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A Fragrance Bottles Up the Everyday Scents of Former East Germany

by Renée Reizman April 21, 2021April 21, 2021

Notes of mold and tobacco hit quickly, with raspberry candies cutting through the musk, personifying the feeling of “bittersweet.”

Posted inNews

Path Toward Restitution of Benin Bronzes Advances in Germany and UK

by Cassie Packard April 4, 2021April 5, 2021

Thousands of objects were looted from present-day Nigeria by British troops in a punitive mission in 1897.

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Nazi-looted Watercolor by Egon Schiele, Belonging to Artist’s Dentist, Will Be Returned to Heirs

by Cassie Packard March 5, 2021March 8, 2021

Germany’s advisory commission on Nazi-looted art also recommended the return of a painting by Erich Heckel to the heirs of Jewish journalist Max Fischer.

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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.

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A Surrealist Yves Tanguy Painting Was Tossed in Trash at a German Airport

by Valentina Di Liscia December 14, 2020December 15, 2020

The painting, worth an estimated $340,000, was left behind by a traveler at Düsseldorf Airport and scrapped by a cleaning crew.

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Hito Steyerl Brings Us Late Night Public Access Weirdness

by Rea McNamara November 24, 2020November 1, 2021

4 Nights at the Museum, a “weird-ass visual podcast,” is a good example of responsive curating amid the pandemic.

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“Bad Beuys”: Artists “Steal” a Joseph Beuys as a Statement About Repatriation

by Andrea Gyorody November 11, 2020November 12, 2020

How better to illustrate the inadequacy of current restitution efforts than to offer up as tribute an object by one of Germany’s most famous artists, who thought art could bring about transformative social change?

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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.

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A Scuffle Over Anti-Fascist Art in a German Museum, Explained

by Eliza Levinson October 12, 2020November 5, 2020

Following their creation of an anti-fascist art installation for a show at Kunstsammlungen Chemnitz, the artist-activist group Peng! Collective found themselves at the center of a perhaps inevitable brouhaha.

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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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This 1902 Footage of a Flying Train Is the Film of the Summer

by Dan Schindel August 27, 2020November 5, 2020

The Museum of Modern Art has released a short film of a German elevated train from its archives, and it absolutely rules.

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