Would you like to enjoy an in-depth discussion with none other than Berlin’s private art collectors as your sparring partner
Then take a peek at our virtual guide to the art tour Monopol, the well-known art magazine, offers with hand-selected collectors.
Collection Ivo Wessel
Enlighting art moments
Ivo Wessel started composing an impressive collection in 1982 and started with "7000 Oaks" by Joseph Beuys. With a strong start...
Collection Albrecht Kastein
It's all about freedom
A compassionate urologist with a passion for art: Albrecht Kastein collects pieces from Philip Guston, Willem de Kooning and Mi...
Collection Erika Hoffmann
One of Berlins first Art Collector Lofts
This private collection of contemporary art is located on two floors of a former factory building. Erika and Rolf Hoffmann, who...
Collection Ivana Jeissing
Art Seduces
Ivana Jeissing was born in austria in 1958 and grew up in Salzburg and Turino. For many years she worked as a director in the m...
Collection Wilhelm Schuermann
Art promotes my ability to think
Since 1981, he has been Professor for Photography at University of Applied Sciences, Department of Design, in Aachen. He has co...
Collection Julia & Heinz Siepmann
Art is part of the family
The art is essential part of Julia und Heinz Siepmann's family. Artists like John Bock, Thomas Schütte and Sergej Jansen are hi...
About
Monopol was first published in 2004, a time when a new generation of artists, collectors and art dealers affect the contemporary arts world. At its inception, the magazine’s founders wanted to establish a magazine that represents, accompanies and questions this new development critically.
Magazine for Art and Living ... is meant systematically: Monopol is interested in the art as well as in the circumstances of its development, its social relations and its role in the market. Monopol depicts the points of contact between art, design, architecture, film and fashion.
GRAFT Architectural Highlights
It is an exciting time to bear witness to Berlin’s constantly evolving identity, a city still trying to define itself and in the course of such wie...
Vintage Hunting
Do you love the smell of dusty cotton? Do you dig the noise of leather cracking? Are you patient enough to dig through piles of old sweaters to fin...
Vinyl digger´s secrets
Marc Hype combines his proven skills on the decks with a natural ability to pick the right tune at the right time ... This also means spending hour...
Tour de Bear
Bikes are a great way to experience the city and get a feel for its layout. Berlin is relatively big; maybe not in number of inhabitants ( 3.5 M ),...
Long hot summer
Berlin is about to go summer crazy. No matter if you’re a foreigner living in Berlin or just a temporary guest-it’s inevitable that everyone back h...
Building Tomorrow's Berlin
One hundred years ago journalist Karl Scheffler declared Berlin "a city condemned forever to becoming and never to being". His words proved prophet...
Fit for a President
U.S. presidential hopeful Barack Obama arrives in Berlin this week, marking his only public appearance on the continent along his tour of European ...
Eternal quest to be stylish
Fashion is not something that exists in dresses only. Fashion has to do with ideas ... Coco Chanel once said—and Berlin bubbles with ideas: young ...
Zum mitnehmen, bitte
By this point it's clear: Berlin is no longer stuck with the stigma of bad German food. In fact, there is great food in this city, from fast food t...
Olympic Memories
A nation using the Olympics to demonstrate its resurgent economic might, an impressively modern stadium commissioned specifically for the games, al...
Nike Guide
Work from the collaborative "5 Icons, 5 Remixers" Nike project are tucked away at five of Berlin's most street-savvy sneaker stores. On display for...
