For the third time already, the Stiftung Berliner Leben and the URBAN NATION MUSEUM FOR URBAN CONTEMPORARY ART took part in the KinderKulturMonat with their own event. Children from all over Berlin have been invited to more than one hundred free art and culture events in October. It is a great project in which children…
News from Bülowstraße – The Dutch artist Mr.June designed the facade of the building Bülowstraße 101, directly opposite the museum, just in time for the opening of the new exhibition in the URBAN NATION MUSEUM FOR URBAN CONTEMPORARY ART. His latest 3D artwork stands for further development and the future. For a long time, the…
Not only in the rooms of URBAN NATION MUSEUM FOR URBAN CONTEMPORARY ART the new exhibition, curated by director Yasha Young, offers a sensation, also from the outside the house shows a new impressive art work. The new facade was designed by the artist duo Snik in collaboration with Hera, one part of the duo…
After a two-week renovation phase, the URBAN NATION MUSEUM FOR URBAN CONTEMPORARY ART opened its doors on September 27th with a brand new exhibition curated by director Yasha Young. But not only that, also the worldwide unique Artist in Residence Programme started officially and completes the lively and interactive concept of URBAN NATION. The visitors…
September 27th 2018, 8 pm, marks the opening of the second big exhibition in the short history of the URBAN NATION MUSEUM FOR URBAN CONTEMPORARY ART: “UN—DERSTAND THE POWER OF ART AS A SOCIAL ARCHITECT“. In five years, URBAN NATION has grown “from vision to reality”. Throughout an eventful year since its opening, “the impossible…
Urban contemporary art scouts out its place in the city. But art also craves freedom, space to let ideas grow, where talent is honed, and style and technology experience encouragement. With the Artist in Residence Programme, brought to life by the museum’s director Yasha Young, URBAN NATION offers artists a chance within the scope of…
The URBAN NATION MUSEUM FOR URBAN CONTEMPORARY ART is currently closed due to renovation work, as there will be a completely new exhibition with many surprises for the visitors. Not only that, but a unique project will literally bring the museum to life. September 27th 2018 marks the opening of the second big exhibition in…
More than 25,000 Berliners visited the summer festival at Tempelhof Airport on 1 September and took advantage of the numerous offers at the former central airport. In addition to various workshops, guided tours of the building and eclectic epicurean highlights, there was lively discussion on potential uses of the site on the political stage. Director…
„We paint the music you love to hear“- will be a unique fusion of music and art! In a joint project by the URBAN NATION MUSEUM FOR URBAN CONTEMPORARY ART and the Lollapalooza Festival, three popular artists will design a giant installation at the Berlin Olympic Stadium. The cooperation between Lollapalooza and URBAN NATION started…
Portuguese artist Nuno Viegas visited the URBAN NATION last week and created an impressive installation for the museum. We met him to ask him a few questions about himself and his current work.
Saki ‘Ozabu’ Masumoto is a Japanese artist who creates astonishingly detailed images with a dark undertone. Created with most basic techniques and tools to create her art, she uses pencil and graphite on paper to create her works. Ozabu’s works are featured in the URBAN NATION 2018 exhibition, ‘UN-DERSTAND The Power of Art as a Social Architect’.
Michał ‘Sepe’ Wręga, born in Warsaw, Poland in 1982 is a graphic designer, illustrator and painter. Raised on the traditional graffiti movement, he has painted walls across the world in various countries such as Germany, France and Russia via spray paint, paintbrush and roller. Sepe’s works are featured in the URBAN NATION 2018 exhibition, ‘UN-DERSTAND The Power of Art as a Social Architect’.
Niels Meulman, an artist of which many know as simply ‘Shoe’ is a visual artist and graffiti legend. Born in 1967 and raised in Amsterdam, he single-handily transformed the graffiti movement when he established the ‘Calligraffiti’ movement. Niels ‘Shoe’ Muelman’s works are featured in the URBAN NATION 2018 exhibition, ‘UN-DERSTAND The Power of Art as a Social Architect’.
Troy Coulterman is an artist from Guelph, Ontario (Canada). He works as a sculptor and crafts three-dimensional human figures with exaggerated features and forms that are directly influenced from graphic novels. Troy’s works are featured in the URBAN NATION 2018 exhibition, ‘UN-DERSTAND The Power of Art as a Social Architect’.
The collage-like images of the graffiti artist ELLE are now her trademark. For URBAN NATION she created a unique ONE WALL in Wienerstraße 42. The mural with the title “We are many, but allways one” shows important women from different historical epches. Although each one stands alone, but together they stand for timeless debates on…
This work takes direct inspiration from the architectonical structure on which it’s located and it’s inserted in the “Unity” concept proposed by Urban Nation for its curatorial project. The two subjects are placed one on each wall, with a physical and real division in between: like reciprocal reflections that interpret each other while floating/sinking separately,…
From the 13th to the 19th of May, the best oft he best of the international street art scene gathered in Berlin and turned gray facades into unique works of art James Bullough and the artist duo Telmo Miel were three of the many artists who created one of the ONE WALLS for the UNITY…
Fanakapan started the second round of the URBAN NATION “Live @ the museum” series at the end of May. The launch of this new series at the museum was given by Canadian artist Laurence Vallières in March. Both artists created a unique sculpture in front of the visitors and added so two more highlights to…