Gentrification, rising rents and astronomical studio prices are catching up with creatives in Berlin and forcing them to consider the unthinkable: a move to the suburbs, writes Catherine Hickley.
Elke Kupfer, an artist who produces large-format collages using plastic bags, was forced out of her studio in the Kreuzberg district of Berlin in 2015. The building on Erkelenzdamm, a former soap factory converted into artists’ studios, had been bought by the Swedish property company Akelius, which has since renovated it to serve as its Berlin headquarters.
Kupfer spent... Keep reading on The Art Newspaper
Elke Kupfer, an artist who produces large-format collages using plastic bags, was forced out of her studio in the Kreuzberg district of Berlin in 2015. The building on Erkelenzdamm, a former soap factory converted into artists’ studios, had been bought by the Swedish property company Akelius, which has since renovated it to serve as its Berlin headquarters.
Kupfer spent... Keep reading on The Art Newspaper