He would have been a hundred years old this year, and thirty years ago that he disappeared into oblivion, in disgrace and disgrace: Willi Sitte, reviled as a "state artist" of the GDR, in the end more power-conscious functionary than painter, chairman of the association Visual artist and himself a member of the Central Committee of the SED, East German concrete head, who made use of his privilege on trips to the West at any time, and full of unrepentant...
Ten, fourteen or even 17 years - there are various calculations as to when a new cabaret stage program by Josef Hader had its premiere last. In any case, it has been long enough, the Viennese, who rose to Austria's most famous cabaret artist with his monologues, was also busy as an actor, author and director. But now the time has come: "Hader on Ice" can be seen in several Munich venues from November 13th - after a secret test...
Tyler Hobbs digital art owner NFT “Fidenza” Earning more than $150 million to date (including $3.3 million in sales for Fidenza #313 in August), he will be launching his next collection entitled “Incomplete Control” On December 9th with Live in-person minting event in Manhattan The sale started last Friday and sold out within a day. with total sales $1,800 ETH Over $7 Million for “Golden Tokens” that can be exchanged for NFT (non-fungible tokens) and has two of the highest...
The anonymous street artist Discop attracted attention with a tribute to Banksy. He tells of the absurd handling of graffiti in Germany and why he wants to thank the police.Interview by Wolfgang KrauseA spectacular graffito appeared in Oberschleißheim in August. It was tied with red and white caution tape and showed a robot in a police uniform holding a red, heart-shaped balloon on a string. Because of this detail, some wondered whether the British street artist Banksy had paid a...
"This is wonderful news." Carolyn Christov-Bakargiev's relief can also be seen on the phone. At the weekend, the director of the Turin art museum Castello di Rivoli announced that she and the Italian government had succeeded in bringing Rahraw Omarzad, one of the most important representatives of Afghan art life, to Italy. The 57-year-old writer, artist and expert in modern Persian art is a professor at Kabul University. He also heads the Kabul Center for Contemporary Art (CCAA) and founded...
See in the video: Merkel statue - artist shows outgoing chancellor with diamond on horse.There is a horse in the hallway. An equestrian statue of the outgoing Chancellor Angela Merkel was presented these days in the Temple Museum in Etsdorf, in the Upper Palatinate in Bavaria. The life-size statue by the German artist Wilhelm Koch shows Merkel sitting on a mare in a trouser suit, her hands resting in the "Merkel diamond", the Chancellor's characteristic gestures. The statue was made...
NFT 3D artist Emily Yang, better known as ppplleasr, says Web 3 technology can be revolutionary. But there is still a long way to go Web 3 is what many believe to be the next step of the Internet. Web 3 Internet aims to decentralization And it's innovative that results in a platform without a single entity's control and users remain reliable. “There are many technological hurdles that we have to overcome before we get to a truly decentralized place,”...
Despite growing pressure, the Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz initially ruled out his resignation. Then he changed his mind. Foreign Minister Schallenberg is to be his successor - but a new political beginning looks different, commented the press. A charismatic boy prodigy, friendly, calm, PR-savvy - that a person who is said to have these qualities almost plunged an entire country into a government crisis may come as a surprise. Yet that is almost exactly what happened. With embellished popularity ratings...
Peter Kees has a sense for promising, subtle project titles. He must also have it as an ambassador for Arcadia, a place of longing. "42 or the world formula" is what the concept artist called his latest project. Sounds tempting. Perhaps Kees will find a different answer than the supercomputer during the announced 42 organ performances at 42 churches Deep thought in Douglas Adams' The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.The answer to the question "about life, the universe and all...
Status: 04.10.2021 10:04 a.m. The Swedish artist Lars Vilks had been under police protection for his Mohammed cartoons for years. Islamists had put a bounty on him. Now Vilks and two bodyguards died in a traffic accident. The Swedish artist and Mohammed cartoonist Lars Vilks was killed in a traffic accident. The vehicle with Vilks and two bodyguards crashed into a truck near Markaryd in southern Sweden, according to media reports. The police confirmed Vilk's death, and the two police...
