Galerie Friese

Galerie Friese was founded in Stuttgart in 2008 as the direct successor to manus presse, which had existed since 1961. In spring 2015, the gallery relocated to Berlin, moving into a Wilhelminian-style building on Fasanenplatz, in the former West Berlin gallery district.

The gallery’s programme spans from classical modernism to emerging contemporary artists. The estates we represent include art-historically significant figures such as Willi Baumeister, Norbert Kricke, Dieter Krieg, Georg Karl Pfahler, and Walter Stöhrer. We also represent contemporary positions such as Franziska Holstein, Karin Kneffel, Thomas Müller, Claire de Santa Coloma, and Cornelius Völker.

Through our committed mediation programme, the gallery functions as a genuine space for cultural exchange. Our cross-epochal orientation—with a particular focus on painting and drawing—provides a broad framework for exploring and communicating the historical developments, themes, and techniques specific to these media. Through our extensive publication activities, public events, and exhibitions, different generations and individual artistic styles are regularly brought into dialogue.

Extending these questions into interdisciplinary areas, we have presented non-commercial exhibitions on the religious philosopher Klaus Heinrich and the Nobel Prize-winning author Peter Handke, whose graphic works were made publicly accessible for the first time.