Things will not exactly slow down this week: On Wednesday, Adam Broomberg und Oliver Chanarin talk about their most recent project War Primer 2, a modification of Brecht's Kriegsfibel, at KW Institute for Contemporary Art. Starting on Friday, a group show at ARNDT features big names such as Joseph Beuys and Sophie Calle and deals with the The Ephermeral in art. Also opening that night is Aktionsmetaphern, an exhibition at Buchmann which shows the latest group of works realized together by Anna Blume and the late Bernhard Blume.

New on Artcards Review:
- "Fran Herndon at Altman Siegel Gallery" by Aaron Harbour

Wednesday:
+ Artist Talk: Adam Broomberg and Oliver Chanarin at KW Institute for Contemporary Art

Friday:
+ Absalon, Chiharu Shiota, David Noonan, Franz West, Grazia Toderi, Hanne Darboven, Heinz Mack, Henk Peeters, Jackson Pollock, Jannis Kounellis, Joe Coleman, Joseph Beuys, Julian Rosefeldt, Mathilde Ter Heijne, Matt Saunders, Miroslav Tichy, Moridja Banza, Nick van Woert, Otto Piene, Rebecca Horn, Sophie Calle, Susan Turcot, Wim Delvoye, Yang Jiechang "The Ephemeral" at ARNDT
+ Anna & Bernhard Blume "Aktionsmetaphern" at Buchmann Galerie

Tuesday, November 1

Ilia Mayer, Karla Kracht "Live From The Surface Of The Moon" at L'Atelier - kunst(spiel)raum
Kreuzberg: Großbeerenstraße 34, backyard, 9pm

"A New Release By Lodown Magazine: Speed - The Annual Art Edition 003" at Motto
Kreuzberg: Skalitzer Str. 68, backyard, 7pm

Wednesday, November 2

Panel Discussion: "International Collector's Talk With Nathalie Vranken" at me Collectors Room / Stiftung Olbricht
Mitte: Auguststrasse 68, free, prior registration: info@me-berlin.com, 7pm

+ Artist Talk: Adam Broomberg and Oliver Chanarin at KW Institute for Contemporary Art
Mitte: Auguststraße 69, 8pm

Reading: "Sorglos, auf dem Rücken der Wirklichkeit" István Kemény und Attila Bartis in Lesung und Gespräch at Münzsalon
Mitte: Münzstraße 23, 8pm

Panel Discussion: "OFF THE PAINTING #1" Gunter Reski and other guests about forgotten and upsoming matters in painting today at Salon Populaire
Schöneberg: Bülowstraße 90, 8pm

Thursday, November 3

Book launch: Elena Bajo "On Uncertain Terms" at s/t
Gesundbrunnen: brunnenstrasse 158, 6-9pm

Screening: Sandra Kogut (Brasilien) "Adiu Monde ou l’histoire de Pierre et Claire (1997, 27’) A Hungarian Passport (2001, 72’) Mutum (2007, 90’)" at Kino Arsenal
Tiergarten: Potsdamer Straße 2, 6,50 / 5,-- Euro, 8pm

Ante Timmermans, Dan Rees, Fritz Bornstück, Ignacio Uriate, Martin Gustavsson, Niklas Goldbach "All Work And No Play" at Galerie Mikael Andersen
Mitte: Christinenstrasse 18/19, 6-8pm

Andreas Greiner/ Armin Keplinger, Anton Burdakov, David Kroell, Felix Kiessling, Johanna Jaeger, Laura McLardy, Philipp Wimmen "presence in layers" curated by Julia Müller, Lukas Töpfer, Pia Bruer, Thomas Gottschalk, Tina Gebler at sophiensaele
Mitte: Sophienstr. 18, 8-11pm

Christ & Gantenbein "Bilder aus Italien" at Architektur Galerie Berlin
Friedrichshain: Karl-Marx-Allee 96, 7-9pm

Closing reception: "KERNSPALTUNG Immortal yearning" at Saloon Su de Coucou
Neukölln: Weserstraße 202, 7pm

Mechtild van Ahlers "weit weg" at sweet home private art space
Kreuzberg: Bergmannstrasse 54, 6-10pm

Closing reception: "Stephan Rinck befragt die Nachbarschaft: Will Gott noch was mit uns zu tun haben?" at Cruise & Callas
Kreuzberg: Köpenicker Str. 187/188, Lesung von Monika Rinck um 21:30, 9pm

Friday, November 4

Barbora Kysilkova, EMC Collard, Jakob Roepke, Jan Thomas, Kim Dotty Hachmann, Maru Ituarte, Stefan Rueff "Existenzen" curated by Jakob Roepke at vierter stock (galerie berlin)
Wedding: Schererstrasse 10, ground floor, 7pm

+ Absalon, Chiharu Shiota, David Noonan, Franz West, Grazia Toderi, Hanne Darboven, Heinz Mack, Henk Peeters, Jackson Pollock, Jannis Kounellis, Joe Coleman, Joseph Beuys, Julian Rosefeldt, Mathilde Ter Heijne, Matt Saunders, Miroslav Tichy, Moridja Banza, Nick van Woert, Otto Piene, Rebecca Horn, Sophie Calle, Susan Turcot, Wim Delvoye, Yang Jiechang "The Ephemeral" at ARNDT
Tiergarten: Potsdamer Strasse 96, 6-8pm

Sven Johne "Greatest Show on Earth" at Klemm's
Mitte: Brunnenstrasse 7, 6-9pm

Tina Schulz at KOW
Mitte: Brunnenstraße 9, 6pm

Open Studio: Dimen Stantchev, Fabrizia Vanetta, Gwendolyn Kerber, Jessica Hodgekiss, Johannes Bittmann, Kamila Palubicka, Lev Khesin, Younhee Yang "Open Studio - Tag der offenen Tür Atelierhaus Klosterstrasse 44" at Atelierhaus Klosterstrasse 44
Mitte: Klosterstrasse 44, Free, 7-10pm

Alexander Esters "satt und verliebt" at feldbuschwiesner
Mitte: Linienstrasse 155, 6-9pm

Magdalena von Rudy "Largo" at feldbuschwiesner
Mitte: Linienstrasse 155, 6-9pm

Artist Talk: Felix Mertikat "Rabenkind" at Ida Illuster
Mitte: Sophienstr. 32, 8pm

Agata Bogacka "Diaries" at Aando Fine Art
Mitte: Tucholskystraße 35, 7-9pm

Ute and Werner Mahler "Monalisen Der Vorstädte" at Dittrich & Schlechtriem
Mitte: Tucholskystraße 38, 6-9pm

Andrey Klassen "Café Raduga" at Hamish Morrison Galerie
Moabit: Heidestrasse 46-52, 6pm

Amely Spoetzl "Phytomagnetik" at E105
Moabit: Heidestrasse 50, 4. OG, 6pm

Performance: "Navigating Darkness" curated by Helen Homan Wu, Mira O'Brien at Tape Modern
Moabit: Heidestraße 14, 7pm-midnight

Patrick Cierpka "Ich war kurz blind" at Galerie Jarmuschek & Partner
Moabit: Invalidenstrasse 50/51, 6-9pm

Gavin Tremlett at LOOCK Galerie (Halle am Wasser)
Moabit: Invalidenstrasse 50/51, 6-9pm

Georg Karl Pfahler, Josef Schulz "Signs" at Wagner und Partner
Friedrichshain: Karl-Marx-Allee 87, 7-10pm

Chen Guangwu, Young-Jae Lee "Ink, Earth & Fire" at Alexander Ochs Galleries Berlin
Kreuzberg: Besselstrasse 14, 7-9pm

John Young "The Bonhoeffer Concept" @the Salon at Alexander Ochs Galleries Berlin
Kreuzberg: Besselstrasse 14, 7-9pm

+ Anna & Bernhard Blume "Aktionsmetaphern" at Buchmann Galerie
Kreuzberg: Charlottenstrasse 13, 7-9pm

Lecture: Bazon Brock "Speach about the oeuvre of Anna & Bernhard Blume" at Buchmann Galerie
Kreuzberg: Charlottenstrasse 13, 8pm

"Let the Rhythm Hit'Em" at Kunstraum Kreuzberg/Bethanien
Kreuzberg: Mariannenplatz 2, 7pm

Annette Streyl "Horror and Beauty" at Levy
Kreuzberg: Rudi-Dutschke-Strasse 26, 6-9pm

Saturday, November 5

Book launch: "Dichte. Diskurse zu Stadt und Raum [1]" Buchpräsentation mit Nikolai Roskamm, Stephan Günzel, Gabi Dolff-Bonekämper und Max Welch Guerra at Pro qm
Mitte: Almstadtstraße 48-50, 8:30pm

Amy Sillman at Capitain Petzel
Friedrichshain: Karl-Marx-Allee 45, 6-8pm

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