  the east side gallery is an international memorial for freedom. it is a 1.3&nbsp;km long section of the berlin wall located near the centre of berlin on mÃ¼hlenstraÃe in friedrichshain-kreuzberg. the actual border at this point was the river spree. the gallery is located on the so-called "hinterland mauer", which closed the border to east berlin. ==description== the gallery consists of 105 paintings by artists from all over the world, painted in 1990 on the east side of the berlin wall. the east side gallery was founded following the successful merger of the two german artists' associations vbk and bbk. the founding members were the speche of the federal association of artists bbk bodo sperling, barbara greul aschanta, jÃ¶rg kubitzki and david monti.east side gallery: description museumstuff.comkunst unter wasserdampf art, das kunstmagazin, april 7, 2009 it is possibly the largest and longest-lasting open air gallery in the world. paintings from jÃ¼rgen grosse alias indiano, dimitri vrubel, siegfrid santoni, bodo sperling, kasra alavi, kani alavi, jim avignon, thierry noir, ingeborg blumenthal, ignasi blanch i gisbert, kim prisu, hervÃ© morlay vr and others have followed. the paintings at the east side gallery document a time of change and express the euphoria and great hopes for a better, more free future for all people of the world. in july 2006, to facilitate access to the river spree from o2 world, a 40 meter section was moved somewhat west, parallel to the original positioneast side gallery berlin guide in english a 23 meter section was scheduled to be removed on march 1, 2013, to make way for luxury apartments. none of the artists whose work will be destroyed were informed of these plans. the wall falls in german the demolition work actually started on march 1, 2013. according to german news focus, authorities were not aware of the start of the demolition. due to the involvement of protesters, demolition was postponed until at least march 18, 2013.  ==remediation== two-thirds of the paintings are badly damaged by erosion, graffiti, and vandalism. one-third have been restored by a non-profit organization which started wo
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