Bavaria Mulls Bans on Export of Paintings in Gurlitt Collection
Before his death, Munich art heir Cornelius Gurlitt willed his collection to a major art museum in Switzerland. The move will spare Germans some headaches, but numerous disputes over the paintings'...
View ArticleMurkudis Exemplifies Why Germany Is Behind in Fashion Stakes
Berlin Fashion Week is underway, but A-listers are keeping their distance. The event has failed to put the German capital on the clothing map. A closer look at the career trajectory of designer Kostas...
View ArticleHow East Germany Robbed Collectors of Their Art
East German officials systematically stole from the country's art collectors and sold their possessions to raise hard currency. Families have sought for years to reclaim the treasures or to obtain...
View ArticleIsherwood Santa Monica Legacy Lives on in Don Bachardy
In 1968, David Hockney completed a portrait of one of the 20th century's most vibrant pairings: author Christopher Isherwood and artist Don Bachardy. The gay couple opened their home, where the painter...
View ArticleMagnum Photographers Give Google Glass a Test Spin
Elliot Erwitt and Bruce Gilden are street photography legends who use Leica cameras and black and white film as their weapons of choice. When they meet Google Glass for the first time, it feels like a...
View ArticleWorld Press Photo Award Revocation Spurs Debate
Italian photographer Giovanni Troilo won the World Press Photo Award in February, but it was revoked in March. The city he portrayed, Charleroi in Belgium, complained that his photos were more fiction...
View ArticleLong Lost Sculptures from Hitler Chancellery in Berlin Found
The sculptures had been missing for decades. But on Wednesday, investigators found pieces of Nazi art that had once adorned Hitler's Chancellery in Berlin.
View ArticleHow German Investigators Found Lost Nazi Art Beloved by Hitler
A Dutch detective and Berlin police spent months searching for art commissioned by Hitler that went missing after German reunification. Officials finally recovered the dubious works in raids last week...
View ArticleArtist Ai Weiwei Has Left China for Germany
Chinese artist Ai Weiwei was finally given his passport back and immediately left the country to join his family in Germany. But he is unsettled by his newfound freedom and he is searching for a new...
View ArticleAlex Solis zeigt mit Icons Unmasked, wer hinter den Masken steckt
Erst wollte ich es nicht glauben.
View ArticleÀ La Cart von Tom Lakeman: Kippensalat und 9-Volt-Block-Burger
Kippensalat mit Chips und andere "Spezialitäten"
View ArticleNeue Häkel-Trends: Von Mütze bis Trampolin
Häkel-Künstler umhüllen alles, was ihnen in die Quere kommt. Auch Häuser. Und Köpfe. Wir zeigen die schönsten Fotos.
View ArticleTotal unterschätzt: Wie Selfies die Welt verändern
Ein Selfie kann Kunst sein, Widerstand und Statement.
View ArticleDie Schriftstellerin Chimamanda Adichie aus Nigeria ist eine großartige...
Sie hat nicht nur wunderbare Literatur geschaffen, sondern auch einen Feminismus, der auf der ganzen Welt funktioniert. Beyoncé liebt sie. Wir auch.
View ArticleHow Hitler Fans Smuggled Nazi Art To West Germany
In one of the most curious stories of art smuggling from the Eastern Bloc prior to the fall of the Berlin Wall, two classic car dealers smuggled Nazi artworks from a Soviet barracks to West Germany in...
View ArticleFlüchtlinge zeichnen Comics über ihre Flucht
Die Künstlerin Ali Fitzgerald gibt Comicworkshops in einer Berliner Flüchtlingsunterkunft.
View ArticleEyeem Bilder: Better look twice
Unsere Fotomission mit EyeEm zum Thema "Better look twice"
View ArticleReal Life Doodles von Sooperdavid: Diese Gegenstände leben
Schon mal einen Plastikbecher mit Armen und Beinen gesehen?
View ArticleScott Hoves Cakeland: Der Künstler baut Tortenhäuser
Willkommen im Creepy Candy Wonderland
View ArticleThe Dubious Market for Ancient Artifacts
A new law in Germany seeks to eliminate the trade in ancient artifacts. It was written to target people like Leonardo Patterson, whose long career selling plundered objects from Central America throws...
View ArticleGrußkarten bei Krankheit: Emily McDowell zeichnet Illustrationen mit Herz
Schöne Worte für schwere Zeiten.
View ArticleFarah Pahlavi, Ex-Empress of Iran, on Art and Progress
The collection of the Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art was to be shown in Berlin in December, but Iranian officials declined permission to send the artworks out of the country. SPIEGEL spoke with...
View ArticleFotos aus Ruanda von Jacques Nkinzingabo: Mehr als Völkermord
Mit seinen Fotos zeigt Jacques Nkinzingabo den Wandel in seinem Land
View ArticleGesichts-Tattoo: Diese Menschen erzählen, warum sie sich das Gesicht...
"Ich hatte nichts mehr zu verlieren"
View Article"Ink About It!": Eine feministisch-antirassistische Tattoo-Messe? Das haben...
Was stechen junge, feministische Tätowiererinnen?
View ArticleWie Mikis aus Bremen in Myanmar ein Superstar wurde
Rapper, Model, Schauspieler – in Rangun kennt jeder den 27-Jährigen
View ArticleNach Gzuz und Bonez MC: Warum Deutschrap eine Sexismus-Debatte braucht
Nach den Vorwürfen gegen Gzuz und Bonez MC fordert die Szene eine Sexismus-Debatte.
View ArticleEurovision Song Contest: Wie viel Feminismus steckt in S!sters?
Uiuiui, ist das etwa politisch?
View ArticleWomen of Colour: So wehrt sich Joséphine mit Kunst gegen Alltagsrassismus
Ein Besuch in der Ausstellung "Women of Colour" von Joséphine Sagna.
View ArticleHank Azaria on Being the Voice of “Apu” on “The Simpsons”: "I Was a Clueless...
Hank Azaria has done the voice of an Indian convenience market operator for more than 30 years. In an interview, he explains why he is giving up the role.
View ArticleThe Crypto Art Crash: What Remains of the NFT Hype
The hype surrounding digital works dominated the international art world for two years. Then the market collapsed, and buyers lost millions. Yet optimism still pervades the scene.
View ArticleShadows of World War II: A New Look at the Great Quedlinburg Art Robbery
In 1945, an American officer pilfered valuable pieces from Germany's most important art collection and sent them to Texas, setting off a long search for the items. Now, experts are wondering: Was he...
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