“Der bis 2012 vorhandene freie Platz der Parzelle Chausseestraße Nummer 30/31 in Berlin Mitte verbarg die Reste eines Tiefbunkers aus den 1940er Jahren. Dieser befand sich an der Stelle, wo nach der März-Revolution von 1848 in Hennigs Gaerten (ein Biergarten) Carli Callenbachs Sommertheater zu finden war. Auch das spätere Woltersdorff-Theater hatte sein Domizil hier und war aus dem Sommertheater hervorgegangen. Es wurde [...] Continue Reading…
The Berlin Art Week takes place from September 11 till 16, 2012.
This new umbrella event is going to combine important art fairs and institutions by organizing fairs, special exhibitions and discussions.
The following institutions take part: abc – art berlin contemporary and Preview – Art Fair as well as institutions dedicated to contemporary art such as the Verein der Freunde der Nationalgalerie, KW [...] Continue Reading…
In Berlin, and probably elsewhere, when you hear an airplane you instinctively look up at it.
Sometimes when it is an old clunker it is probably the old JU 52/Ju 54 – the Junkers airplane which flies from Schoenefeld airport and flies tourists for a 15min Berlin tour. http://www.ju52rundflug.de/
Aerial advertising is another matter altogether – and while they are known along most of the [...] Continue Reading…
The hottest new area for exhibiting the artistic talents of young German and International artists is Wedding. Heidestrasse, near Hauptbahnhof, is a hive of creativity, the entire street consisting of converted warehouses, posing as galleries in the new cool part of Berlin. Tired of expensive, overly touristy Prenzlauer Berg and over the recent craze of Neukoelln, the latest district Berliners are flocking [...] Continue Reading…
Currently at C/O Berlin in Mitte - a former Berlin Post Office -there is a fantastic exhibition by Fred Herzog, a German-born Canadian photographerwho shot in colour in the 50′s and 60′s mainly along the streets of east-side Vancouver.
He took photographs of ordinary people doing ordinary things without a hint of pretentiousness, and the tone of his photographs is subtle and humble. Given that [...] Continue Reading…
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