In September, 1990 quite an other kind of art gallery was opened in Berlin. The East Side Gallery, the worldwide longest Open air gallery which was painted on a long of 1.3 kilometres by 118 artists from all over the world became the symbol of the reunion of Germany.
East Side Gallery Berlin
At first the town had planned to send this unique exhibition around the world to presume afterwards they. Nevertheless, this plan was rejected after some years.
Nevertheless, after some decades the decomposition had strongly pressed to the wall leftovers and therefore the works. An initiative (the artist's initiative East Side Gallery inc.) which takes care of the preservation and the renovation was founded in 1996. Thus a large part of the pictures could be saved. In 2008 many artists were found. To you it was offered to come once more to Berlin and to rework her pieces of art. 87 artists followed of these requests and painted her works once more to the wall.
In 2005 the architect's plans which a conversion of the wall leftovers assumed became known. Nevertheless, the construction works which began in 2013 were put by a demonstration of just 400 demonstrators first of all. In March of the same year 6000 people demonstrated once again for him receive this unique Street kind – gallery. Also prominent demonstrators, how David Hasselhoff took part.
Today the piece of art which spontaneously originated and hope and joy after the Fall of the Wall stands demonstrated under conservation of monuments and historic buildings.
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