Drawing the City

While museums were still open during COVID, I was able to visit the Berlinische Galerie. This exhibit focuses in on the city of Berlin works on paper from 1945 until today. The fascination of international artists for the modern metropolis is always alive and present in the art that has been created in Berlin since 1945. Over 175 works by 22 female and 47 male artists are exhibited: predominantly drawings in large, medium and small formats, lots of color and black and white in very different techniques, as well as a multi-faceted mix of styles of representationalism, photo-realism, surrealism, late…

Hike: Krumme Lanke

11.6 km loop around Krumme Lanke [Tour Link] Krumme Lanke is a lake in the south west of Berlin on the edge of the Grunewald forest. After Nikolassee and the neighbouring Schlachtensee, it is the southernmost of the Grunewald chain of lakes. Though crowded, the wide path that runs the entire circuit around the lake made it easy to navigate in our group. Said the robin to the sparrow,“I should really like to know,Why these anxious human beingsRush about and worry so.”Said the sparrow to the robin,“Friend I think that it must be,That they have no Heavenly Father,Such as cares…