Reviews
How does text function as part of visual language? What is the value of criticism? We're not cynics and we like to believe criticism is a practice in critical thinking that leads to a voicing of opinions, constructive suggestions, a few punches on the shoulder, and/or much needed recognition. See which exhibitions and events were worth dwelling on.
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by Adela Lovric, 4 Oct 2018Even thought it technically is a week-long event, the Berlin Art Week echoes for much longer. Many of the exhibitions that are part of the program are still open to visitors for a few more weeks, or months, and can be viewed as they should – up close and personal. For those who skipped the crowd-anxiety-... -
by Sarie Nijboer, 2 Oct 2018As the art fairs at Flughafen Tempelhof are taken down, the multiple off-site venues around town cleaned, and the hangovers of art people attended to in beds everywhere, Berlin Art Week 2018 comes to an end. This year we saw a handful of festive and one-time performance-related events; unique locations took us from... -
by Julianne Cordray, 11 Feb 2018Tracey Snelling’s solo exhibition, First We Take Manhattan, at Künstlerhaus Bethanien presents intricately detailed sets filled with the minutia of everyday life – viewed through a lens that zooms both out and in – from cities to buildings to individual rooms. The artist's photographic... -
by Sarie Nijboer, 5 Jan 2018Blick Verschiebung is the third and final exhibition at Centre for Art and Public Space (ZKR) at Schloss Biesdorf. A recent press release revealed that ZKR will say goodbye per February 1st to its current building and move to a still unknown new location. The institution is focused on displaying international... -
by Julianne Cordray, 24 Oct 2017Emilija Škarnulytė’s cinematic installations facilitate embodiment of non-human time scales and perceptual modes by speculatively reconstructing archeological narratives from a time that does not yet exist. In Manifold, one of two video compilations installed in large scale at Künstlerhaus Bethanien... -
by Julianne Cordray, 14 Sep 2017The first iteration of art berlin – a new partnership between abc art berlin contemporary and Art Cologne – has opened its doors this Berlin Art Week. The elaborately configured network of stalls filling STATION-Berlin's vast space will spill out into an accompanying, and no less densely... -
by Julianne Cordray, 17 Aug 2017Focusing on spaces for leisure and entertainment through a self-reflective lens, Galerie im Turm's current exhibition, PARK – curated by Celina Basra – considers the communicative strategies of public space, the relationship isolated places of contolled fantasy have to our reality, and the ways in... -
by Sarie Nijboer, 9 Aug 2017At a time in which there is a constant influx of new artists, the yearly Rundgang is a perfect way to showcase fresh talents from the grid. Though most of the time newly produced art is over- or, better yet, underwhelming, the Rundgang 50Hertz exhibition is not that type of a show. Right at the heart of the 50Hertz... -
by bpigs team, 16 Jul 2017Starting on Friday evening, Miss Read Art Book Fair opened its doors at the Haus der Kulturen der Welt. The event invited artists, art periodicals, and art publishers to come showcase and sell their work. The venue allowed for a nice laid back and open feel. There were plenty of friendly people willing to talk about... -
by Julianne Cordray, 12 Jun 2017The most recent production in the Studiogalerie of Haus am Lützowplatz, / interface(s) / Tales of Babel highlighted the idiosyncrasies of distinct visual languages and the moments in which they transgress their own boundaries, slipping into the space of collective memory. Predicated less on a thematic... -
by bpigs team, 22 May 2017Venice never loses its magic. A subtle festive feeling is always in the air wherever you go. And well, it’s this time of the year again: you can dive into the festival of art, surrounded by amazing architecture in a labyrinth of narrow streets. This state of constantly present beauty, the refreshing breeze from... -
by Adela Lovric, 16 May 2017The illuminated writing in warped, post-internet-aesthetics CAPTCHA font stretches over the wall of EIGEN + ART Lab's exhibiton space. "Is anybody home lol" is both the title of this large site-specific neon piece and of the latest exhibition by the Swiss artist collective !Mediengruppe Bitnik... -
by Julianne Cordray, 28 Apr 2017As Gallery Weekend gets underway, we've set out to visit the preview. The official start kicks off tonight at 18h, with more than 50 openings taking place across the city. Here's a look at some of our favorites so far: Entering the space at ChertLüdde, visitors immediately find themselves closed in,... -
by Julianne Cordray, 24 Mar 2017Hanne Lippard's new installation in the recently reopened exhibition hall of KW Institute for Contemporary Art. The sparseness of KW’s vast ground floor exhibition space is striking; the only object, a central, cage-like structure coated in creamy beige, extends from floor to ceiling. Its interior... -
by bpigs team, 16 Dec 20162016 has been a lot of things, but if anything, I have discovered a way to keep all the negatives at bay. The year of BREXIT, Trump and refugee crisis – was my “Year of the Plant”. Starting in Spring, after teaming up with the lovely people from ACUD, I immersed myself in urban gardening, then... -
by bpigs team, 15 Nov 2016It’s getting cold outside, but before isolating yourself in the confines of your apartment and getting depressed about the Berlin Winter, I can recommend you to spend time with Siobhán O'Callaghan at one of her UNISEW workshops. Before she settled in Berlin in 2013, Siobhán studied... -
by Andrea Palacios, 5 Nov 2016There’s no place for dignity in this world. A powerful, yet uncomfortable statement introduces you to “Space Refugee”, the exhibition by Halil Altindere presented at n.b.k. for this year’s Berlin Art Week. As for the news headlines, the city’s day to day life, Berlin is now filled... -
by Adela Lovric, 16 Sep 2016This year sees the ninth edition of abc art berlin contemporary, with 63 galleries from Germany and around the world presenting individual positions and curated projects inside and outside the exhibition halls. As promised in the foreword of this year's programme, the focus of Berlin's biggest art fair is on...
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