit of the twentieth century. At that time Björn Heyn was still a child. Today, he adds to these images Fernand Léger and uses words as images, to find out what could best be done with it to create a contemporary painting. The reaction of the observers is prompt: These works are loveable, subtle, colourful and stimulating. They are an interesting company at home to think about life. Painting always existed, even in times of political correctness, when dualism between politics and culture did not exist anymore. While paintings don’t explain things to you, they enlighten your thinking. As the great Swiss philosopher Jean Starobinski explains, enlightenment saves us from danger. Very often, […]

14. Jun 2024

until 02.08. | #4325ARTatBerlin | AOA;87 contemporary shows from 28. June 2024 (Vernissage: 27.06.) the exhibition 層 | Layering the Void by the artist Noriko Ambe. AOA;87 presents the exhibition “層 | Layers of Emptiness” by Japanese artist Noriko Ambe, renowned for her intricate white-on-white paper cuttings, displayed as wall reliefs, free-standing sculptures, and installations. The exhibition is accompanied by video works from video artist Mami Kosemura. Noriko Ambe, No. 1 Curtain piece, Tracking through the curtain, 2022, Cut on Yupo paper, 160 cm x 10 m Noriko Ambe (*1967, Saitama) creates delicate, sculptural works through her “Linear-Actions” series, which began in 1999, by meticulously cutting and layering hundreds to thousands of sheets of paper. These works evoke topographic and organic forms, with fine lines reminiscent of tree rings. These lines represent not only the physical structure of the paper but also a metaphorical journey through time. Each cut and layer symbolizes a past moment, with the cross-sections representing instances within the countless layers of time that permeate the existence of a work. Noriko Ambe, Pop Art Is, 2013, Cut on book cover, 35 x 60,3 x 11,4 cm, Foto: Castelli Gallery For Ambe, the act of following the form […]

14. Jun 2024

until 15.06. | #4326ARTatBerlin | EBENSPERGER BERLIN is currently showing two solo-exhibitions ANCHORS by the artist Heiner Franzen and Selbstporträt in Hausschuhen by the artist Harry Hachmeister. Heiner Franzenhas been collecting non-verbal video material fromANCHORS, presenters of international news programmes, for over ten years. In these video loops, Franzen focuses on the moment when someone is silent in the broadcast – be it because of a malfunction or because he or she is allowing guests to discuss. He further developed the extensive source material into For his first solo exhibition with EBENSPERGER Berlin – Hachmeister takes up the fragile physicality of being human, which is expressed in a strange domesticity full of subtle humour and sensuality, thus creating a counterpoint to the raw architecture of the Fichtebunker. For his first solo exhibition with EBENSPERGER Berlin –Harry Hachmeistertakes up the fragile physicality of being human, which is expressed in a strange domesticity full of subtle humour and sensuality, thus creating a counterpoint to the raw architecture of the Fichtebunker. Exhibition period: Friday, 26. April until Saturday 15. June 2024 Title image caption: Harry Hachmeister, Selbstporträt in Hausschuhen, Installation view, Foto: Ludger Paffrath, Courtesy Ebensperger Berlin Exhibition Heiner Franzen + […]

14. Jun 2024

until 24.08. | #4324ARTatBerlin | Galerie Esther Schipper shows from 29. June 2024 the exhibition Twilight is a Place of Promise with works by 19 artists. Participating artists: Eileen Agar, Bettina von Arnim, Merikokeb Berhanu, Huguette Caland, Caroline Coon, Hélène Delprat, Bracha L. Ettinger, Roey Victoria Heifetz, Andrea Joyce Heimer, Monilola Olayemi Ilupeju, Kamala Ibrahim Ishag, Pia Krajewski, Jinju Lee, Iva Lulashi, Isabel Nolan, Pan Yuliang, Isabel Quintanilla, Anys Reimann, and Cecilia Vicuña. Esther Schipper is delighted to present Twilight is a Place of Promise featuring the work of 19 international artists born between 1895 and 1996. The exhibition offers a perspective on the politics of image-making— personal, social, political, historical—taking painting and the artists’ diverse approaches to the practice as its focus. It is partisan in its polysemy, insistent only on the confluence of nuance and power. Emerging three years after the gallery’s 2021 exhibition L‘Invitation au voyage, which invoked the freedom of imaginary travel in the form of fantasy or dreams, Twilight is a Place of Promise presents works of painters that look beyond conventional categorizations of subject and object, external and internal worlds. The works in the exhibition imagine spaces of inwardness, spirituality, and shared humanity, with […]

14. Jun 2024

until 24.08. | #4323ARTatBerlin | Galerie Georg Nothelfer shows from 22. June 2024 the exhibition In diesem Jahr kacken die Störche anders by the artist Thomas Hartmann. Galerie Georg Nothelfer presents a solo exhibition of works by the Berlin painter Thomas Hartmann (*1950). The show includes works from the 1980s to the present day. Thomas Hartmann’s paintings paradoxically embody both a sense of order and a chaotic liveliness. Known since the 1980s for his expressive, impasto landscapes and cityscapes, his work is characterized by a meticulous attention to detail and an almost obsessive inclusion of numerous small figures and elements. The resulting effect is reminiscent of late Gothic hidden object paintings, inviting viewers to explore the narrative richness of each individual work. Hartmann’s scenes have a timeless quality, as if they dissolve the boundaries between past, present and future. This temporal ambiguity invites us to reconsider our own place in the continuum of time and space. (Text excerpt by Nicola E. Petek) Vernissage: Friday, 21. June 2024, 6 – 9 pm Guided tour and artist talk : Saturday, 13. July 2024 at 2 pm Exhibition dates: Saturday, 22. June – Saturday, 24. August 2024 Title image caption: Thomas […]

13. Jun 2024

until 17.08. | #4322ARTatBerlin | Galerie Judin shows from 15. June 2024 (Vernissage: 14.06.) the exhibition The Raft by the artist Hugo Wilson. Hugo Wilson has chosen “The Raft” as title for his upcoming Berlin exhibition. Of course, this immediately evokes associations with the most famous raft in art history, Gericault’sRaft of the Medusa– and inevitably with the theme of “salvation.” So how does this tie in with this exhibition, the first in which his abstract and his figurative works are shown side by side? Firstly, we need to understand the two poles between which Wilson’s work oscillates. On the one hand, there are the figurative, highly tangible compositions in which animals play a decisive role. They are metaphors of complex processes and moments – not in the animal kingdom, but in our highly technological human societies. The double monkey, for example, that we see inReTrois the result of recent cloning experiments. The symbol in the background even refers to the corresponding laboratory. Wilson’s horses (State IandII) can also be read symbolically. They are versions of the famous paintingWhistlejacket(1762) by Georges Stubbs, which is now one of the icons in the collection of the National Gallery in London. It shows […]

13. Jun 2024

until 30.08. | #4321ARTatBerlin | Luisa Catucci Gallery (Brunnenstraße) shows from 20. June 2024 the exhibition A PSALM FOR THE WILD BUILT by the artists Marion Mandeng, Barbara Boekelman, Eleonora Roaro , Cathy Jardon and Irina Gabiani. Taking its title from the eponymous book by Becky Chambers, this exhibition aspires to be a visual poem in reverence of the wild built. It stands as a declaration of love and solidarity from four wild built women artists, alongside the four wild built women running the Luisa Catucci Gallery, to their untamed peers—women, men and those in between, alike. The inner wildness is a profound, untamed force residing deep within many individuals. Embracing this inner wildness enables women to access their primal power, reconnect with their natural instincts, and navigate life’s complexities with a fierce, unyielding spirit. This wildness defies societal expectations and limitations; it may be contained or restrained temporarily, but it inevitably finds its path to eruption. It is a source of immense strength, resilience, and intuition, manifesting in expressions of profound creativity, fierce protection, and unwavering determination. This torrent of raw creativity places women artists at the forefront of the wild built, despite the historical and societal disadvantages that […]

13. Jun 2024

until 12.07. | #4320ARTatBerlin | OFFICE IMPART is currently showing the exhibition Magenta Elephants by the artist Damjanski. Nobody is Here aka Outis Arrives and Nemo Appears “Friends, Nobody is murdering me by craft. Force there is none.” Homer, The Odyssey, Book 9 Line 408 What if the cat isn’t both dead and alive as in Schrodinger’s box, but a taxidermied felis catus staring from a ceiling in a meme on your screen who has disappeared with not even a Cheshire smile remaining? Can you see it? The image? The image that is an idea, a phrase, a picture, and do any one of those images mean more, do more, show more than the other? Damjanski’s “Ceiling Cat” (2024) riffs on Eva and Franco Mattes’ “Ceiling Cat” (2016) responding to the internet meme, which was itself a 2006 photograph taken by nobody, not even anonymous, just no one yet known, or to be known, or willing to stand up for the peculiar photographic set-up captured in the first decade of this strange, nigh uncanny century. Ceiling Cat, 2024, Aluminium, powder-coated, 46,5 x 39 cm, Courtesy the artist and OFFICE IMPART, Photo: Marjorie Brunet Plaza To repudiate being can only occur […]

12. Jun 2024

until 19.07. | #4319ARTatBerlin | alexander levy shows from 14. June 2024 the exhibition KONTROLLE by the artist Moritz Stumm and Stefan Neuberger. What does the exploitation of animals by the police in order to wield their monopoly of violence at the beginning of the 21st century tell us about man’s claim to power over nature and the state over its citizens? What parallels can be drawn to human nature, our desires and instincts? The seriesKONTROLLEaddresses the power structure between animals, state power and, implicitly, citizens – in the form of stylised images of training sessions of police service horses and dogs. The focus of the works is on the animals, which calmy, agressively and even at times playfully obey commands. The composition is reminiscent of the iconography of authority of equestrian statues and raises the question of the staging of state power in the present day. Vernissage: Friday, 14. June 2024, 6 – 9 pm Exhibition period: Friday, 14. June – Friday, 19 July 2024 Image caption: courtesy of the artists and alexander levy Exhibition Moritz Stumm + Stefan Neuberger – Galerie alexander levy | Contemporary Art – Zeitgenössische Kunst in Berlin – Exhibition Berlin Galleries – […]

12. Jun 2024

until 19.07. | #4316ARTatBerlin | alexander levy shows from 14. June 2024 the exhibition Sunless Circuit by the artist Su Yu Hsin. “Memory is not something we have, it is something that happens: a network of unintended connections. While remembering is a form of caring, storing is a way of safely forgetting. Our devices know us better than we know them. The algorithm is an oracle that tracks our secrets and predicts both questions and answers. The promises of technology are many. Among them, that all information will be always available. But the internet, like the past, is also made of broken links and errors. No cloud lasts forever, not even those born in a silicon valley. How many times have we felt the vertigo of the no longer accessible data? When machines fail, we stop taking them for granted. Glitches are part of their agency. When they work again, they regain their deceptive immateriality.” (excerpt of text by SoniaFernández Pan) Vernissage: Friday, 14. June 2024, 6 – 9 pm Exhibition period: Friday, 14. June – Friday, 19 July 2024 Title image caption: courtesy of the artists and alexander levy Exhibition Su Yu Hsin – Galerie alexander levy […]

12. Jun 2024

until 24.08. | #4318ARTatBerlin | Galerie Schindler in Potsdam presents from 20. June 2024 the exhibition HOMESICK WANDERER by the artist Rosanna Burford. Homesick for a place that never was. In the exhibition Homesick Wanderer, Rosanna Burford’s art invites viewers to travel through invented landscapes of longing and memory. Informed by the gardens of her childhood in England, Burford’s work searches for a personal paradise. The garden – a place where organic landscape meets man-made structure is an archetypal space where humanity has sought paradise since our beginnings. Strange Beginnings, 80 x 80 cm, oil on canvas, 2023 Burford’s latest works evoke a homesickness for a place that never was. The past plays an important role in creating this place and is considered as an intertwined cultural heritage of family legacy, memories of travel, and mythological characters or spaces such as the hanging gardens of Babylon. These influences of the past merge with a strong desire for a new world. Reflecting on the current context of our relationship with nature, this new world is a place where nature acts as a refuge – a contemporary reflection on paradise as a walled garden – an ancient concept of home. Autumn in […]

12. Jun 2024

until 26.06. | #4317ARTatBerlin | Michaela Helfrich Galerie shows from 12 June 2024 the exhibition Changelings in Nighttown by the artist Noël O’Callaghan. The exhibition ‘Changelings in Nighttown’ from 12 to 26 June 2024 is a solo exhibition by Irish artist Noël O’Callaghan, showing paintings and drawings from her ‘Changelings’ series. These works were created during the lockdown when, in the absence of her regular drawing group, the artist began to alter existing drawings by allowing them to freely mutate into new beings. Girls can play too!, 2020, watercolor and graphite, 30 x 20cm Die „Nighttown“ des Titels bezieht sich auf das Circe-Kapitel in James Joyce’s Ulysses. Die Bleibtreu Straße in Charlottenburg, wo sich die Galerie befindet, ist die einzige Straße in Deutschland, die in diesem Buch erwähnt wird. Am Bloomsday wird der Künstler einen „walk and talk“ von Hausnummer 3 bis Hausnummer 34 durchführen. Du liegst, 2022, oil on canvas, 95 x 65 cm Die Ausstellungseröffnung findet am 12. Juni um 19.00 Uhr statt, wenn der Künstler mit der Kuratorin, Kulturarbeiterin und Gründerin von Irish Berlin, Beate Lemcke, ins Gespräch kommt. Es wird Live-Musik von The Vangardaí geben. Snakelady, 2020, watercolor and graphite, 30 x 20 cm There will […]

11. Jun 2024

until 31.08. | #4315ARTatBerlin | ARTES Berlin shows from 6. July 2024 the Group exhibition I CAN BUY MYSELF FLOWERS. In a cross-epochal exhibition, ARTES sheds light on the essential role of the flower in the history of art in the 20th and 21st centuries and thus presents a penetrating look at the development of this timeless motif. ‘I can buy myself flowers’ reflects not only the aesthetic qualities of the flower, but also its profound symbolism and cultural significance throughout history. From the structured elegance of Classical Modernism to the bold vitality of Pop Art and the innovative perspectives of contemporary artists, the exhibition offers a unique insight into the many ways in which the flower has been depicted as a symbol of beauty, transience and transcendence. Among the names gathered are: Georg Baselitz, Christoph Bouet, Anne Böddeker, Marc Chagall, Klaus Fußmann, Marion Eichmann, E. B. Gordon, Erich Heckel, Damien Hirst, Roy Lichtenstein, Takashi Murakami, Gabriele Münter, Otto Piene, Christian Rohlfs, Thomas Röthel, Karl Schmidt-Rottluff, David Shrigley, Lars Teichmann, Andy Warhol and many more. Vernissage: Saturday, 6. July 2024, 6 – 8 pm Exhibition period: Saturday, 6. July until Saturday, 31. August 2024 Title image caption: I […]

7. Jun 2024

until 31.08. | #4314ARTatBerlin | nüüd.berlin gallery shows from 28. June 2024 (Opening: 27.06.) the exhibition UNCANNY by Mathias Vef & friends. nüüd.berlin gallery introduces Mathias Vef as the gallery’s new artist with the exhibition ‘Uncanny’ from 28 June 2024. In his works, the artist explores the interplay of body and identity, inspired by people who look at their bodies experimentally. Through photography, video and 3D scans, he deconstructs these bodies and uses artificial intelligence to create new surreal works that reflect the ambiguity of being human in the age of AI and synthetic reality. These works are contrasted with works by other artists to create a multi-layered field of discussion. Mathias Vef, Angus Love 1.0, 2024, 40 x 50 cm Mathias Vef explores the fascinating interplay of body and identity with the help of people who see their bodies as something changeable. For him, this fluidity is the means of human existence. Through photography, videos and 3D scans, he collects danced forms of ballet dancers, digitally manipulated bodybuilders, transpersons or portraits of sex workers, which he transforms and digitally collages with the help of chemical substances. With these embodiments, he creates fascinatingly surreal images, collages and choreographies that offer […]

7. Jun 2024

until 31.08. | #4313ARTatBerlin | Crone Berlin presents from 22. June 2024 the exhibition Needs by the artist Tobias Hoffknecht. Düsseldorf-based Tobias Hoffknecht is committed to both classical sculpture and minimalism. In his new solo exhibition “Needs” at Crone Berlin, new sculptures can now be seen that pick up on both influences and put our perception to the test. Tobias Hoffknecht can’t help himself: time and again, he repeatedly confronts an overpowering opponent or friend — the omnipresent aesthetics of the Bauhaus that still abound today. Hoffknecht’s minimalist, highly precise yet humorous sculptures raise the question of whyNeue Sachlichkeit(New Objectivity) continues to dominate our everyday lives and our viewing habits; what its core, its meaning or perhaps even its sensuality actually is; why we cannot escape it and whether it is possible to reduce the reduced even further. Tobias Hoffknecht, Courtesy Crone Berlin For his new seriesNeeds, Hoffknecht uses the visual Bauhaus metaphor to tell of the futility of the ephemeral even more forcefully than previously: heavy tubular steel structures are seemingly effortlessly swallowed up by walls, curved metal bodies sink into the floor with determined resistance — as if they were one with everything and present even in their […]

7. Jun 2024

until 10.08. | #4312ARTatBerlin | Galerie Max Hetzler (Potsdamer Straße) shows from 14. June 2024 the exhibition letters home by the artist Edmund de Waal. In his visual art, Edmund de Waal uses objects as vehicles for human narrative, emotion and history. His installations of handmade porcelain vessels, often contained in minimalist structures, investigate themes of diaspora, memory and materiality. His works offer a kind of visual lyrical narration, created through elements such as rhythm and repetition or light and shadow. In addition to black, white and oak vitrines made this year, the current exhibition includes both the largest free-standing clay vessels the artist has ever created, and a large-scale pavilion titledthere are still songs to sing beyond mankind, 2024. Despite their differences in size and material, all the works are ultimately vessels whose interiors only seem to become more intimate as their dimensions increase. Individual words or phrases from poems by Denise Riley (b. 1948), Paul Celan (1920–1970) and Rainer Maria Rilke (1875–1926) are interwoven in the titles or surfaces of these works by de Waal. Here, the focus is not on analysing the texts, but rather on their emotional heft. A further reference to language can be found […]

5. Jun 2024

until 03.08. | #4311ARTatBerlin | Galerie Max Hetzler (Bleibtreustraße) shows from 8. June 2024 the duo exhibition by the artists André Butzer and Hans Josephsohn. Galerie Max Hetzler presents a duo exhibition of AndréButzerandHansJosephsohnat Bleibtreustraße 15/16, in Berlin. Flight, desolation and displacement are deeply inscribed in the work of Hans Josephsohn (1920–2012). Not in terms of motifs or themes, but as a fundamental life experience. Unlike the smooth, gracefully fluid agility of Lehmbruck or Maillol, who inspired him in his youth, and unlike Giacometti’s fraying dissolution of the figure in the glistening backlight of an atomic flash, for instance, Josephsohn clings firmly to the figure. Every grasp of the shapeless plaster solidifies the human form. Whether in the case of a tiny figurine or a monumental body, he always strives to achieve the appropriate composure, as if trying to reassure himself again and again of the enduring presence of his sitters. A presence that is brought abruptly and inevitably into the space. Josephsohn works towards a space, into a space. He takes nothing away, but rather brings something new into the world. Positive placements, solid and massive, fragile and delicate. With their jagged and agitated surfaces, with their restrained but […]

5. Jun 2024

until 03.08. | #4310ARTatBerlin | Galerie Max Hetzler (Goethestraße ) shows from 7. June 2024 the exhibition You think that you know but you know that you don’t by the artist Eddie Martinez. Galerie Max Hetzler is pleased to presentYou think that you know but you know that you don’t,a solo exhibition of new works byEddieMartinezat Goethestraße 2/3, in Berlin. This is the artist’s inaugural exhibition with the gallery. Eddie Martinez’s artistic practice is characterised by his personal iconography, featuring signature elements such as bug-eyed humans in eclectic headgear, blockheads and the recurring butterfly motif of the ‘Buflies’. Brimming with cross-references to his everyday visual experiences, art history, and his own earlier work, his paintings show an energetic use of colour and bold contours, executed in various combinations of oil, enamel, spray paint, collage and studio detritus. Martinez is best known for his large-scale wall works incorporating figuration and abstraction, painting and drawing, which foreground his signature muscular brushwork. In his paintings, Martinez seeks to translate the speed and immediacy of drawing – his original primary medium – into complex compositions on large-scale canvases. His use of different media owes much to his desire to emulate the creative velocity of […]

5. Jun 2024

until 03.08. | #4309ARTatBerlin | Galerie Max Hetzler (Bleibtreustraße) shows from 7. June 2024 the exhibition Teratology of Love by the artist Jeremy Demester. Galerie Max Hetzler is pleased to presentTeratology of Love, a solo exhibition of work byJeremyDemesterat Bleibtreustraße 45 in Berlin. This is the artist’s eighth solo exhibition with the gallery. ‘The word teratology or teratoid, when not being used by biology and medicine in an organic way, has a meaning that has to do with marvels, portends, monsters, mutations and prodigious things. The word teratoid, like the word dinosaur, suggests extraordinary scales, immense regions, an infinite quantity. […] Organic word meanings, when applied to abstract or mental structures, have a way of returning art to the biological condition of naturalism and realism. The marvelous meaning of that word has to be brought to consciousness again.’ – Robert Smithson, 1967 Ouidah, 16. May 2024 ‘These paintings, assembled as aTeratology of Love, call us and lead us into the passages of time, those specific points of our consciousness where there can be no metrics. These paintings are markers. They let us know how much time has gone by since we set off, and how long is left till the […]

1. Jun 2024

until 06.07. | #4308ARTatBerlin | Galerie Tammen currently shows the exhibition FIGURE IT OUT by the artists Stephanie Pech and Sonja Edle von Hoeßle. Stephanie Pech has been dealing with the “anthropometry” for years, literally translated the teaching of human level. In the visual art, this term describes working with the human body as a “lively brush”, as it came up with for the first time at Yves Klein. For bad luck, this form of painting elementary is part of its concept, harbors an inconceivable component and is therefore the basis for the exciting structure of your pictures between abstraction and figuration, artificiality and naturalness. In her large -format color -intensive paintings, Stephanie Pech Body Art, Figuration and Abstraction balances in an exciting way. (Stephan Berg, artistic art museum Bonn, Catalog Floating Strangers, 2023). IMPRESSIONEN der Ausstellung FIGURE IT OUT, Stephanie Pech + Sonja Edle von Hoeßle In the sculptures by Sonja Edle von Hoessle, the idea and body, construction and emotion, material and transparency combine. The essential tension moment lies in the interplay of linear and circular elements. Flip -flops are electronic circuits that two stable starting states know. The sculptures of movement and calm, rhythm and shape, statics […]

31. May 2024

until 06.07. | #4307ARTatBerlin | Galerie Z22 shows from 08. June 2024 the group exhibition LA FEMME ENCADRÉE. with works by: Annabelle Mandeng, Bernard Föll, Christoph Bartolmas, Eveline Daus, GOTT&GILZ, Hardy Brackmann, Iris Stark, Kurt Wpldmann, Katerina Belkina, Kerstin Dzewior, Lavely MIiller, Nikolaas Boden, Olena Klochko, Peter Lohmeyer, VISUMAN and Wolfgang Köhler. Vernissage: Saturday, 8. June 2024, 7 – 10 pm Exhibition period: Saturday, 8. June – Saturday, 6. July 2024 Title image caption: Lavely Miller, Courtesy: Galerie Z22 Exhibition LA FEMME ENCADRÉE – Galerie Z22 | Zeitgenössische Kunst in Berlin | Contemporary Art | Exhibitions Berlin Galleries | ART at Berlin

31. May 2024

until27.07. | #4306ARTatBerlin | Galerie SCHMALFUSS BERLIN shows from 22. June 2024 the group exhibition “Embodied Vessels – Between body and vessel” with works by Andreas Amrhein, Wilhelm Frederking, Diane Haefner, Daniel Kruger and Roland Stratmann. Images of people and animals have been found on vases and amphorae since well before antiquity. Even prehistoric finds show figurative elements on vessel shapes and everyday objects. Figurative representations in connection with functional objects of everyday and sacred use are visible signs of culture in many societies. DIANE HAEFNER, Making Myself Monstrous II | glazed Mont Blanc porcelain with airbrush painting, 49 x 61 x 39 cm, 2021 ROLAND STRATMANN, Fayencen – FM4 | 3 Postkarten, ein Schnitt, 42 x 32 cm gerahmt, 2022 The exhibition presents five positions of contemporary art that are dedicated to the theme of body and vessel in different ways. The artists explore the world of objects and place them in relation to their own bodies, linking them with fragmented bodies, historical figures, ethnological artifacts or current pictorial inventions. In the puzzle game of artistic transformation, bodies become vessels and vessels simmer towards their embodiment. This leads to unusual juxtapositions and references. In the exhibition, superimpositions of contemporary […]

31. May 2024

until 13.07| #4305ARTatBerlin | Laura Mars Gallery shows from 8. June 2024 (Vernissage: 7.06.) the exhibition extra stone next surface by the artist Claude Horstmann. The exhibition shows works by the artist that examine material phenomena as well as sculptural gestures and conditions. In addition to 3D-cutted sculptures made of black marble, concrete and stone, conglomerate and chrome also come into play. The plastic potential of various materials – some of which are derived from urban contexts – is also analysed, translated and condensed in drawing and textual work. A specific terrain is always physical, scientific-physical, but also mental and imaginary. The focus is on form and non-form, on substance and surface, on energetic trace. Here, the examination of materiality, abstraction and transformation probes a ‘geology of the present’, also touching on border areas of the material. In the exhibition, sculpture and drawing as well as textual work correspond with each other and are complemented by the publicationAIRE (Fantôme Verlag), in which the artist concentrates photographic images on the materiality and minerality of urban, cultural and nature-like space. The conceptual translation into different media and formats opens up a field of precise references between the works. Claude Horstmann lives and […]

30. May 2024

until 11.07. | #4304ARTatBerlin | Galerie feinart Berlin presents from 8. June 2024 the exhibition VOYAGE COLLAGE with collages of the three artists Maud Tutsche, ARATORA and Jürgen Tenz († 2021) Works by Maud Tutsche, Jürgen Tenz († 2021) and ARATORA will be presented as the first in an annual series of exhibitions on the theme of collage. The exhibition aims to arouse curiosity about collage in a broader sense and thus raise awareness of the importance of searching for, collecting and reorganising things for the artistic process. The everyday, damaged and discarded objects are transformed and reinterpreted in this playful artistic work. In addition to classic collages, the three protagonists of the exhibition will be showing text-images, digital collages, assemblages, montages and objects. Maud Tutsche, O.T., 2024, Printed book cover, 21 x 13 cm, © Maud Tutsche „In my collages, I combine two aspects that are important to me: on the one hand, the critical examination of socio-political issues and, on the other, beauty and aesthetics. For me, the two are interdependent and inseparable. My examination of social conflicts, disharmony and destruction leads to the search for harmony and beauty, which I want to realise in every work, and […]

29. May 2024

until 27.07. | #4303ARTatBerlin | Galerie Martin Mertens shows from 20. June 2024 (Opening: 19.06.) the exhibition Sommerblüten II (Summer Blossoms II) with works by artists from the gallery and guests. Works by Felix Baxmann, Thorbjørn Bechmann, Joanna Buchowska, Antje Blumenstein, Daniel Bodner, Robert Bosisio, Katrin Bremermann, Peter Demetz, Pius Fox, Sebastien Gaudette, Domenico Grenci, Sebastian Herzau, Matthias Kanter, Bettina Krieg, Peer Kriesel, Simone Lucas, Raquel Maulwurf, Riki Mijling, Tobias Stutz, Tomoyuli Ueno, Tessa Verder and others will be on show. The Sommerblüten II exhibition follows on from part 1 of 2017. All media are represented, such as new wall objects by Peter Demetz, a group of new works on paper by Pius Fox, aluminium objects by Sébastien Gaudette, beautiful new works on paper by the Italian Domenico Grenci, new oil paintings by Daniel Bodner, a small preview of the upcoming autumn exhibition with works by Tomoyuki Ueno and much more. Vernissage: Wednesday, 19 June 2024, 6:00 – 9:00 pm Exhibition dates: Thursday, 20 June until Saturday, 27 July 2024 Image caption: Courtesy Sebastien Gaudette – Galerie Martin Mertens Exhibition Sommerblüten II – Galerie Martin Mertens | Zeitgenössische Kunst in Berlin | Contemporary Art | Exhibitions Berlin Galleries […]

28. May 2024

until 13.07. | #4302ARTatBerlin | Kristin Hjellegjerde Gallery Berlin shows from 8. June 2024 the exhibition I Belong Here by the artist Ken Nwadiogbu. Who gets to call a place home? This question is at the centre of I Belong Here, a solo exhibition by Ken Nwadiogbu at Kristin Hjellegjerde Gallery, Berlin. In a series of vividly coloured paintings and a mixed-media installation, the Nigerian artist layers his own memories and migration experience with that of his friends and family to explore the ways in which we inhabit and claim space. Nwadiogbu moved to London in 2022 to further pursue his artistic studies at the Royal College of Art and while it is an experience that has enriched his practice in many ways, it has also brought about a feeling of dislocation that relates not only to the struggle of adapting to a new culture but also to his position as a migrant and an African artist. After travelling back to Lagos earlier this year, he began making this latest body of work as a way of reflecting on the varied and complex processes of home-building but also as a tribute to anyone who has been made to feel unwelcome, […]

23. May 2024

until 29.06. | #4301ARTatBerlin | Semjon Contemporary shows from 31. May 2024 (Vernissage: 30.05.) the exhibition Lumière & Bright Cells by the artist Hitomi Uchikura. For the artist who lives near Tokyo, paper is a very important material. Hitomi Uchikura is able to coax from paper properties that one would not necessarily associate with it. For the artist who lives near Tokyo, paper is a very important material.Lumière Hitomi Uchikura is able to coax from paper properties that one would not necessarily associate with it. She moulds the paper by applying force locally. There are configurations like in the series Lumière, staged in an apparent state of suspension in front of the wall and accommodating a sea of circular medallions of different sizes. The areas between the discs are cut free to allow the light behind them to shine through. Once visually fixed, the medallions appear to flip between concave and convex, thus underlining an air of lightness, levitation and, at the same time, suspended animation. These are visual shifts that take place unexpectedly, but without suggesting agitation or chaos. The artwork becomes a meditative plane or relief, particularly when it floats in front of a background as a floor-to-ceiling […]

22. May 2024

until 24.08. | #4300ARTatBerlin | Galerie Kornfeld shows from 21. June 2024 the exhibition Das jüngste Gerücht by the artists Franziska Klotz and Jan Muche. From June 21, 2024, Kornfeld Galerie will present the exhibition Das jüngste Gerücht, which is borrowed from a cabaret program by Wolfgang Neuss from 1963. Paintings by Franziska Klotz enter into a dialogue with paintings and sculptures by Jan Muche. What the two artists have in common is that they are inspired by images that have caught their eye. These can be documentation or images of historical events and works of art, but also digital or analogue images that illustrate current events. Their works are representational, but both often work with structures that make their pictures and sculptures appear almost abstract. For them, art is a means of relating to the world in which we live, of dealing with it and of questioning it. In their works, they take up topics that move them for very personal reasons, but which they also think are worth depicting because they tell us something about the world – the one in which we live, but also the one in which we perhaps like to live would. At the […]

22. May 2024

until 24.08. | #4299ARTatBerlin | 68 projects shows from 21. June 2024 the exhibition Berlin On My Mind: Celebrating 10 Years of Artistic Residency with works by 21 artists. On June 21st, 68projects will show 21 works by the 21 artists who have been guests at 68projects by KORNFELD as artists-in-residence over the 10 years – with “Berlin On My Mind”. They are celebrating their 10th anniversary with 68 KORNFELD projects and the 10-year artist-in-residence program – but also the future they want to shape – in Berlin, a place that international artists continually look for as a perspective in which we reflect each other and others meet. With works by Dawit Abebe, Olasunkanmi Akomolehin, Cristina BanBan, Yevgeniya Baras, William Bradley, Giorgio Celin, Chris Engman, Kimia Ferdowsi Kline, Seong Joon Hong, Chris Hood, Michael John Kelly, Alexander Kroll, Doron Langberg, Sandeep Mukherjee, Jennifer Packer, Adrianne Rubenstein, Kyungmi Shin, Levan Songulashvili, Panos Tsagaris, Rachel Eulena Williams & Liat Yossifor It all started in 2013 with a decision by the KORNFELD Galerie Berlin to create a new space – both physical and metaphorical -, a – very physical – renovation and then the inauguration with a kick-off show in 2014, already hosted […]

22. May 2024

until 13.07. | #4298ARTatBerlin | Q Gallery shows from 8. June 2024 (Vernissage 07.06.) the exhibition Portrait of the Earth by the artist Chingiz Farzaliyev. The work of the renowned Azerbaijani artist Chingiz Farzaliyev plays an important role in the modern history of art in Azerbaijan. Farzaliyev’s creative credo is the result of a deep reflection on human existence, its spiritual values and its historical destiny in the context of its relationship with nature, its “alma mater”. Chingiz Farzaliyev, Kapaz Gebirge. 2017. Oil on canvas, 85 x 116 cm This artistic vision characterises his particular attitude towards the untouched beauty of nature, untainted by the destructive influence of man. Farzaliyev’s paintings function as visualised meditations on the meaning of life, the position and role of nature and man within the natural order. Chingiz Farzaliyev, Abend, 2004. Oil on canvas, 38 x 48 cm In his works, the boundaries between reality and ideal, between man and nature merge into a harmonious whole that invites the viewer to reflect on profound philosophical questions. Vernissage: Friday, 07. June. 2024, 7 pm Exhibition period: Saturday, 08. June until Saturday, 13. July 2024 Title image caption: Chingiz Farzaliyev, Felder. 2008, Oil on canvas, […]

16. May 2024

until 22.06. | #4297ARTatBerlin | Galerie Inga Kondeyne currently shows the exhibition VORFREUNDE for Hanns Schimansky’s 75th birthday with works by Hanns Schimansky and his friends and acquaintances Eve Aschheim, Curt Asker, Joachim Böttcher, Paco Knöller and Manfred Zoller. ‘My actions come from what is visible’ The illustrator Hanns Schimansky, who grew up on the Baltic Sea and was not uninfluenced by the hustle and bustle of the sea, states again and again, especially with a view to the extensive non-representational (life) work, insofar as early, deposited visual experiences sometimes flash or shine through unexpectedly as shadows or atomized in particle-like form. And yes, after extensive ‘transformation nautical miles’, his graphic ‘catching nets’ are equipped with unusually rich and at the same time unmistakable landings: comb-like swaying pencil lines, feather-light and feather-light, orthogonal ink textures, gently shimmering oil pastels, blackish shadow formations, (color) Folds with a physically cuddly appearance, idiosyncratic ‘black runners’, recently also mixed with color panels… there is no end to the line-up of pieces that lure you into the waters of the imagination – and all of this on papers of the finest to the most strange quality. It’s hard to believe: each of these sheets (regardless […]

16. May 2024

until 29.06. | #4296ARTatBerlin | Galerie mutare shows from 15. May 2024 the exhibition FOREVER YOUNG for Oskar Manigk’s 90th birthday. Portrait of Oskar Manigk in 2024, Courtesy Galerie Mutare Oskar Manigk was born in Berlin in 1934 as the son of the painter Otto Manigk (1902-1972). After graduating from high school and completing an apprenticeship as a carpenter, he was a guest student at the Berlin-Weißensee School of Art from 1956 to 1957, then a guest student at the Institute for Art Education at the Ernst Moritz Arndt University of Greifswald. Since 1965 he has been a member of the Association of Visual Artists of the GDR and has been a member of the Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania Artists’ Association since 1990. His works have been on view in solo and group exhibitions in Germany since 1966. In 1993 he received the Caspar David Friedrich Prize from the Heinemann Foundation Rendsburg, and in 2005 he received the Culture Prize of the State of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania for his life’s work. In March 2024, Oskar Manigk was awarded the Egmont Schaefer Prize for Drawing by the Berliner Kabinett association. Oskar Manigk – FOREVER YOUNG, Courtesy Galerie Mutare Oskar Manigk – FOREVER YOUNG, Courtesy […]

15. May 2024

until 12.07. | #4295ARTatBerlin | BBA Gallery shows from 28. May 2024 the exhibition Nature’s Veil by the artists Juheon Cho, Beate Köhne, Susanne Piotter, Oscar Contreras Rojas and Adonis Stoantzikis. A veil always conceals what actually lies behind it; at best, it allows us to surmise what appears on the surface. The exhibition ‘Nature’s Veil’ presents the works of five different artists, each of whom explore the complicated relationship between humans and nature through paintings, drawings or sculptures. The title ‘Nature’s Veil’ suggests a rather metaphorical examination of nature, the origin of which – like a fleeting perception – appears to be veiled. The exhibited works of art challenge the viewer: what do we perceive with our eyes, how do we really explore what is initially concealed by preconceived ideas, cultural influences or personal bias. A veil often also conveys a sense of mystery, of intrigue, and is worth discovering. About the exhibiting artists Juheon Cho, Mindscape-24102023, 2023, 125 × 175 × 10 cm. Korean pigment on Hanji paper In Juheon Cho‘s artistic world, reflections on her daily experiences as an outsider in Berlin are thematised and deepened. By merging traditional Korean painting techniques with the help of contemporary […]

15. May 2024

until 24.08. | #4333ARTatBerlin | Galerie Thomas Schulte presents from 28th June 2024 the exhibition Behold the lowly Vessel by the artist Robert Mappelthorpe. Robert Mapplethorpe’s photographs of flowers are well known, and recognizable for their delicate yet erotic beauty. What is less discussed is the role of the specific set of objects often appearing within their carefully constructed compositions. Frequently drawn from the artist’s collection, the vases and bowls found in these still lifes reveal a deep appreciation for design – reflecting the confident eye and regard for classical form exemplified by his photographic work. It is the connection between the two, that forms the starting point ofBehold the Lowly Vessel.Presented at Galerie Thomas Schulte, the exhibition takes a distinctive point of view, bringing thoughtful arrangements of Mapplethorpe’s photographs together with a private collection of vases inspired by them. Vernissage:Friday, 28th June 2024, 7 – 9 pm Exhibition dates: Saturday, 29th June until Saturday, 24th August 2024 Image Caption Title: Robert Mapplethorpe, “Flower”, 1983, Silver gelatin print, © The Robert Mapplethorpe Foundation, used with permission Exhibition Robert Mappelthorpe – Galerie Thomas Schulte | Zeitgenössische Kunst in Berlin | Contemporary Art | Ausstellungen Berlin Galerien | ART at […]

20. Jun 2024

until 02.08. | #4332ARTatBerlin | Galerie Tanja Wagner presents from 21st June 2024 the exhibition Was am Tiefsten in der Welt liegt by the artist Anna Steinert. Galerie Tanja Wagner presents the second solo exhibition by Anna Steinert: Was am Tiefsten in der Welt liegt. While Steinert undertook an exploratory journey into the transcendence of the imaginative power in her first solo exhibition Wanderings, she now turns her attention to what surrounds us on, above and below the earth. The title of her exhibition, which features video, sculpture and paintings, is based on Emanuele Coccia’sThe Roots of the World– an essay that helps us to understand plants as creators of the world, the vital basis of existence, mediators between sun and earth and living beings of equal value with hidden bodies in the ground. In her new 3-channel video installationErdemojies – Forscher*innen der Mischung, Steinert brings in reinforcements: The performers and fellow artists Monika Michalko, Nschotschi Haslinger, Cora Saller, Katharina Duve, Hanna Matthes, Helena Ratka, Sophie Labrey and Helena Wittmann (camera) appear as naturalists, healers and superheroes who, in an experimental and playful approach, accompanied by darkly wavering electro sounds and drums, summon nature and elemental forces with the common […]

19. Jun 2024

until 17.08. | #4328ARTatBerlin | CAMERA WORK shows from 8th June 2024 a solo exhibition by the artist Dean Wests. Galerie CAMERA WORK shows Dean West’s first solo exhibition in Germany from 8th June, 2024. The exhibition comprises over 20 predominantly large-format works from a decade of the conceptual artist’s work as well as a short film. Alongside other photographs created in 2024, this will be shown in an exhibition for the first time worldwide. CAMERA WORK represents the artist in Europe as the main gallery. The exhibition shows elaborately conceived, serial works from the oeuvre of the artist Dean West – including photographs from the latest series “American West” and “The Palms”, which deal with cowboy culture in the USA and scenically condense facets of everyday life in Florida. This also includes the figure of the lone wolf, which two of West’s works depict using different storytelling techniques. The monochrome photographs in the series are presented across two exhibition rooms. In these atmospheric works, West stages motionless moments removed from time. They are theatrically charged fragments of narratives that are structured by means of color and clear symmetry. The exhibition also provides insights into “Pink Dreams” and “New York”, […]

15. Jun 2024

until 24.08. | #4324ARTatBerlin | Galerie Esther Schipper shows from 29. June 2024 the exhibition Twilight is a Place of Promise with works by 19 artists. Participating artists: Eileen Agar, Bettina von Arnim, Merikokeb Berhanu, Huguette Caland, Caroline Coon, Hélène Delprat, Bracha L. Ettinger, Roey Victoria Heifetz, Andrea Joyce Heimer, Monilola Olayemi Ilupeju, Kamala Ibrahim Ishag, Pia Krajewski, Jinju Lee, Iva Lulashi, Isabel Nolan, Pan Yuliang, Isabel Quintanilla, Anys Reimann, and Cecilia Vicuña. Esther Schipper is delighted to present Twilight is a Place of Promise featuring the work of 19 international artists born between 1895 and 1996. The exhibition offers a perspective on the politics of image-making— personal, social, political, historical—taking painting and the artists’ diverse approaches to the practice as its focus. It is partisan in its polysemy, insistent only on the confluence of nuance and power. Emerging three years after the gallery’s 2021 exhibition L‘Invitation au voyage, which invoked the freedom of imaginary travel in the form of fantasy or dreams, Twilight is a Place of Promise presents works of painters that look beyond conventional categorizations of subject and object, external and internal worlds. The works in the exhibition imagine spaces of inwardness, spirituality, and shared humanity, with […]

14. Jun 2024