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Don’t Talk, Just Watch. A Day at the Movies with Omer Fast
(Berlin.) Omer Fast’s video show Talking isn’t always the solution has opened about a month ago, but we did not write this review really...
Christian Hain
Dec 15, 2016


A Visit to Vincent van Gogh Museum, Guest Starring Monet, Daubigny and Pissarro
(Amsterdam.) ”Maybe I should go and live in Amsterdam / In a side street near a big canal / Spend my evenings in the van Gogh Museum /...
Christian Hain
Dec 9, 2016


The Amsterdam Art Weekend 2016, Part 2: The Institutions (some of them)
(Amsterdam.) The Amsterdam Art Weekend was not limited to commercial galleries. Even Manifesta hosted a show in their corporate...
Christian Hain
Dec 3, 2016


Up in Smoke. The Amsterdam Art Weekend 2016, Part 1: Gallery Night
(Amsterdam.) I know what you’re thinking, and you’re right: Who would travel to Amsterdam, and not smoke weed? It’s like visiting Germany...
Christian Hain
Nov 30, 2016


Picasso, Klee, Matisse, and Introducing George Condo at Berggruen Museum
(Berlin.) No matter how long you live in a city, there is always a museum you have not visited yet. In Berlin, my biggest neglect in this...
Christian Hain
Nov 24, 2016


Hieronymus Bosch with Friends, Fakers and Followers - All at Gemäldegalerie
(Berlin.) A serious art collector, you are not in Berlin, not now, not in November. The fair-y season has not yet begun in Miami, and...
Christian Hain
Nov 18, 2016


Dressing Up. Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster at Schinkel Pavilion and Esther Schipper Gallery
(Berlin.) 11 November marks the debut of the carnival season in (the catholic areas of) German speaking countries, a fact rather...
Christian Hain
Nov 16, 2016


20 Years of Hamburger Bahnhof Museum
(Berlin.) In London, all public museums offer free admission to their collections, always. In Paris, it’s the same on the first Sunday of...
Christian Hain
Nov 15, 2016


Time for Beer, and Olympics
(Berlin.) An industrial wasteland not far off Hermannplatz, deep down in the Turkish-Arabian sector of Berlin where many young and...
Christian Hain
Nov 11, 2016


Christian Jankowski, the Man, the Ledge. A HaL of an Artist
(Berlin.) Haus am Lützowplatz ("House on Lützow Square") is an art centre situated on, yes: Lützow Square, that much you've probably...
Christian Hain
Nov 5, 2016


The Reality of a Dream, Surrealist Objectivity or Objective Surrealism at Scharf-Gerstenberg
(Berlin.) Another day, another private collection in Berlin, and a Mr. Scharf-Gerstenberg bathing in the glory of his art; or so you...
Christian Hain
Oct 21, 2016


“Jist Shoot ‘em Refugees to Mars!”
(Berlin.) The somewhat radical idea is not taken from The Donald’s election manifesto, nor is there any need to cry for a boycott of this...
Christian Hain
Oct 14, 2016


EMoP’16 c/o SM & KdpV
(Berlin.) Institutions in eight European cities hold biennial photo exhibitions under the name of European Month of Photography. That...
Christian Hain
Oct 7, 2016


ELK's Bathing and More - Ernst Ludwig Kirchner at Hamburger Bahnhof Museum
(Berlin.) Hamburger Bahnhof Museum’s newly appointed director is not one of the grey gentlemen in black high street suits so typical for...
Christian Hain
Sep 28, 2016


Don't Dread the Bad End in a Bunker - Berlin Art Week, Part 2
(Berlin.) Art fairs are not the only thing happening during Berlin Art Week, there are gallery openings, conferences, institution...
Christian Hain
Sep 23, 2016


Berlin Art Week – Part 1: The Fairs
(Berlin.) Remember we told you there was no (important) art fair in Berlin? Instead, we said, Berlin has the Gallery Weekend (link), a...
Christian Hain
Sep 21, 2016


Not Alone in The Dark Rooms
(Berlin.) Sometimes, people like to be left in the dark. It admittedly happens a lot in contemporary art. Sometimes even literally. You...
Christian Hain
Sep 12, 2016


El Siglo de Oro - Velazquez, El Greco and mucho more at El Gemäldegalerie Berlin (¡olé!)
(Berlin.) Another day at Gemäldegalerie, and they work hard to maintain their reputation of being the most annoying art venue in Berlin....
Christian Hain
Aug 24, 2016


Showtime with Bosch, or Art for Dummies at Alte Münze Berlin
(Berlin.) It’s that time of year again - even if you can’t tell it by the Berlin weather, still hoping for that climate change to speed...
Christian Hain
Aug 18, 2016


Berlin Biennale, proudly brought to you by KW Institute for Contemporary Arts
(Berlin.) Berlin Biennale is not your average biennale. Founded in 1998 by the art triumvirate Biesenbach/Obrist/Spector, today it is...
Christian Hain
Aug 12, 2016
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