BERLIN (AP).- A Berlin museum must return thousands of rare posters to an American man, part of his Jewish father’s unique collection that had been seized by the Nazis, Germany’s top federal appeals court ruled Friday. The Federal Court of Justice in …
German Expressionism: Tel Aviv Museum exhibits prints and drawings from its collection
TEL AVIV.- The term “Expressionism” spans diverse expressions of the modernist current in art and literature, which developed in Germany and in the sphere of German culture in the first two decades of the 20th century. Expressionist art spoke in multip…
Florian Maier Aichen at Baronian_Francey, Brussels
For his third exhibition at Baronian_Francey, Maier-Aichen continues his practice of picking apart and expanding notions of photographic representation. Many works in the show rely on a fully hybrid model of image production. Utilizing practices of photography, painting and drawing in equal measures has allowed the artist to explore the myth of image-making in pursuit […]
Walter and Brigitte Kames Donate Lithographs by Honoré Daumier to Museum in Munich
MUNICH.- The collectors Walter and Brigitte Kames are handing over their collection containing over 3000 lithographs by Honoré Daumier (1808–1879) to the ‘Collective Foundation of Bavarian State Museums’. The Staatliche Graphische Samml…
Nachume Miller vs Danny Miller: A Father and Son Exhibition at Benrimon Contemporary
NEW YORK, NY.- Benrimon Contemporary presents Nachume Miller vs. Danny Miller, a father and son exhibition exploring the patriarchal influence and subsequent modernization of Nachume Miller’s legacy through his son, Danny. Born in Germany in 1949…
Freud Museum Explores European History with References to Its Dark Past
LONDON.- Freud Museum London presents Probeliegen, its first ever collaboration with Germany’s most renowned artist, Marcel Odenbach, from 8 June until 26 June 2011. Marcel Odenbach’s latest exhibition, featuring a selection of studies and a …
Cartoonmuseum Basel Presents An Overview of Ralf Konig’s Work
BASEL, SWITZERLAND – Ralf König (born 1960 in Germany) has written and drawn stories about the relationships among adults for 30 years. Mostly, they focus on men, but increasingly, they deal with love between men and women. And recently, König even…
Coveted Art Directors Club Award Goes to Designs for Tell Halaf Exhibition
BERLIN.- The designs for the ‘Tell Halaf Adventure’, executed by the architects neo.studio, have been selected for an award by the Art Directors Club (ADC) in Germany, in the section ‘Communication in Space’. Some 7000 projects were submitted to the 20…
Jessica Backhaus and Adam Bartos at the Robert Morat Galerie
HAMBURG.- Robert Morat Galerie presents two exhibition shows on view from May 14th through June 25th, by Jessica Backhaus “New Works” and Adam Bartos “Yard Sale”. The Robert Morat Galerie in Hamburg focusses on contemporary positions in photography and…
Dispersed Nazi Records of Art Looting Located and Documented in New Survey
NEW YORK, NY.- — In response to complaints from the art world of the difficulty and expense in viewing the scattered and complex records needed to ascertain whether an artwork was looted, the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany (Claim…