The Löwenpalais is one of the largest villas in Berlin-Grunewald. Two stone lions flanking the façade gave the neo-baroque building its name. It was designed by Bernhard Sehring, who also built the Theater des Westens and the Delphi-Palast in Berlin – a closeness to art and the stage that still shapes the house today.
History
The villa was built in 1903 for Habel, the imperial cellar master. In 1930 it was divided into spacious apartments. Until the 1960s it was home to well-known artists and scholars, among them the actor O. W. Fischer, the publisher Ernst Rowohlt, the conductor Sergiu Celibidache, Horst Buchholz and the American singer Gladys Kuchta.
In 1961 Carl Peter Starke acquired the Löwenpalais. His son Jörg Starke established the non-profit Stiftung Peter Starke in December 1988. Since then the Löwenpalais has belonged to the foundation and has been its seat. In 1990 the exhibition “Status of Sculpture” opened the foundation’s programme. In 1991 it was followed by an exhibition with Yoko Ono, the beginning of a long collaboration.
Today
The Löwenpalais houses studios and apartments for artists as well as the foundation’s exhibition spaces.
Contacts
Foundation
Jörg Starke, Chair of the Board of Trustees
arte@stiftungstarke.de
Phone +49 30 825 76 85
Venue hire and events
Myron Stülper, event management
myron.stuelper@gmail.com
Phone +49 176 32101618 · +49 30 26039501
loewenpalais-events.de
