The Angel of History

The Angel of History

"38 Lux!", I was told by my friend Knut. He had the honour of lighting the Angel of History at the Bode Museum in Berlin. Imagine, giving light to an angel! Even more so, Paul Klee's Angelus Novus ,…

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Now We Are Birds

Now We Are Birds

A frosted landscape of tents covered in powdery snow or is it the sand of a desert blizzard.  A place at standstill, bathed in white light, and only a few people are out. In the foreground is a woman hold…

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Vaginal Davis

Vaginal Davis

To have Vaginal Davis and Yoko Ono on two floors at Gropius Bau is pretty amazing. If you are in need of something with a soul these days, this is the place to go. I had already seen the Yoko Ono show at …

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Portikus Seeks Curator

Portikus Seeks Curator

Who writes job descriptions? Is it the museum's board, each of its members adding their wishes to the list? Maybe that's what happened at Portikus in Frankfurt where you can apply for a job as a c…

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A Sad Affair

A Sad Affair

Gallery Weekend in Berlin was a sad affair this year. Klaus Biesenbach made a tour. I know because he posed together with gallerists, who then took great pride in posting the photos on their social media.…

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2025: Four Mice and a Cat

2025: Four Mice and a Cat

This is me biting into some spicy Indian food at the beginning of the New Year. At the end of 2024, I found something out that changed my outlook for 2025.  Ecco:  AAAAAPPPPP · LesQuatreCoins

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Love and love and...

Love and love and...

While on Saturday night the Love Parade was raving in Tiergarten, in the atrium of the nearby Kunstgewerbemuseum  a re-performance of Charlotte Moorman's John Cage piece 26'1.1944'' was st…

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Pino Pascali & Yoghurt

Pino Pascali & Yoghurt

Fondazione Prada in Milan lacks a good bookstore. It is so reduced that it is almost non-existing. I wanted to buy a book on Pino Pascali but only the catalogue was on sale, which was too big (and expensi…

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