In the beginning still in the unfinished shell of the current museum, later in the production office of URBAN NATION, and always on the street as well, on facades, and display windows along Bülowstrasse, every PROJECT M/ was and is a temporary gallery in the public space – as fleeting as urban art. With each…
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…
Since 2015, the Lollapalooza and the URBAN NATION MUSEUM FOR URBAN CONTEMPORARY ART have shared the same mission: to bring people together with art and music. Therefore, it was perfectly clear that this unique cooperation will continue in 2018. Thanks to the impressive line-up of this year with The Weeknd, Kraftwerk 3D, K.I.Z., The National,…
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…
Klaas seeks in his art the spirit of the night both literally and figuratively. Nighttime for Klaas is an adventure, where he encounters less common scenes of himself and of others. He shows his love of portraying people and objects/subjects from his own everyday and personal living environment, through a crossover between painting and aerosol on canvas.
Nils Westergard is a Belgian-American street artist and film maker based out of Richmond, Virginia where he studied Film. Starting with stencils and graffiti as a teenager in the Washington DC suburbs he developed a unique style which has been translated to walls across the US, Europe, and Australia. His intricately cut stencils. hip-hop music videos, and large murals investigate topics of intimacy, ego, power, and fragility.
Street and studio artist Presto was born in 1976 in Sao Paulo, Brazil. Presto uses spray paint and acrylic on canvas as well as he often adds colour to old wood or rusted materials, always excited by the contrast between the old and the vivid colours of his characters. Presto’s works are featured in the URBAN NATION 2018 exhibition, ‘UN-DERSTAND The Power of Art as a Social Architect’.
French street artist Oakoak is one of the most ingenious and humorous street interventionists, turning everyday objects in cities into comic-like stories on sidewalks. Born in Saint-Étienne, France, since 2006 he has made the urban outdoors his playground with his astonishing eye for details. Oakoak’s works are featured in the URBAN NATION 2018 exhibition, ‘UN-DERSTAND The Power of Art as a Social Architect’.
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…
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 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,…