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Category Archives: art

COMICS, BILDER & GESCHICHTEN

Comics, Bilder & Geschichten is an exhibition with the best of comic, illustration and character design from 20 years of neurotitan gallery in Berlin, featuring the work of ATAK | Danielle de Picciotto | Fehmi Baumbach | Jim Avignon | Judith Drews | Moki | Ulli Lust | Barbara Yelin | Jens Harder | John [...]

ARCADIA

It came to my notice that the legendary Arcadia gallery will move from NYC to L.A. within a short time.
If you check out their webpage you will find some extraordinary art pieces of contemporary artists in Arcadia’s current and apparently last show in the city of the cities, among them my one and favourite Daniel [...]

PARALLEL LINES CROSS AT INFINITY

Also tonight is the book launch of Parallel Lines Cross at Infinity at our friends at Do You Read Me?! – the first comprehensive catalogue of sorts of the work of Carsten Nicolai, our very first cover star. Covering the last decade plus, it offers a detailed and encompassing overview of Nicolai’s continued interest in [...]

DAVID SHRIGLEY X THIRD DRAWER DOWN

Check out the new collaborations between mono.kultur #09 cover star David Shrigley and our friends at Third Drawer Down. Want that tote (pictured above)!

NUMBER ELEVEN: CYPRIEN GAILLARD

The upcoming exhibition NUMBER ELEVEN: CYPRIEN GAILLARD at JULIA STOSCHEK COLLECTION in Düsseldorf is dedicated to French artist Cyprien Gaillard (born 1980 in Paris, lives and works in Berlin), and will open this Friday, September 25, at 7 pm.
About the exhibition (from the website):
“In his artistic practice, Cyprien Gaillard examines buildings and living environments like [...]

CRIMES OF PASSION

Photos: Evey Kwong
Plastic wrapped bodies in bizarre and quirky residency areas, chopped off penises or exploded faces are not only in the episodes of Twin Peaks. Luscious moments followed by madness may cause a body to be chopped into pieces.
‘Conditioned from birth as to what we are supposed to feel, and how to act accordingly, [...]

GRAPHIC NOVEL DAY

Today’s highlight: The Graphic Novel Day in Berlin!
For the 5th time, the internationales literaturfestival berlin (lib) presents the Graphic Novel Day at the Haus der Berliner Festspiele which will have national and international graphic novel and comic artists as its guests. The event which has been organized in cooperation with Tagesspiegel editor and comic specialist [...]

FOR MATHILDA

For Mathilda is a new gallery space in Neukölln founded by Marc Wellmann and Anna Töws. The space is dedicated to exhibiting second hand art and up and coming artists, with works ranging from the 19th century to contemporary pieces. “We believe that art should be accessible and affordable. Young artists should have a space to present [...]

INTERPRETATION OF NATURE

Across photography, installation, and social sculpture, Mathias Kessler probes the contemporary imagination, employing a visual language that borrows from the Romantic landscape genre and expedition photography, using empirical reason and the “sublime” as foils for an investigation that goes beyond the mere “natural” surface to explore the more complicated political and economic forces that have [...]

THE PYGMALION EFFECT

As the holiday season is coming to an end, we are still looking for reasons to stay or even to go back to some of our favorite spots this summer. Cyprus for instance has not only a multilayered history, but also an eclectic contemporary art scene. Part of it is Neoterismoi Toumazou, a former novelty [...]