Berlin Art Week
On the occasion of the sixth edition of the Berlin Art Week and the first edition of art berlin, we interviewed Berlin-based artist Felix Kiessling to share with us his perspective on the Berlin art scene.
Greatly involved in the art week, Felix is having a solo show at alexander levy and a participation into the Festival of Future Nows.
Born in 1980 in Hamburg, Felix currently lives and works in Berlin, Germany. Since October 2008 Kiessling has been a student at the Universität der Künste Berlin (UDK) and has been a participant in Olafur Eliasson’s Institut für Raumexperimente since 2009.
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The Sixth Berlin Art Week
13/09/2017 - 17/09/2017
From September 13 to 17, 2017 the city of Berlin is hosting the sixth edition of the Berlin Art Week, a 6-day cultural event including fairs, art events, artist films, performances and exhibitions to discover the contemporary art scene in town.
This... Read More
POSITIONS Berlin Art Fair 2017
Arena Berlin
14/09/2017 - 17/09/2017
POSITIONS Berlin Art Fair was born to echo Berlin’s lively contemporary art discourse and give a voice and a platform to its crowd of international galleries and artists.
83 selected galleries gather into the 6,500 sqm hall of the Berlin Arena,... Read More
Art Berlin
Station Berlin
14/09/2017 - 17/09/2017
A brand new art fair born from a partnership between abc art berlin contemporary and Art Cologne. The fair is welcoming around 110 international established and emerging galleries from 16 countries in the spaces of Station at Gleisdreieck.
Coinciding... Read More
Art Berlin Program and Gallery Openings
Various venues in Berlin
15/09/2017 - 17/09/2017
Program
Friday, 15 September
11 am Tomás Saraceno. Floating with one‘s feet on the ground. Exclusive tour of the studio with Tomás Saraceno.
Studio Tomás Saraceno, rsvp at rsvp@artberlinfair.com
12.30 pm Peles Empire. Studio visit with Peles Empire.
Studio... Read More
Featured exhibitions
Monica Bonvicini: 3612,54 m³ vs 0,05 m³
Berlinische Galerie
16/09/2017 - 26/02/2018
Italian born, Berlin-based artist Monica Bonvicini is staging a site specific installation conceived for the large exhibition hall of the Berlinische Galerie which investigates the term facade and its function. Coinciding with this show, Monica is also participating to the 15th Istanbul Biennale.
Portrait of a Nation
me Collectors Room Berlin Stiftung Olbricht
13/09/2017 - 29/10/2017
The exhibition puts together 50 contemporary artists from the UAE, a country which was founded in 1971 and is already home to 200 nationalities.
It showcases, in addition to older works, 20 which are commissioned for this specific exhibition. The artist... Read More
Harun Farocki Retrospektive. Mit Anderen Mitteln — By Other Means
Neuer Berliner Kunstverein
14/09/2017 - 28/01/2018
“Mit Anderen Mitteln — By Other Means” is a retrospective dedicated to the late Harun Farocki (1944-2014), the influential German filmmaker known for over 100 films and experimental documentaries, short and feature films.
Farocki was also a prolific... Read More
Willem de Rooij: Whiteout
KW Institute for Contemporary Art
14/09/2017 - 17/12/2017
KW Institute for Contemporary art this fall presents works by Dutch artist Willem de Rooij. The works have been made in the past 20 years and it includes his collaboration with Jeroen de Rijke.
His sometimes abstract works frequently contain socio-political... Read More
Danny Lyon: Message to the Future
C/O Berlin
16/09/2017 - 03/12/2017
“My greatest strength has been empathy with others different from myself.” Danny Lyon
The artist is the one of Jewish immigrants and he was just 20 years old in 1963 when he took the photographs of young African-Americans protesting racial conflict... Read More
Events
Videoart at Midnight 2017
BABYLON cinema hall
01/01/2017 - 31/12/2017
Founded in 2008 by Olaf Stüber and Ivo Wessel, “Videoart at Midnight” invites every month artists to present video works in the legendary BABYLON theatre.
The invited artist is always present and the screening might be followed by performances, debates, concerts or lectures.
Festival of Future Nows 2017 → ∞
Hamburger Bahnhof – Museum für Gegenwart
14/09/2017 - 17/09/2017
A four day event of creativity and spontaneity.
The programme aims at engaging with a young and diverse crowd to put together impredictable performances, music, dance, experiments and exercises.
The Festival of Future Nows 2017 → ∞ brings together... Read More
LA > X Los Angeles Artist Film Festival 2017
Kino Arsenal
13/09/2017 - 13/09/2017
Under the umbrella of the Berlin Art Week, this year’s Artist Film Festival is dedicated to filmmakers from Los Angeles to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the partnership between the cities of Berlin and Los Angeles. The Kino Arsenal will host screenings... Read More
Good to Talk: 46 Hours in Conversation
Berghain Kantine
08/09/2017 - 10/09/2017
On the occasion of the Berlin Art Week, Berlin based galleries has created a program of talks which will run for 46 hours non-stop. The program includes lectures, and panel discussions, performances musical acts, and the occasional dance... Read More
Mind the Space Project Space Art Award
Bar Babette
15/09/2017 - 15/09/2017
Organized by the Network of Berlin Independent Project Spaces and Initiatives, the award ceremony of “Award for Artistic Project Spaces and Initiatives” takes place on September 15, 2017.
Check out the full program:
Panel, “It’s... Read More
Art Spaces
Museums, Galleries and Foundations in Berlin
Isabella Bortolozzi Galerie
Galleries
Camera Work
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Blain|Southern Berlin
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Galerie Buchholz
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Galerie Guido W. Baudach
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Buchmann Galerie
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Capitain Petzel
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Carlier | Gebauer
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Zak |Branicka
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Mehdi Chouakri
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Barbara Wien
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Leisure
Restaurants, bars and hotels in Berlin