Blog post by Samantha Manton – in Berlin; Sunday, July 22, 2012.
In her graphic history The Genetic Wars, Barbara Confino, a New York City-based artist and writer, explores the repurcussions of a society in which cloning is the primary form of human reproduction. [read on…]
Blog post by Anna Purcell – in Berlin; Saturday, July 21, 2012.
In her graphic history The Genetic Wars, Barbara Confino, a New York City-based artist and writer, explores the repurcussions of a society in which cloning is the primary form of human reproduction. [read on…]
Blog post by Adela Yawitz – in Berlin; Monday, Jul. 16, 2012.
In his new exhibition at Isabella Czarnowska gallery, painter Luc Tuymans plays the curator, art historian, and co-star of the show. The collection of paintings and objects in the gallery pushes the boundaries of visual, linear lines that tie the “influential” to the “influenced”. Tuymans, one of the most prominent painters working today, presents an exhibition of his own work alongside the work of Paul Thek…[read on…]
Blog post by Alison Hugill – in Berlin; Saturday, Jul. 14, 2012.
On July 7th, Berlin-based creative platform Neue Berliner Räume opened a multi-site exhibition by British artist Robert Montgomery. ‘Echoes of Voices in the High Towers’ – the artist’s debut show in Germany – consists of three billboard pieces and two poems illuminated on a marquee on the grounds of the former Tempelhof airfield, as well as ten large billboard works scattered throughout the city. [read on…]
Blog post by Marie-Louise Crona – in Berlin; Friday, Jul. 13, 2012.
The Schinkel Pavillon was built in 1969 by the architect Rikard Paulick and is located at the park of the Crown Prince’s Palace. Schinkel Pavillon gives the impression of being an oversized vitrine, and standing inside it, there are great panoramic views of famous Berlin monuments like the TV Tower, the former School of Architecture of Karl Friedrich Schinkel, and the Berliner Dom. [read on…]
From August 8 to 30, 2012, Natulis Art Temporary is offering 9 free studios for artists in Berlin’s Scharnhorststraße 32. Close to Hamburger Bahnhof and right behind Invalidenpark…[read on]
Blog post by Leanne McClean, photos by Jessica Barthel – in Berlin; Monday, July 9, 2012.
The past week has seen the city turn fashion-crazy; with catwalks in cinemas at Patrick Mohr, and runways in ice-rinks at Hugo Boss. The drama and the composition of the show seems to be almost as important as the designs themsleves – in some ways, just like a collection in an art gallery. [read on…]
Blog post by Florence Reidenbach – in Berlin; Monday, July 9, 2012.
Beatriz Crespo’s solo show, Verdandi, that opened on June 22nd in Merringdham, Kreuzberg, is the first exhibition curated by Porcelaingres as part of their new art exhibition program. They are presenting a large collection of recent works by the artist, including big scale paintings as well as smaller drawings. [read on…]
Blog post by Anna C. Purcell – in Berlin; Friday, July 6, 2012.
When ideas about innovation have too often fallen into the trap of uninventive imitation, Jaybo, a French artist based in Berlin, rebels against convention. He uses the idiosyncracies of his personal history to explore boundaries, and with his asymmetrical, chaoctic pieces, he challenges the defintion of both art and artist. [read on…]
Blog post by Leanne McClean – in Berlin; Tuesday, July 3, 2012.
Fashion week has started, and it is time to forget the heat of 2012 and focus on the future – the blossoming of Spring / Summer 2013 is on its way. With five days full of frantic schedules, VIP lists and high heels, being physically present at the whole Fashion Week Berlin may not be entirely realistic for every arts and fashion lover. [read on…]
Blog post by Anna C. Purcell – in Berlin; Monday, July 2, 2012.
In a city so immersed in perpetual artistic and sexual discovery, boundaries and norms cease to exist. And as thralls and thralls of young international creatives flood the now wide open city of Berlin, ideas about conventialism are further lost among the sea of new voices, drowning out generalities with the distinct and diverse intonations of various languages and perspectives. [read on…]
