Berlin’s street art scene flourishes through historic rebellion, diverse artistic communities, and iconic locations like East Side Gallery transforming urban landscapes.
Berlin stands as one of the world’s most important street art capitals, with a vibrant scene rooted in the city’s history of political rebellion, cultural transformation, and artistic freedom. The fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989 created unprecedented opportunities for artistic expression on vacant buildings and abandoned spaces throughout the reunified city.
The iconic East Side Gallery, featuring murals painted directly on remaining Wall sections, symbolizes Berlin’s transformation from divided city to unified cultural center. Neighborhoods like Kreuzberg, Friedrichshain, and Mitte showcase diverse artistic styles from traditional graffiti writing to large-scale murals, stencil art, and experimental installations.
Red Retro & Berlin Subway Stations
After modifying stations in Madrid and Valencia, Red Retro renamed some subway stations in Berlin between September 15th and 26th!
He changed for example “Alt-Mariendorf” into “Strg + Alt + Apple-Key”, “Alexanderplatz” into “Alexanderspass” and “Pankstraße” into “Punkstraße”. These changes are not digital - Red Retro uses original vinyl-transparency to make his mostly funny wordplays.
The aim of this creative urban interventions is to break through the wall of people’s daily routine and monotony and to provoke human emotions.
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Victor Ash - New Mural Art
After his famous Cosmonaut and the impressive Falling Graffiti Writers, internationally-known urban artist Victor Ash did another, a third mural artwork in Berlin!
The new mural was build in cooperation with the biggest German labor union Ver.di and should be a political symbol for statutory minimum wages.
Born in Portugal, Victor Ash studied and lived from 1972 to 1996 in the French capital, Paris. After that it took him to the Danish Copenhagen, where he works today in accordance with the spirit of street art, preferably with the road. Between 1990 and today Ash exhibits also in different cities around the world, including Berlin, Paris and Tokyo.
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Futura 2000 Photos
As I told you, graffiti legend Futura 2000 started his new exhibition “Odyssey Two” yesterday in Berlin!
I had some time and visited the graffiti show in the former 95 Gallery at 9pm. At that time, about 40 or 50 people, including famous graffiti artist Part One, partied the opening with drinks and music for free.
While I took two or three drinks too, I surveied Futura’s very interesting, modern graffiti artworks and marker sketches and of course photographed them.
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Futura 2000 - Odyssey Two in Berlin
I have great info for all writers, graffiti artists and spray paint lovers out there! Today, the new exhibition “Odyssey Two” by famous graffiti legend Futura 2000 will open:
“Odyssey Two is the upcoming exhibition by Futura and produced in conjunction with new art organization Artorial. It runs throughout Art Forum Berlin and brings together 20 years of the urban art pioneer’s work. Significant new pieces will be on display, alongside key works such as the original iconic Pointman canvas and a collection of early Pointman sketches.
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Part One - The Death Squad
Yesterday I visited my friend Marc. He is the curator of the ATM Gallery in Berlin, which is dedicated to street art, urban art and graffiti.
While we talked to each other, an old man came into the gallery, which is currently presenting the Emess stencil art show “What’s the colour of money?”. To cut a long story short, this relatively old man was no less a person than graffiti legend Part One himself! Already in 1974, Part One was part of the most influential style writers of New York. His innovative letters and color-concepts characterized the graffiti development worldwide.
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Czarnobyl - Stencil Art Exhibition
In addition to C215 and Pisa73, a third famous and internationally known stencil artists opens an exhibition this week.
Czarnobyl presents outstanding and extraordinary stencils art in his solo exhibition at Superplan Gallery in Berlin.
Born 1974 in Poland, he lives and works in Berlin since 1993. Already in 1990 he began to take an interest in to cutting stencils to express his feelings and ideas. His recent artworks are characterized by their richness of detail and color grades.
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“Just taking Pictures” - Urban Photography
With joy, I read a few days ago, that one of the most important photographers of the graffiti and street art movement will host an exhibition!
You can win one out of three limited urban photo-postcards by Just! - Join the Contest!
For 10 years, the Berlin-based urban artist and photographer Just documents in brilliant pictures, the highlights of urban art and culture. This October, he will present his finest portraits of artists and street art photographs for the first time!
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Photos: Pisa73 - “Grains of Wrath”
Do you remember the stencil art show “Grains of Wrath” by Pisa73 I recommended to you some days before? Today I had some time and hit the road to get photos from that urban art exhibition.
One interesting part of the new artworks is, that Pisa73 evolved the classic, often planar stencil art technique to a rough speckled form. Hence I found it really interesting to inspect the spray-paintings, which by the way focus on institutional and corporate authority and its traditional misuse of power.
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Photos: Besdo Garsía, Saddo & Others
Today I visited the art, design and fashion gallery Box32 the first time, because of the first solo show of Besdo Garsía in Berlin.
“Refered to him as “one of Madrid’s best kept secret” on Ekosystem, he is one of the most talented graffiti writers of Spain. After so many years painting walls all over Spain and specially in his home town, Madrid; he presents this great chance to see his new studio works that he has been developing during the last year.” (Box32)
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Pisa73 - Fine Stencil Show
Pisa73, one of the best stencil artists I know, will start his new urban art exhibition, named “Grains of Wrath”, in Berlin this Friday!
Pisa73 – Foul! Repulsive! Detestable!
The show will present new (spray) paintings by the Berlin based artists with a focus on institutional and corporate authority and its traditional misuse of power.
“Drawing primarily on the events of Walpurgnisnacht at the end of April each year, when riots commonly erupt in Berlin, Pisa73’s latest series of work depicts moments of unmitigated aggression between police and protesters, but does so with a pervading stillness, a disconcerting calm, that undermines the chaos that these subjects suggest. These fleeting images depict the transgressions of public disobedience, but are rendered quietly in elusive scenes that only reveal themselves upon careful reflection and meditation.” (Wilde Gallery)
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