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. Carla Ingrasciotta: Let’s start with your exhibition at alexander levy “Neuordnung II”.... Read More

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 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

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

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

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.

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

“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

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

“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

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.

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

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

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

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