Berlin street art museum gets under way

Conversion work is due to start to turn a Wilhelmian-era Berlin building into one of the world’s first museums dedicated to street art. Described by the architects as “more of a hub”, which will include living and work spaces for artists on its upper floors, the Urban Nation Museum for Urban Contemporary Art is set to open in the middle of next year.
The facade of the former residential house in the capital’s Schöneberg district has long been used as a giant canvas