GeneralThe collapse of the Berlin wall brought forward an ideal condition for the production and development of contemporary art. The vast amount of idle, uninhabited land allowed for new artistic and intellectual ideas (at the beginning of the 1990s). The "two Berlins", both independently competing for a new shared cultural, political and social identity, were now lacking a predominant scene. All was to be newly created and reinvented: artists from West and East Berlin changed locations and thereby discovered "Berlin-Mitte" as the new centre of the metropolis. Artists' studios, artist projects, art centres, bars, clubs and above all an extremely active gallery scene emerged which has meanwhile become one of the most vigorous and dynamic places for contemporary art.PastFacing the challenge of a continuously redefining art scene, Arndt & Partner emphasised a programme free of trends or (formal) standards from the beginning. Opening a new space in the "Hackesche H