“Display and Art History: The Düsseldorf Gallery and Its Catalogue”, n upcoming exhibition at the Getty, illustrates the making of one of the earliest modern catalogues, La galerie électorale de Dusseldorff (1778), a revolutionary two-volume […]
Even if the mass media have their eyes on other catastrophes, Japans nuclear crisis is still unfolding and it is applaudable that Germany is reacting. According to the Handelsblatt the Munich based power player Siemens […]
Soka University of America is proud to present the works of 16 contemporary German artists in an exhibition curated by Walter Bischoff. 44 contemporary paintings and drawings are being shown for the first time in […]
German industrial Designer Dieter Rams, born May 20th 1932 in Wiesbaden, turns 79. Chances are you have used his products as he wrote design history with his designs for Braun. A wonderful book from the […]
German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle both welcomed the words of US President Barack Obama in his major speech on the Middle East and North Africa. Speaking of the Middle East peace […]
Martin Ernstbrunner and his girlfriend Tracy, from the idyllic Austrian village Bad Fischau, were vacationing on the Seychelles when they decided to spend a day on North Island, one of the more secluded islands. They […]
Three of Washington’s leading theaters stage works by cutting-edge playwrights. Arena Stage, the Shakespeare Theatre Company and Ford’s Theatre have teamed up with counterparts at the Goethe-Institut Washington, the Embassy of Switzerland and the Embassy […]
Born out of war-torn Europe a Swiss committee looked for ways to bring nations together. So since 1956, every year nations, not necessarily limited by geographic boundaries, but members of the European Broadcasting Union, come […]
“Cave of Forgotten Dreams” is a breathtaking new documentary from German director Werner Herzog (Aguirre the Wrath of God, Encounters at the End of the World, Grizzly Man). The film follows an exclusive expedition into […]
Congratulations to our former contributor Barbara Gasser for being voted into the Hollywood Foreign Press. The Hollywood Reporter writes: Kirpi Uimonen Ballesteros, Barbara Gasser and Mirai Konishi have joined the organization that hands out the […]
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