Galerie Judin

About the Gallery
Galerie Judin was established in 2003 in Zurich, the hometown of Juerg Judin. In 2008, it relocated to the rougher but artistically much more vibrant Berlin and took on the former printing facility of the Tagesspiegel in Potsdamer Straße in 2011 – at the time, a daring move. The neighborhood has since evolved into the undisputed heart of Berlin's art scene, just a stone's throw from the Neue Nationalgalerie and the future “Berlin Modern”. The nine-meter-high, daylight-flooded halls are considered one of the most beautiful exhibition venues in the city. In 2007, the gallery acquired an abandoned 1950s petrol station, which it restored and expanded with great care, and which became a crucial part of its social DNA. From 2022 to 2024, it served as the home for a temporary museum dedicated to George Grosz, the great Berlin artist, receiving much international praise. Since 2015, Juerg Judin shares the responsibility for the gallery's artistic and commercial advancement with art historian Pay Matthis Karstens, who in 2024 became co-owner. From the start, the two partners bonded over a shared passion for books and art historical curiosity. This has led to them taking on the responsibility for three catalogues raisonnés and the management of two estates. In May 2025, the gallery will open a second exhibition space in Berlin.

About the Presentation
Greek-German artist Kiriakos Tompolidis will make this New York debut at Independent in a solo, site specific presentation. Adressing the themes of belongingness and exile, the artist will transform the booth into the living room of his Greek grandmother, who came to post-war Germany as a “guest worker.” The paintings, hung in this setting, will bring to life the rift between the homeland and the new place of residence – and the quest for identity that the second generation faces today.