Creation of Cultural Spaces, Cultural Preservation and Infrastructure

Playing a Part in a Museum of the Future: KMoMA Kolkata Museum of Modern Art

Susanne Titz lights the candle of the international symposium SusanneTitz lights the candle of the international symposium „Museums of the Future“, left: the indian artist Subodh Gupta, © Goethe-Institut KolkataThe KMoMA Kolkata Museum of Modern Art in Rajarhat, Kolkata will be completed by 2013. It can serve as a model. Susanne Titz, director of the Museum Abteiberg Mönchengladbach, will be accompanying its evolutional process for the Goethe-Institut.more

    Back to the Future – Programmes for the Preservation of Cultural Heritage

    Kano, Nigeria,© Abdul Tela
    Kano, Nigeria,© Abdul Tela
    Worldwide many valuable media such as manuscripts, books and films are threatened by deterioration. In Nigeria, Mongolia and Bosnia and Herzegovina the Goethe-Institute is dedicated to helping people keep their cultural heritage alive and intact. more

      Preserve and Train

      Preserve and Train (© Goethe-Institut)
      Preserve and Train (© Goethe-Institut)
      The restoration of the painting Last Supper was one of three projects by the Culture and Development initiative in Kolkata. A film reveals how five conservators worked on restoration of the painting under the supervision of restorer Renate Kant.
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