1 MAY until 1 AUG 2026
Opening – 1 MAY 2026, 6-9 pm

For Gallery Weekend Berlin 2026, Konrad Fischer Galerie presents new works by the internationally renowned French artist Daniel Buren (b. 1938 in Boulogne-Billancourt). With the development of his characteristic 8.7 cm-wide vertical stripes in the 1960s, Buren has created a distinctive visual language. His site-specific, serially based practice continuously explores the relationship between the artwork, its surroundings, and the viewer.

The collaboration between Daniel Buren and Konrad Fischer Galerie began in 1969 with the artist’s first solo exhibition in Düsseldorf. At that time, the exhibition space extended far beyond the walls of the gallery: Buren installed his blue-and-white striped works at public sites throughout the city. His works appeared not only inside the gallery, but also on streets and on advertising pillars along Prinz-GeorgStraße, raising fundamental questions about the boundaries between art, context, and perception. Buren works in situ, meaning that his exhibitions are never defined solely by the artworks themselves. Rather, the relationship between the work and its exhibition space remains an integral part of his artistic practice.

On the occasion of the artist’s first exhibition in our gallery space in Neue Grünstraße, the artist presents a new series of large-scale circular mirrored surfaces, each measuring over two meters in diameter and merging with recurring elements of his oeuvre. Their reflective surfaces capture the building’s architecture, the gallery’s interior, and the visitors alike, turning all three into active components of the artwork. The façade of the gallery also forms part of the exhibition, emphasizing Buren’s ongoing interest in the dialogue between art, architecture, and its environment.

As in his earlier works, serial variation remains a central principle, inviting visitors to consider how repetition and formal reduction can lead to infinite visual diversity.

Daniel Buren represented France at the Venice Biennale, where he received the Golden Lion for Best Pavilion (1986), and has been recognized with the Praemium Imperiale (2007) and other major distinctions. His work has been the subject of significant exhibitions at institutions including the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York; Fondation Louis Vuitton, Paris; Kunsthalle Düsseldorf; and the Centre Pompidou, Paris. Group exhibitions have included major presentations at MoMA, New York; Hamburger Bahnhof, Berlin; and the Grand Palais, Paris.  

Buren’s works are held in leading public collections worldwide, including the Museum of Modern Art, New York; Tate Modern, London; the Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris; the Guggenheim Bilbao; Moderna Museet, Stockholm; the National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo; the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles; the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art; the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.; and the Vancouver Art Gallery.