It seems as if sum­mer has even­tu­ally paid its last rounds over here; the grass has become too wet to be lounged on, the BBQ ses­sions have come to a halt and people are hid­ing up their cozy liv­ing rooms and light­ing up their fires. Except: that’s not quite true. Sure, the whole open air concept has become a bit more of a tedi­ous run for shel­ter if you’re still sober, but we love dan­cing in the rain. With the Bar25 clos­ing and the Ber­lin Fest­ival and a couple of other things com­ing up, you bet­ter get used to the mud. Get dirty!

For those sick days you neither want to spend at home nor out­side, exhib­i­tion sea­son is tak­ing off in Septem­ber! Museums, gal­ler­ies, every­one and their mother are get­ting ready for packed hall­ways and glor­i­ous art moments.Check out Ber​lin​.de for a rel­at­ively thor­ough list of the big stuff. Not all of them are as lame as they appear to be though, hah. There are two exhib­i­tions I want you to visit while you’re still in Ber­lin– both being related to all things graf­fiti and urban art (pho­to­graphy), and very sooth­ing for a low budget (as in, they’re both free).

1 - Back­jumps Junior Issue, Mari­annen­platz 2 at Kun­straum Beth­anien (going til 26. September)

2- Reclaim Your City pho­to­book exh­bi­tion group show at Neur­oti­tan (going til 18. September) — this one is espe­cially inter­est­ing for every­one who’s ever been on an Urban Art Tour or has an eye for graf­fiti in town as most of Ber­lins artists are fea­tured here. Prost, Alias, El Bocho, Just, SP38, Peach­beach — if you’ve ever took a walk in Ber­lin, you’ve prob­ably seen them all. This is your chance to look behind their work.

If you’re only remotely into graf or urban art you have to see those shows. Come on people, get edu­cated! And although I haven’t been there yet (let’s see if that works out tonight), tonight is the last show­ing of the Fisc­hGrät­en­Melk­Stand exhib­i­tion at Tem­poräre Kun­sthalle Ber­lin (my sources say it’s a killer art show). Since today is Monday you have til 9 PM to check it out at Montags­bar, live DJ set included. Go!