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John Baldessari - Music
John Baldessari (*1931) is one of the leading American artists whose works have strongly influenced countless other artists since the 1960s. This exhibition organized by the Kunstmuseum Bonn and the Bonner Kunstverein focused on one of the lesser...
Josef and Anni Albers - Encounter with Latin America
Josef Albers was a painter and colour theorist, and his wife Anni Albers was a prominent maker of textile artworks. Their artistic background began with their time together at the Bauhaus. The couple made frequent trips to Mexico, Cuba and South...
Ideal City – Invisible Cities
The "ideal city" has been an integral aspect of societal utopias since the period of early modernism. During the 20th century, however, the concept was discredited because of its totalitarian or authoritarian character. In light of the current...
The Tropics. Views from the Middle of the Globe
In the minds of Westerners, the term "tropics" is usually connected to lush vegetation and exotic cultures - a view which is influenced, of course, by the traditional art from the equatorial regions. Although we generally recognize their highly...
Three Colours: XIII – XV Rohkunstbau
The Rohkunstbau exhibitions at the Wasserschloss Groß Leuthen in Brandenburg usually featured contemporary artworks which dealt with the rural and idyllic region along the Polish border. The thematic focus of the Rohkunstbau exhibitions XIII-XV was...
Art of Two Germanys / Cold War Cultures
Die Ausstellung umfasste ca. 300 kunstgeschichtlich herausragende Werke der Malerei, Skulptur, Grafik, Fotografie und Installationskunst sowie Bücher und Videos von mehr als 120 Künstlern, die zwischen 1945 und dem Ende der deutschen Teilung 1989 in...
Art Values Society
Der privatwirtschaftliche Kunstbetrieb prägt immer stärker das gesellschaftliche Verständnis davon, was als zeitgenössische Kunst gilt. Er feiert Erfolge mit spektakulären Verkaufserlösen auf Kunstmessen und Auktionen, durch international beachtete...
Art for Millions
While the Frankfurt Book Fair showcased literature from China in 2009, the Schirn Kunsthalle presented a unique artwork dating back to the Chinese counter-revolution - the "Rent Collection Courtyard" ("Zhouyuan"). This monumental group of 114...
Art from Los Angeles 1960 – 1990
Ende der sechziger Jahre kristallisierte sich in Los Angeles eine neue Kunstrichtung heraus, die sich Light and Space nannte und ihr Wirkungsfeld außerhalb von Galerien und Museen suchte. Die Konzept-Künstler richteten ihr Augenmerk auf Phänomene und...
A fine line
The Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum owns a surprisingly large collection of works by artists who were once imprisoned at Auschwitz. The portraits, which comprise the majority of the collection, depict the psychological and physical suffering of the...