#PODCAST Photographer Nicola Brandt: Namibia & the colonial era
Artist Nicola Brandt spent her youth in Namibia’s capital, Windhoek. It was a life during apartheid. Steidl company has now published her impressive work “The Distance Within”.
#PODCAST: Lee Miller – Photographer between War and Glamour
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 […]
#PODCAST Dynamic hut – the utopia of the world museum from Hamburg
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 […]
#PODCAST Arctic-photographer Ragnar Axelsson in the PHOXXI
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.” […]
#documenta fifteen INTERVIEW “Sri Maryanto, how does the collective Taring Padi think?”
The interest of documenta visitors in the works of the collective Taring Padi is enormous; according to the documenta press…
#documenta fifteen “Return to Sender” #1 Fashion or trash?
The installation “Return to Sender” is possibly the largest art object at this documenta. That’s why it deserves special attention,…
#documenta fifteen “Return to Sender” #2 A question of dignity
The important part of the installation Return to Sender is inside the house made of waste bales: With a video,…
“I won’t paint the war. I am not Francis Bacon.” Interview with an Ukrainian artist
What are the artists doing in the heavily bombarded Ukraine and how do they feel about the war? In the…
Body bags from Hong Kong at xpon Art Gallery
Paving stones, newspapers from Hong Kong, and just these disturbing, black body bags: The artist Pia Kintrup could not find…
Art on the head – Jan Holtmann’s extravagant hats at the Kunsthalle
In the Hamburg art scene he is an outstanding character, easily recognized from a distance: Jan Holtmann, the man with…
Young Art in Dictatorship: 5 Questions for Varvara Sudnik from Belarus
An artist amazes visitors with her political embroidery works: Varvara Sudnik is the youngest here in the group exhibition ANTIKÖRPER….
Bucerius Kunst Forum: Emil Nolde – the painter who was a Nazi
Is it even allowed to exhibit Emil Nolde in this time? How do we relate today to the artist who…
Street Photography – Allen Bourgeois in the Amerikazentrum Hamburg
When he mingles with the people in the crowded streets of Chicago, Allen Bourgeois sees more than others: The photographer…
Wim Wenders: “The revolver was real – and it was loaded.”
Star director Wim Wenders captures the audience right away with an anecdote of his early work “The American Friend”: He…
Rothenburgsort: The avant-garde in the gatehouse
Hamburg’s new insider tip in the art scene is Reginenstrasse No. 8, an address that sounds friendly and homely, reminiscent…
Tangerine: From iPhone to the big screen
Late in the credits, “shot entirely on iPhone 5s” appears on the screen. Tangerine, from filmmaker Sean Baker, counts as…
Nida in Lithuania: Creative oasis in the dunes
Nestled among trees, surrounded by dunes, directly on the wild coast of the Curonian Spit, the Nida Art Colony is…
The Pine Tree Villa – ARTE Short Film Award
The short film “The Pine Tree Villa” (German: “Eine Villa mit Pinien”) makes its mark not only with its unusual…