Berlin wall

The renovation of the fresco of the Berlin Wall, presented as the biggest outdoor gallery of the world, is in progress. Berlin offers itself a new dye. The authors of the fresco which recovers a piece of the Wall, in ode in the reunification of both sides of Germany, put themselves at work. They repaint their works, which must be ended with the aim of November 9th, 2009. Decorated in 1990 by 118 artists from about twenty countries, this so-called fresco "East Side Gallery" spreads out on 1,3 km along the river Spree – don’t forget sandwiches and water to visit it. Situated on the east side of the "antifascist protection’s wall", virgin of any inscription before the opening of the borders between east and west Germany, it becomes the support of works carrying a message of peace and hope. During these twenty years, the weather and the absence of maintenance contributed to its degradation, and it is even difficult to distinguish the graffiti which mask the paintings. 86 painters have already answered positively to the invitation of the association, but others still refuse to come to Berlin to restore their work "of former days" if they do not receive 15.000 euro of fees instead of 3.000 planned. Roughly, adios the “free” artistic production for peace in 2009...