KOW gallery first opened its doors in September 2009 in the Brandlhuber building at Brunnenstraße 9 in Berlin Mitte. It quickly became a focal point for the progressive scene. Since then, Nikolaus Oberhuber and Alexander Koch have been putting on an ambitious programme of socially oriented art and politically committed exhibitions. Artists from 16 countries, from Iraq to Chile, from Russia to South Africa, are giving the gallery programme its thematic depth and diversity. The gallery is now celebrating its 15th anniversary with the opening of new premises on Kurfürstenstraße. In his own words, Alexander Koch recalls memorable exhibitions from the last 15 years.

The thematic exhibition ›Image Ecology‹ presents twelve new artistic approaches that go beyond pictorial representations of the climate crisis while critically reflecting on their own conditions of production.

In Paradise, the Snowflakes Fall Slowly. A Dialogue with Renée Sintenis

Gropius Bau is opening a major exhibition around themes of repair, healing, and care during Berlin Art Week.

C/O Berlin puts the spotlight on queer photography with three parallel, complementary exhibitions on view during Berlin Art Week. Here is a preview.

KW Institute for Contemporary Art turns 30 this year. Jenny Dirksen, who has been organising the archive of this influential post-1989 Berlin art institution since 2018, presents and comments on a specially compiled assortment of invitation cards from the KW’s various phases—from 1991 to 2021.