Founded in 2022, Super Super Markt began as a nomadic exhibition project in temporary spaces, including a Spätkauf (late-night kiosk), a Deli, and a collector’s private apartment. In 2026, now based on Brunnenstraße, the gallery is nominated for the VBKI Prize for Berlin Galleries.
Do you have a daily ritual that gives you structure or inspiration?
Julius Jacobi: Going for a run in the morning. For years, it’s been part of my daily routine, allowing me to clear my mind, plan my tasks and get ready for anything that might arise throughout the day.
Rory Kirk-Duncan: Making breakfast for my son. It’s often different each day and he’s impatient, so it helps wake my brain up to throw something together that’s inspired.
What would you do if time, money, and other resources were no object?
J. J. & R. K.-D.: We’d both spend even more time visiting studios and exhibitions further afield. That and also collecting more art!
Has there been a book that fundamentally changed your perspective—and why would you recommend it?
J. J.: ›The Hard Things About Hard Things‹ by Ben Horowitz. I’d recommend this book to anyone that is thinking about starting or running their own company—which is a truly hard thing to do. This book focuses on the messy reality: making painful decisions with incomplete information, leading through uncertainty, and accepting that there are often no perfect answers. It helped me develop resilience and navigate the daily life of running a gallery.
R. K.-D.: No single book has fundamentally changed my perspective, but I’m consistently drawn to autobiographies by Creatives who have forged unconventional paths. Flea’s ›Acid for the Children‹ and Keith McNally’s ›I Regret Almost Everything‹ are two that have stayed with me lately. I’m interested in how entrepreneurial thinking manifests across different disciplines, and in the transferable insights that emerge when creative practice, risk, and reinvention intersect.
What do you wish you had known earlier?
J. J.: The importance of patience. Building a gallery, earning credibility, and supporting artists through different stages of their careers is a long-term commitment. Once we stopped chasing quick results and started thinking in decades instead of months, we made much better decisions.
R. K.-D.: Consistency matters more than conviction. You don’t have all the answers when you begin something worthwhile, whether that’s starting opening a gallery or working with artists. You learn by doing.
Where do you recharge your batteries?
J. J.: Spending time in nature with my family and friends—either by the sea or in the mountains.
R. K.-D.: The Swiss mountains in summer time. I’ve found it to be the only place I can really wind down.
Is there a work of art you would love to have in your home?
J. J.: Gerhard Richter ›Weinernte‹, 1968
R. K.-D.: Any one of ›The Black Triptychs‹ by Francis Bacon would be nice.
Which exhibition venue in Berlin inspires you?
J. J. & R. K.-D.: We both really like Haus am Waldsee’s programme. Its history as a private residence and domestic space creates a distinctive setting for exhibitions, resulting in projects that respond to the architecture in thoughtful and skillful ways.
What fascinates you about Berlin?
J. J. & R. K.-D.: The community within all aspects of the city, whether that’s art, food, or music, just to name a few examples. From day one, our vision was to connect likeminded people that share art as a passion, building a community and a home for them. Valuable relationships are being formed by connecting people, enabling them to be part of something bigger and Berlin makes it easy to do that.
What’s one item you couldn’t live without?
R. K.-D.: The answer is more practical than romantic, but an iPhone sadly.
J. J.: iPhone for sure! It’s the most important tool for me to communicate, document and run the gallery.
What keeps you going?
J. J. & R. K.-D.: Building relationships with artists and realizing their vision as a result of an always inspiring conversation. Learning from artists is the most rewarding part of our jobs for sure.
Which personality would you like to have a conversation with—and what would you talk about?
J. J.: Michael Ovitz. Learning from him about starting CAA, developing relationships with artists, and building his personal collection, would surely be the conversation of a lifetime.
R. K.-D.: Bob Dylan. I think talking with him would be fascinating. I’d love to hear him reflect on his life and career beyond what he wrote in ›Chronicles: Volume One‹. His constant restlessness, his willingness to reinvent himself, and his refusal to stay in one lane have always intrigued me. I’d want to know what’s driven those changes over the years, and how he looks back on that journey now. I imagine the conversation would wander into music, literature, history, and all sorts of unexpected places—that’s what would make it so interesting.
What do you look forward to when your working day comes to an end?
J. J.: Having dinner with my family.
R. K.-D.: Seeing my son after his day at Kita.