A Dispatch From Berlin Art Week
3 Berlin-based gallerists who hacked their way into the art world.
By Lauren Youngblood
Photos by Harry Miller
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This week marked the 12th annual Berlin Art Week, which is billed as a five-day program with special exhibitions, guided tours, live performances and awards ceremonies. However, the “official” BAW programming isn’t the draw for most. Like the rest of my gallery-hopping comrades, I was there for the openings. 61 new openings, to be exact.
Last week in Berlin, collectors and art lovers rubbed shoulders with the artists and gallerists and drank all the Grüner Veltliner and Flensburger Pilsener they could. The chrome jewelry, hand-rolled cigarettes, all-black attire – everyone looked like the coolest art kid from your high school. People had their phones down and natural wine in hand (a stark contrast to the art-fluencers twirling around the Javits Center during The Armory Show last week).