Art Week is raging in Berlin, with one opening after the next, and Gallery Weekend is also getting in on the action. Complementing the traditional format of participating galleries, this year is trying something new: Welcome to the Gallery Weekend Festival. In the old-golden west, in the middle of the Kurfürstendamm, stands the empty Hotel Mondial, which has spent the summer being given a new lease of life by various initiatives under the name Studio Mondial. And now with Gallery Weekend, curated by Sandra Teitge, the group exhibition will feature artists from more than 40 participating galleries. The cooperative concept is somewhat reminiscent of the efforts of other players at the Wilhelmhallen in Reinickendorf, which has established itself in recent years. But one exhibition does not a festival make. The program is supplemented by performances, screenings, sound works, readings and installations. The focus is young, new, fresh and interdisciplinary – just as Berlin likes to see itself today. The program is quite promising, with name after name after name. By no means as young and unestablished as the concept suggests. There are works by Anna Ehrenstein (KOW) and Raul Walch (Eigen+Art), Kandis Williams (Heidi), Karl Holmqvist (Galerie Neu), Cornelia Schleime (Galerie Judin), Eleni Poulou and many, many more. So many, that despite all the familiarity, you can still be sure to discover something young, new, fresh.
Text: Hilka Dirks / Credit: Maki Na Kamura, Unit I, 2023 Öl, Contemporary Fine Arts; Hannah Sophie Dunkelberg, SUN CITY (south); Fortuna Forest, Swamp, 2023 / Fotos: Jens Ziehe, Marjorie Brunet & Piercarlo Quecchia
Gallery Weekend Festival im Studio Mondial, Kurfürstendamm 47, 10707 Berlin–Charlottenburg; map
16.09. 12–21h & 17.09.2023 12–19h
@studio_mondial
