The Gallery Weekend Berlin 2017 – Part 2. More Galleries, More Nudity.
(Berlin.) The second day of Gallery Weekend Berlin, and we’ll stay in the Potsdamer Strasse sector. As usual, the first stop down there...
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Christian Hain
- Apr 29, 2017
Berlin Gallery Weekend 2017 Part 1. Fairs, Galleries and Nudity
(Berlin.) It’s that time of the year again! The 2017 edition of the “world’s largest art fair” (they still have not adopted that slogan),...
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Christian Hain
- Apr 13, 2017
Ah, Those Pretty, Pretty, Flowers! And She Knew Her Science too – Maria Sybilla Merian at KSK Berlin
(Berlin.) It’s spring again! Not only Easter is approaching, but if you live in a country celebrating Mother’s Day in May, you will be...
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Christian Hain
- Apr 11, 2017
For the Gold Digger in Your Life: It’s All About the Chemistry. Al-chemy at Kulturforum
(Berlin.) Much company they draw, and much abuse, // In casting figures, telling fortunes, news, // Selling of flies, flat bawdry, with...
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Christian Hain
- Apr 3, 2017
Black and White, and Ambivalence. Kemang Wa Lehulere at Deutsche Bank Kunsthalle
(Berlin.) The Deutsche Bank Kunsthalle is always worth a visit, and especially so if you’re invited to one of their press previews....
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Christian Hain
- Mar 30, 2017
Not to Praise Less Pretty Priceless but Prize-less Princesses. Three Painting Awards at BG
(Berlin.) Berlinische Gallery, one of the city’s finest venues for contemporary art, has gone full painting, hosting not only one, but...
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Christian Hain
- Mar 24, 2017
Installing... Installing... Installation complete. Moving Is In Every Direction at Hamburger Bahnhof
(Berlin.) “Art installed in space” may appear under many names. “Narrative spaces” would be one, “environment” another. The curators of...
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Christian Hain
- Mar 16, 2017
Duchamp to Daimler, Handmade, Ready-Made, Fanmade
(Berlin.) I’ve been to D.C. again. Daimler Contemporary, that is. Their latest show is about “ready-mades and beyond”, or, the exact...
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Christian Hain
- Mar 10, 2017
Art'n'Eels, Bugs'n'Chips. Stoschek's back.
(Berlin). Julia Stoschek Collection has opened a second show in Berlin, and this time you’re not expected to read a book or watch a film...
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Christian Hain
- Feb 20, 2017
The Berlinale Trilogy – A Prequel: Forum Expanded, Expanded
(Berlin.) Last time we talked about art, we stopped short at the films of Forum Expanded. A restriction on telling about those before...
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Christian Hain
- Feb 20, 2017
The Berlinale Trilogy Part 3: Thoughts and Winners
(Berlin.) The Berlinale is history, and soon we’ll talk about art again. But first... Berlinale Jury was composed of Paul Verhoeven...
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Christian Hain
- Feb 16, 2017
The Berlinale Trilogy, A Spinoff – The Interview, starring Xu Haofeng
(Berlin.) And now for something completely different... During this year’s Berlinale, the Asian Film & Television Promotion (AFTP), and...
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Christian Hain
- Feb 11, 2017
The Berlinale Trilogy, Part 2 – A Film Festival
This page will be updated with more reviews as the festival continues. (Berlin.) The first days of Berlinale are over and the competition...
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Christian Hain
- Feb 9, 2017
The Berlinale Trilogy, Part 1 – A Forum Expanded
(Berlin.) I don’t know about you, but when I realize I’ve been staring at a screen for six hours and a half – not typing, or clicking,...
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Christian Hain
- Feb 2, 2017
Schering Foundation and Deutsche Bank Kunsthalle, Forming the Future
(Berlin.) Feeling SAD? Schering (Pharmaceutics, now a subsidiary of Bayer, and no longer formally connected to the art activities)...
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Christian Hain
- Jan 25, 2017
You Haven’t Changed a Bit, KW Institute! A Reopening.
(Berlin.) Imagine a famous art venue taking a four months’ vacation to break in the new boss, and do some much needed refurbishing....
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Christian Hain
- Jan 19, 2017
A New Year, A New Art? Four Berlin Gallery Shows
(Berlin.) It might seem a bit late, but lest we forget: “Happy new Year!” What could be better to warm up to 2017 - not literally, mind:...
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Christian Hain
- Dec 15, 2016
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...
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Christian Hain
- Dec 9, 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 /...
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Christian Hain
- Dec 3, 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...
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