In 1939, the Jewish Berlin émigrés Alf...
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In 1939, the Jewish Berlin émigrés Alfred Lion and Francis Wolff founded the legendary Blue Note jazz label in New York. Their unique cover designs set standards for modern photography. Now, Berlin’s Jewish Museum is devoting an exhibition to the Blue Note label. And this year’s Berlin jazz fest...
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Ai Weiwei is China’s best-known artist,...
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Ai Weiwei is China’s best-known artist, blogger and critic of the government. The Haus der Kunst in Munich is now hosting his largest solo exhibition to date. Ai Weiwei enjoyed long years of freedom, but ever since he investigated the victims of the Szechuan earthquake, he's come under pressure ...
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· TOP 3: James Cook – An exhibition in ...
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· TOP 3: James Cook – An exhibition in Bonn about the famous British explorer and his voyages to the Pacific · TOP 2: Plenty of prizes – Ursula Krechel’s novel "Shanghai, far from everywhere” cleans up · TOP 1: Moses und Aron – Schönberg’s opera at the Ruhr Triennial in Bochum
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Cult Shelves – Ikea’s top-selling item, the Billy shelving unit, turns 30 Not One of Us – New publications on the occasion of the 80th birthday of Hans Magnus Enzensberger Centenary – The Julia Stoschek Collection at the Performa 09 biennial of new visual art performance at the Museum of Modern ...
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Trolley bags with cat posters and astro...
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Trolley bags with cat posters and astronauts under the covers. Two years ago Isa Genzken fascinated visitors at the Venice Biennale. Now Cologne’s Ludwig Museum is showing a collection of the German artist's enigmatic work.
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Bauhaus is arguably the most revolution...
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Bauhaus is arguably the most revolutionary architectural movement of the 20th century. To this day its buildings and furniture are viewed as design icons. Even the core idea that form follows function remains incredibly fresh 90 years on. ARTS.21 takes a look at the most comprehensive Bauhaus exh...
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An unusual German-Russian cooperation: ...
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An unusual German-Russian cooperation: the German director will be staging a production in Russia of Leo Tolstoy’s unfinished five-act drama, «And a Light Shines in Darkness». ARTS.21 reports on Volker Schlöndorff's production at the Yasnaya Poliyana estate near Moscow and in Neuhardenberg in ea...
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A strong German presence at the Venice ...
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A strong German presence at the Venice festival this time round: flying the German flag in the competition for the Golden Lions are films by Shirin Neshat, Fatih Akin and veteran filmmaker Werner Herzog who has distinguished himself by being the first-ever director with two entries in the runnin...
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Singer David Bowie, punk band the Sex ...
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Singer David Bowie, punk band the Sex Pistols, electro-pop group Depeche Mode and many others did it: they employed the Berlin Wall as a concert backdrop and a symbol. ARTS.21 has compiled some of the best and wildest concert footage.
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George Frederick Handel was a legend in...
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George Frederick Handel was a legend in his own time. The Baroque composer traveled widely from his birthplace of Halle, Germany, eventually settling in London. He remained there for the rest of his life, becoming the toast of British society. After four decades of thrilling the British public w...
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It is a house that looks like a tent an...
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It is a house that looks like a tent and is covered by a translucent membrane. The wall house is Marc Frohn and Mario Rojas-Toledo’s first project. A model of their innovative building is currently being exhibited around the world. ARTS.21 visited the young architects in Santiago de Chile.
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