Why we built this.
Auction houses are built for the secondary market — estates, resales, works changing hands far from the people who made them. We built an auction where the artists are alive, present, and part of the process: selected by open call, shown properly in Berlin, and paid from every sale.
Browse auctions
Three stages, one room.
Open Call
Artists submit work to our bi‑monthly open calls for review.
Exhibition
Selected works are shown in a curated exhibition in Berlin.
Auction
Show runs alongside an online auction for a global audience.
Built by Weserhalle.
Openhalle grew out of Weserhalle, a Berlin gallery almost ten years into championing emerging artists. Same room, same hammer – now open to anyone, anywhere.
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