Postcard from Berlin 5:
Kunstlerhaus Bethanien:
Kunstlerhaus Bethanien is a gallery and studios set in a stunning former hospital building and park in Marianplatz, near the Ubahn stop Kottbusser Tor.
As well as providing 25 studio spaces, accommodation and gallery space, the organization also undertakes an impressive range of activity including residencies, cultural project workshops, publishing, media labs and artists advisory services.
The residency programme can only be applied to through partner organizations, which can be found on the website below. Unfortunately at present it has no UK based partners – somebody fill that gap!
The gallery is located in Kreuzberg, a largely Turkish area: with more than half of all Berlin's buildings damaged or destroyed during WW2, Kreuzberg is home to a considerable pocket of pre-war architecture, it is worth a stroll to soak up both the contemporary and historical here.
