Art & Exhibitions
Photographer Akinbode Akinbiyi on chronicling Berlin street life
INTERVIEW! With his photo exhibition "Six Songs, Swirling Gracefully in the Taut Air" on now through May 17 at Gropius Bau, Akinbode Akinbiyi's work chronicles city life including Wedding's African Quarter. He talks his Berlin inspiration. Read more
Mar 12, 2020
Artist Bettina Pousttchi on making a contemporary statement
INTERVIEW! With her new exhibition "In Recent Years" on now at the Berlinische Galerie through Apr 6, we met German-Iranian artist Bettina Pousttchi to talk her latest works, how she's inspired by the Hauptstadt and mixing cultural influences. Read more
Mar 2, 2020
Women at the forefront: Nationalgalerie's Fighting for Visibility
REVIEW! Don't miss Alte Nationalgalerie's "Fighting for Visibility: Women Artists in the Nationalgalerie before 1919" through Mar 8, the exhibition highlights some 60 works by 33 female artists produced in the 140 years leading up to 1919. Read more
Feb 27, 2020
Laid bare: C/O Berlin's Love, Ren Hang
REVIEW! Chinese photographer Ren Hang’s bright and crisp pictures, almost all featuring naked bodies, seek to dispel the impression Chinese people are "robots without cocks or pussies". Through Feb 29. Read more
Feb 24, 2020
Four stars! Haus am Waldsee's The Truth Resides in the Folds
REVIEW! It's your last chance to see "The Truth Resides in the Folds" at Haus am Waldsee through Feb 23. Photographer Johanna Diehl fixes her lens on familiar places and innocuous objects of her West German childhood, with unsettling results. Read more
Feb 21, 2020
Critic's must-see exhibitions this month
Don't miss one of our art critic's top picks for February, "Being on concrete" through Feb 22 at Eigen + Art Lab. Other highlights include the just-opened "Winter North Summer South" at Times Art Centre, Sprüth Magers' "Re’Search Wait’S", and more! Read more
Feb 17, 2020
GDR and beyond: Norbert Bisky's Rant and Pompa
REVIEW! Painter Norbert Bisky's work inspired by his youth in the GDR and reunified Germany is a transporting experience. Catch "Pompa" at Matthäuskirche through Feb 16 and "Rant" at Villa Schöningen through Mar 15. Read more
Feb 10, 2020
