Pure magic or smoke and mirrors?

INTERVIEW. As part of Gallery Weekend at Isabella Bortolozzi, English artist Ed Atkins and Berlin-based Brit Juliette Blightman believe in magic. We asked them to look into their crystal ball and answer the questions swirling in the ether...

May 22, 2012 by Susanna Davies-Crook in Art

Little Pop Up: Pop-up shop for tots and beyond

The latest location of the twee, family-friendly pop-up store adds a touch of colour and whimsy to its grim surroundings. Get some designer threads for your young 'un and maybe yourself!

May 18, 2012 by Deepa Sury in Features (2 Comments)

Berlin Biennale: Forget passivity

The 7th Berlin Biennale for Contemporary Art not only comments on politics – it provides a platform for political action and collective participation. The time has come to roll up your sleeves and get involved.

May 10, 2012 by Susanna Davies-Crook | Sarah Handyside in Art (1 Comments)

EXBERLINER's May issue

OUT NOW! "The THEATRE issue" – Our THEATER guide, REVOLUTIONARIES of STAGE, RACISM in Berlin theatre, and our guide to TAX TIME. PLUS, an interview with ANDRE WILLIAMS and much more.

Apr 30, 2012 in Features

Seymour Gris: Killing off the Creative Class

A new "freelancer tax" will surely be the death knell of many a one-man or woman start-up in Berlin.

May 14, 2012 by Seymour Gris in The Berlin Blog (3 Comments)

Seymour Gris: No more labs

It's hard for Gris to not be a little bit happy about the news that the "BMW Guggenheim Lab" had cancelled its plans to occupy the vacant riverside lot on Schlesische Straße.

Mar 26, 2012 by Seymour Gris in The Berlin Blog

Photo by De-okin (Wikimedia CC)

Jacob Sweetman: This old Haus

This week we are not discussing football, or the darts, or ski jumping. This week I would like to pay tribute to a building that, despite its contradictions and annoyances, is as clear a symbol of Berlin, in my opinion, as any. Tacheles.

Mar 21, 2012 by Jacob Sweetman in The Berlin Blog (1 Comments)

Photo by Dennis Crowley (dpstyles™; Flickr CC)

Walter Crasshole: God beats the precious...

Walter hates precious things. And people who wear multiple festival wristbands LONG after the festival is over. Here's a weekend where he'll be able to hate a whole new batch of people.

Sep 8, 2011 by Walter Crasshole in The Berlin Blog (2 Comments)

Horvatland: App-solutely

Frank Horvat's 'A Trip Through A Mind' takes on a new form of exhibition; perhaps the true star of it is the iPad. Lean back into a comfy chair and experience a trip through Horvat's mind. Through Apr 29.

Apr 23, 2012 by Ida Rud in Art

Art is John Lurie

INTERVIEW. The former Lounge Lizard exhibits in Berlin's Martin Martens gallery and gives us a glimpse at his lesser known craft, painting, through Apr 29. Don't miss!

Apr 16, 2012 by Cornelia Brelowski in Art

"I was sick of pretending"

INTERVIEW. Feminist figurehead Judy Chicago is best known for her work “The Dinner Party” which visually provided a place at the table for pussy. Check out the feminist icon at the huge Pacific Standard Time exhibition at Martin-Gropius-Bau.

Apr 11, 2012 by Lena Schiefler in Art

Ryoji Ikeda at Hamburger Bahnhof

Proving simplicity is key Ikeda's db runs through April 9. Don't miss your last chance to enter his sculptural, experiential and utterly immersive world this long weekend.

Apr 4, 2012 by Susanna Davies-Crook in Art

Florentijn Hofman

Pictoplasma 2012

Six fairs in six days

The six art fairs that descended upon Berlin in October have so much to offer that it would be near impossible for any one person to take it all in. But we have a small scintilla of something from everything.

(c) Thomas Struth, Drydock, DSME Shipyard, Geoje Island, 2007. Courtesy of Galerie Max Hetzler, Berlin.

Thomas Struth

Plasma experiment chambers, drilling rigs, unpopulated housing developments, empty streets girded with sky scrapers... Thomas Struth’s large-format photographs (on display at Galerie Max Hetzler from Oct 7-Nov 27) capture what human ambition leaves behind when the creators and occupiers vacate the lot.

Photo by Tamsin Ross Van Lessen

Yoko Ono's Das Gift

Yoko Ono invites Berliners to participate in this exhibition inspired by a poisoned apple – Das Gift translates as "the poison" – at Haunch of Venison (Sept 10-Nov 13). On the first floor, visitors can leave behind stories or images they associate with violence, or investigate “The Hole” – a shattered pane of glass that claims to put viewers in the dual perspective of gunman and victim. Frowns are forbidden on the second floor: “Smile Room“ records visitors’ smiles and beams them onto a video loop. Very Yoko...