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Will the Builder, and a Draughtsman
(Berlin.) For a change, the latest exhibition at Kupferstichkabinett does not celebrate an artist’s anniversary or some kind of memorial....
Christian Hain
Dec 15, 2017


No Kiss, no Tanned Guy under that Mistletoe - Yves Tanguy, Scharf Gerstenberg Collection
(Berlin.) Stepping through the looted Egyptian portal of Scharf-Gerstenberg Collection is an impressive experience. Placed inside the...
Christian Hain
Dec 14, 2017
This is Coming to You Directly from the Streets. (Or Nah.)
(Berlin.) I’ve been invited. To a blind date with art, and this is a rare occasion indeed. It makes you feel blessed, it makes you feel...
Christian Hain
Dec 6, 2017


‘Straya Now for me – The National Gallery of Australia Visits me Collectors Room
(Berlin.) G’day, mate! ... Let me see, what stereotypes do we have ‘bout ‘Straya? (“‘Straya”: check - ‘Strayan slang is to ‘breviate...
Christian Hain
Nov 28, 2017


China Exchange and Many ‘Faceful’ Men - Kulturforum Goes East
(Berlin.) Ni Hao, dearest art lover. Stepping into the sombre twilight of Kulturforum’s “Art Library”, you feel transported to an early...
Christian Hain
Nov 8, 2017


Oriental Occidentalism in many Varieties – Fahrelnissa Zeid at Deutsche Bank Kunsthalle
(Berlin.) Deutsche Bank got itself a board member with Turkish roots lately, but that’s rather a coincidence, and not immediately...
Christian Hain
Oct 27, 2017


Who’s Skaer-ed of Lucy? A Show Dedicated to History and Language
(Berlin.) KW Institute starts into the winter season with a solo of Scottish artist Lucy Skaer. In the beginning, there’s a table, or...
Christian Hain
Oct 20, 2017


Just Another Art Award – Preis der Nationalgalerie, Hamburger Bahnhof Museum
(Berlin.) Generally, in art, the prelude, i.e. the opening, is also the main thing, the most important date of the six to eight weeks to...
Christian Hain
Oct 3, 2017


me Arab, You Berlin; Almost a State Visit
(Berlin.) Every time, I hear about occidental art in an Arabian context, I feel unsure. When, some years ago, the Louvre of all places...
Christian Hain
Sep 28, 2017


Schering, Kindl, Schinkel. And Berlinische Galerie
(Berlin.) Imagine for a moment, you’re dealing in art, and you represent your gallery at a fair. What could be more convenient than the...
Christian Hain
Sep 22, 2017


The Aftermath of BAW’17, or: From Berlin to Miami Beach in 23 Galleries
(Berlin.) Now that Berlin Art Week is over, it’s time to focus on different things again. Or is it? We've mentioned the diffuse...
Christian Hain
Sep 22, 2017


AB, But no Longer, and Yet Still: C. With and Without Positions.
(Berlin.) A lot of questions surround Berlin Art Week (BAW): Is there anybody who has never confused it with Gallery Weekend Berlin...
Christian Hain
Sep 15, 2017


Marx-ist Gardens for the People (and the Privileged) – Roberto Burle Marx at Deutsche Bank Kunsthall
(Berlin.) You know Groucho, Harpo, Chico, and probably even Karl, but you never heard of Roberto Burle Marx - unless you’re Brazilian, or...
Christian Hain
Aug 17, 2017


That’s Luscious - No, Excuse the Freudian Slip: That’s Lucian! The Etchings of Lucian Freud at MGB
(Berlin.) This summer, Martin Gropius Bau opens its doors to a Swiss bank. Speaking simply of a promo event would not be fair, though:...
Christian Hain
Aug 12, 2017


A Summer Hit Less Annoying than Despacito? Try Kupferstichkabinett
(Berlin.) For the fourth time already, Berlin’s public drawing collection stages a summer exhibition. This, of course, is just a title;...
Christian Hain
Aug 1, 2017


1 Museum, 4 Artists, 50 Hertz
(Berlin.) Once again, I came unprepared. All I knew was, there’s an art exhibition at a company called “50 Hertz”. The invitation was...
Christian Hain
Jul 22, 2017


Formed, Furnished, Forgotten - The Life of a Sculpture; Skulptur-Projekte Münster 2017
(Münster.) Art knows biennials, triennials, quinquennials, and even decennials. Skulptur-Projekte Münster (SPM) might not be Germany’s...
Christian Hain
Jul 19, 2017


To Document~a Crisis, or Many. Documenta 14: Your Favourite Quinquennial
(Cassel.) Nobody ever visits Cassel outside of Documenta. Thus, to say, a trip to the German hinterland before the grand opening were...
Christian Hain
Jul 6, 2017


A Labyrinth of Lies, or: Artist’s Assistant for a Day
(Berlin.) One fine day at the end of May, I happened upon a cry for help on Facebook. The team behind last year’s Dark Rooms was busy...
Christian Hain
Jun 15, 2017


Stars, Scars and Scares at KW Institute
(Berlin.) It’s always nice to find artists inspired by the same phenomena of mass culture that none of us can escape. In the case of KW...
Christian Hain
Jun 12, 2017
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