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I have been waiting my whole life for someone to say something, or me to think of something, which will make everything else after that crystal clear. The one thruth. The secret. It has not happened yet. These are the advices, that have...read more
For its second year running, the Project Space Festival returns to Berlin giving the participating spaces, artists, and visitors an opportunity to partake in a very unique experience. With performances, pool tournaments, panel discussions, pop-up...read more
I did not need to wait until the moment my UBER driver informed me I have a "bad passenger score," to realize everything in this contemporary version of reality is about RATINGS and where these place us in comparison to others. Anybody who has...read more
This month you will get all im/possible answers to the question above, and anything you can think of related to it. The art spaces of Berlin are making sure to confuse you by twisting the familiar definitions and providing new and unique art...read more
This time reporting from our satellite office a stone's throw from the beach where one festival comes after another, and regardless of that our fear of missing out is going wild. Concerts by the music legends, exciting newcomers and next-big-thing...read more
A summer month least likely to be remembered for plentiful art events turns into one of the most exciting for the art lovers with daily interventions of the Project Space Festival . This year's edition activates one project space each day in...read more
One man's trash is another man's treasure. We could use this phrase in many variations, but it actually refers to the fact that most of the events we recommend in this round are located around the infamous Warschauer station, which is getting...read more
If you decided to spend the prime vacation time in Berlin, the art capital will not disappoint you. While everyone is getting heat crazy and summer lazy, Berlin - eventful as always - keeps it non-stop cool. Art events of all kinds will keep you...read more
Summer is short, enjoy it while it lasts. Stick to the sunscreen and our guide through the best concerts, festivals & parties (plus an exhibition opening & a very special film screening) in the next two weeks. Also, keep an eye on our...read more
Twice a year, Bpigs goes all-digital, and so do the B-Sides. We are happy to present you “Hypnosis”, Nicolas Pelzer's artistic contribution for our July / August online issue. The Berlin-based artist is mostly working with new media and digital...read more
By all means, it is getting hot in here. Says the weather forecast, your average instagram feed & the eternal battle of hot dogs vs legs , but also our art calender - the hottest topics of the next two weeks are passion, lust & love...read more
What better way to start your usual Saturday morning, but by a B_Tour around the Plattenbauten of bleak Lichtenberg ? Our guide for this urban Ausflug was Bram Esser, a philosopher who defines himself as an explorer of the everyday – a fact which...read more
The young club & art space Konzulát – or the former Czechoslovakian Culture Center, as it is still often referred to – officially opened end of last year. As a much-needed meeting point where you can see an exhibition, a concert or a screening...read more
Things are slightly deviating in the first official summer weeks. It's no time for smooth hit compilations; Berlin currently sounds like the Lightning Bolt, noisy and fierce! Still, it is all about the variety, so keep scrolling to the one that...read more
In the center of the recently renovated and reopened Berlinische Galerie is the exhibition “Radically Modern: Urban Planning And Architecture In 1960s Berlin”, which takes a comprehensive look at the architecture of East and West Berlin, and its...read more
Festival mode on: the annual celebration of all-things-Neukölln meets the first Berlin Food Art Week, while over a hundred films are being shown at Les Rencontres Internationales, and about two hundred art publications presented at Miss Read. All...read more
After two years, four Cycles, eight presented artistic positions, and more than fifty hosted events, it is time for Rhea Dall and Kristine Siegel, the founding directors of PRAXES Center for Contemporary Art, to close their Berlin venue and take...read more
In anticipation of the third edition of the Berlin Art Prize, an independent annual award honoring contemporary art from Berlin, we met up with the founders to hear all about this "meticulous cover version of a classical art prize", which became...read more
Summer-flavoured, genre-varied two weeks ahead: three very different, equally interesting festivals, plus countless gigs and parties blasting great music for chilling and/or dancing. Things get even better with Bpigs and our generous friends –...read more
In the hills of Santa Monica lies Villa Aurora, a "true castle by the sea" in the words of Thomas Mann who was often a guest there. The former exile residence of Marta and Lion Feuchtwanger, which was in the 1940s a meeting point for European...read more
Berlin will soon fade out of grey and the art scene will shine brighter in the summer sun. This month three or more events per day is the expected quota, plus there is a lot to look forward to : big openings, big Berlin Art Prize ceremony, and...read more
I wanted to post my response to this article as well. For what is worth. https://www.artnews.com/toc/women-in-the-art-world/ Art does not have gender. You could maybe, if so inclined, try to differentiate between nuances of female and male energy...read more
Fake beaches are just about to emerge all over Berlin for the long summer of dipping your dancing feet into sand. First one in the row and one of the biggest this year is the tenth Berlin Festival. Don't miss the big weekend fun and plenty other...read more
Hello spring makeover! Time to give some attention to the galleries spreading their butterfly wings: the newly opened NOME, the renovated Berlinische Galerie, and the soon-to-be relocated Schur-Narula. Apart from the welcomed novelties, a few...read more
