Monthly Archives: January 2013

Niche Parfum & Showroom – Art and indie fragrances in Prenzlauer Berg

Earlier this week I visited Niche (store website), a brand new art-and-perfume store in Rykestraße 16. Artist Chris Gräfensteiner opened her fragrance/showroom in December; she sells her own artwork, fragrances from L’Artisan Parfumeur and Six Scents and Berlin accessories label Wanawake. A beautiful store and a really cool retail concept; Niche will also be my next Mintel article.

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Store Profile: Wheadon – Organic C&T in Berlin

I recently visited Wheadon, a perfumery in Steinstrasse 17 in Mitte, just off Rosenthaler Strasse. Owner Nicole Wheadon opened her store last June. Continue reading

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New exhibitions at Künstlerhaus Bethanien

This Friday, 18th January 2013, four new exhibitions are starting at Künstlerhaus Bethanien (Kottbusser Strasse 10 in Kreuzberg) – Joris van de Moortel (Belgium), Hyein Lee (Korea), Aiko Tezuka (Japan) and Sharon Houkema (Netherlands). Lee, Houkema, Tezuka and van de Moortel are all artists-in-residence at the Künstlerhaus Bethanien … more info on www.bethanien.de. The Bethanien is also showing a retrospective of GDR artist Klaus Hähner-Springmühl. And here is the globe-M article: Kunst am Kotti.

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Globe-M: “Idylle & Desaster”, Bogomir Ecker at Museum für Fotografie in Berlin – article

German sculptor Bogomir Ecker collects historical photographs from all over the world and from all decades – and the Museum of Photography here in Berlin is showing his latest photo installation “Idylle & Desaster” (exhibition website). Very worthwhile.

Here is the globe-M article: Idylle & Desaster.

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Globe-M: “…in Lack getränkt”, ancient Chinese lacquer at the Asiatische Museum at Dahlem – article

A special exihibition at the Asiatisches Museum: ancient Chinese lacquer objects from the Song, Ming and Qing dynasties – the private collection of Barbara Piert-Borgers and Walter Borgers. The lacquer art is stunning, go and see the exhibition, it’s on until 27th January (exhibition website).

And here is the globe-M article (as always, German only!): Perfektion in Lack.

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Live Talk with Takashi Murakami at Hidari Zingaro, Saturday 12th January 2013

Yes indeed, there’ll be a live talk with Murakami in Hidari Zingaro in Kreuzberg this Saturday. How cool is that?! I’ll definitely go; besides seeing Murakami live (!) it’ll also give me a chance to flirt some more with the beautiful ceramic art object by Yuji Ueda …unfortunately I still can’t afford the 136 Euro but I’m allowed to dream, aren’t I??

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