Berlin's Potsdamer Strasse Emerges as Sustainable Gallery District Defying Gentrification Patterns
Since 2009, Potsdamer Strasse in Berlin has transformed into a distinctive gallery district, featuring spaces like Isabella Bortolozzi and Klosterfelde in residential buildings. Martin Klosterfelde's gallery is located at Potsdamer Strasse 93, while Matthias Arndt's gallery is situated opposite the Wintergarten theatre. Additional dealers include Tanya Leighton and Giti Nourbakhsch on Kurfürstenstrasse and Pohlstrasse. In 2008, Juerg Judin acquired a lease for the Nolan Judin gallery, and Blain/Southern launched in April 2011. The area also hosts the avant-garde fashion store Andreas Murkudis, the nonprofit Freies Museum, and galleries such as Side by Side. Established artists like Douglas Gordon have invested in properties on Kurfürstenstrasse since late November 2012, alongside recent developments involving Aurel Scheibler and a collective project on Kurfürstenstrasse.
Key facts
- Gallery migration to Potsdamer Strasse began in 2009
- Martin Klosterfelde's gallery occupies Potsdamer Strasse 93
- Juerg Judin secured lease for Nolan Judin gallery in 2008
- Blain/Southern opened with Tim Noble and Sue Webster show in April 2011
- Douglas Gordon purchased buildings on Kurfürstenstrasse in late November 2012
- Area hosted over 200 art dealers in the 1920s
- Collective project on Kurfürstenstrasse involves architects June 14 Meyer-Grohbrügge & Chermayeff
- Article published in Jan-Feb 2013 issue
Entities
Artists
- Isabella Bortolozzi
- Martin Klosterfelde
- Matthias Arndt
- Danh Vo
- Tanya Leighton
- Sassa Trülzsch
- Giti Nourbakhsch
- Juerg Judin
- Dexter Dalwood
- Adrian Ghenie
- Peter Saul
- Danica Phelps
- Tim Noble
- Sue Webster
- Jonas Burgert
- Jannis Kounellis
- Miriam Bers
- Stefano Gualdi
- Andreas Murkudis
- Lawrence Weiner
- Dries Van Noten
- Albert Oehlen
- Ingeborg Wiensowski
- David Bowie
- Iggy Pop
- Blixa Bargeld
- Dave Rimmer
- Matt Mullican
- Bethan Huws
- Willem de Rooij
- Douglas Gordon
- Kaspar König
- Karl Nierendorf
- Alfred Flechtheim
- Paul Cassirer
- Justin K. Thannhauser
- Barbara Weiss
- Aurel Scheibler
- Carson Chan
- Sam Chermayeff
- Johanna Meyer-Grohbrügge
Institutions
- Klosterfelde
- Helga Maria Klosterfelde
- Der Tagesspiegel
- Haunch of Venison
- Nolan Judin
- Blain/Southern
- Frieze d/e
- Side by Side
- 401 Contemporary
- GoArt!
- Freies Museum
- LSD (Love Sex Dreams)
- Woolworths
- Krome Gallery
- Do You Read Me?!
- Victoria Bar
- Kumpelnest 3000
- Esther Schipper
- Wien Lukatsch
- Wentrup gallery
- Supportico Lopez
- Sommer + Kohl
- Galerie Raab
- DAAD (German academic exchange service)
- June 14 Meyer-Grohbrügge & Chermayeff
- SANAA
- Artreview.com
Locations
- Berlin
- Germany
- Potsdamer Strasse
- Auguststrasse
- Jannowitzbrücke
- Checkpoint Charlie
- Lindenstrasse
- Brunnenstrasse
- Heidestrasse
- Tiergarten
- Schöneberg
- Neue Nationalgalerie
- Zimmerstrasse
- Wintergarten theatre
- Schöneberger Ufer
- Kurfürstenstrasse
- Pohlstrasse
- Potsdamer Platz
- Lützowstrasse
- Paris
- France
- Tangier
- Morocco
- Glasgow
- Scotland
- United Kingdom