Tag: Humboldt Forum
Exhibition on the Palace of the Republic in the Berlin City Palace – Culture
Where is the bell that the last President of the People’s Chamber rang when she announced the decision to join the Federal Republic? Sabine Bergmann-Pohl, who came into office for…
Humboldt Forum Berlin: A fortress for the culture war
Prophet figures are placed around the dome of the Berlin City Palace. They were not included in the draft – and they contradict the concept of the Humboldt Forum. source…
Debate about the reconstruction of the Saxon Palace in Warsaw – Culture
From Victoria Grossmann He is too big. If you stand in the middle of Plac Piłsudskiego in the center of Warsaw, you can feel it: the emptiness. Something is missing.…
215 000 Euro Bußgeld gegen Tochterfirma des Humboldt-Forums – Kultur
Das Humboldt-Forum sorgte in den vergangenen Jahren immer wieder mit negativen Nachrichten für Aufsehen, es ging um rechte Spender, Bauprobleme, mangelndes Besucherinteresse und die Debatte um den Bibelspruch auf der…
Claudia Roth wants to rename the foundation – culture
Minister of State for Culture Claudia Roth (Greens) advocates renaming the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation (SPK), under whose umbrella numerous museums and cultural institutions in Germany are bundled. “What do…
Right donors at the Berlin Palace: no clarification in sight – culture
Of Jörg Haentzschel The Berlin Palace has been rebuilt, including the dome, cross and patched Bible verse. But anyone who thinks that there is more in the past than the…
Humboldt Forum: Controversy over biblical inscription – culture
Minister of State for Culture Claudia Roth (Greens) has encouraged the idea of temporarily superimposing a controversial inscription on the dome of the Berlin Palace, which has been the seat…
The last halls of the Berlin Humboldt Forum are opened – culture
Nothing in the Humboldt Forum, which opens in full this Friday, is as surprising as a few punctuation marks in one of the wall texts. The words “acquisitions” and “collections”…
Looted art in the Berlin Museum of Asian Art? – Culture
from Jörg Haentzschel The New York prosecutor’s office doesn’t often deal with official trips by Berlin museum directors. But the trip that Marianne Yaldiz, then director of the Museum of…
Berlin City Palace: Right Donors – Culture
Anyone who donated at least 500,000 euros for the facade will be honored with a plaque and portrait in the rebuilt Berlin City Palace. So until recently was the banker…