After having been on show at ICA London (26-30 September 2012), the 24 works of “AKA Peace” will be auctioned on 4 October 2012 at 1930h at Phillips de Pury & Company in London versteigert. An illustrious group of contemporary artists (e.g. Mat Collishaw, Gavin Turk, Jake & Dinos Chapman, Sarah Lucas, Damien Hirst, Antony Gormley and Bran Symondson, initiated by the latter) dealt with the highly symbolic assault rifle AK-47 for the charity organisation Peace One Day.
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Categories: Hinweise, Termine Tags: Afghanistan, Afrika, Auktion, Balkan, Kalter Krieg, Künstler, Lateinamerika, Russland, Skulptur, Terrorismus, UdSSR, Ukraine, Vietnam, Waffen
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Categories: Rezensionen Tags: 9/11, Afghanistan, Afrika, Ausstellungen, Balkan, Bildende Kunst, China, Deutschland, Erinnerungskultur, Erster Weltkrieg, Fotografie, Irak, Iran, Kalter Krieg, Korea, Lateinamerika, UdSSR, Ukraine, USA, Video, Vietnam, Zweiter Weltkrieg
From 12 February until the end of May 2012, the Militärhistorische Museum (MHM, Military-Historical Museum of the Bundeswehr) in Dresden will show the exhibition “Krieg” (war) with photographs by James Nachtwey. He is one of the most important contemporary photojournalists; not the least, he is famous for his touching pictures from zones of war and conflict. Nachtwey will receive the Dresden Peace Award; in this course, he will open the MHM’s first special exhibition after its recent reopening. Krieg will include some 60 of his works, including his impressive 11m-long frieze that had only been on show in two exhibitions in the USA and France.
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Categories: Hinweise, Termine Tags: 9/11, Afghanistan, Afrika, Ausstellungen, Fotografie, Irak, Israel, Lateinamerika, Palästina, Vernissagen
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.
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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. Read more…
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