BADEN-BADEN, GERMANY.- The grand summer exhibition 2011 at the Museum Frieder Burda is dedicated to Neo Rauch. Around 40 main works by the artist from Leipzig from the past 20 years are shown from 28 May to 18 September 2011. Many of these works are pu…
First U.S. Survey of Blinky Palermo’s Work Travels to the Hirshhorn in Washington
WASHINGTON, D.C.- The Hirshhorn is the premiere East Coast venue for the first U.S. retrospective of work by noted postwar abstract painter Blinky Palermo (German, b. Leipzig, 1943; d. Maldives, 1977). Although the artist’s reputation is well esta…
First U.S. Survey of Blinky Palermo’s Work Travels to the Hirshhorn in Washington
WASHINGTON, D.C.- The Hirshhorn is the premiere East Coast venue for the first U.S. retrospective of work by noted postwar abstract painter Blinky Palermo (German, b. Leipzig, 1943; d. Maldives, 1977). Although the artist’s reputation is well esta…
Burial Site at Combe Capelle in France is Not as Old as Previously Assumed, by Several Thousands Years
BERLIN.- A team of scientists, comprising members from Berlin’s Museum of Prehistory and Early History, Universität Greifswald, the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig and the Leibniz Laboratory for Radiometric Dating and Sta…
SK Stiftung Kultur in Cologne Presents 160 Works of Art Made by Joachim Brohm
COLOGNE.- The exhibition Joachim Brohm. COLOR features a total of around 160 exhibits from different sequences of photographs created in Germany, France, the United States, Portugal and Japan between 1980 and 2010. Among the works on show are a signifi…
Bauhaus Archive Commemorates Hajo Rose’s 100th Anniversary with Exhibition
BERLIN.- ‘Finally – a house made of steel and glass!’ This was the enthusiastic reaction of Hajo Rose (1910 – 1989) to the Bauhaus building in Dessau when he began his studies there in 1930. Rose promoted the methods of the Bauhaus throu…
Bauhaus Archive Commemorates Hajo Rose’s 100th Anniversary with Exhibition
BERLIN.- ‘Finally – a house made of steel and glass!’ This was the enthusiastic reaction of Hajo Rose (1910 – 1989) to the Bauhaus building in Dessau when he began his studies there in 1930. Rose promoted the methods of the Bauhaus throu…
Posters Created in the German Democratic Republic at Grey Art Gallery
NEW YORK, NY.- New York University’s Grey Art Gallery presents the first American museum exhibition of artists’ posters created in the German Democratic Republic (GDR) during the 23-year period preceding reunification. Opening on September 7,…
Objects and Paintings by Thomas Sommer at Maerzgalerie
LEIPZIG.- The provisional arrangement – a workable temporary solution or an improvised permanent alternative? “It is almost as good as the real, perfect thing, only quicker.” Thomas Sommer is exhibiting paintings (acrylic, ink and stylus…
"Nude Visions: 150 Years of Nude Photography" Opens at the Museum of Visual Arts, Leipzig
LEIPZIG.- LEIPZIG.- The representation of the unclothed human body has exuded a great fascination ever since time began. The exhibition Nude Visions invites visitors to embark on a journey through a collection of depictions of the human body spanning …