Open Call for Berlin’s Biggest Art Fair
Parallel to Berlin Art Week, the 13th edition of BERLINER LISTE will be held from September 15th to 18th, 2016 in the legendary Kraftwerk Berlin . Emerging gallery programs, project spaces and artists are invited to apply for the fair until June 30th, 2016.
As a forum for emerging, international art at affordable prices, the BERLINER LISTE attracts every year a wider audience. 123 exhibitors from 23 countries presented their work to more than 11,000 young collectors, art lovers and fans at last year’s show.
The unique, raw and urban atmosphere of Kraftwerk in Berlin Mitte, the former East Berlin power station, is the ideal location for Berlin’s oldest and biggest art fair.
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New: Urban Art Section
A vital element of the art scene is urban art, mirroring the lively, authentic and non-elite like no other art form. The logical consequence of this is the creation of a new Urban Art Section. We are delighted that renowned gallery owner of Open Walls Gallery, Guillaume Trotin, will curate street art, graffiti and illustrations for this year.
He is very much aware of what made Berlin such a centre of attraction for creatives worldwide in the first place: being a heavily vivid, authentic and non-elitist place - attributes that certainly will be reflected on in his new position at BERLINER LISTE as well. Therefore the urban art section simply won’t showcase the talent of an elaborate gallery network, but offers a creative playground for artists, galleries and the art-interested public instead, knowing that art per se shouldn’t be seen as a trophy, but as something beautiful one just loves to interact with.
Photography Section
The Photography Section will be a special highlight for photography lovers and collectors. Photographer and collector Stefan Maria Rother is the new curator of the section. The son of the in Essen born artist Thomas Rother leads today the degree program for media photography at the School of Entertainment and Technology SET and is a lecturer at the Academy of Arts Berlin-Weissensee.
The section will be given visual prominence within this year’s exhibition space. International galleries, artists and foundations focused on photography are particularly encouraged to apply.
Gallery Section and Artist Section
For the 4th time, Dr. Peter Funken is going to curate this year’s fair. The EXBERLINER magazine reported on last year’s fair: “What distinguishes this fair is the diversity of the art shown; and the continued collaboration with curator Peter Funken not only sucessfully maintains a leitmotiv for the art, but it keeps the Liste’s presentation-footing true to the unique aesthetics of both local Berlin, German, and international art. {...} Discovery truly is the name of the game.”
Find more information and apply online in just two steps and free of costs at www.berliner-liste.org . The exhibition team is happy to answer any questions by phone +49 -30-77 008 993 or email: [email protected].
