Galerie Isabella Bortolozzi

 View of “My eyes like shovels.” Courtesy: the artists and Hua International, Berlin

View of “My eyes like shovels.” Courtesy: the artists and Hua International, Berlin

Spike editor Isabella Zamboni picks the six most vibrant shows from Gallery Weekend Berlin 2023. Home ghosts, Kurdish ropes, watery half animals, too-blue eyes, Neapolitan satyrs, hysterical bureaucrats: Indulge in the capital’s most spirited visions.

 Leila Hekmat, Glory Ad Undulating Undies, 2021, Digital collage printed on silk/ viscose velvet, 405 x 132 cm

Leila Hekmat, Glory Ad Undulating Undies, 2021. Digital collage printed on silk/viscose velvet, 405 x 132 cm

A group show at Eden Eden in Berlin, with Renate Bertlmann, Ellen Cantor, Vaginal Davis, Meret Oppenheim, Gina Pane, Carol Rama, among others. 

 Megan Francis Sullivan,  Marie 148 , 2014, c-print, 50 x 62.5 cm; Photo: Renke Klaproth

Megan Francis Sullivan, Marie 148, 2014., C-print, 50 x 62.5 cm; Photo: Renke Klaproth

It was quite a week and weekends in the German-speaking lands, where Munich’s Various Others, Zurich Art Weekend, and Berlin Gallery Weekend all managed to coincide and jointly usher in the start of the season.

 The Last Polar Bear, 2019

The Last Polar Bear, 2019

By Lia Gangitano

Gallery Weekend Berlin kicks off this Friday. Spike scoured the 54 participating galleries to bring you five exhibitions that we are looking forward to seeing.