Visual Arts News from Germany

Portrait of Gerhard Richter 2010, © Gerhard Richter Archiv 2012

Gerhard Richter Turns 80 – An Exhibition Overview (2/9/2012)

Gerhard Richter, one of the most important contemporary artists, will be celebrating his 80th birthday on 9 February 2012.More ...
“Stilllebenlandschaft I”, Strawalde (Jürgen Böttcher)

Painter and Director – A Retrospective on Jürgen Böttcher (02/01/2012)

The Lindenau Museum Altenburg is presenting a retrospective on the director and painter Jürgen Böttcher, alias Strawalde, through 29 April 2012.More ...
20010 by Giordano Matteo, video © Giordano Matteo, 2011

“in/compatible” – transmediale 2012 (01/31/2012)

Panel discussions, artworks, video screenings, workshops, performances and artistic interventions are on the transmediale 2012’s programme in Berlin’s House of World Cultures from 31 January through 5 February 2012.More ...
“Der große und der kleine Schritt. 1982 bis 1990”. Berlin. 1987. Gundula Schulze Eldowy, “Die frühen Jahre”, C/O Berlin

“Berlin Made Me a Photographer.” – Gundula Schulze Eldowy (01/05/2012)

Until 26 February 2012, the C/O Berlin is presenting an exhibition entitled “The Early Years. Photographs from 1977 to 1990 by the German Photographer Gundula Schulze Eldowy.”More ...
Franz Marc, “Blaues Pferd I”, oil on canvas, 1911, “Der Blaue Reiter” group of artists, public domain

1911 – Kandinsky’s Rider for the Almanac (12/22/2012)

Until 11 March, the Schlossmuseum Murnau is exhibiting the draft designs for the title cover of the almanac “Der Blaue Reiter”.More ...
Exhibition view: Before the Law. Post-War Sculpture and Spaces of Contemporary Art, photo: Achim Kukulies, © VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2011 and Zoe Leonard

Kafkaesque Sculptures (12/19/2011)

At the Museum Ludwig in Cologne, an exhibition from 17 December 2011 to 22 April 2102 explores human rights and human dignity.More ...
Nuclear Power? No Thanks. The anti-nuclear power sun has become a popular marketing article © Martin Magunia

Symbols – Language Without Words (12/13/2011)

The Haus der Geschichte (i.e. House of History) in Bonn explores the significance of symbols as an important means of visual communication in society.More ...
Michel Majerus, Berlin 1996, photo: Albrecht Fuchs

Michel Majerus at the Kunstmuseum in Stuttgart (11/26/2011)

From 26 November 2011 to 9 April 2012, the Kunstmuseum Stuttgart (i.e. Stuttgart Art Museum) will be presenting the work of the artist Michel Majerus in an exhibition featuring over one hundred paintings and installations.More ...
Stickers in Art 2, Klaus Staeck, no year, ASPC/Studienzentrum collection, Weserburg, © VG BILD-KUNST, Bonn 2011

“Stickers in Art” in Bremen (11/21/2011)

Until 5 February 2012, the Weserburg museum in Bremen is presenting an exhibition entitled “Stickers in Art”. On show, amongst other things, is Andy Warhol’s famous banana sticker.More ...
Nasan Tur: Breaking Records, 2011, 10-channel video installation with sound, Variable dimensions, loops: 8:01, 13:39, 9:34, 7:39, 6:43, 12:03, 9:17, 3:07, 6:35, 18:06 mins., Installation view at Kunsthalle Mannheim, photo: Kunsthalle Mannheim/Cem Yücetas © VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2011

“Time for Revollusion” – Nasan Tur (11/12/2011)

From 12 November 2011 until 19 February 2012, the Kunsthalle Mannheim is presenting a new video work by the artist Nasan Tur in an exhibition entitled “Premiere_2: Nasan Tur”.More ...
Mercedes-Benz 770 “Large Mercedes” Pullman limousine, 1935 (belonging to Emperor Hirohito) © Mercedes-Benz Classic Archive

Distant Companions – 150 Years of German-Japanese Relations (08.11.2011)

The Reiss-Engelhorn-Museums in Mannheim are devoting themselves between 8 November 2011 and 5 February 2012 to German-Japanese exchange.More ...
Max Liebermann (1847-1935), “Flachsscheuer in Laren”, 1887, oil on canvas, 135 x 232 cm © bpk / National Gallery, SMB Staatliche Museen zu Berlin. Photo: Jürgen Liepe

Max Liebermann – Trailblazer of Modernism (09/30/2011)

Max Liebermann is one of the painters credited with introducing Modernism into German painting. A comprehensive retrospective presented by the Hamburger Kunsthalle until 19 February reveals his oeuvre.More ...
Fachgeschäft Studio City Camera Exchange bei Nacht, Los Angeles, um 1958/Speciality store Studio City Camera Exchange at night, Los Angeles, ca. 1958, Copyright: Thorsch family, Santa Barbara, USA

The Picture You Will Get! (09/21/2011)

An exhibition staged by the Technische Sammlungen Dresden charts the course of the company Kamera-Werkstätten Guthe & Thorsch, a development that reflects the history of 20th century Germany.More ...
George Grosz, Porträt des Schriftstellers Max Herrmann-Neisse, 1925, Öl auf Leinwand, VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2011

One Day. One Work. - 365 Days of Art Online (04/11/2011)

For an entire year starting 11 April 2011, the Kunsthalle in Mannheim is staging an online exhibition of works from its own collection of modern and contemporary art.More ...

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