Walter Gropius, founder of the Bauhaus school, designed the elegant white building that now houses this absorbing design museum. The permanent exhibition presents furniture,...
Klingelhöferstrasse 13-14This small but satisfying museum is dedicated to the work of Die Brücke ('The Bridge'), a group of expressionist painters that was founded in Dresden in 1905 before later...
Bussardsteig 9Named for the magazine started by Alfred Stieglitz, this magnificent courtyard space offers prime viewing of some of the 20th century's most important photographic work,...
Kantstrasse 149One of the highest-shelf galleries in Berlin recently moved to digs across from famous Museum Island in collector Heiner Bastian's David Chipperfield-designed building. The...
Am Kupfergraben 10This small-yet-stalwart anchor gallery of the old Auguststrasse art strip is where man-about-town Gerd Harry 'Judy' Lybke continues his long-standing relationships with New...
Auguststrasse 26With two differently dramatic and versatile spaces, this wonderful gallery (in business long before its Berlin days began in 1994) represents an amazing roster of talent...
Zimmerstrasse 90-91The Hamburg Station Museum of Contemporary Art opened in 1997 within a huge and expensive refurbishment of a former railway station. The exterior features a stunning...
Invalidenstrasse 50-51This gargantuan hall in the shadows of the Hauptbahnhof is the third international gallery opened by the London-based outfit. Haunch of Venison exhibits just half a dozen...
Heidestrasse 46Housed in a former margarine factory and sporting a social event-friendly courtyard designed by Dan Graham, KW has been a major non-profit showcase since the early 1990s. It...
Auguststrasse 69Martin Mertens moved into this ultra-slick, airy and sociable back courtyard gallery in spring 2008. It's slightly difficult to find, but it's the best space in Brunnenstrasse...
CourtyardShortly before his death in 2004, Berlin-born Helmut Newton, who served his apprenticeship elsewhere in Charlottenburg at the studio of Yva (now the Hotel Bogota), donated over...
Jebenstrasse 2Designed in the 1960s by Mies van der Rohe, the New National Gallery houses German and international paintings from the 20th century. It's strong on expressionism: there are...
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