Facing Britain

Facing Britain

Facing Britain is the name of the exhibition which is currently shown at the museum Mönchehaus Goslar. It is a touring exhibition that could be visited in other German cities before. Facing Britain claims that it documents the development of the British society from the 1960ies until today. What has started as documentary photography, our guide tells us, ends with

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The painter Horst Schmidt an in between “Schräge Typen”

The painter Horst Schmidt an in between “Schräge Typen”

The oeuvre of Horst Schmidt is being displayed since yesterday at both bowers, at the Eiermarkt and at the Hagenbrücke. And right in the middle, at least at the Jakobs-Kemenate, “Schräge Typen” are dazzling in the shape of the last supper 4 by Marina Schmiechen. A reminiscence of her exhibition which was displayed in 2019. For the exhibition opening the

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Oil – Beauty and horror of the petroleum era

Oil – Beauty and horror of the petroleum era

The oilfly, domiciled in California, is the only creature that is able to live in oil and have a dump in there. An outsize picture of this insect marks the end of the exhibition “Oil. Beauty and horror of the petroleum age” which is actually shown at the Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg. The show can be visited until January 9th, 2022. This

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Yakamoz: The reflectance of the moon in the water

Yakamoz: The reflectance of the moon in the water

Since mid of July 2021 the art gallery Geyso20 shows the exhibition Yakamoz in Braunschweig. There is also an additional programme. I visit the public guided tour on 15.8.2021 in order to learn more about the two artists, Murak Akat and Lena Schmidt-Tupou. From a rational point of view I am far away from being an adept. Therefore I enter

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Udo Lindenberg at Braunschweig

Udo Lindenberg at Braunschweig

To put it in a nutshell: The Udo Lindenberg exhibition in Braunschweig is fun! Udo’s pictures celebrate life, do not take it too seriously and bolster the spectator up to follow the lead. I can just say thank you to both, Udo Lindenberg for turning 75 recently and the Prüsse-Stiftung for dedicating this exhibition to Braunschweig on the occasion of

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Beyond exoticism: African realities of an exhibition

Beyond exoticism: African realities of an exhibition

The exhibition “Ruth Baumgarte: Vision Africa. Turn of the fire” opened up yesterday at the Städtische Museum Brunswieck with a ceremonial act. I was lucky enough to be invited as well. The show displays selected pieces of Baumgartes Oeuvre, who travelled frequently to South and East-Africa from the 1980ies on. It is a very interesting exhibition that does not obey

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The year of the rabbits

The year of the rabbits

Last year my boy-friend and I discovered private views for us. Well, it is not only about the partly served free drinks and appetizers (however, we do not reject them). In fact, it is nice to start the weekend with an unexpected interesting event. A happening, like we might not have expected it in a big small town like Brunswieck.

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Cairo.Open City.

As of late an exhibition worth seeing is shown in Brunswieck, explicitly at Hamburger Straße 267. It is called “Cairo. Open City” and deals with the role which picture recordings taken with diverse media device in the course of the Egyptian revolution played and are sitll playing. The exhibition can be called an impressive documentary of the incidents which have

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Shah Abbas I. at the British Museum

Shortly before eastern I received a gift from the British capital: The catalogue accompanying the exhibition “Shah ‘Abbas and the Treasures of Imperial Iran”. An attentive acquaintance who knows my affinity for Arabic Culture (and Persian as well) gave the book to me. On overall 67 coloured images of the exhibition items it is truely possible to dive into the

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