| May |
| 14 |
| 19:00 |
| May | May |
| 18 | 21 |
The artist group Extraschrot of Katharina Arndt and Gero Neumeister shows some of their works in another exhibition, this time e.g. the light installation “Vorsprung durch Technik I” (2009; click on the image for an animation).
| May | May |
| 6 | 9 |
The sixth VIENNAFAIR (6 – 9 May 2010) attracted 15,912 visitors (+1,2% compared to 2009) and 126 exhibitors (of which 114 galleries). VIENNAFAIR’s focus lies on contemporary art from central- and eastern Europe. From this area alone, 33 galleries took part. Looking forward to 2011!
The Board of the Biennale di Venezia, chaired by Paolo Baratta, has met today and appointed Bice Curiger as Director of the Visual Arts Sector, with specific responsibility for curating the 54th International Art Exhibition to be held in 2011. Congratulations!
| May |
| 21 |
| 18:00 |
From 21 May 2010, textile artist Jan Bejšovec will show a selection of his unusual works in the premises of the Berlin-based political consultancy republik movida GmbH. The exhibition Textilkunst aus Konfliktstoff (“Textile Art – Matter of Conflict”) is curated by Martin Bayer (Wartist.org), with a welcome address by Siegmund Ehrmann, MP and cultural political spokesperson of the SPD’s parliamentary group. Read more…
A friend called our attention to the works of Peter Sauerer: his wooden sculptures are often in a small scale and address history, celebrities and our memory and imagination. For this, he is often making use of irony if not mockery without trivialising his subjects. The spatially small works condense the issues and commit the viewer to take a thorough look at them.
| May |
| 8 |
| 15:00 |
The ambitious exhibition “The Third World in World War II” travels to Osnabrück to the Erich Maria Remarque-Friedenszentrum. A “forgotten chapter in history” is to be illuminated, according to the curators.
| Apr | Jun |
| 24 | 13 |
Einzelplan 141, a well-written German-language blog on defence and security matters, published today about the opening of the exhibition “Kunduz, 4 September 2009″ at Kunstraum Potsdam. Unfortunately, we could not attend by ourselves, but the “deputyship” through this article could not have been better.
| Jan |
| 27 |
| 17:45 |
From 28 January 2010, the Erich Maria Remarque-Friedenszentrum in Osnabruck presents with “Hunde im Krieg – Hunde als Waffe” (Dogs in Wars – Dogs as Weapons) an exhibition that addresses quite a specific subject: the use of “man’s best friend” in wars.
| Dec ’09 |
| 8 |
| 18:30 |
On 8 December 2009 at 1900h, the documentary film “We Want (U) to Know” by Ella Pugliese will have its international premiere at Cinema Babylon Mitte in Berlin.1 The film, funded by the German development organisation Deutscher Entwicklungsdienst (German Development Service, DED), deals with remembering the crimes of the Khmer Rouge in Cambodia by the local population. The premiere evening will be hosted by Amnesty International.
| Dec ’09 |
| 11 |
| 19:00 |
| Dec ’09 | Feb |
| 12 | 28 |
During five decades, photo journalist Don McCullin documented environmental and man-made disasters such as urban unrests, social ills, wars and epidemics. C/O Berlin presents some 150 black-and-white and colour photos from the complete works of McCullin for the first time in Berlin. The retrospective with its sanguine title “The Impossible Peace” looks back to an impressive half-centennial lifework.
