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Anna Deilmann’s Insider Guide to Gallery Weekend Berlin

festival-fair · 2026-05-02

Anna Deilmann, an art strategist from Berlin, offers her perspective on Gallery Weekend Berlin, characterizing it as a period filled with movement and social interactions. Notable highlights include gallery strolls on Friday and a dinner hosted by Antonia Ruder. She disputes the notion of Berlin being merely edgy, showcasing its rich artistic landscape, which features the Staatsballett Berlin. Her schedule includes a coffee stop at Röststätte and visits to neugerriemschneider, Sprüth Magers, Galerie Neu, Konrad Fischer Galerie, and Max Goelitz Gallery, followed by lunch at Sale e Tabacchi. Additionally, she explores Halle am Berghain, the Neue Nationalgalerie, and various galleries along Potsdamer Straße. Deilmann emphasizes the importance of collaboration, mentioning the Malzfabrik studio and her favorite eateries like Grill Royal and ZEIT Café.

Key facts

  • Gallery Weekend Berlin is described as a full week of exhibitions, encounters, and overlapping artistic languages.
  • Anna Deilmann works across strategic art collaborations and real estate projects, connecting artists with architectural spaces and corporate partners.
  • Key moments include Friday afternoon gallery walks and the official Gallery Weekend dinner for nearly a thousand guests organized by Antonia Ruder.
  • Deilmann challenges the stereotype of Berlin as only edgy visual art and rave culture, highlighting performing arts and dance like Staatsballett Berlin.
  • Her one-day itinerary starts in Mitte with coffee at Röststätte, visiting neugerriemschneider for Jorge Pardo, Sprüth Magers for Thomas Demand, Galerie Neu for 'Counterplay' (Klara Lidén, Jana Euler, Cosima von Bonin), and neugerriemschneider for Pae White.
  • Late morning includes Konrad Fischer Galerie for Daniel Buren and Max Goelitz Gallery for James Turrell.
  • Afternoon visits include Neue Nationalgalerie for Brancusi and Beeple's 'Regular Animals' curated by Lisa Botti, and Potsdamer Straße galleries: Esther Schipper (Tauba Auerbach, Celeste Rapone), Galerie Judin (Jorinde Voigt), Galerie Max Hetzler ('The Self Assessed' curated by Cornelius Tittel, Rita Ackermann), Galerie Molitor (Ketuta Alexi-Meskhishvili).
  • Evening stops include KOW for Candice Breitz, ChertLüdde for Petrit Halilaj, and Alexander Levy for Anne Duk Hee Jordan.

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Locations

  • Berlin
  • Germany
  • Mitte
  • Kreuzberg
  • Schöneberg
  • Charlottenburg
  • Alt-Moabit
  • Potsdamer Straße
  • Tiergarten
  • Röststätte
  • Sale e Tabacchi
  • Berghain
  • Grill Royal
  • Paris Bar
  • Borchardt
  • Cocolo Ramen
  • dobedo
  • The Barn
  • ZEIT Café at Tankstelle
  • Victoria Bar
  • Reuterkiez

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