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ARTCONNECT BERLIN’s 1st Anniversary Weekend Celebration

Blog post by Alison Hugill – in Berlin; Tuesday, August 7, 2012.

Next week, ArtConnect Berlin will celebrate its first anniversary with a weekend of art and music from August 9th – 12th. The event will kick off with an exhibition opening at the ArtConnect HQ on Thursday evening.
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The Good Life in Berlin

Pergamon by Barbara Confino

Blog post by Barbara Confino – in New York; Saturday, Aug. 04, 2012.

From the beginning Berlin confounds me. My first impression of this city built on a swamp is dreary. I find most of its famous old buildings disproportionally massive, its wide avenues tacky and commercial, and am thinking this is an ugly city when I discover something else. Having gone to the Museum of Natural History to pay my respects to the dinosaurs, I chance upon a photography exhibit detailing the variety of wildlife… [read on…]

Spreepark Project Falls Short of Expectations

Kulturpark

Blog post by Alison Hugill – in Berlin; Friday, August 3, 2012.

The ruins of Spreepark are fascinating and haunting palimpsests of the utopian promises of Soviet-era urbanism. The abandoned amusement park has been one of Berlin’s underground tourist attractions for nearly a decade. Located along the Spree River, the amusement park was first opened in 1969 as Kulturpark Plänterwald, the only permanent entertainment park in the GDR. After the Wall fell, it was sold, given a ‘western’ makeover… [read on…]

Open Call: Art Dubai’s 2013 Residencies

Magdi Mostafa (2012 A.I.R. Dubai Resident Artist) - "The Sound Element" (2012), Installation, Bastakiya

Blog post by Anna Purcell – in Berlin; Sunday, July 29, 2012.

Art Dubai, Delfina Foundation, Dubai Culture & Arts Authority, and Tashkeel collaborate to organize Artists-in-Residence (A.i.R) Dubai, an annual residency programme which supplies artists and curators with the opportunity to be based in Dubai before and during Art Dubai and Art Week every March.
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Barbara Confino’s “The Genetic Wars”

BarbaraConfino - The Genetic Wars

Blog post by Anna Purcell – in Berlin; Saturday, July 21, 2012.

In her graphic history The Genetic Wars, Barbara Confino, a New York City-based artist and writer, explores the repurcussions of a society in which cloning is the primary form of human reproduction.
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Paul Thek and Luc Tuymans: Why?!

Paul Thek and Luc Tuymans - "Why?!”, installation view, Photo courtesy of Luc Tuymans and Galerie Isabella Czarnowska, Berlin Photo by Jochen Littkemann

Blog post by Adela Yawitz – in Berlin; Monday, Jul. 16, 2012.

In his new exhibition at Isabella Czarnowska gallery, painter Luc Tuymans plays the curator, art historian, and co-star of the show. The collection of paintings and objects in the gallery pushes the boundaries of visual, linear lines that tie the “influential” to the “influenced”. Tuymans, one of the most prominent painters working today, presents an exhibition of his own work alongside the work of Paul Thek…[read on…]

Neue Berliner Räume presents Robert Montgomery

Robert Montgomery

Blog post by Alison Hugill – in Berlin; Saturday, Jul. 14, 2012.

On July 7th, Berlin-based creative platform Neue Berliner Räume opened a multi-site exhibition by British artist Robert Montgomery. ‘Echoes of Voices in the High Towers’ – the artist’s debut show in Germany – consists of three billboard pieces and two poems illuminated on a marquee on the grounds of the former Tempelhof airfield, as well as ten large billboard works scattered throughout the city. [read on…]

Karla Black at Schinkel Pavillon

Karla Black at Schinkel Pavillon

Blog post by Marie-Louise Crona – in Berlin; Friday, Jul. 13, 2012.

The Schinkel Pavillon was built in 1969 by the architect Rikard Paulick and is located at the park of the Crown Prince’s Palace. Schinkel Pavillon gives the impression of being an oversized vitrine, and standing inside it, there are great panoramic views of famous Berlin monuments like the TV Tower, the former School of Architecture of Karl Friedrich Schinkel, and the Berliner Dom.
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