Tag: Cultural policy
Monika Grütters was in office longer than any of her predecessors. A balance sheet – culture
“I have the nicest office in Berlin.” Monika Grütters raved about this to everyone who visited her on the eighth floor of the Chancellery. There was always an exuberant greeting,…
Luxury villa on Lake Starnberg becomes a cultural site for young people – Bavaria
This villa stands on one of the most beautiful properties on Lake Starnberg. With direct access to Bavaria’s most popular large bathtub and to the sailing paradise, at the pole…
The Bavarian Culture Prize goes to 38 creative artists, including Thomas Demand – Munich
This year, the trophy of the Bavarian Culture Prize went to 38 creative artists. These include the world-famous photographer and sculptor Thomas Demand, the actress Luisa Wöllisch, who was born…
Study of the cultural council on diversity in museums, theaters, opera houses – culture
The lawsuit has been filed for decades, but it has been particularly loud since “Me Too” and “Black Lives Matter”: Germany’s cultural institutions would like to be progressive and open;…
The exhibition “On Line. NS Art Policy in Vienna”. – Culture
Nine years ago, the then Austrian Defense Minister, Norbert Darabos, had the base of a memorial opened in the crypt on Heldenplatz in Vienna, which the sculptor Wilhelm Frass had…
Broadway and Carnegie Hall: culture is back in New York – culture
from Christian Zaschke, New York If there was any need to prove that the New York cultural scene is flourishing again, it was provided in a spectacular way in the…
Why the culture department will be the most important of the new government – culture
A government of the new kind, as it is now emerging as a three-party coalition with green and liberal partners, also requires a new political approach to culture. It is…
Munich SPD wants to help culture get on its feet with a 10-point program. – Munich
The SPD / Volt city council group has issued a catalog of ten measures to support the culture in restarting after months of corona-related closings and restrictions. The package comprises…
Munich: The first season in the new Volkstheater – Munich
Everything here is glorious promise. The beer garden, even if it has only been a little tree so far, the new gastronomy, the “Schmock Minchen”, a wonderfully light, airy room.…
Art in Afghanistan: Devastated – Culture
The first head of a statue, it is already on the ground. On Sunday the Taliban hoisted their white flag in front of the governor’s seat of the central Afghan…