The first Additive print magazine is available now! Send us a message to order your copy. • 8 artists • 6 writers • 136 pages • German & English • 20€ plus shipping The magazine is also available as a special edition together with an exclusive collaborative print edition by @donnavolta_newmen , @jonasliesi and @christoph_tschernatsch (See last two slides). The three artists worked together on two motifs which were each handprinted in an edition of 10 and can be bought as a special bundle together with the magazine for 100€. A big thank you again to everyone involved for their time, energy, and advice—and for the encouragement we received throughout the process. #magazine #magazinelaunch #printmag #exhibitionsberlin #exhibitionopening #vernissage #printmaking #additivemag #emik

“What I found the most difficult, was to understand the building. I felt it was needed to cut it with a jigsaw in order to really know it.“ Artist Gordon Matta-Clark (1943-1978) is best known for the ”building cuts“ he produced between 1972 and 1978. Born in New York, the studied architect saw the construction of skyscrapers in downtown New York and the simultaneous decay of poor areas like the South-Bronx. The countless abandoned, rundown buildings found in these areas, were at the same time subject and material for his work. As they were about to be demolished, he used them for his “unbuilding“ of architecture, carving abstract forms into the buildings. His creations which he called performances magnified the bad conditions of the buildings and although he only took away certain parts, he completely changed their appearance. Spaces for living – something we all take for granted – now appeared in abstract forms, showing us perspectives and spaces we would normally not be able to see. For the 1975 Paris Biennale he used a building next to the Centre Pompidou which was being built at that time and carved a cone shape into it. His intervention revealed the building’s structure to the passersby as well as offering a view through the building on the Centre Pompidou’s construction behind. So to say “offering a view from the old Paris into the new“. Slides: 1-4, 6: Conical Intersect, Paris, 1975 5: Circus 1 (Documentation of the action „Circus-Caribbean Orange“ made in 1978 in Chicago, United States), 1978 6: Splitting, 1974 8: Genua Datum Cut 73 (Documentation of the action „Genova“ made in 1973 in Genoa, Italy), 1973 9: Circus 5 (Documentation of the action „Circus-Caribbean Orange“ made in 1978 in Chicago, United States), 1978 10: Office Baroque (Documentation of the action „Office Baroque“ made in 1977 in Antwerp, Belgium), 1977 #architecture #art #arthistory #gordonmattaclark 70s intervention performanceart mattaclark photography sculpture artinthefield postmodernism architecturecriticis

Fundació Miró Mallorca is a truly stunning place. Located on the outskirts of Palma, it encompasses two studios in which the artist worked, an exhibition space and sculpture garden. Born 1893 in Barcelona, Miró’s had a deep connection to the island. He frequently spent time in Mallorca as a child when visiting his grandmother, his wife Pilar Juncosa was from the island and in 1956 he moved to Palma where he would live until his death in 1983. The current exhibition “Reencountering Miró. The magic spark” highlights how important his surroundings were for the artist’s practice. Miró’s studio was full of found artefacts and imagery, also his own artworks from the past served as inspiration. As the artist put it: „For, it is always a matter of “reencountering”; nothing is discovered in life." @miromallorca #joanmiro #fundaciomiromallorca #exhibitiontip #additivemag #modernart

Finally saw James Turrell at Dorotheenstädtischer Friedhof, Berlin. The artist’s permanent installation “Luther’s Light“ is part of the cemetery’s burial chapel since 2015 when a private donor funded the work and the accompanying renovation of the building. The light installation was developed specifically for the site and works with artificial as well as natural light. It can only be experienced in the hour of twilight, as it needs specific conditions– its starting time thus changing with the seasons and time of sunset. Turell has also created several more neutral light modes for burial ceremonies which usually happen during daytime. Compared to Turell’s usual, very reduced style, this work is quite visually complex due to its embedding into the functional, sacral building. This and the crowd of visitors made it the experience a bit less meditative than expected. However, that’s also a question of how successful one can calm their mind and sit still for half an hour. Nevertheless, I can definitely recommend to check it out and see for yourself! Furthermore, @maxgoelitzgallery will be showing works by James Turell until end of June at their Berlin location. @jamesturrellart #jamesturell #berlinaktivitäten #exhibitiontip #lightart #meditative

RIP Georg Baselitz (1938-2026). I have been a fan of the artist since I saw his big retrospective at Centre Pompidou, Paris in 2021. Especially the rawness and intensity of his early paintings resonated with me. At the beginning of his career, Baselitz battled with the unthinkable atrocities Nazi Germany and WW2 brought over the world and the difficult legacy of being German. Baselitz responded through his art with provocation and honesly. What made him world famous and will always be connected to his name is painting his subjects upside-down, which he did for the first time in 1969. #georgbaselitz #artist #painting #sculpture #postwarart

Really don’t know what to think of @beeple_crap ‘s ”Regular Animals“ currently shown at @neuenationalgalerie . Pairing cutting edge technology with some of the most controversial figures of art, politics and tech feels incredibly cheap at first. You feel stupid looking at the „dogs“ making their tripple steps with their heads shaking, everybody pointing their phones at them. Obviously, this is a banger for everyone’s instagram story and who wouldn’t love that more than the self-centered characters we see here, I guess (The artist put his own head among the eccentric crowd too). After initial fascination and some laughter, chatter broke out. It felt like the spectacle was only short-lived, like the shock was already digested. The topic is unarguably serious but was it understood? Is this the right means to inspire meaningful conversation? Putting these, for the most part, very dangerous men into an enclosure, ”cute-ifying“ them with their clumsy movement and shaking heads and portraying them as pets feels like the opposite of how they should be portrayed. #beeple #regularanimals #neuenationalgerie #installation

Visited @paul_glaw in his current exhibition “Seeing Silence“ at @duveberlin Born 1988 in Halle (Saale), back then part of the German Democratic Republic (DDR), Glaw deals with the persisting trauma of the East German population caused by the reunification. Through the incorporation of historic, found objects of mostly East German households, the artist creates an aesthetic that blurs past and present, forcing the viewer to rethink ideas of tradition. #artistinterview #exhibitionberlin #exhibitiontip #painting #installation

May 1–3 is Gallery Weekend Berlin! With 50+ galleries opening new exhibitions, it is one of the busiest weeks for the Berlin art scene. Here is my selection of shows I’m looking forward to the most. Most of the shows are running for several weeks or months, so if you can’t make it on the weekend, don’t worry! Just save this post for later. @galleryweekendberlin 1 & 9: X: Yuji Agematsu “Zip 01-01-2024–12-31-2024,” 2024 (detail) mixed media in cigarette pack cellophane wrapper. Photo Reggie Shiobara. Courtesy of Yuji Agematsu and Galerie Buchholz 3: Portrait of Petrit Halilaj by Jacopo La Forgia, Hamburger Bahnhof, Berlin, 2025. 4: Portrait of Robert Rehfeldt riding his bike, Berlin, 1981, Photo by Gert Börner, Courtesy of the Artist & ChertLüdde, Berlin. 5: Nazanin Hafez „Mourning Women“, analog photocollage, 41 x 46 cm, 2024 6: Courtesy Celeste Rapone & Esther Schipper 7: Candice Breitz, ‘Code of Conduct (I Will Not Make Any More Political Art),’ courtesy of the artist and KOW, Berlin. 10: Markus Lüpertz, Helm und Schädel, 2025. Mixed media on canvas, 100 x 80 cm / 39 ¼ x 31 ½ in. © VG Bild-Kunst Bonn, 2026. Photo Jens Ziehe, Berlin. 11: Bruno Gironcoli, Brennendes Kind I (Burning Child I), 1998 - 1999. Courtesy Galerie Crone, Berlin, Vienna, and Galerie Thoman, Innsbruck, Vienna 12: Jean Dubuffet, Peigneuse, August 1945, Haute Pâte auf Leinwand, 81,2 x 65,3 cm. 13: Julien Heintz, SANS TITRE (DETAIL), 2026. ÖL AUF LEINWAND, 125 X 150 CM 14: Wynnie Mynerva, La persistencia, 2026, oil on canvas, 191 × 255 × 5 cm 15: Nikita Alexeev, God, Forgive the Commies!, 1988, mixed media on waxed tablecloth (with wooden frame), 138 x 200 cm. 17: Exhibition view, Performance Review, Jonas Lund, 2026 #galleryweekendberlin #exhibitiontip #exhibitionberlin #exhibitionopening #galleryberlin

Visited @paul_glaw in his current exhibition “Seeing Silence“ at @duveberlin Born 1988 in Halle (Saale), back then part of the German Democratic Republic (DDR), Glaw deals with the persisting trauma of the East German population caused by the reunification. Through the incorporation of historic, found objects of mostly East German households, the artist creates an aesthetic that blurs past and present, forcing the viewer to rethink ideas of tradition. #artistinterview #exhibitionberlin #exhibitiontip #painting #installation

May 1–3 is Gallery Weekend Berlin! With 50+ galleries opening new exhibitions, it is one of the busiest weeks for the Berlin art scene. Here is my selection of shows I’m looking forward to the most. Most of the shows are running for several weeks or months, so if you can’t make it on the weekend, don’t worry! Just save this post for later. And stay tuned for Part II @galleryweekendberlin 1 & 7: Sophy Rickett, Vauxhall Bridge 2, 1995, (from the ‘Pissing Women’ series) 3: Pae White, Untitled, 2026, cotton and resin on panel, ⌀ 150 cm. © Pae White. Courtesy the artist and neugerriemschneider, Berlin. Photo Santiago Vega, Guadalajara 4: Courtesy of Super Super Markt, Berlin and Estate Anna & Bernhard Blume, Cologne 5: philippgufler.blogspot.com 6: Rodney McMillian, Untitled (Knoll’s chair), 2023–2026. Chair, fabric, wire, and acrylic. Photo Josh Vasquez.Courtesy of the artist and Capitain Petzel, Berlin 9: James Turrell, Elliptical Glass “First Cause”, 2024 | © James Turrell | Courtesy Häusler Contemporary, Zürich, Photo: Florian Holzherr 10: Jonathan Lasker, Double Play, oil on linen, 1987, 193 × 254 cm 11: Es ist entzückend wedelnde Vorhang im Wind zum Gespräch zu bringen, painted and stitched fabrics, 2017. Photo: Rachele Salvioli 12: Gülbin Ünlü, „really?“, Installationsansicht im Zentrum für Gegenwartskunst, Augsburg, 2025, © KMA 13: Camilla Steinum, Mønster Floke, 2022, colored wood, metal chains, installation view, Billedhoggerforeningen, Oslo, 2022, Photo KUNSTDOK/Istvan Firag, Courtesy of the artist & Soy Capitán 14: Bernd Koberling, Echo, 2024, Oil on wood, 124 x 149,5 x 5 cm 16: Göksu Kunak, Spillage, 2026 at Van Abbe Museum. Photo Max Kneefeld Trakilovic. 17: Brook Hsu, Hope, 2026 18: Mark Barker, Untitled, 2025, Charcoal on paper, 42 x 29.7 cm. 19: Courtesy Trautwein Herleth #galleryweekendberlin #exhibitiontip #exhibitionberlin #exhibitionopening #galleryberlin

Klara Lidén’s current exhibition „Kunstwerke“ impressively reveals what it is like living in the city and what power human-made spaces hold over us but fails to move beyond the status quo. Read the full article on additivemag.com Klara Lidén “Kunstwerke“ is on view at @kwinstitutefcontemporaryart , Berlin until May 10. (1) AnArchitektur e.V., 01 Material zu: Lefèbvre, Die Produktion des Raumes (Berlin, 2002), 6, /aa01_lefebvre/aa01_lefebvre_dt.html. (2) Timotheus Vermeulen, “Space Is the Place,” Frieze, April 24, 2015, /article/space-place. Images: Slides 2, 10, 12, 13: Jonas Sanden All other images: Installation view of the exhibition Klara Lidén – Kunstwerke at KW Institute for Contemporary Art, Berlin 2026. Courtesy the artist. Photo: Frank Sperling. #exhibitionreview #klaraliden #kwinstituteofcontemporaryart #urbanart #urbanspace

Photorealistic painting is a special world. However, never forget to look at as much as possible and form your own opinion! #photorealism #friederburda #artcriticism #figurativepainting #museum