Group showSECRET FRIENDS04.12.2021 - 20.02.2022
Kunsthalle Wilhelmshaven

With SECRET FRIENDS, curator Maik Schierloh invites eleven high-profile Berlin artists to make an invisible network of friendships visible in Wilhelmshaven.

Born in Wilhelmshaven in 1968, Schierloh has long been an important player in Berlin’s independent art scene. In 2001 he co-founded the Autocenter project space and from 2003 he turned the Bar Babette in a former beauty salon on Karl-Marx-Allee into a meeting place for artists. Much more than a little pub, Bar Babette was an art and culture salon, presenting over 1,000 short exhibitions and concerts of all musical genres, literature, art book presentations and parties. Above all, it was a place of ideas beyond commerce and institutions. After 15 years, the bar had to close because the lease was not renewed. This deprived Berlin of one of its most original project spaces.