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The Humboldt Forum’s Disappointing Ethnographic Collections

by Rafael Cardoso December 14, 2021December 14, 2021

The Ethnological Museum and Museum of Asian Art were not included in the Forum’s grand inauguration in July, but instead, quietly opened in September.

Posted inNews

Scientists Have Found the Earliest Evidence of Leather Clothes

by Hakim Bishara October 5, 2021October 5, 2021

A recent discovery marks the earliest known evidence of the production of animal-based clothing.

Posted inNews

The Curious Emergence of Two Mermaid Museums in the US

by Hakim Bishara September 29, 2021September 29, 2021

Two museums, one in Berlin, Maryland, and another in Aberdeen, Washington, are both self-funded women-led projects.

Posted inOpinion

Berlin’s Humboldt Forum Is a Strange Marriage of Progressive Content and Conservative Form

by Abby Klinkenberg August 16, 2021August 16, 2021

The Humboldt Forum thinks it can genuinely pursue and cultivate “peaceful dialogue between cultures” from a position of global power. I’m not so sure.

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Redemption at Last: Yael Bartana’s Solo Exhibition Opens at the Jewish Museum Berlin

by Jewish Museum Berlin June 7, 2021June 23, 2021

At the core of Yael Bartana: Redemption Now is the commissioned video work “Malka Germania,” which the artist produced at historically charged locations across Berlin.

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The Gropius Bau in Berlin Reopens With Major Exhibitions on Yayoi Kusama and Hella Jongerius

by Gropius Bau May 25, 2021May 24, 2021

Yayoi Kusama: A Retrospective — A Bouquet of Love I Saw in the Universe and Hella Jongerius: Woven Cosmos are on view through August 15.

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Germany Announces Plan to Return Benin Bronzes to Nigeria

by Hakim Bishara May 2, 2021May 3, 2021

The Edo Museum of West African Art in Benin City is being considered as a future home for the returned artifacts.

Posted inComics

An Artist Develops a Daily Habit of Drawing Plants During COVID-19

by Susan Coyne January 29, 2021January 29, 2021

A comic artist speaks to artists across the world to see how they — and their practices — have been holding up.

Posted inNews

Artists and Cultural Workers Oppose Humboldt Forum Opening, Citing Colonial Ties

by Hakim Bishara December 16, 2020December 16, 2020

The protesters called to redirect government funding of the Humboldt Forum towards cultural decolonization initiatives.

Posted inIn Brief

Berlin’s Madame Tussauds Dumps Trump Wax Figure Ahead of Election Day

by Hakim Bishara November 2, 2020November 5, 2020

The museum rolled its Trump lookalike off the premises in a dumpster.

Posted inArt

Why the Bauhaus Still Matters in an Era of Neo-Nationalism

by Jordan Troeller September 9, 2020November 5, 2020

A look back at all the questions, contradictions, omissions, and elisions of last year’s bauhaus imaginista exhibition reveals that it was a show about contemporary Germany as a country as much as it is about whatever we are calling “the Bauhaus.”

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A Ceremonial Chord Change for John Cage’s 639-year-long Concert

by Valentina Di Liscia September 8, 2020November 5, 2020

An organ recital of a piece by the composer began in 2001 and will run until 2640. This weekend, listeners gathered to hear its 14th chord change.

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