Urban Nation

Keen readers may be surprised by the term “Brave Wall”, as URBAN NATION’s large-format murals are usually called ONE WALL. “Brave Walls” are murals dedicated to human rights defenders and are initiated and realized worldwide by Amnesty International in cooperation with the global street art community. Now, in a joint collaboration between us and Amnesty International, the first “Brave Wall” was created in Berlin, a work by artist Katerina Voronina, which honors human rights defender Marielle Franco.

Pupils from the Otto Wels Primary School designed an outdoor exhibition in Kreuzberg as part of the URBAN NATION Museum’s new educational project.  

The new exhibition “Martha Cooper: Taking Pictures” is on view at the URBAN NATION Museum – a six-decade retrospective of Martha Cooper’s photographic work. Through photographs and personal objects, artifacts and ephemera, the exhibition traces Cooper’s life, from her first […]

“Martha Cooper: Taking Pictures” is the title of the new exhibition at the URBAN NATION Museum. On October 2, the world’s most comprehensive retrospective of Martha Cooper’s photographic work, curated by Jaime Rojo and Steven P. Harrington (Brooklyn Street Art), […]

Dear visitors,

we also make our contribution to minimize the dynamic spread of the Coronavirus. Therefore, the URBAN NATION Museum is closed & will be open again at March 16th, 2021.

Thank you for your understanding. Stay healthy!

The “Martha Cooper Library at URBAN NATION Museum Berlin” (MCL) is a library specializing in graffiti, street art and urban art literature. It shows the development of these art movements since the 1970s as well as the diversity of their […]

This was the opening weekend of the exhibition “MARTHA COOPER: TAKING PICTURES“: After a month of closure, the museum has been shining in new splendor since last Friday, October 2, 2020. With the exhibition curated by Jaime Rojo and Steven […]

“Martha Cooper: Taking Pictures” will run at the URBAN NATION museum until 1 August 2021A first: the opening was also streamed live After being closed for a month, the URBAN NATION museum reopened last Friday with the exhibition Martha Cooper: Taking […]

Due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, visits to the Museum are only possible to a limited extent until further notice. In order to avoid long waiting queues in front of the museum, a digital ticketing system is now available, which […]

Author: Miss Rosen for Urban Nation Museum (UN), Berlin Freedom, creativity, and innovation — these are the hallmarks of Martha Cooper’s journey around the globe over the past 60 years. Hailing from a long line of strong, independent women dating […]