After the Butcher

www.after-the-butcher.de

This is an artist owned space in a former butchers shop in the district of Lichtenberg, in the east of the City. The family who own it (they also live above and have a studio / workshop there) curate regular exhibitions including paint, print, sculpture, video and live events. There is also a residency programme in the pipeline.

The opening that I attended of work by artists Megan Sullivan and Axel J Weider, had the friendliness of a small fete as it spilled from gallery space into family garden with children playing on swing.

The gallery space itself has interesting original features including shop front windows. If passing you can, as seems to be common in Berlin, pick up an invite for the next opening from the cardboard box taped onto the front door.

To get there take the S-Bahn to Noldnerplatz or Ostkreuz (the first being nearer), the gallery is at 25 Spitta Str. off Turrschmidt Str.