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
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
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
The Edo Museum of West African Art in Benin City is being considered as a future home for the returned artifacts.
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An Artist Develops a Daily Habit of Drawing Plants During COVID-19
A comic artist speaks to artists across the world to see how they — and their practices — have been holding up.
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Artists and Cultural Workers Oppose Humboldt Forum Opening, Citing Colonial Ties
The protesters called to redirect government funding of the Humboldt Forum towards cultural decolonization initiatives.
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Berlin’s Madame Tussauds Dumps Trump Wax Figure Ahead of Election Day
The museum rolled its Trump lookalike off the premises in a dumpster.
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Why the Bauhaus Still Matters in an Era of Neo-Nationalism
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
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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Is There a New Yiddish Contemporary Visual Art?
Since about the 1970s, a new and largely post-vernacular Yiddish culture has started to develop in many, often unexpected, locales around the world. A related visual aesthetic now seems to be emerging.
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Reflecting on the Life of Rebeccah Blum, Accomplished Curator, Editor, and Translator
Friends and family remember Rebeccah Blum, who was killed in Berlin on July 22.
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The Realized Fantasy of Visiting an Empty Museum
I had previously wished to have the tourists and school groups disappear, but as Berlin museums reopen, it feels reassuring to see famous artworks still up, but also eerie to see them without a large audience.