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by bpigs team, 15 Jun 2021This is exactly how I feel with everything reopening (too fast?) and having to shave my legs again. Selin Wutzler "16 : 18 : 15 : 3 : 5 : 19 : 19" performance this Friday June 18th at 19h (This video has a very enjoyable, very fitting, and very important sound we can not enjoy in gif format) EIGEN + ART... -
by bpigs team, 9 Jun 2021I spent a disproportional amount of time the last two days looking for a starting image to announce the Gallery Weekend Berlin is having a summer do-over next weekend June 18-19th. Something that says fresh beginnings, something that says re-openings, an uplifting, airy, bubbly, slightly dull but/and/or ultimately... -
by bpigs team, 26 May 2021Freie Kunst- und Kulturproduktion findet projektweise statt, meist mit besonderem Aufwand für Materialeinsatz, Reisen und Transport. Wie kann die Freie Szene zur Entlastung der Umwelt beitragen? Das Haus der Materialisierung (HdM) als Beispiel für einen Teil der Lösung ist ein guter Ort, sich unter... -
by bpigs team, 14 Apr 2021It is Aperol Spritz time, and nothing, NOTHING will take this away from us. Well, I can think of a few things, but let's move on. Let's make some new memories, people; let's start forgetting this year ever happened. We want to know what you are up to for Gallery Weekend Berlin, whether you plan a pop-up... -
by bpigs team, 11 Mar 2021THE FAIREST is a fresh initiative launched by Eleonora Sutter and Georgie Pope to support young, emerging, or independent artists and creators. Artists, regardless of gallery representation or medium, typically without access to fairs, are featured in THE FAIREST. This action is to create a new fluidity, public... -
by bpigs team, 29 Jan 2021You know when you are waiting for the bus in the rain and it takes a while, and then you say fuck it I ll walk, you start walking and then the bus splashes you right past in what seems like the next second? It is coming, people. The bus is coming. Let us window shop some art, shall we? We are so happy to... -
by bpigs team, 10 Sep 2020Concerts, dialogues, live drawing: An open-air salon in two parts of the artist group "Die Kette" Tuesday, 15 September 2020, doors: 19:00 h, start: 20:00 h, Open-air stage at Suicide Club Bertil Thomas (Live Sets) Gabriele Gysi & Thomas Götz von Aust (Talk) Thomas Korn (Conference... -
by bpigs team, 9 Sep 2020Berlin is Berlin is Berlin, lost collectors, art fairs and Corona be damned. New industrial space needs clients? Here comes the art to smooth the path along. With: Thomas Arnolds, Julius von Bismarck, Catherine Biocca, Sol Calero, Keltie Ferris, Kasia Fudakowski, Guan Xiao, Petrit Halilaj, Nadira Husain, Felix... -
by bpigs team, 7 Sep 2020FROM SEPTEMBER 9 TO WHEN THE CLUB REOPENS In the STUDIO BERLIN exhibition, the Boros Foundation presents the works of over eighty contemporary artists who live and work in Berlin. The show features national and international perspectives in the fields of photography, sculpture, painting, video, sound, performance and... -
by bpigs team, 5 May 2020Another beautiful, fresh initiative this week trying to navigate a brave new world of semi-isolation. Berlin galleries have joined forces to create BerlinViews, a website format presenting over 25 galleries and gallery models. Initiated by Office Impart and Tanja Wagner gallery the project, which yes, is a website... -
by bpigs team, 21 Apr 2020Berlin galleries are stirring up again from the self-imposed quarantine as the State is now allowing non-essential businesses with spaces smaller than 800-square-meters (8,600 square feet) to reopen starting Monday, April 20. Galleries and visitors need to still adhere to strict social distancing rules while masks are... -
by bpigs team, 31 Oct 2019The 4. Berliner Herbstsalon adopts Bilgin Ayata’s call and claims »De-heimatize it!« in order to oppose the strengthening of nationalist movements and the resulting backlash in the distribution of roles between gender and origin. The Herbstsalon has invited artists to dissect and dispel, bend and... -
by bpigs team, 11 Oct 2019Housing the Human unveils the results of five projects that tackle questions on how will we live in the near future. The collaboration brings together art, science, and technological innovation to explore speculative concepts for the future of living and coexistence. Certain Measures present a domestic setting that... -
by bpigs team, 9 Oct 2019Bpigs is happy to support the Terre des Femmes Charity Art Auction with works by Norbert Bisky, Julius von Bismarck, Candida Höfer, Jonathan Meese, Karin Sander, Rosemarie Trockel, Miriam Vlaming, Bettina WitteVeen and 40 other contemporary artists. All proceeds will go to the charitable work of Terre des... -
by bpigs team, 13 Sep 2019Let's talk guided tours. Berlin is perfect for drifting along with the crowds and ending up having walked for miles but sometimes you need that extra push to hop on the bike and experience the city from new perspecitves. The Network of Berlin Independent Project Spaces and Initiatives is celebrating 10 years (... -
by bpigs team, 12 Sep 2019From May to December 2019, STATISTA has been testing whether working "in the spirit of the Commons" is an option today, even within the context of city development. With the aid of ten distinct playing fields, STATISTA will generate artistic prototypes for a civil society built on collective principles. The... -
by Despina Stokou, 12 Sep 2019Art Berlin opens today with an extensive parallel program in collaborations that reach from the local iniative Berlin Art Prize to Liste ART FAIR BASEL. The program concentrates on the usual three options, talks, screenings and an extensive performance program which we will be presenting in detail here. On... -
by Despina Stokou, 21 Aug 2019The sixth edition of the Berlin Art Prize, the city’s independent art award, takes place in September 2019. This year, the 9 nominees will be exhibited in 9 project spaces of the city for 9 solo shows. The non-profit seeks to collaborate with some of the many places in the city where independent art occurs. With...