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The Potosí Principle
Nicht nur Rohstoffe, sondern auch Bilder, materielle wie ideelle, wurden vom kolonialen Lateinamerika nach Europa transportiert. Zum 200. Jahrestag der Unabhängigkeitsbewegungen in Lateinamerika widmete sich das Haus der Kulturen der Welt zusammen...
The Unfettered Gaze
“This is where new architecture is being made.” This programmatic claim of 1927 fittingly describes the ambitions of the brothers Heinz (1902 – 1996) and Bodo (1903 – 1995) Rasch, whose visionary ideas and concepts in architecture and design made...
The Art of Flying
Human have long dreamed of flying. But is this dream of weightless, goal-directed movement through the air still more influenced by the idea of birds in flight than the emergence of technically developed flight apparatus? This exhibition at the House...
Déjà-vu? The Art of Reproduction from Dürer to YouTube
What relationship does the copy have with its original? How important is authenticity and what role does forgery play? As digital media has developed over the years, the function and aesthetic value of reproductions and copies have become...
Thicker Than Water
The family has always been the focus of social debates and has served time and again as a projection surface for the values and conflicts of every generation. Since the 68er movement, entire generations have fought against outdated traditions and...
The Sting of the Scorpion
The film “L’Age d’Or” (1930) by the surrealist Luis Buñuel was a pioneering work which prepared the way for the integration of film into the fine arts. The film contains various scenes which criticize civil society and its double standards. The...
The Yellow Permit. Girl trafficking from 1860 to 1930
Human trafficking and forced prostitution are highly topical issues which have a long tradition. International girl trafficking, as it was called at the end of 19th century, became increasingly prevalent with the rising wave of Eastern European...
Flip-book films
Flip-books allow one to experience movie magic close-up - the images begin to move as one flips through the pages of the book. The Kunsthalle Düsseldorf will show how a variety of artists - from Jean Luc Godard to Keith Haring - deal with this...
Continental Drift. Canadian Concept Art of the 1960s and 1970s
"Continental Drift" was an extensive project by the Badischer Kunstverein which presented Concept Art from Canada between the art-historically relevant years of 1965 and 1980. The exhibition featured over 100 artists, such as Ken Lum, Jeff Wall, Ian...
Common Grounds
This exhibition was the first in Munich to present a wide spectrum of artistic works by contemporary artists from the Middle East. News coverage from the region in Western media is generally dominated either by conflicts in public space or images of...