BERLIN ART LINK

Established in 2010, Berlin Art Link is an online magazine dedicated to exploring contemporary art and culture. Our content includes studio visits, insightful exhibition critiques, artist spotlights, interviews, and videos, all aiming to showcase the rich variety of the contemporary art landscape. We take an unconventional critical approach to the different media and artists featured. With reporters based in key cultural hubs such as Berlin, New York, London, and Los Angeles, the magazine is a go-to resource for the latest in visual art, design, music, and film from a contemporary art viewpoint. Additionally, our website acts as a guide to Berlin's vibrant art scene, offering weekly updates on events, art spaces, open calls, and more. Stay connected with us through our newsletter and social media to explore the best contemporary art in Berlin and beyond.

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An Interview with Casino for Social Medicine

3 weeks ago | berlinartlink.com | Alison Hugill

by Diane Barbé // Apr. 4, 2025 This article is part of our feature topic Public. The Casino for Social Medicine is an experimental, collective and anti-capitalist bar and café that recently opened its doors in a former Spielhalle at Sonnenallee 100, in Berlin-Neukölln.
An Interview with Forensis

3 weeks ago | berlinartlink.com | Alison Hugill

by Reuben Holt // Apr. 4, 2025 ‘The Drum and The Bird’ is a multimedia performance bringing together musician and PAN label boss Bill Kouligas and Forensis, the nonprofit research association using open source technology to investigate unsolved crimes against humanity worldwide.
Review of Maerzmusik 2025

3 weeks ago | berlinartlink.com | Alison Hugill

by Dagmara Genda // Apr. 4, 2025 An amusing anecdote told by Pamela Z at this year’s Maerzmusik summed up the latest iteration of the festival quite well. Over 10 years ago, she created a version of Meredith Monk’s ‘Scared Song’ that only existed as a studio arrangement for a tribute CD. When Monk asked her to perform it live, she could not say no to. the legendary artist’s request and, of course, agreed.
Worldwide Exhibition Openings in April

3 weeks ago | berlinartlink.com | Alison Hugill

Apr. 1, 2025 Every month, Berlin Art Link shines a spotlight on international exhibitions and events with our Worldwide Hit List. We want to highlight artists, galleries, museums and new projects touching on a variety of topics, employing multiple media and featuring diverse subjects. Below are some of the stand-outs that we’ve selected for the month of April. Maruani MercierKate Gottgens: ‘Darkening Dusk’Exhibition: Apr.
Pop! Andy Warhol & The Velvet Underground

3 weeks ago | berlinartlink.com | Alison Hugill

Mar. 31, 2025 As part of the series ‘Conversations with Cultural Icons,’ English Theatre Berlin presents ‘Pop! Andy Warhol & The Velvet Underground,’ a dramatic restaging of 1960s and 70s New York’s artistic and musical landscape.
Emilia Tikka Studio Visit

4 weeks ago | berlinartlink.com | Alison Hugill

by Mia Butter, studio photos by Ryan Molnar // Mar. 28, 2025 Winter comes twice a year in Berlin. Without fail, a deceivingly spring-like week hits around March, followed by another bout of winter. I met Emilia Tikka in her Kreuzberg studio during the small window of spring sun. Originally from Finland, Tikka has been in Berlin, and this studio, since 2011.
Guggenheim Bilbao

4 weeks ago | berlinartlink.com | Alison Hugill

by Jayne Wilkinson // Mar. 27, 2025 This article is part of our feature topic Public. The building of all empires requires art and, much like the global franchise that is the Guggenheim, Refik Anadol’s generative AI artworks arrive alongside a new form of empire. His popular, immersive installations use machine learning models to train AI image projections that continually reshape themselves in unpredictable ways, making for wondrous, spectacle-type encounters.
Review of ‘Aber hier leben? Nein danke’

1 month ago | berlinartlink.com | Alison Hugill

by Jeffrey Grunthaner // Mar. 21, 2025 ‘Aber hier leben? Nein danke. Surrealismus + Antifaschismus’ at Munich’s Lenbachhaus is a historically illuminating exhibition, which carries a great deal of suggestiveness for our contemporary moment. Across a sprawling selection of artworks—ranging from paintings and films to poetry chapbooks and even more vestigial ephemera—the group exhibition highlights the politicized aspects of the surrealist project.
An Interview with DANCÆ

1 month ago | berlinartlink.com | Alison Hugill

by Nadia Egan // Mar. 21, 2025 This article is part of our feature topic Public. DANCÆ, an evolving performance series, reimagines ballet through immersive, multidisciplinary collaborations. Their latest project, ‘Körperfabrik,’ premiered this month at Berlin’s Kant-Garagen, an industrial space that becomes integral to the work itself.
An Interview with Samra Mayanja

1 month ago | berlinartlink.com | Alison Hugill

by William Kherbek // Mar. 14, 2025 This article is part of our feature topic Public. Samra Mayanja is a performance artist, poet and curator responsible for the project space The Call Centre in Hackney Wick, London. Mayanja’s performances, often based on a character she has developed named Holiday, are searingly emotional, eye-wateringly hilarious and overwhelmingly generous.