Germany’s Top 25 Fall Gallery Shows

Exhibitions from Berlin Art Week and beyond that you simply cannot miss.

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Marc Camille Chaimowicz, Forty and Forty (2014) Photo: Courtesy the artist and Galerie Neu, Berlin
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Thomas Zipp, Effects of Stimulus-Range and Anchor Value on Psychophysical Judgement (The Laerdal Rehearsals) at Galerie Guido W. Baudach Photo: Courtesy Galerie Guido W. Baudach
Thomas Zipp, "Effects of Stimulus-Range and Anchor Value on Psychophysical Judgement (The Laerdal Rehearsals)" at Galerie Guido W. Baudach
Photo: Courtesy Galerie Guido W. Baudach
Blain|Southern Berlin, Sed Tantum Dic Verbo (Just Say the Word) curated by Glenn O’Brien Jack Pierson, Sex Change Romance (2014) Photo: Courtesy Cheim & Read, New York
Blain|Southern Berlin, "Sed Tantum Dic Verbo (Just Say the Word)" curated by Glenn O’Brien
Jack Pierson, Sex Change Romance (2014)
Photo: Courtesy Cheim and Read, New York
Julie Mehretu, Invisible Sun (algorithm 4) (2014) Photo: Carolina Merlano, Courtesy the artist & carlier | gebauer
Julie Mehretu, Invisible Sun (algorithm 4) (2014)
Photo: Carolina Merlano, Courtesy the artist and carlier | gebauer
Chris Succo, *SHAMELESS IS A TALENT* (2014) Photo: Courtesy Duve Berlin
Chris Succo, *SHAMELESS IS A TALENT* (2014)
Photo: Courtesy Duve Berlin
Marepe, Renovação do Ar [Air Renewal] (2014) Photo: Galerie Max Hetzler
Marepe, Renovação do Ar [Air Renewal] (2014)
Photo: Galerie Max Hetzler
Martin Kippenberger, Untitled (from the series Window Shopping Until 2 a.m.; 1996) Photo: Lothar Schnepf, © Estate of Martin Kippenberger, Galerie Gisela Capitain, Cologne
Martin Kippenberger, Untitled (from the series Window Shopping Until 2 a.m.; 1996)
Photo: Lothar Schnepf, © Estate of Martin Kippenberger, Galerie Gisela Capitain, Cologne
Guan Xiao, Action (2014) (Three stills) Photo: Courtesy Kraupa-Tuskany Zeidler
Guan Xiao, Action (2014) (Three stills)
Photo: Courtesy Kraupa-Tuskany Zeidler
Thomas Scheibitz, Gasthof Ravoux (2014) Photo: © Thomas Scheibitz / VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn, 2014; Courtesy Sprüth Magers Berlin London
Thomas Scheibitz, Gasthof Ravoux (2014)
Photo: © Thomas Scheibitz / VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn, 2014; Courtesy Sprüth Magers Berlin London
Marc Camille Chaimowicz, Forty and Forty (2014) Photo: Courtesy the artist and Galerie Neu, Berlin
Marc Camille Chaimowicz, Forty and Forty (2014)
Photo: Courtesy the artist and Galerie Neu, Berlin
Ai Wiewei, 2011-10-04, 9:43 am (2011) Photo: © Ai Weiwei, courtesy the artist and neugerriemschneider, Berlin
Ai Weiwei, 2011-10-04, 9:43 am (2011)
Photo: © Ai Weiwei, courtesy the artist and neugerriemschneider, Berlin
Mike Bouchet, NymphCloud (2014) Photo: Courtesy Peres Projects
Mike Bouchet, NymphCloud (2014)
Photo: Courtesy Peres Projects
Model for Jean-Pascal Flavien, days, between placing and displacing at Esther Schipper Photo: Courtesy Esther Schipper
Model for Jean-Pascal Flavien, "days, between placing and displacing" at Esther Schipper
Photo: Courtesy Esther Schipper
Grit Richter, Das große Haus Selbst
 at Galerie Tanja Wagner Photo: Courtesy Galerie Tanja Wagner
Grit Richter, "Das große Haus Selbst
" at Galerie Tanja Wagner
Photo: Courtesy Galerie Tanja Wagner
Timm Ulrichs, Wachsender Stein (2008/2012) Photo: Courtesy Wentrup
Timm Ulrichs, Wachsender Stein (2008/2012)
Photo: Courtesy Wentrup
Richard Smith, Tip Top (1962) Photo: Simon Vogel, Köln; © Richard Smith. Courtesy Galerie Gisela Capitain
Richard Smith, Tip Top (1962)
Photo: Simon Vogel, Köln; © Richard Smith. Courtesy Galerie Gisela Capitain
Robert Polidori, Hotel Petra #5, Beirut (2010) Photo: Courtesy Galerie Karsten Greve via artnet Galleries
Robert Polidori, Hotel Petra #5, Beirut (2010)
Photo: Courtesy Galerie Karsten Greve via artnet Galleries
Frances Stark at Galerie Buchholz, Cologne Photo: via artnet Galleries
Frances Stark at Galerie Buchholz, Cologne Photo: via artnet Galleries
Enrico David, Untitled (2014) Photo: Courtesy Michael Werner Kunsthandel, DC Open
Enrico David, Untitled (2014)
Photo: Courtesy Michael Werner Kunsthandel, DC Open
Yelena Popova, Untitled (2014) Photo: Courtesy Figge Von Rosen Galerie
Yelena Popova, Untitled (2014)
Photo: Courtesy Figge Von Rosen Galerie
Jonathan Meese, EIN GEHEIMKRAUT “FANZISCHERL” IM MÜNDL’ VON EINER HEX’… (2014) Photo: Courtesy of the artist and Sies + Höke, Düsseldorf, Photograph Jan Bauer
Jonathan Meese, EIN GEHEIMKRAUT “FANZISCHERL” IM MÜNDL’ VON EINER HEX’… (2014)
Photo: Courtesy of the artist and Sies + Höke, Düsseldorf, Photograph Jan Bauer
Nicolás Guagnini, Leigh Ledare, Ana and Carl and Some Other Couples at Galerie Max Mayer Photo: Courtesy Galerie Max Mayer via DC Open
Nicolás Guagnini, Leigh Ledare, "Ana and Carl and Some Other Couples" at Galerie Max Mayer
Photo: Courtesy Galerie Max Mayer via DC Open
Wolfgang Laib, Lebenfries – Frieze of Life at Konrad Fischer Galerie Photo: Courtesy Konrad Fischer Galerie, DC Open
Wolfgang Laib, "Lebenfries – Frieze of Life" at Konrad Fischer Galerie
Photo: Courtesy Konrad Fischer Galerie, DC Open
K.O. Götz, Stördö 8.11.1957 (1957) Photo: © DIE GALERIE
K.O. Götz, Stördö 8.11.1957 (1957)
Photo: © DIE GALERIE
Martin Wöhrl, Das darf doch nicht wahr sein… (2014) Photo: Courtesy Tanja Pol Galerie, Munich
Martin Wöhrl, Das darf doch nicht wahr sein… (2014)
Photo: Courtesy Tanja Pol Galerie, Munich
“50 Years: Living with Art” at Galerie Thomas Photo: Courtesy Galerie Thomas
“50 Years: Living with Art” at Galerie Thomas
Photo: Courtesy Galerie Thomas

And we’re back. With the German art scene’s two-month-long summer slumber behind us, it’s time to dive into the fall art season. The season kicked off last weekend in Cologne and Düsseldorf with the annual DC Open gallery walk, offering up a smattering of established talents like Richard Smith and Jonathan Meese—and some fresh faces too.

But the Germany’s main fall art event is still to come. (Just don’t tell the Rhinelanders.) Gallery openings surrounding Berlin Art Week start this weekend, with young guns like Chris Succo and more established exponents like Brazilian artist Marepe getting a jump-start on the bustle to come when the week officially starts on September 16th.

For the first time, Berlin Art Week features two official gallery nights organized by Art Berlin Contemporary (abc), the German capital’s alternative answer to an art fair. The nights’ crop of artists is ripe. From Marc Camille Chaimowicz’s debut at Galerie Neu (it’s said to include 40 live birds) to major shows of art world A-listers like Ai Weiwei, Julie Mehretu, and Thomas Scheibitz, the city’s dealers are presenting a hearty argument for Berlin’s artistic primacy on the Continent. See our 25 favorite shows this fall, below.

BERLIN
Thomas Zipp, “Effects of Stimulus-Range and Anchor Value on Psychophysical Judgement (The Laerdal Rehearsals)” at Galerie Guido W. Baudach, September 5–October 18

“Sed Tantum Dic Verbo (Just Say the Word)” curated by Glenn O’Brien at Blain|Southern, September 20–December 20

Julie Mehretu, “Half a Shadow” at Carlier Gebauer, September 20–November 1

Chris Succo at Duve Berlin, September 12–October 24

Marepe, “Noticías da Lagoa (News from the Lagoon)” at Max Hetzler Berlin, Goethestraße, September 13–October 25

Martin Kippenberger, “Window Shopping” at Capitain Petzel, September 17–October 25

Guan Xiao at Kraupa-Tuskany Zeidler, September 17–October 31

Thomas Scheibitz, “Radiopictures” at Sprüth Magers, September 18–November 8

Marc Camille Chaimowicz, “Forty and Forty” at Galerie Neu, September 17–November 1

Ai Weiwei, “Framed” at neugerriemschneider, September 18–November 1

Mike Bouchet, “Business Lunch” at Peres Projects, September 17–November 1

Jean-Pascal Flavien, “days, between placing and displacing” at Esther Schipper, September 19–October 25

Grit Richter, “Das große Haus Selbst“ at Galerie Tanja Wagner, September 18–November 8

Timm Ulrichs, “8 ½ Meisterwerke“ at Wentrup, September 18–October 18

 

COLOGNE
Richard Smith at Galerie Gisela Capitain, September 5–November 1

Robert Polidori, “Exteriors and Interiors” at Galerie Karsten Greve, September 5–November

Frances Stark,“Clever/Stupid“ at Galerie Daniel Buchholz, September 5–October 11

Enrico David at Michael Werner Kunsthandel, September 5–November 1

Yelena Popova, “A World to Gain” at Figge Von Rosen Galerie, September 5–October 25

 

DÜSSELDORF
Jonathan Meese, “COUNTDOWN „K.U.N.S.T.“ (DIE GEILSTINVASION)”at Sies + Höke, September 5–October 11

Nicolás Guagnini, Leigh Ledare, “Ana and Carl and Some Other Couples” at Galerie Max Mayer, September 5–October 25

Wolfgang Laib, “Frieze of Life” at Konrad Fischer Galerie, September 5–October 25

 

FRANKFURT
Karl Otto Götz at Die Galerie, September 11–November 8

 

MUNICH
“50 Years: Living with Art” at Galerie Thomas, September 12–November 15

Martin Wöhrl, “Cats” at Tanja Pol Galerie, September 12–October 31

 


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