Staatsgalerie Prenzlauer Berg: Unknown Pleasures

The exhibition in one sentence: An exhibition put together with photos that were found - in an abandoned apartment, at the flea market or in the garbage.

I liked: Everthing about it! Serendipity at its best.

I disliked: Nothing really, I only wished the exhibition was bigger.

Favorite object: The photos which had been found in abandoned houses shortly after the fall of the wall.

What about the exhibition design? Simple and plain, no frill.

Fun fact: The place is called national gallery, although it's just a private gallery.
 

Parental advisory: I guess it would be a rather boring exhibition for kids. 

Overall rate: Go there! 

Information:

Staatsgalerie Prenzlauer Berg 

Unknown Pleasures

20.10.2012-4.11.2012

Sun-Mon. closed

Tue.-Fri. 2 pm-7 pm

Sat. 1 pm- 6 pm 

no admission

Link to the exhibition

Deutsche Guggenheim, Berlin: Gabriel Orozco’s Asterisms

The exhibition in one sentence: The artist Gabriel Orozco collected little pieces of garbage, documented each and everything and arranged them into a piece of artwork.

I liked: The range of objects and the way the were put together. 

I disliked: I would have loved more information on why the pieces were arranged in this specific way.

Favorite object: the rubber duck

What about the exhibition design? Plain white room, we're talking contemporary art!

Fun fact: When I was a kid we used to spend summers at the atlantic ocean in France. We found several dolls lacking a leg or an arm at the beach, collected them and stuck them onto the beams of our tent.

Parental advisory: Great one for kids! You can play I spy with my little eye... all day long!!

Overall rate: Worth a visit. But what would Ursus Wherli do?

 

Information:

Gabriel Orozco’s Asterisms

06.07.2012-21.10.2012

Deutsche Guggenheim

Unter den Linden 13/15

10117 Berlin

Mon-Sun 10 am.- 6 pm

Admission

4 Euro, reduced admission 3 Euro, free on Mondays

Link to the exhibiton page

Bodemuseum, Berlin: Lamentation for a Dead Prince. The Pleurants from the Tomb of Duke John the Fearless in Dijon

The exhibition in one sentence: 37 alabaster figurines made between 1443 and 1456 mourning the death of Duke John the Fearless which normally are on display at the Musée des Beaux-Arts, Dijon but will be in the Bodemuseum, Berlin until February during the period of renovation in Dijon.

I liked: the figurines. Petite, vunerable, precise and oh so sad.

I disliked: the figurines, because they look oh so sad. Not good for an empathetic person like myself.

Favorite object: The figurine that made it on the exhibition's poster. Sobb.

What about the exhibition design? Classy, as it has got to be in the Bodemuseum.

Fun fact: Nothing, too sad a topic, however there is a quite weird scene depicted in one of the paintings in the room (see fifth photo from below).

Parental advisory: Not suitable for kids. Mainly, because the figurines look sad but also because they are all on a very high pedestal.

Overall rate: A Must-See! Who knows if they will ever be shown outside of Dijon again!

Information:

Lamentation for a Dead Prince, The Pleurants from the Tomb of Duke John the Fearless in Dijon

Bodemuseum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin

Am Kupfergraben 1

10178 Berlin

Opening Hours

Mon closed

Tue 10:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.

Wed 10:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.

Thu 10:00 a.m. - 10:00 p.m.

Fri 10:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.

Sat 10:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.

Sun 10:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.

admission ticket
8,- EUR reduced admission 4,- EUR 

Texts in English available

Link to the page of the exhibiton.

Edit: I nominated this exhibition as the exhibition of the year 2012, for more Info, click here .