Living in Berlin: Visiting the Gropius Bau
One of the best things about living in Berlin is access to great exhibits and art. The Gropius Bau has been on my list of places to see since we got here but never got the time – until we found out there was a Yayoi Kusama currently on display. We just had to go and see it in person. The building in itself is art, the pieces on display will make you question things and delve deeper into your emotions. Do come and visit – you won't be disappointed.
The Garden of Earthly Delights exhibit is at the Gropius Bau until December 2019.
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Lee Bul: Crash / Gropius Bau, Berlin
Gropius Bau in Berlin currently presents a comprehensive survey of the work of the Korean artist Lee Bul. Titled “Crash”, the exhibition features an overview of Lee Bul's diverse body of work, which comprises of performance and installation art that explores dreams, ideals and utopias influenced by futurist theories and science fiction, bioengineering and visionary architecture. This video provides you with an exhibition walk-through on the occasion of the press preview.
Lee Bul: Crash / Retrospective at Gropius Bau, Berlin. Press Preview, September 28, 2018.
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Art TV pioneer Vernissage TV provides you with an authentic insight into the world of contemporary fine arts, design and architecture. With its two main series No Comment and Interviews, art tv channel VernissageTV attends opening receptions of exhibitions worldwide, interviews artists, designers, architects. VTV provides art lovers with news, reports and features from the international art scene. VernissageTV: the window to the art world. Das Fenster zur Kunstwelt. La fenêtre sur le monde de l'art. A janela para o mundo da arte. La ventana al mundo del arte. نافذة على عالم الفن. 到艺术世界的窗口。Окно в мир искусства. Since 2005.
Places to see in ( Berlin - Germany ) Gropius Bau
Places to see in ( Berlin - Germany ) Gropius Bau
Contemporary art behind a Renaissance facade: experience temporary exhibitions of international significance at the Martin-Gropius-Bau. Once the Kunstgewerbemuseum, today one of the most important exhibition spaces in Berlin, the Martin-Gropius-Bau is situated on the border between Berlin-Mitte and Kreuzberg. The museum regularly holds art exhibitions. Renowned international artists exhibit here. The exterior facade of the Renaissance-style building contrasts with an interior that combines the grand with the minimalistic. The architecture of the entire building is a magnet for visitors.
In 1877, the construction of a Museum of Applied Arts begins in the German Imperial capital. Architect Martin Gropius and his colleague Heino Schmieden design a building in the Italian Neo-Renaissance style. Four years later, the building is finished, and the collection presented to Berliners. The building sustains major damage during World War II, but in the 1960s its fortunes take a turn for the better. The grandnephew of the founding director of the Bauhaus, Walter Gropius, is vehemently committed to restoring it from a near ruinous state. Gradually refurbished throughout the 1970s, it again serves as an exhibition space. Berliner Festspiele organises exhibitions and concerts on its three levels. Your visit begins where the Berlin Wall once stood. From here, you enter directly into this exceptionally grand historic building. The mosaics and terracotta figurines on the facade are immediately noticeable. The entrance is elegant and stylishly decorated in white, reflecting the contemporary cultural zeitgeist. Immediately afterwards, you come to the heart of the building, a glass-enclosed atrium where the current exhibition is on display. Check out the elaborate mosaics on the floor; they reflect several epochs and branches of the arts and crafts movement. This is the backdrop for objects and installations by contemporary artists such as Ai Weiwei. Other famous names include Frida Kahlo, Olafur Eliasson and David Bowie.
As an art lover, you can visit many more exhibitions near the Martin-Gropius-Bau: the Daimler art collection is only a few steps away at Potsdamer Platz. Over 2,200 works by internationally known artists are exhibited here. The focus is on abstract paintings of the 20th century up to current contemporary art. At Mohrenstrasse station - is the Czech Centre. In this gallery, you can see exhibits of German and Czech artists. In addition, the centre organises regular readings and concerts. Further north, directly on Unter den Linden Boulevard, is Forum Willy Brandt. Here, you will get an overview of the life of the former German Chancellor and Nobel Peace Prize winner. Learn about his role as Mayor of Berlin and his commitment to reconciliation with Eastern Europe. Reports of strange but true stories of agents during the Cold War await you at the German Spy Museum at Leipziger Platz. The museum reveals the secrets of quirky intelligence monitoring methods. Here, you can even try navigating your way through a series of lasers. After a 15 minute walk from the Martin-Gropius building, you stand before the German Museum of Technology at the Landwehr Canal. Directly in front of the entrance, you see the Raisin Bomber from the 1940s on the roof. The museum is dedicated to air and space travel, shipping and the development of the steam engine.
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Meret Oppenheim. Retrospektive. Martin-Gropius-Bau, Berlin
To mark the centenary of Meret Oppenheim's birth in Berlin on October 6, 2013, the Martin-Gropius-Bau Berlin is dedicating a first major retrospective to the artist. Oppenheim became famous with her work Le Déjeuner en fourrure (1936), a teacup, saucer and spoon that the artist covered with fur. The piece is one of the masterpieces of Surrealist art and is part of the collection of the Museum of Modern Art in New York. Meret Oppenheim created works that combined different materials in a playful and humorous way.
The exhibition at Martin-Gropius-Bau in Berlin shows the whole spectrum of Meret Oppenheim's oeuvre, which in its independence and diversity is still seen a pioneering force even today. The exhibition is curated by Heike Eipeldauer.
Meret Oppenheim. Retrospective at Martin-Gropius-Bau, Berlin (Germany). Video walkthrough and interview with Gereon Sievernich (Director, Martin-Gropius-Bau) and Heike Eipeldauer (curator of the exhibition), August 15, 2013. Video by Frantisek Zachoval.
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Art TV pioneer Vernissage TV provides you with an authentic insight into the world of contemporary fine arts, design and architecture. With its two main series No Comment and Interviews, art tv channel VernissageTV attends opening receptions of exhibitions worldwide, interviews artists, designers, architects. VTV provides art lovers with news, reports and features from the international art scene. VernissageTV: the window to the art world. Das Fenster zur Kunstwelt. La fenêtre sur le monde de l'art. A janela para o mundo da arte. La ventana al mundo del arte. نافذة على عالم الفن. 到艺术世界的窗口。Окно в мир искусства. Since 2005.
Ai Weiwei: Evidence. Retrospective at Martin-Gropius-Bau, Berlin
Ai Weiwei (born 1957) is an artist, architect and politician. Martin-Gropius-Bau prepared one of the biggest exhibitions of Ai Weiwei. In 18 rooms and in the spectacular Court (Lichthof) the retrospective features works and installations that were either designed specifically for the building or have not yet been shown in Germany. This video takes you on a walk through the exhibition.
Gereon Sievernich (Curator and Director of the Martin-Gropius-Bau) provides us with an introduction to the exhibition. The beginning and the end of this report features an inserted video message which was pre-recorded by Ai Weiwei in China. The show runs until July 7, 2014.
Ai Weiwei: Evidence at the Martin-Gropius-Bau, Berlin (Germany); Interview with Gereon Sievernich (Director of the Martin-Gropius-Bau) and pre-recorded video message by Ai Weiwei; April 2, 2014. Video and interview by Frantisek Zachoval.
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Art TV pioneer Vernissage TV provides you with an authentic insight into the world of contemporary fine arts, design and architecture. With its two main series No Comment and Interviews, art tv channel VernissageTV attends opening receptions of exhibitions worldwide, interviews artists, designers, architects. VTV provides art lovers with news, reports and features from the international art scene. VernissageTV: the window to the art world. Das Fenster zur Kunstwelt. La fenêtre sur le monde de l'art. A janela para o mundo da arte. La ventana al mundo del arte. نافذة على عالم الفن. 到艺术世界的窗口。Окно в мир искусства. Since 2005.
Durch Mauern gehen: Ausstellung im Martin-Gropius-Bau, Berlin (barriers in contemporary art)
Walking through Walls: Exhibition on Barriers in Contemporary Art from 12.09.2019 to 19.01.2020 at the Martin-Gropius-Bau, Berlin... read more in German:
Durch Mauern gehen: Ausstellung über Barrieren in der zeitgenössischen Kunst vom 12.09.2019 bis 19.01.2020 im Martin-Gropius-Bau, Berlin.
Vom Elend der Polit-Kunst: Die Gruppenausstellung im Martin-Gropius-Bau zum 30. Jahrestag des Mauerfalls wirkt so diffus wie beliebig. Doch sie passt zum Programm der neuen Direktorin, die ein Massenpublikum mit Avantgarde-Positionen zwangsbeglücken will.
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{B*} - Martin-Gropius-Bau - Berlin Wall (Berliner Mauer) - Berlin Kreuzberg
Martin-Gropius-Bau a museum of applied arts. The building is a listed historical monument and located at Niederkirchnerstraße 7 in Berlin Kreuzberg.
Befor the german reunification the Martin-Gropius-Bau was close to the border between East and West Berlin. Now its a major cultural and tourist attraction. Across the street is the Berlin city and state parliament building (Abgeordneten Haus). Next door you will find the Topography of Terroris (Topographie des Terrors) the Third Reich documentation center which is currently under construction, the Potsdamer Platz (300 m distance) and the Anhalter Bahnhof.
ISM Hexadome Retrospective - Gropius Bau, Berlin
With the end of 2018 approaching, the ISM would like to thank the ISM Hexadome volunteers, visitors, supporters, members, partners, and artists involved, for what has been a remarkable year and an incredible first exhibition for the organisation. Before we look forward to 2019 and a number of exciting announcements, we would like to take a moment to reflect on a memorable experience at Gropius Bau in Spring, 2018.
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Running over pressure-sensitive bricks causes chimes hidden inside sewer drains to go off.
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Der Martin-Gropius-Bau Berlin ist einer der schönsten Orte der Hauptstadt. Und der schönste Ort für unsere Ausstellung.
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Auf den Spuren der Irokesen: Ausstellung im Martin-Gropius-Bau, Berlin (iroquois culture)
Impressions of the exhibitions On the trails of the Iroquois from 18.10.2013 to 06.01.2014 at the Martin-Gropius-Bau, Berlin... read more in German:
Impressionen der Ausstellung Auf den Spuren der Irokesen vom 18.10.2013 bis 06.01.2014 im Martin-Gropius-Bau, Berlin.
Indianer ohne Winnetou: Die Irokesen in Nordost-Amerika lebten in Langhäusern aus Holz und hielten Verträge mit Perlenschnüren fest. Ihr einzigartiges Stämme-Bündnis bescherte ihnen Frieden; diese unbekannte Kultur stellt der Martin-Gropius-Bau vor.
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David Bowie Exhibition at Martin Gropius-Bau Berlin
Große David Bowie Retrospektive im Museum Martin-Gropius-Bau in Berlin vom 20. Mai - 24. August 2014.
Die Ausstellung umspannt die Zeit seiner Anfänge in den 60er Jahren in London bis heute. Mit zahlreichen Kostümen seiner Bühnenauftritte, Photographien, Plattencover, Tournee-Plakate, Videos und Filmausschnitten. In Zusammenarbeit mit dem Victoria & Albert Museum, London. Video: Holger Jacobs für kultur24.berlin
Bayer Exhibition at Martin-Gropius-Bau in Berlin
Around 100 international media representatives attended the official opening of the Bayer exhibition entitled From Beckmann to Warhol -- Art of the 20th and 21st centuries in the Martin-Gropius-Bau in Berlin. It is the first time the public has had a chance to see what is one of Germany's largest corporate art collections.
Hokusai - Retrospektive at Martin-Gropius-Bau, Berlin
Impressions of the exhibition Hokusai - Retrospective from 26.08.2011 to 31.10.2011 at the Martin-Gropius-Bau, Berlin... read more in German:
Impressionen der Ausstellung Hokusai - Retrospektive vom 26.08.2011 bis 31.10.2011 im Martin-Gropius-Bau, Berlin.
Einer der bedeutendsten Künstler aller Zeiten: Hokusai hat das Leben im alten Japan in formvollendeten Bildern verewigt. Seinem Riesenwerk widmet der Martin-Gropius-Bau die erste Retrospektive in Deutschland.
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Pasolini Roma: Ausstellung über Pier Paolo Pasolini im Martin-Gropius-Bau, Berlin
Interview (in German) with director Gereon Sievernich and impressions of the exhibition Pasolini Roma from 11.09.2014 to 05.01.2015 at the Martin-Gropius-Bau, Berlin.
Interview mit Direktor Gereon Sievernich und Impressionen der Ausstellungen Pasolini Roma vom 11.09.2014 bis 05.01.2015 im Martin-Gropius-Bau, Berlin.
Er war einer der klügsten und radikalsten Künstler des 20. Jahrhunderts: Der schwule, gläubige Kommunist Pasolini entwarf in Wort und Film faszinierende Gesellschafts-Visionen. Nun feiert ihn der Gropius-Bau – und schreckt vor seiner Konsequenz zurück.
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WeltWissen - 300 Jahre Wissenschaften in Berlin
Impressions of the exhibition WeltWissen - 300 Jahre Wissenschaften in Berlin from 24.09.2010 to 09.01.2011 at the Martin-Gropius-Bau, Berlin... read more in German:
Impressionen der Ausstellung WeltWissen - 300 Jahre Wissenschaften in Berlin vom 24.09.2010 bis 09.01.2011 im Martin-Gropius-Bau, Berlin
300 Jahre Wissenschaftsgeschichte auf einer Etage: Der Schau «WeltWissen» im Berliner Martin-Gropius-Bau gelingt die Quadratur des Kreises.
Die Maya – Sprache der Schönheit: Ausstellung im Martin-Gropius-Bau, Berlin (ancient american art)
Impressions of the exhibition The Maya – Language of Beauty from 12.04.2016 to 07.08.2016 at the Martin-Gropius-Bau, Berlin... read more in German:
Impressionen der Ausstellung Die Maya – Sprache der Schönheit vom 12.04.2016 bis 07.08.2016 im Martin-Gropius-Bau, Berlin.
Weltmeister der Selbstverstümmelung: Maya-Herrscher schreckten selbst vor Genitaldurchbohrung nicht zurück. Ihre Untertanen schufen beeindruckende Beispiele für fremdartige Schönheitsideale – der Martin-Gropius-Bau zeigt eine erstklassige Auswahl.
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Martin-Gropius-Bau
Von Kaiser Wilhem I in Auftrag gegeben um seine Kunsthandwerksammlung aufzubewahren und den Ruf Berlins als Kunstmetropole zu festigen, errichteten Martin Gropius und sein Kompagnon Heino Schmieden ein Gebäude im klassischen Italienischen Renaissance Stil.
Zur feierlichen Eröffnung im Jahre 1881 präsentierte das Kunstgewerbemuseum erstmalig in Deutschland für ganze 5 Jahre den „Schatz des Priamos“ welchen Heinrich Schliemann während seiner Grabungen in und um Troja fand.
Nach dem Ersten Weltkrieg beherbergte es das Museum für Vor- und Frühgeschichte und die Ostasiatische Kunstsammlung.
Im Zweiten Weltkrieg größtenteils zerstört, fristete es bis Mitte der Sechziger Jahre, im Schatten der Mauer ein trauriges und vergessenes da sein, bis 1978, nach intensiven Bemühungen durch den Großneffen Walter Gropius, mit dem Wiederaufbau begonnen wurde.
1981 wurde das Gebäude dann als „Martin-Gropius-Bau“ mit einer Karl Friedrich Schinkel Ausstellung dem Berliner Publikum übergeben.
Seither fungiert es als eines der wichtigsten Ausstellungshäuser der Stadt.
Exhibition ‘Welt ohne Aussen’ at Gropius Bau
Video by BAL Productions for Berliner Festspiele
In the exhibition 'Welt ohne Außen. Immersive Spaces since the 1960s,' currently on view at Gropius Bau as part of Berliner Festspiele's Immersion program, the concept of immersing oneself is explored through a series of time-based experiences that go beyond the object, extending into performances and various workshops. The exhibition, curated by Thomas Oberender and Tino Sehgal, features artworks spanning from the late '60s to the present. In the video below, watch scenes from the exhibition and listen to interviews with Wolfgang Georgsdorf, co-curator Thomas Oberender and workshop co-curater Isabel Lewis.
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Produced by Anna Russ
Filmed & Edited by Peter Cairns
Jahrhundertzeichen in Berlin | Journal
In Berlin ist wertvolle Fracht angekommen. Rund 70 Meisterwerke des 20. Jahrhunderts, darunter auch Gemälde, die die Nazis als entartet diffamierten, sind nun im Gropius-Bau zu sehen. Ihr Zuhause ist das Tel Aviv Museum of Art. Anlass der Schau sind 50 Jahre diplomatische Beziehungen zwischen Deutschland und Israel. Titel. Jahrhundertzeichen.