After two downsized versions due to the pandemic, Gallery Weekend (29.04–01.05.2022) is once again transforming Berlin into a meeting place for the international art scene. Time to jump on your bike and join collectors, curators and artists for a journey full of openings and museum-quality exhibitions. A total of 52 Berlin galleries are part of the official program, whose highlights include the visual worlds of artist and poet Ser Serpas (born in 1995) at the Galerie Barbara Weiss in Kreuzberg. Or there’s Conny Maier’s paintings at Société in Charlottenburg, or painter El Hadji Sy from Dakar at Barbara Thumm in Kreuzberg. Next door, Carlier | Gebaueris presenting a group exhibition with works by Nida Sinnokrot, whose art deals with colonial heritage. The two galleries are neighbors and will co-host a Block Party tomorrow (29.04) with a barbecue and music.
Over in Charlottenburg, Kicken has joined up with the Haubrok Collection at Lichtenberg’s Fahrbereitschaft to present works by 1970s artist Klaus Rinke. Ebensperger in Wedding is well worth a visit: there you’ll find drawings from the multi-talented Lea Draeger. If you want to put together your own tour of the city, have a look through the festival’s journal. And don’t forget: even places that aren’t part of the official program are taking advantage of the weekend’s momentum. The online art association Super Super Markt is hosting a temporary exhibition at Purgal Delicatessen in Mitte, curated by artist Rebecca Ackroyd.
Text: Laura Storfner / Photos: Dusty Kessler & Stefan Korte / Credit: Mehdi Chouakri Gallery, Peter Roehr, Untitled (OB-122), 1966; Soy Capitán Gallery, Rachel Youn, Gather (detail), 2020, installation view, Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis; Galerie Neu, Joseph Winston McCarthy, Ruler.
Gallery Weekend
29.04.2022 18–21h, 30.04 & 01.05.2022 11–19h
Galerie Barbara Weiss, Kohlfurter Str.41/43, 10999 Berlin–Kreuzberg; map
Serpas: Head Banger Boogie, until 25.06.2022
Société, Wielandstr.26, 10707 Berlin–Charlottenburg; map
Conny Maier: Feels like rabies, 29.04–03.06.2022
Galerie Barbara Thumm, Markgrafenstr.68, 10969 Berlin–Kreuzberg; map
El Hadji Sy: Silhouettes Critiques, 29.04–30.07.2022
Block Party, 29.04.2022 18–22h
Carlier | Gebauer, Markgrafenstr.67, 10969 Berlin–Kreuzberg; map
Looking Through the Threshold, until 29.04–11.06.2022
Block Party, 29.04.2022 18–22h
Kicken Berlin, Kaiserdamm 118, 14057 Berlin–Charlottenburg; map
Klaus Rinke: Projects (MoMA 1973 et al.), 29.04–17.06.2022
Haubrok Foundation at the Fahrbereitschaft, Herzbergstr.40–43, 10365 Berlin–Lichtenberg; map
Klaus Rinke: Wasserwerk Rinke, 29.04–26.06.2022
Ebensperger, Plantagenstr.30, 13347 Berlin–Wedding; map
Lea Draeger: Ökonomische Päpstinnen und Päpste, 29.04–19.06.2022
Super Super Markt at Purgal Delicatessen, Brunnenstr.162, 10119 Berlin–Mitte; map
The other side of the door, until 01.05.2022, opening 28.04.2022 18–21h
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