Germany: Second Corona Lockdown Commences on Monday
The Berlin Spectator / Imanuel Marcus — Wednesday, 28. October 2020
"Berlin's Governing Mayor Michael Müller, who also heads the Conference of First Ministers, said it had been difficult for him to support the decisions ..."
What moving to Berlin as a British exchange student during the pandemic taught me
The Local Germany / Eve Bennett — Tuesday, 27. October 2020
"If you'd have told me at the start of 2020 that I would be writing this piece in an apartment in Berlin, I wouldn't have believed you. I study German and ..."
Berlin’s Neue Nationalgalerie set to reopen after six-year renovation
Far Out Magazine — Monday, 26. October 2020
"The Neue Nationalgalerie in Berlin has revealed a reopening date of summer of 2021, a welcomed comeback for a gallery which has been closed for ..."
Coronavirus: Berlin breaks up 600-strong party over Covid
BBC News — Monday, 26. October 2020
"Police in Berlin have broken up a 600-strong party as coronavirus restrictions continue to curb German festivities. Berlin police tweeted that the "fetish ..."
Berlin: vandalism of museum artefacts ‘linked to conspiracy theorists’
The Guardian / Philip Oltermann — Tuesday, 20. October 2020
"Use of oily substance across three galleries reportedly related to claims they are centre of 'global satanism'. Pergamon Museum on Berlin's Museum ..."
Why are Berlin’s new buildings so intent on looking backwards?
Apollo Magazine / Tom Wilkinson — Tuesday, 20. October 2020
"The reconstruction of the Berlin Palace is the most obtrusive instance of this tendency. The enormous baroque structure currently nearing completion at ..."
9900 extras have tested out Berlin Brandenburg Airport (BER) ready for commissioning
Aviation24.be / André Orban — Tuesday, 20. October 2020
"Berlin Brandenburg Airport has undergone all preparations for a successful commissioning. All permits have been granted, all processes have been ..."
The new Berlin airport: A symbol of failure finally ready for takeoff
The Straits Times / Markus Ziener — Monday, 19. October 2020
"Germany will breathe a collective sigh of relief on Oct 31 when the new Berlin airport finally opens. It will be nothing short of a nightmare ..."
Germany: Berlin court suspends bar and restaurant curfew
Deutsche Welle — Friday, 16. October 2020
"A Berlin court on Friday suspended the late-night curfew imposed on bars and restaurants in the German capital, though it may only be a temporary ..."
Berlin-Neukölln: Germany’s Worst Corona Hotspot
The Berlin Spectator / Imanuel Marcus — Friday, 16. October 2020
"Berlin, October 16th, 2020 (The Berlin Spectator) — Neukölln is a place of contrasts. It is a deprived area and a good place for families, it is both ..."
Berlin mayor says city won’t be sealed off again
Reuters UK — Thursday, 15. October 2020
"BERLIN (Reuters) - Berlin's mayor warned against domestic travel restrictions that would cut Germany's largest city off from the rest of the country, ..."
Inside Berlin’s Anti-Gentrification Rebellion
Byline Times / Craig Stennett — Monday, 12. October 2020
"Inside Berlin's Anti-Gentrification Rebellion. Craig Stennett. 12 October 2020. The tenants alliance '23 Houses say No' play Wohnopoly at the Berlin ..."
Berlin bar shutdown: ‘No time to party’ says mayor amid rising coronavirus cases
Euronews / AFP — Saturday, 10. October 2020
"Berlin is now classified as a "risk zone". "This is not the time to party", insisted Berlin's democratic mayor, Michael Müller. "We want to prevent another ..."
Wet Paint: Coronavirus Rips Through the Berlin Art World, Notorious Flipper Puts More Work at …
artnet News / Nate Freeman — Friday, 09. October 2020
"Visitors to Gallery Weekend Berlin in 2019 with works by Bernar Venet in Galerie Blain|Southern. Photo: Christoph Soeder/dpa via Getty Images. Every ..."
Berlin Senate Imposes 11PM Curfew, Clubs React
Pollstar / Gideon Gottfried — Friday, 09. October 2020
"Berlin's Senate has decided to impose a curfew effective Oct. 10, which begins at 11 p.m. and ends at 6 a.m. – a time frame that represents the most ..."
berlin’s exilmuseum reveals proposed designs by DS+R, SANAA, francis kéré + more
Designboom / Philip Stevens — Saturday, 03. October 2020
"2nd place – diller scofidio + renfro, new york. berlin's exilmuseum reveals proposed designs by DS+R, SANAA, francis kéré + more 2nd place — diller ..."
City of possibilities: Berlin in pictures
Varsity Online / Rachel McHale — Friday, 02. October 2020
"This moment, less than a week before I was to leave Berlin after having spent just over four months there for the first half of my year abroad, ..."
Berlin inaugurates ‘day of club culture’ on October 3rd
Resident Advisor / Maya-Roisin Slater — Thursday, 01. October 2020
"40 clubs and collectives who were awarded €10,000 from the city for their 'commitment to Berlin club culture' will take part in the celebrations. Berlin's ..."
Berlin’s Tegel airport: A love letter as it prepares to close
The Independent / Nicky Gardner, Susanne Kries — Monday, 28. September 2020
"The opening in late October 2020 of Berlin's long awaited new airport – almost a decade late – marks the end of an era for Tegel. Few airports have ..."
The Rainforest Company: Berlin-based startup which set out to protect the rainforest enters UK …
EU-Startups / Thomas Ohr — Friday, 25. September 2020
"The Berlin-based startup The Rainforest Company, which was founded in 2017 by Albana Rama, is expanding to the UK. From October 15 onwards ..."
‘The pandemic made people want to grow stuff’: How a Berlin balcony project led to a chili revolution
The Local Germany / Rachel Loxton — Friday, 25. September 2020
""I didn't expect them to do so well," he says. At the same time, Numb had always been thinking about how Berlin's balcony space could be utilised better ..."
This city-run secondhand department store is helping Berlin reduce waste
Fast Company — Thursday, 24. September 2020
"In a new master plan, Berlin is aiming to become a zero-waste city, shrinking the amount of trash that will go to landfills over the next decade by ..."
‘I was scared to get fined’: What it’s like to test and quarantine after arriving in Germany
The Local Germany / Rachel Loxton — Thursday, 24. September 2020
"Before he left Berlin, Chris filled out a form online which asked questions like where he was staying and if he had any Covid symptoms. "When you ..."
Rick Steves: Today’s Berlin is freedom’s victory dance
The Daily Herald / Rick Steves — Sunday, 20. September 2020
"Standing at the historic Brandenburg Gate, I face Berlin's fashionable new heart: Pariser Platz. Within about 100 yards of this square — once a vacant lot ..."
Just in: Berlin adapts Philharmonie to chessboard seating
Slipped Disc / Norman Lebrecht — Friday, 18. September 2020
"The Berlin Phil have adjusted their season to the new normal. In line with the new hygiene concept introduced by the Berlin Senate in September, from ..."
Rave New World – Kristian Vistrup Madsen on Berlin Art Week and Gallery Weekend
Artforum / Kristian Vistrup Madsen — Wednesday, 16. September 2020
"This is the main feedback you'll hear from visitors to the recently opened Boros x Berghain exhibition that fills Berlin's old-power-plant-cum-legendary- ..."
The next Fotografiska will open in Berlin, courtesy of Herzog & de Meuron
The Architect’s Newspaper / Jonathan Hilburg — Tuesday, 15. September 2020
"Berlin’s Kunsthaus Tacheles (aka Art House Tacheles), which has been vacant for many years, is set to become Fotografiska’s newest outpost. The Swedish hub for contemporary photography opened two locations outside Stockholm"
‘We’ve seen it before’: Olafur Eliasson on nazism, Brexit – and his new Berlin show
The Guardian / Kate Connolly — Monday, 14. September 2020
"The forced confinement of the coronavirus lockdown has inspired Olafur Eliasson's new Berlin exhibition but it has also given him time to consider the ..."
Berlin: Thousands Follow Colors and Beauty of Festival of Lights
The Berlin Spectator / Imanuel Marcus — Sunday, 13. September 2020
"“From Berlin with Love” it said at the top. Brandenburg Gate was even prettier than it usually is, 31 years after the Berlin Wall fell, and 30 years after ..."
Berlin: still a magnet for artists?
Art Newspaper — Friday, 11. September 2020
"But is Berlin still the thriving art centre it's been over the last two decades? We talk to the Canadian artist and adoptive Berliner AA Bronson about ..."
Tech Tent – Berlin’s tech revival
BBC News / Rory Cellan-Jones — Friday, 11. September 2020
"I have just returned to London from a five-day trip to Berlin, a city which felt far closer to normality than anywhere I have been in the last six months."
In Berlin Theaters, the Curtain Rises on a ‘Corona Season’
The New York Times / A.J. Goldmann — Thursday, 10. September 2020
"It's what cultural life looks like in the midst of a pandemic. Rather than rope off seats to promote social distancing, some of Berlin's leading playhouses ..."
At Berghain in Berlin, Art Now Occupies the Dance Floor
W Magazine / Cassidy George — Wednesday, 09. September 2020
"A few months into the pandemic, the indefinitely closed techno club Berghain started to feel like an addition to Berlin's long list of depressing ..."
Auf wiedersehen, techno: Berlin’s banging Berghain club reborn as a gallery
The Guardian / Philip Oltermann — Tuesday, 08. September 2020
"Auf wiedersehen, techno: Berlin's banging Berghain club reborn as a gallery. With nightlife in limbo due to Covid-19, the legendary temple of techno ..."
In Berlin, Fashion Designers Are Aligning With the Art World
WWD / Cathrin Schaer — Tuesday, 08. September 2020
"The trade fairs that formed the backbone of Berlin's biannual fashion week will migrate to Frankfurt next year. The brands left behind are looking to the .."
Dominated by Female Voices and Queer Perspectives, the Berlin Biennial Amplifies the Plights …
artnet News / Hili Perlson — Tuesday, 08. September 2020
"Installation view, 11th Berlin Biennale, KW Institute for Contemporary Art. Courtesy Mariela Scafati; Galería Isla Flotante, Buenos Aires; PSM, Berlin ..."
Ready for take off? Inside Berlin’s long-delayed BER airport before it opens
The Local Germany / Rachel Loxton — Friday, 04. September 2020
"Berlin's long-awaited BER airport is set to finally open in October. We spoke to one of the volunteers who tested out the airport. There's been more plot ..."
Berlin struggles with growing trend of illegal car racing
The Guardian / Kate Connolly — Wednesday, 02. September 2020
"Politicians and road safety experts in Germany are calling for stricter speed controls on Berlin's streets to clamp down on the growing trend of illegal ..."
Berlin returns tattooed Maori heads to New Zealand
Art Newspaper / Catherine Hickley — Wednesday, 02. September 2020
"The mummified tattooed heads of two Maori men that have been in Berlin's ethnographic collection for more than a century are to be returned to the Te ..."
Berlin tech exhibition shows how to stage a trade fair in pandemic
The Irish Times / Derek Scally — Wednesday, 02. September 2020
"For one of the world's largest tech shows, specialising in the latest digital inventions, Berlin's IFA has always been an exhaustingly analogue affair."
Al fresco on Friedrichstrasse: How Berlin is reclaiming its streets
The Irish Times / Derek Scally — Tuesday, 01. September 2020
"It's Tuesday lunchtime and I'm writing this sitting in the middle of Berlin's Friedrichstrasse. Given the usual traffic levels on the street, sitting here would ..."
Berlin police break up “anti-coronavirus” protest after 18000 gather with no masks or social …
CBS News — Sunday, 30. August 2020
"A rally at Berlin's Republic Square was disbanded, particularly for violence, police said. Coronavirus Skeptics And Right-Wing Extremists Protest In ..."
Germany coronavirus: ‘Anti-corona’ protest in Berlin draws thousands
BBC News — Sunday, 30. August 2020
"Thousands of people have marched through the German capital Berlin in protest at coronavirus restrictions. Police imposed mandatory mask-wearing ..."
Berlin film festival to drop gender distinctions in awards
The Local Germany — Tuesday, 25. August 2020
"There will be no more separate Silver Bear awards for best actor and best actress at the Berlin film festival in future, organisers announced Monday, ..."
Gallery Weekend Berlin: Shows to See
Ocula Magazine / Tessa Moldan — Tuesday, 25. August 2020
"At Berlin's hub of time-based media work, two artists propel viewers into the future. Jeremy Shaw's Quantification Trilogy is a critique on power systems, ..."
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