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Berlin Biennial opens day and night from April 5

The city of Berlin is preparing to welcome different generations of artists from every corner of the planet for the 5th Biennial of Contemporary Art. Previous editions of the event have proven a success, with many critics ranking the fourth edition as the best exhibition of 2006.

The exhibition programme is non-stop, with both day and night components.

During the day works of art and projects created especially for the biennial by over 40 artists will be presented at three venues:

• El KW Institute for Contemporary Art
• The Neue Nationalgalerie
• El Skulpturenpark Berlin_Zentrum

At night various events will take place all over Berlin. By the light of the moon, in the night part of the biennial – Mes nuits sont plus belles que vos jours (My Nights Are More Beautiful Than Your Days) – artists and other thinkers will have a chance to exchange impressions, with interested members of the public also getting involved.

The event is a showcase for art, providing new artists with an opportunity to be discovered and rub shoulders with those have already made it.

A special publication has been prepared to facilitate understanding and interpretation of the event. Participants in the publication are artists taking part in the exhibition, curators, and writers of the calibre of Oksana Bulgakowa, Beatriz Colomina, Georges Didi-Huberman, Brian Dillon, and Pelin Tan.

Places for the exhibition

KW Institute for Contemporary Art
Auguststraße 69
10117 Berlin-Mitte
U6 Oranienburger Tor
S1 / S2 / S25 Oranienburger Straße
S5 / S7 / S9 Hackescher Markt

Neue Nationalgalerie
Kulturforum Potsdamer Platz
Potsdamer Straße 50
10785 Berlin-Tiergarten
U2 Potsdamer Platz
S1 / S2 / S 25 Potsdamer Platz

Skulpturenpark Berlin_Zentrum
Kommandantenstraße / Neue Grünstraße
10969 Berlin-Kreuzberg
U2 Spittelmarkt

Schinkel Pavillon
Oberwallstraße 1
10117 Berlin-Mitte
U6 Französische Straße
U2 Hausvogteiplatz

Schedule

• Day: Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m.; Thursday from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m.; Saturday and Sunday from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. The biennial will be closed on Mondays.
• Night: The schedule for night events will be announced shortly at the official web site.

More information and contact

Berlin Biennial for Contemporary Art
Auguststrasse 69
10117 Berlin

Tel.: + 49 (0) 30. 24 34 59. 70
Fax: + 49 (0) 30. 24 34 59. 99
E-mail: office@berlinbiennale.de

• Berlin Biennial web site

Source: texts – CDAN based on information obtained from the Berlin Biennial. The photo at top of page was provided by the Press Department of the Berlin Biennial and shows a work by Plamen Dejanov & Swetlana Heger: Quite Normal Luxury II (Berlin), 2001. KW Institute for Contemporary Art, Copyright Werner Maschmann 2001.

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