We had spent the whole day at the Pergamon Museum which is on Museum Island in Berlin. World class. After we were done we strolled down the street and bumped into Kunsthaus Tacheles. The polar opposite of the prim and proper Pergamon. Grungy, counter-culture, free flowing outdoor art space and indoor gallery.
A collective of artists have taken over this former department store that was built in 1907. It was going to be demolished in 1990 – when a group of artists had it declared as a historic building – and then took it over. Today it is a art center and a night club. Part BM, part Space Island, part festival.
Entrance to Kunsthaus Tacheles
Glass and metal artist
One of the many galleries
There are 5 floors. The stairways smell like urine and are covered in graffiti
Every part of the stairs has some sort of urban art on it.
View from the 5th floor
Hansel and Gretel?
Inside Kunsthaus Tacheles
