Berlin Wall

Altering the face of the world

Yesterday, Sue at Words Visual posted a photo of one of the murals on the Berlin Wall at the East Side Gallery in the 1990s. Since Sue’s visit, this decorated […]

-London

Open-mouthed

Part of Berlin Wall, Imperial War Museum, London, November 2019 This extract from the Berlin Wall is the work of Indiano, aka Jürgen Grosse. It now sits in the grounds […]

-London

A long but colourful wait

Waiting to see Stik and Noir at the Imperial War Museum, London, November 2019 More about their work here Copyright Debbie Smyth, 17 November 2019 Posted as part of Lens-Artists

Graffiti and Street Art

The Berlin Wall

Outside the Imperial War Museum, London, November 2019 As a follow-up to this morning’s post about the 30th anniversary of the wall coming down, I thought I’d share some of […]

-Berlin

Thirty years since the Wall fell

Trabant breaking through from the east The wall came down on 9 November 1989. New openings appeared quickly as Berliners dived in to destroy and to claim souvenirs. But a […]

-Berlin

Walking the Wall

Today I’m going to take you for a walk along the decorated remains of the Berlin Wall. We’ll start at Ostbahnhof, an S-bahn station not far from the wall. From […]

-Berlin

New and Newer

There is a painted portion of the Berlin Wall for all to enjoy, alongside the River Spree in the Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg area of Berlin. The body responsible for this is the East […]

-Berlin

Deadly Love

This mural of Leonid Brezhnev and Erich Honecker in a fraternal embrace is one of the most famous pieces of art on the Berlin Wall. These two girls were keen to […]

Graffiti and Street Art

Walking the East Side Gallery

I took a ridiculously early morning Saturday flight out to Berlin to be sure to have time to explore before work began. And I am so glad I did. I […]

-Berlin

This striking two-tier bridge, the Oberbaumbrücke, has quite a story to tell, tied closely to the recent history of Berlin. The original bridge dates back to the early eighteenth century and the structure […]

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Altering the face of the world

Open-mouthed

A long but colourful wait

The Berlin Wall

Thirty years since the Wall fell

Walking the Wall

New and Newer

Deadly Love

Walking the East Side Gallery

Story of a Bridge