Connecting War and the Arts
US Defence Secretary Robert M. Gates allows picturing the coffins of dead US soldiers after their return to the USA at Dover Air Force Base in Delaware, as long as their relatives agree. Thus, a decision made in February 1991 during the Gulf War has been revoked. Continue reading “Gates allows Photos of Soldiers’ Coffins”
The association Studieren ohne Grenzen e.V. / Etudes sans Frontières (Studying without Borders) presents its initiative Studieren im Krieg (Studying in wartime) on 28 February with a photo exhibition in Berlin. Some 40 war photos can be seen, made during and after the wars in Chechnya by Stanley Greene, Musa Sadulaev and Rumisa T. Continue reading “Studying in Wartime (Photo Exhibition in Berlin)”
The Willy-Brandt-Haus in Berlin is well-known for its interesting art and photo exhibitions. For the first time in Germany, the photo exhibition “From the Spanish Civil War to the Second World War” will be shown. Continue reading “From the Spanish Civil War to the Second World War (Willy-Brandt-Haus Berlin)”
As already announced, on 20 February 2009, Annie Leibovitz has opened her exhibition “A Photograper’s Life . 1990-2005” in the gallery C/O Berlin. In addition to many celebrety portraits, private pictures and some landscapes, there is also a small, but fine selection of her photos from Sarajevo and Rwanda. Continue reading “Annie Leibovitz: “A Photographer’s Life . 1990-2005” (C/O Berlin)”
The Haus der Kulturen der Welt (House of World Cultures) in Berlin has been founded 20 years ago. This jubilee will be accompanied by various events, starting with the theme daya “1989 – Global Histories” from February 19th to 22nd 2009. Continue reading “1989 – Global Histories (House of World Cultures, Berlin)”
The world-renowned photographer Annie Leibovitz presents her exhibition “A Photographer’s Life . 1990-2005” at the gallery C/O Berlin after having been shown at various venues in the USA, in France and the UK. Continue reading “Annie Leibovitz: A Photographer’s Life . 1990-2005 (C/O Berlin)”
Eröffnung der Ausstellung “Antisemitismus? Antizionismus? Israelkritik?” im Deutschen Bundestag Continue reading “Anti-Semitism? Anti-Zionism? Criticising Israel? (Berlin”
On January 23rd 2009 at 1900h, the exhibition Embedded Art – Art in the Name of Security in the Akademie der Künste (Academy of the Arts) will open in Berlin.1 The exhibition’s concept was designed by the artists’ group BBM (Beobachter der Bediener von Maschinen, Observers of Operators of Machines) that exists since 1989, together with the Akademie der Künste. Continue reading “Embedded Art – Art in the Name of Security”
Michel Valentino’s disturbing Works on “Valkyrie – Return of a Myth”
Reading on the current coverage of today’s German release date of the movie Valkyrie,1 I came across the both impressive and disturbing works of Michel Valentino.
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Recently, a good friend of mine sent me a link to the following picture by Toru Hanai (Reuters) on the website of the German news magazine SPIEGEL. It has already been published on January 1st with the almost dreamlike caption “Bundle of Soldiers” (German: “Soldatenbündel”). Continue reading “Bundle of Soldiers”