Galerie Judin

Galerie Judin was established in 2003 in Zurich, the hometown of Juerg Judin. In 2008, it relocated to the rougher but artistically much more vibrant Berlin and, in 2011, took over the former printing facility of the Tagesspiegel on Potsdamer Straße—at the time, a daring move. The neighbourhood has since evolved into the undisputed heart of Berlin’s art scene, just a stone’s throw from the Neue Nationalgalerie and the future ›Berlin Modern‹. The nine-metre-high, daylight-flooded halls are considered among the most beautiful exhibition venues in the city.

In 2007, the gallery acquired an abandoned 1950s petrol station, which it restored and carefully expanded, and which has since become a crucial part of its social DNA. From 2022 to 2024, it served as the home of a temporary museum dedicated to George Grosz, the great Berlin artist, and received much international praise.

Since 2015, Juerg Judin has shared responsibility for the gallery’s artistic and commercial development with art historian Pay Matthis Karstens, who became co-owner in 2024. From the start, the two partners bonded over a shared passion for books and art historical curiosity. This has led them to take on the responsibility for three catalogues raisonnés and the management of two estates.

In May 2025, Galerie Judin and New York’s Pace Gallery jointly opened an exhibition space in the converted petrol station and its garden, where they will take turns presenting artists from their respective programmes.