SALOON BERLIN IS PART OF THE SALOON NETWORK

SALOON Berlin is a non-profit network for women* working in the art field. Our members work as curators, artists, journalists, as well as in galleries, museums and universities. Our aim is to create visibility for female protagonists in the art scene, develop new projects, exhibitions, and other forms of cooperation. Independent curator Tina Sauerlaender founded the SALOON in summer 2012. More information about the current SALOON Berlin Board can be found here.

The name SALOON refers to former male dominated spaces like the Salon de Paris and the saloons, the bars, of the Wild West. The monthly internal SALOON meetings borrow from both references. In these gatherings, members present their works, projects and exhibitions and they visit renowned artists, curators and other protagonists from Berlin’s art scene. The subsequent dinner together functions as an interpersonal exchange. More information about the internal SALOON Meetings can be found here. Since the Covid-19 pandemic, many meetings take place online and can be visited by members from all SALOON cities of the SALOON Network. To watch recordings of those meetings and other SALOON videos, please check out our Vimeo-Account.

SALOON organizes public events in Berlin. Examples include the 10 years anniversary program in 2022, the discourse series Why Have There Been No Great Women Artists?* in cooperation with Performing Encounters and the screening and dialogue event Invisible To Whom? Not To Me in cooperation with Distinguished Diva Collective at Literaturhaus Berlin, or events of the SALOON Exchange Program. In 2015, former board members Alina Heinze and Tina Sauerlaender curated the exhibition SALOON at SEXAUER Gallery, Berlin, presenting artists in the SALOON Berlin network. More information about previous public SALOON events can be found here. To receive information about our upcoming public events, please sign up for our newsletter or follow us on Instagram.

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