Edition Block

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Join us for the opening of “60 Years. 60 Works. Edition Block 1966–2026” this Sunday, April 26, 11.30 am – 2 pm. Throughout the years, René Block repeatedly published collective edition projects, most often in the form of print portfolios. “En Bloc”, conceived for Galerie René Block’s fifth anniversary and first presented in 1969, is a special case: not a portfolio, but a tambour-door cabinet containing works by 19 artists who shaped the gallery’s program in its first years. With its 19 very different contributions, “En Bloc” is an early example of Block’s ongoing interest in collective edition projects. On view in “60 Years. 60 Works. Edition Block 1966–2026”
29 April – 30 August 2026
Edition Block, Prager Straße 5, Berlin Images: Dieter Roth, Familienbad; Cabinet „En Bloc“; KP Brehmer, Regenschachtel; Wolf Vostell, Radar Alarm; Booth of Edition Block at Fachmesse für Multiplizierte Kunst, Berlin 1972

WEEKLY PORTRAIT: RENÉ BLOCK⁠ ⁠ René Block is a Berlin-based publisher, curator, and former gallerist whose work has shaped the circulation and reception of contemporary art since the 1960s. From the outset, his practice combined exhibition-making, publishing, and the development of international artistic networks.⁠ ⁠ He founded Galerie René Block in West-Berlin in 1964. The gallery quickly became associated with artists connected to Capitalist Realism, while also serving as a platform for Fluxus, Happenings, and intermedial artistic practices. Over the following years, Block worked with figures such as Joseph Beuys, Sigmar Polke, Gerhard Richter, Nam June Paik, John Cage, Richard Hamilton, and On Kawara, and became one of the key advocates for Fluxus in Germany. In 1974, he expanded this work internationally with the opening of René Block Gallery in New York, inaugurated by Joseph Beuys’ performance I Like America and America Likes Me and soon followed by the first US exhibitions of KP Brehmer and Rebecca Horn.⁠ ⁠ Publishing became central to his work, as the production of low-priced editions was one of the most effective ways of making art accessible to a broader public. Through Edition Block, prints, multiples, and artist publications were treated as autonomous artistic formats. His work also contributed to the wider visibility and understanding of editions through exhibitions and publications focused on the medium itself. This commitment continues into the present and is marked in 2026 by the exhibition 60 Years. 60 Works. Edition Block 1966–2026, which celebrates sixty years of Edition Block. ⁠ ⁠ Portrait René Block, Photo: Elena Kononova.⁠ ⁠ #berlinexhibition #indexberlin⁠

Join us for the opening of two exhibitions: 
60 Years. 60 Works. Edition Block 1966–2026
April 29 – August 30, 2026
Edition Block, Prager Straße 5, Berlin Eva-Maria Schön. 60 Years. 60 Meters, Brushstrokes
April 27 – June 6, 2026
KIF – Kunst im Fenster, Schaperstraße 11, Berlin Opening: Sunday, April 26, 11.30 am – 2 pm Sixty years are hard to put into words. Sixty works are easier. With „60 Years. 60 Works“, Edition Block marks its 60th anniversary with works from six decades in which editions appear not as mere reproductions, but as autonomous artistic creations. Over the decades, a wide range of formal and material expressions has emerged: prints, objects, artist’s books, records, and everything in between. At KIF – Kunst im Fenster, Eva-Maria Schön’s „60 Years. 60 Meters, Brushstrokes“ picks up the idea of seriality in space. Its 60 meters also subtly echo the 60 years of Edition Block, unfolding through movement, reversal, and ever-changing constellations. Images: René Block in front of his gallery with Joseph Beuys’s “Schlitten”, 1969; KP Brehmer, “Das Gefühl zwischen Fingerkuppen…”, 1967; Dieter Roth, “Familienbad”, 1972; Šejla Kamerić, “Bosnian Girl”, 2007; Eva-Maria Schön installing “Pinselstriche hintereinander” at the Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, 1981.

▶️ René Block and Miloslav Vorlíček in conversation tracing the hidden survival of Gerhard Richter's Onkel Rudi from Cold War Czechoslovakia to its rediscovery later in Paris in 1993. 📼 The talk, recorded live at the Centre tchèque de Paris on 17 February 2026, investigates the clandestine survival of one of Richter's most politically charged early works. Gallerist and curator René Block, who donated the painting to the Lidice Art Collection in 1967, joins Miloslav Vorlíček, curator of the Lidice Art Collection, for a conversation that connects archival history with living testimony. 🫂 The Lidice Art Collection organised this event in collaboration with the Fondation Louis Vuitton, which was hosting a major Gerhard Richter retrospective. The Czech Centre Paris and the Goethe-Institut Paris kindly supported it. 🔗 in the Lidice Art Collection profile header #GerhardRichter #OnkelRudi #RenéBlock #arthistory #coldwarart

In den kommenden Wochen stellen wir die Creative Mediators der Manifesta 16 Ruhr und die von ihnen eingeladenen Teilnehmer*innen vor. René Block und Leonie Herweg arbeiten in Essen zusammen und entwickeln ihr Projekt an den Standorten St. Gertrud und St. Marien. René Block, wegweisender Kurator der Fluxus-Bewegung, bringt seine langjährige kuratorische Erfahrung ein, während Leonie Herweg als Kuratorin und Mitbegründerin von GROTTO eine zeitgenössische Perspektive ergänzt. Für die 16. Ausgabe der Manifesta besteht das künstlerische Team aus Creative Mediators, die einzeln oder in generationenübergreifenden Tandems arbeiten und jeweils eigene Programme im Dialog mit dem Ruhrgebiet entwickeln. Dabei kommen vielfältige künstlerische Praktiken und Perspektiven zusammen, die Nachkriegskirchen im Ruhrgebiet aktivieren und in Orte der Kunst, Community und kollektiven Imagination transformieren. Manifesta 16 Ruhr. Save the date: 21. Juni – 4. Oktober 2026. ________ Over the coming weeks, we will introduce the Creative Mediators of Manifesta 16 Ruhr and the participants they have brought into the programme. René Block and Leonie Herweg collaborate in Essen, where they are developing their project at St. Gertrud and St. Marien. René Block, a pioneering curator of the Fluxus movement, brings decades of curatorial experience, while Leonie Herweg, a Berlin-based curator and co-founder of GROTTO, contributes a contemporary perspective. For Manifesta's 16th edition, the Artistic Team consists of Creative Mediators working individually or in intergenerational tandems, developing their own programme in dialogue with the Ruhr Area. A range of artistic practices and perspectives come together, activating and transforming post-war churches across the Ruhr Area into spaces for art, community and collective imagination. Manifesta 16 Ruhr: 21st of June – 4th of October 2026

I am happy to announce my participation at @manifestabiennial 16. With a new large scale art installation specially developed for Manifesta I am looking forward to see you at the opening in June. #manifesta #ruhrgebiet #biennial #art

Upcoming exhibition: IN MEMORIAM BEUYS PAIK MACIUNAS 29.1. – 19.4.26 KIF - KUNST IM FENSTER Schaperstr. 11 10719 Berlin Joseph Beuys died 40 years ago, on January 23, 1986. Nam June Paik died 20 years ago, on January 29, 2006. We are taking these anniversaries as an opportunity to commemorate the concert ‚In Memoriam George Maciunas‘ in July 1978 that both artists dedicated to their friend George Maciunas (1931–1978). The concert for two pianos was performed in the auditorium of the State Art Academy in Düsseldorf in memory of the artist and founder of the Fluxus movement. “We set up two pianos,” Beuys describes the piano duet, ”he [Paik] does his thing, I do my thing, we haven’t agreed on what we do. In terms of sound. We meet at this particular point, neither of us knows what the other is doing; the only thing we know and have agreed on is the time.” (Joseph Beuys) After exactly 74 minutes, the concert ended with an alarm clock ringing. George Maciunas died at the age of 47. Edition Block published, among other things, a recording of the piano duet as a double LP (EB48b) and an enlarged invitation card to the concert as a silkscreen print on canvas (EB48a).

EXTENDED Pravdoliub Ivanov Vehicles Dream and other Dreams until April 12 Edition Block Prager Str. 5 10779 Berlin @pravdoliub_ivanov The exhibition brings together works by Pravdoliub Ivanov (born in Plovdiv, Bulgaria, in 1964) from the past three decades. His installation Vehicles Dream, created in New York in 1998, takes the centre stage. The city that ‘never sleeps’ was the setting for Ivanov’s photographs of people sleeping in subway cars, exhausted by the rhythm of the city that they themselves help to maintain. By mounting the images on small wheels scattered throughout the space, he allowed visitors to rearrange them. Moving around in this way, the portraits appear as a symbol of collective exhaustion. The social metaphor of these alienated and isolated figures, created more than 25 years ago, has gained unexpected political relevance today, visible in their silent paralysis and metaphysical helplessness. In addition to the work Vehicles Dream, the artist’s objects and drawings explore the interplay between everyday life, perception and imagination. With subtle, often humorous interventions, seemingly familiar things are called into question. Pravdoliub Ivanov lives and works in Sofia. He studied at the National Academy of Arts in Sofia and, together with Ivan Moudov and Stefan Nikolaev, represented Bulgaria at the 52nd Venice Biennale in 2007. Previously, he participated in the 4th Istanbul Biennale (1995), Manifesta 3 in Ljubljana (2003) and the 4th Berlin Biennale (2006). His works have also been shown in important overview exhibitions such as In den Schluchten des Balkan (2003) at the Fridericianum in Kassel and Blut & Honig – Zukunft ist am Balkan (2003) at the Essl Collection in Klosterneuburg. His works can be found in the collections of the Centre Pompidou in Paris and the Neues Museum in Nuremberg, among others.

Last days to see Pravdoliub Ivanov Vehicles Dream Until January 18, 2026 Illuminated daily 11 am - 11 pm KIF - KUNST IM FENSTER Schaperstraße 11, 10719 Berlin @pravdoliub_ivanov Presentation of the new edition:
The exhibition at EDITION BLOCK and KIF – KUNST IM FENSTER brings together works by Pravdoliub Ivanov (born in Plovdiv, Bulgaria, in 1964) from the past three decades. His installation Vehicles Dream, created in New York in 1998, takes the centre stage. The city that ‘never sleeps’ was the setting for Ivanov’s photographs of people sleeping in subway cars, exhausted by the rhythm of the city that they themselves help to maintain. By mounting the images on small wheels scattered throughout the space, he allowed visitors to rearrange them. Moving around in this way, the portraits appear as a symbol of collective exhaustion. The social metaphor of these alienated and isolated figures, created more than 25 years ago, has gained unexpected political relevance today, visible in their silent paralysis and metaphysical helplessness. 
As part of a renewed focus on Vehicles Dream a new edition based on the original photographs has been published this year by Edition Block. The images of the sleeping figures are arranged in varying configurations in different sets of five wheels each. The edition is being shown for the first time at KIF – Kunst im Fenster.

on view Pravdoliub Ivanov
Vehicles Dream and other Dreams until January 18 The exhibition brings together works by @pravdoliub_ivanov (born in Plovdiv, Bulgaria, in 1964) from the past three decades. His installation Vehicles Dream, created in New York in 1998, takes the centre stage. The city that ‘never sleeps’ was the setting for Ivanov’s photographs of people sleeping in subway cars, exhausted by the rhythm of the city that they themselves help to maintain. By mounting the images on small wheels scattered throughout the space, he allowed visitors to rearrange them. Moving around in this way, the portraits appear as a symbol of collective exhaustion. The social metaphor of these alienated and isolated figures, created more than 25 years ago, has gained unexpected political relevance today, visible in their silent paralysis and metaphysical helplessness. In addition to the work Vehicles Dream, the artist’s objects and drawings explore the interplay between everyday life, perception and imagination. With subtle, often humorous interventions, seemingly familiar things are called into question. Pravdoliub Ivanov lives and works in Sofia. He studied at the National Academy of Arts in Sofia and, together with Ivan Moudov and Stefan Nikolaev, represented Bulgaria at the 52nd Venice Biennale in 2007. Previously, he participated in the 4th Istanbul Biennale (1995), Manifesta 3 in Ljubljana (2003) and the 4th Berlin Biennale (2006). His works have also been shown in important overview exhibitions such as In den Schluchten des Balkan (2003) at the Fridericianum in Kassel and Blut & Honig – Zukunft ist am Balkan (2003) at the Essl Collection in Klosterneuburg. His works can be found in the collections of the Centre Pompidou in Paris and the Neues Museum in Nuremberg, among others.

The Berlin Edition curated by Judith Hopf and Nasan Tur Open on Advent Sundays: December 14, 2025, 2–7 pm December 21, 2025, 2–7 pm Haubrok Foundation at FAHRBEREITSCHAFT
Herzbergstraße 40–43
10365 Berlin With works by Marina Abramović, Maja Bajević, Rosa Barba, Mehtap Baydu, Claus Böhmler, KP Brehmer, Marcel Broodthaers, Giuseppe Chiari, Ayşe Erkmen, Robert Filliou, Ceal Floyer, Mona Hatoum, K.H. Hödicke, Pravdoliub Ivanov, Allan Kaprow, Gülsün Karamustafa, Šejla Kamerić, Arthur Köpcke, Alicja Kwade, Inge Mahn, Olaf Metzel, Christine Moldrickx, Bjørn Nørgaard, Navid Nuur, Nam June Paik, Endre Tót, Mariana Vassileva and Wolf Vostell.