Eva Eicker
Alfred Ehrhardt: Painting, Drawing, Prints
This exhibition of paintings, drawings and prints is pulled from Ehrhardt’s artistic output during a winter semester spent in Dessau 1928-29 with Bauhaus masters Josef Albers and Oskar Schlemmer. Through Apr 18. Read more
Saul Leiter. David Lynch. Helmut Newton: Nudes
The show starts with 80 monochromatic large format (or even larger than life) works by Helmut Newton, but David Lynch and even more so Saul Leiter are the real reasons to visit this collection of nudes. Through May 19. Read more
Bauhaus kicks off!
This year is all about celebrating the 100th anniversary of the German art and design movement. Even though Berlin’s two most prominent Bauhaus buildings are inopportunely closed for renovation this year, two highlight exhibitions are finally open. Read more
Impossible Love - Vintage Photographs
Nobuyoshi Araki gets up close and personal at C/O Berlin. Read more
A look back at British "thinginess"
INTERVIEW! As PalaisPopulaire opens Objects of Wonder (from Feb 1) showing sculpture from across the Channel, curators Elena Crippa and Daniel Slater talk about the importance of objects. Read more
Art this month: Emotions and ecology
This year's Transmediale and two topical art shows will change your perspective on digital society. Read more
2019: Bauhaus and beyond
From the big Bauhaus anniversary to local newcomers, this year promises plenty of exciting art exhibitions to look forward to. Read more
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A late discovery
Finally, Berlin sees its first solo exhibition of iconic Romanian artist Geta Brătescu. It's on through Jan 25 at n.b.k. Read more
London 1938: Defending “Degenerate” German Art
With London 1938 the Liebermann-Villa marks the 80th anniversary of the London response to Nazi Germany's infamous Degenerate Art exhibition is 1937. On display: Kandinsky, Nolde, Modersohn-Becker among others. Read more
Freedom. The Art of the Novembergruppe 1918 – 1935
The Berlinische Galerie pays tribute to the Novembergruppe with a comprehensive retrospective to the Weimar-era association of artists. Through Mar 11. Read more
Fast and forward film art
This city is a serious hub for video art – and December is spoiling fans of the medium with a whole festival and two not-to-be-missed solo exhibitions. The Videoart at Midnight Festival is on Dec 12-16 at various venues. Read more
Lee Bul: Crash
Sequins, a labyrinth of infinity mirrors, leather, mother of pearl and metal – Lee Bul, one of the most important South Korean artists of her generation uses a futuristic mix of materials. Read more
The World on Paper
The inaugural show of Deutsche Bank’s brand new art space, PalaisPopulaire, spreads over three floors, with 300 works from post-war Modernism to the era of digital technologies, and even to the graphic novel. Read more
The Moment is Eternity
The Olbricht collection is presenting what easily qualifies as a “best of” from its expansive inventory of photography, interspersed with sculptures and paintings by art history’s big names (Jan Brueghel among others). Read more
Routinised Absurdity
Human figures behind drying laundry photographic close-ups of textile and the skin of commuters – this show at KINDL Zentrum presents 10 international contemporary photographers and their take on the absurdity of everyday processes. Read more
Fair(y) tales
What three Berlin gallerists make of this year’s huge Art Week success. Eicker explains... but hurry, gallery Sweetwater is already closing the doors on "Closer" on Sat, Nov 17. Read more
The full avant-garde: The November Group exhibition
Curator Janina Nentwig on showcasing the fearlessly radical art of the November Group 100 years down the road. Read more
Gary Hume
A single wheel is trapped in a block of concrete, stuck in time and passage. It is part of Gary Hume’s series Wonky Wheels, which includes 14 imperfectly shaped, colourful free-standing wheels... Read more
Gurlitt: Status Report
Cornelius Gurlitt famously hid a vast collection of art works which he had inherited from his father, an art dealer servicing the Nazi regime. The current exhibition at Gropius-Bau features 200 of the paintings found in his Munich apartment. Read more
Yamamoto Masao: Microcosm Macrocosm
Participating in the European Month of Photography Berlin, Mitte’s Alfred Ehrhardt Foundation blends the lens-work of its 20th century German namesake with that of Japanese artist Yamamoto Masao. Read more
