In the Rheinland area and nothing planned for Friday night? Our top tip of the day: a visit to the grand opening of the new Toykio Concept Store on 6 May. The specialists for vinyl toys, lowbrow art and pop surrealism, under the direction of Toy Giants' puppet master Selim Varol, probably the most crazy of all German collectors, have been causing quite a stir already over the past few years with their online portal, pop-up store as well as a crazy mix of exhibitions and art events, but they're now really upping the ante.
The new location on the Immermannstrasse/corner of Oststrasse in the Japanese Quarter of the city not only houses salesrooms and gallery space but also a cosy café where co-initiators Reuven Schockner and Georg Labude offer a selection of handpicked regional specialities. For the opening there's an exhibition by Offenburg-based artist Stefan Strumbel who is not only showing new selected works, but is also bringing along his old hip-hop mates Curse and their new band The Achtung Achtung. It's gonna be a long night.
