Galerie Max Hetzler opens Block, a Sean Scully exhibition spanning fifty years, on Friday 20 November 2026, 6–8pm, in its space at Potsdamer Straße 77–87. Entry is free and there is no need to register.
Scully, born in Dublin in 1945, is one of the best-known abstract painters working today, with his stacked bands of colour in the collections of Tate, MoMA and many other museums. This is his second solo show with the gallery. It runs until 13 February 2027 and sets two paintings from the mid-1970s next to new canvases from 2026.
What to expect
The exhibition mixes paintings and sculpture. The large piece to look for is 55 (2025), a stack of 55 aluminium frames in car paint, about six metres tall. Smaller sculptures made of crates and blocks show the same idea in steel. The opening lasts only two hours. To look at the paintings in peace, come back on a weekday afternoon.
Several galleries on and around Potsdamer Straße open shows the same evening, which makes it easy to turn this into a gallery walk.
Good to know
- When: Friday 20 November 2026, 6–8pm
- Where: Galerie Max Hetzler, Potsdamer Straße 77–87, 10785 Berlin
- Entry: free, no tickets
- After the opening: the show runs until 13 February 2027, Tuesday to Saturday, 11am–6pm
- Getting there: U1 Kurfürstenstraße or U2 Bülowstraße, bus M48 or M85
Nearby
Two minutes away, Kapwani Kiwanga opens Carry Me / Carry On at Galerie Tanja Wagner from 6 to 9pm. Galerie Thomas Schulte opens Angela de la Cruz's Shelter at Potsdamer Straße 81b at the same time.