Mike Steiner’s Comeback
Mike Steiner is re‑emerging as a central force in Berlin’s abstract painting vanguard — his Fluxus‑influenced canvases are now gaining traction with U.S. collectors. (ad-hoc-news.de) Coverage frames Steiner and his contemporaries as a bridge from European avant‑garde tape/video experiments to contemporary abstraction, positioning Berlin as a must‑see this spring. (ad-hoc-news.de)(thelocal.de)
Ad‑hoc‑news ran a string of feature pieces on Mike Steiner in March 2026 that explicitly link his tape/video-era practice to the new abstract canvases now drawing attention from U.S. buyers. (ad-hoc-news.de) Recent showings of Steiner’s late paintings have appeared at DNA Galerie in Berlin and at Galvano Art Gallery in Leipzig, where images of works such as LICHT‑bilden (1998) are listed with gallery courtesy credits. (ad-hoc-news.de) Auction and market platforms — Artnet, MutualArt and Artprice — list multiple sale records and active lots for Mike/Michael Steiner, indicating renewed visibility on the secondary market rather than isolated dealer placements. (artnet.fr) Biographical records confirm Klaus‑Michel “Mike” Steiner was a central Berlin figure who founded spaces including Hotel Steiner and the Studiogalerie and who died on January 3, 2012, clarifying that current activity is posthumous reappraisal. (de.wikipedia.org) Collector traffic is being concentrated in Berlin this spring by events such as the Affordable Art Fair Berlin (April 16–19, 2026) and a heavy museum exhibition schedule that includes major shows at the Neue Nationalgalerie. (affordableartfair.com) Galleries and listings are explicitly packaging Steiner within a Fluxus‑to‑painting narrative—an institutional framing ad‑hoc‑news highlights as part of the pitch to U.S. collectors seeking European avant‑garde provenance. (ad-hoc-news.de)
