About US

The Galerie im Turm was founded in 1965 as an exhibition venue of the Association of Visual Artists of the GDR (VBKD) and has been located on the first floor of the North Tower at Frankfurter Tor, designed by Hermann Henselmann, for over 50 years. Since 1990 it has functioned as a municipal gallery of the district. It shows contemporary positions of mostly Berlin-based artists. The Galerie im Turm is an institution of the district authority Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg.

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Email address: info @ galerie – im – turm . net

Galerie im Turm
Frankfurter Tor 1
110243 Berlin

Opening times: Mon-Fr 12-6 pm, Sat+Sun 2pm-7pm

Public Transport:
Frankfurter Tor | U5, Streetcar 21, M8, M10, M13

Next to the gallery (300m) is the barrier-free subway and tram station Frankfurter Tor.

The gallery is located on the ground floor and is accessible via a mobile ramp. The exhibition guard will help you (030 – 4229426).

There is a toilet in the gallery available on request which is not accessible for wheelchair users.

There is a public, wheelchair-accessible toilet (500 meters away) at the Pablo Neruda Library, Frankfurter Allee 14A, 10247 Berlin. Click here for information about their opening times.

There is also a public, wheelchair-accessible toilet (850 meters away) that is always open: City Toilette, Eldenaer Str. 12A, 10247 Berlin.

The exhibition languages are generally German and English, with texts in both languages.

There are visual, auditory and tactile aspects of the exhibition that can be experienced.

2026
Frances Breden and
Carlotta Gonindard Liebe

2025
Frances Breden and
Melina Gentner

2024
Melina Gentner and
Johanna Janßen

2022 until 2024
Johanna Janßen and
Helen-Sophie Mayr

2019 until 2022
Linnéa Meiners and
Jorinde Splettstößer

2017 until 2019
Lena Johanna Reisner and
Sylvia Sadzinski

2016 until 2017
Celina Basra and
Melina Gerstemann

2014 until 2015
Naomi Hennig in collaboration
with Stéphane Bauer

2012 until 2013
Lena Fließbach in collaboration
with Stéphane Bauer

The Galerie im Turm is an institution of the district office Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg.