The district murals
Large commissioned works in the surrounding streets.
Fridolin freudenfett — CC BY-SA 4.0 · Gunnar Klack — CC BY-SA 4.0 · Fridolin freudenfett — CC BY-SA 4.0 · Publ 23 — CC0
Almost everywhere, but most densely in Kreuzberg, Friedrichshain and around Rathenaustrasse near the museum itself. The East Side Gallery on the surviving Wall is the most famous but also the most crowded and touristed. For genuinely contemporary work, walk the side streets of Kreuzberg — the murals there change constantly and appear in no guide.
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Urban Nation is a museum devoted to street art and contemporary urban art, opened in 2017 in the Schoneberg district — among the first museums anywhere to give this work permanent institutional space rather than treating it as vandalism or a passing fashion. The contradiction the museum lives with is plain: street art grew up outside institutions and against the idea of ownership and permanence, and moving it inside a building with a ticket changes its nature. The museum addresses this openly, and tries to resolve it by keeping the art outside as well: the building's own facade is repainted periodically by invited artists, and the surrounding streets carry large murals the museum commissioned. Entry is free — a deliberate decision consistent with the nature of the art it shows. The collection holds work by international names in the field alongside Berlin artists, and the exhibitions change. Berlin is itself among the world's most significant street art cities, so the museum functions in practice as an introduction to what you will see on the city's walls for nothing.
Large commissioned works in the surrounding streets.
Invited artists repaint it.
Bulowstrasse 7, 10783 Berlin