Berlin East Side Gallery
Artists from all over the world were drawn to Berlin in the wake of the extraordinary historic events of 1989. Starting in February 1990, three months after the fall of the Wall, 118 artists from 21 different countries lent a hand to turn a section of the Wall along Mühlenstraße in Berlin Friedrichshain into a celebration of art and freedom.
The initiators originally planned to show the paintings as part of a touring exhibition, after which they would be sold at auction. Luckily for Berlin, this never happened and instead the East Side Gallery opened in situ in September 1990 with a total of 106 paintings.
The initiators originally planned to show the paintings as part of a touring exhibition, after which they would be sold at auction. Luckily for Berlin, this never happened and instead the East Side Gallery opened in situ in September 1990 with a total of 106 paintings.