News
An Anonymous Campaign Calls Out Berlin Gallery Weekend for Being Overwhelming White and Male
According to a group of activists, 75% of the artists being platformed at Berlin Gallery Weekend are white and male.
Germany
News
German Authorities Drop Investigation of Group that Replicated Holocaust Memorial Near Home of Rightwing Politician
After Björn Höcke called the Holocaust Memorial in Berlin “a monument of shame," an artist built a replica beside the politician's home.
Art
Joanna Pousette-Dart’s Landscape
Pousette-Dart’s career is proof that the art world hardly ever embraces single-minded women in the middle of their careers, whereas with men it is different.
Art
Radical Women Artists Prove Medea Never Dies
The exhibition, The Medea Insurrection, comes across not as an apology but a cumulative roar against the curtain of silence and opacity that renders invisible the works and lives of women artists everywhere.
News
German Museum Plans to Open Michael Jackson Exhibition Despite Leaving Neverland Controversy
The Bundeskunsthalle in Bonn, Germany says it has no plans to cancel its exhibition on the pop star despite a new documentary investigating Jackson's alleged history of sexually abusing minors.
In Brief
Uffizi Gallery Launches Online Campaign for Return of Painting Stolen by Nazis
The Uffizi's director has used social media to call out Germany authorities who have yet to respond to his requests for restitution.
In Brief
Israeli Government Sends Letter to German Chancellor Requesting the Country Cut Funding to Jewish Museum in Berlin
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office sent the letter directly to German Chancellor Angela Merkel, voicing disapproval for the museum's exhibition Welcome to Jerusalem.
Art
German Museum Director and Curator Accused of Making Racist Remarks About German-Turks at Panel
At a talk about the German government's shift towards rightwing politics, Kasper König made controversial comments calling Turkish immigrants aggressive.
News
After Call for German Minister's Resignation, Merkel Calls for Gender Parity in the Arts
The cognitive dissonance between Germany's art world and its government has been growing for some time, as the cultural sphere demands actionable immigration reform.
News
On Day of German Unity, City of Kassel Removes Artist’s Monument for Refugees
The city removed Olu Oguibe’s “Monument to Strangers and Refugees," at dawn on the national holiday celebrating Germany’s reunification after the fall of the Berlin Wall.
Art
As Site of Nazi Terror Is Repurposed, Some Reflections on Memory and Public Art in Germany Today
In Germany, two vastly different approaches to public and memorial art are underscoring some of the tensions currently unfolding in the country today.
Art
A Lost 15th-Century Mural that Depicted Death's Indiscriminate Dance
In 1942, an Allied bombing in Lübeck, Germany, destroyed a famous 15th-century dance of death mural by artist Bernt Notke.