Art
Fast food for philosophisers
At the Museum for Communication, Hermann Vaske’s Why Are You Creative? offers an existential quick fix for the arty set. Read more
Art critic's year in review: The highs and lows of 2019
It's your last chance to see one of our art critic's highlights of 2019, "Original Bauhaus" at the Berlinische Galerie is on through Jan 27. See what other shows made her best (and worst) picks of 2019. Read more
Powerful and elegant: Galerie Tanja Wagner's Under the Cover of Darkness
It's your last chance to see Canadian and French artist and anthropologist Kapwani Kiwanga’s "Under the Cover of Darkness" at Galerie Tanja Wagner through Jan 25, a mix of abstraction and collage that sheds light on persisting patterns of oppression. Read more
Truly visceral! Museum Barberini's Van Gogh: Still Lifes
REVIEW! On now through Feb 2 at Potsdam's Museum Barberini, "Van Gogh: Still Lifes" features 27 of the Dutch artist's works in a visceral exhibition that provides an opportunity to see his signature thick paint swirls and singing colours in person. Read more
Don't miss our art critic's top picks for January!
It's your last chance to see GDR photographer retrospective "Helga Paris, Fotografin" at Akademie der Künste through Jan 12. Plus three more must-see provocative GDR photography exhibitions on now! Read more
Must see! Diskurs' Show Me Your Selfie exhibition
REVIEW! On now through Jan 11 at Mitte's Diskurs Berlin, the thought-provoking seven-artist exhibition "Show Me Your Selfie" invites reflections on the collected absurdities we present to the world under the title of Self. Read more
Light Art Space director on the new foundation's debut show
INTERVIEW! It's your last chance to see "Latent Being", the first show of new art foundation Light Art Space, through Jan 5 at Kraftwerk. Director Bettina Kames tells us more about LAS and its mission to bring Berliners cutting-edge light-based art. Read more
OUT NOW! Our JANUARY issue!
It's a new decade - and time to deal with old guilt! Can we offset our air miles? Make our everyday more sustainable? We chart the route to redemption. Also: Berliners confess, mum shaming gone crazy and colonial guilt going unacknowledged. Out now! Read more
Decolonisation in focus at HKW's exhibition double bill
Our critic takes a look at HKW's two shows tackling the colonial-era and 20th century white gaze, "Spectral White" or "Love and Ethnology", both through Jan 6 and explores how the problem is still present in today's big state museums. Read more
A Ramberg retrospective: KW's The Making of Husbands exhibition
REVIEW! KW’s small but brilliant show "The Making of Husbands" on now through Jan 5 illustrates the lasting relevance of Chicago Imagist Christina Ramberg, whose career-long focus has been on the female body. Read more
Elegant and intriguing: Soy Capitán's Rochade exhibition
REVIEW! It's your last chance to see the brilliant "Rochade" at Kreuzberg's Soy Capitán through Dec 21. Kristin Loschert and Lisa Herfeldt's show combines sculpture and photography to present intriguing independent dialogues. A must-see! Read more
Must-see: Kabakovs exhibition double bill
REVIEW! Don't miss Ilya and Emilia Kabakov exhibitions at the Tchoban Foundation and Mies van der Rohe Haus this month! Known for their high concept, large-scale installations, these exhibits show the process behind some of their most famous works. Read more
Frantic: Sprüth Magers' Re’Search Wait’S exhibition
REVIEW! It's your last chance to see Ryan Trecartin's "Re’Search Wait’S" through Feb 29 at Mitte's Sprüth Magers. Tragicomic video art for an Orwellian age! Read more
OUT NOW! Our DECEMBER issue!
Food special! From sustainable restaurants to local farms, from Japanese haute cuisine to 2019's big shifts on the delivery market: we survey the year's trends, check out museum cafés, meet foodie influencers and recommend tasty gifts. Out now! Read more
Nightlife in focus: C/O Berlin's No Photos on the Dance Floor!
REVIEW! It's your last chance to see C/O Berlin's "No Photos on the Dance Floor! Berlin 1989 – Today". Through Nov 30 the exhibition shows works by 25 photographers capturing the many facets of Berlin nightlife. Read more
Top three exhibits capturing the rebellious spirit of 1989
With 1988 art hall Galerie Loock opening an exhibition on East German photographer Christian Borchert on Nov 23, our critic explores this month's top exhibitions at galleries that grew out of the post-Wende buzz. Read more
Documenting Jerusalem: Jewish Museum's This Place
REVIEW! On now through Jan 5, the Jewish Museum's "This Place" was initiated by French photographer Frederic Brenner and features the work of 12 photographers depicting Jerusalem and the West Bank. A slick and thought-provoking exhibit. Read more
Provocative Wall art: Gropius Bau’s Walking Through Walls
REVIEW! On now through Jan 19, Gropius Bau’s magnificent exhibition marking 30 years since the fall of the Berlin Wall includes standout works by 28 international artists and provocatively tackles the effects of walls, real and metaphorical. Read more
In Pursuit of a Better Life
Photo exhibition on 70 years of the People’s Republic of China, Berliner Freiheit from Nov 23-29. Read more
Former GDR painter Bisky on his new exhibition double-bill
INTERVIEW! Ahead of his two new Koenig Galerie shows opening Nov 9 and 10, we met the painter and epitome of a Berlin artist at his studio to chat politics, partying and painting away his GDR childhood nightmares. Read more
Aesthetics of change: Henrike Naumann
Ahead of the East German artist's installation work "Tag X" which opens Nov 4-7 at the former GDR administrative building, a part of 30 years Peaceful Revolution - Fall of the Wall, Naumann opens up about how she's been inspired by the Wende. Read more