COVID-19: Berlin's shut-in artists show their work

Around 50 artists join a community exhibition in the face of the coronavirus pandemic

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Berlin's art galleries are closed, but the art scene is rising to the occasion as around 50 artists join a community exhibition from their balconies. | An art installation, part of the "Balconies, Life, Art, Pandemic, and Proximity" exhibition is seen in Berlin
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An art installation featuring fabric tied together to make a rope.
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An art installation featuring unfurled rolls of toilet paper.
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An art installation featuring a photograph of a balcony in Athens and a quote by Rosa Luxemburg.
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An art installation featuring a strip of fabric hanging from a balcony.
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An art installation featuring a balcony made of cardboard.
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A poem with the title "Lockdown" hangs on a clothes line, part of the "Balconies, Life, Art, Pandemic, and Proximity" exhibition, in Berlin.
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An art installation featuring a sign reading: "It's not radical to critique our current society, it's radical to build a better one"
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An art installation featuring a video screen, part of the "Balconies, Life, Art, Pandemic, and Proximity" exhibition.
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An art installation, part of the "Balconies, Life, Art, Pandemic, and Proximity" exhibition. Curated by Ovul Durmusoglu and Joanna Warsza, the exhibition boasts "zero budget, no openings, no crowds, just a proposition of a stroll that would connect dots in solidarity and togetherness".
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An art installation alluding to the work of Japanese conceptual artist On Karawa, featuring a sign reading: "12,4,2020 I got up at 7:45 am".
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An art installation featuring an arrow pointing towards a hole in a wall where starlings are nesting.
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An art installation featuring a swing hanging from a balcony.
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An art installation, part of the "Balconies, Life, Art, Pandemic, and Proximity" exhibition is seen in Berlin.
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Berlin-based Polish artist Isabella Sedeka stands on her balcony as she displays her work.
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