Galerie Tanja Wagner opened in 2010 and describes its programme as art that asks how to stay human in a world full of pressure. In practice that means artists who work with politics, history and the body without turning their work into a slogan, and a gallery that does more than hang shows: group exhibitions, artist talks, performances, screenings and projects curated with others.
The gallery sits on Pohlstraße, a quiet side street off Potsdamer Straße, in the part of Tiergarten that has filled up with galleries over the past fifteen years. Its artists include Kapwani Kiwanga, Ulf Aminde, Šejla Kamerić, Elisa Giardina Papa, Annabel Daou, Laurel Nakadate, Grit Richter, Anna Steinert, Angelika J. Trojnarski and Anna Witt. Kiwanga, the gallery's best-known name, represented Canada at the 2024 Venice Biennale.
Visiting
- Hours: Tuesday to Saturday, 11am–6pm.
- Entry: free.
- Current show: Kapwani Kiwanga: Carry Me / Carry On, 20 November 2026 to 22 January 2027, opening on Friday 20 November, 6–9pm.
- How long: 20–30 minutes for a show. The gallery is small enough to combine with two or three others on the same street.
- Contact: +49 30 86 43 01 20
Getting there
U1 Kurfürstenstraße is about five minutes away. From U2 Bülowstraße walk north along Potsdamer Straße and turn left into Pohlstraße. Buses M48 and M85 stop on Potsdamer Straße.
Nearby
Galerie Max Hetzler is a two-minute walk away on Potsdamer Straße. The Neue Nationalgalerie and the Kulturforum are about ten minutes north, and Galerie Isabella Bortolozzi is by the Landwehrkanal.