The young American Lee Miller begins as a model in New York in the 1920s, then makes a career as an artist and photographer in Paris and New York. Later, as a war reporter, the American documents the atrocities in the German concentration camps […]
Die Kunst sollte allen zugänglich sein, überall auf der Welt. Das sagt eine Künstler-Gruppe aus Hamburg und Burkina Faso. Sie fordern: Van Gogh, Warhol und Beuys gehören auch in die Museen Afrikas! Ihre Utopie hat einen Namen: Dynamische Hütte. Podcast-Talk mit den Künstler:innen Vivienne Lütteken und Michael Böhler […]
Ragnar Axelsson is one of the world’s most popular photographers who dedicates his work to the threatened Arctic region. The Iceland-based photographer documents the survival of people in Iceland, Greenland and Siberia in intense images. In the podcast, Axelsson explains why he photographs in black and white, why he takes his cue from the old masters of painting, and what he thinks of the climate activists “The Last Generation.” […]
The interest of documenta visitors in the works of the collective Taring Padi is enormous; according to the documenta press…
The installation “Return to Sender” is possibly the largest art object at this documenta. That’s why it deserves special attention,…
The important part of the installation Return to Sender is inside the house made of waste bales: With a video,…
What are the artists doing in the heavily bombarded Ukraine and how do they feel about the war? In the…
Paving stones, newspapers from Hong Kong, and just these disturbing, black body bags: The artist Pia Kintrup could not find…
In the Hamburg art scene he is an outstanding character, easily recognized from a distance: Jan Holtmann, the man with…
An artist amazes visitors with her political embroidery works: Varvara Sudnik is the youngest here in the group exhibition ANTIKÖRPER….
Is it even allowed to exhibit Emil Nolde in this time? How do we relate today to the artist who…
When he mingles with the people in the crowded streets of Chicago, Allen Bourgeois sees more than others: The photographer…
Star director Wim Wenders captures the audience right away with an anecdote of his early work “The American Friend”: He…
Hamburg’s new insider tip in the art scene is Reginenstrasse No. 8, an address that sounds friendly and homely, reminiscent…
Late in the credits, “shot entirely on iPhone 5s” appears on the screen. Tangerine, from filmmaker Sean Baker, counts as…
Nestled among trees, surrounded by dunes, directly on the wild coast of the Curonian Spit, the Nida Art Colony is…
The short film “The Pine Tree Villa” (German: “Eine Villa mit Pinien”) makes its mark not only with its unusual…
At the Reeperbahn Festival 2014, members of the club Hamburg Hoch 11 set up a village made of shipping containers….
When art and fashion get together, sparks can fly – and before you know it, something new and unique can…
The idea is wonderfully simple and the great thing about it is how incredibly well it works. Once a week,…
They meet up on Mondays in the Motorco Music Hall in Durham, North Carolina. They want to sing together, even…
Street Photography by Hans Eijkelboom from Amsterdam That there is not much humor at documenta may well be true, but…
Fashion Design from Lithuania I was particularly looking forward to this workshop in the arts center of Nida: Fashion Design….
