2010 erschien der paradigmatische Text «What Was the Hipster» von Mark Greif. Nach einer Dekade gelebten Distinktionsgewinns stellt sich im Jahre 2020 nun die Frage, ob die künstlerische Ästhetik des letzten Jahrzehnts nicht einfach nur in einen neuen Formalismus abgeglitten ist, um die immer schneller werdenden Verwertungszyklen der Hipness zu bedienen.
AuthorNorbert Bayer
Der kürzeste Jahresrückblick 2018: Ich hätte nicht gedacht, dass Chris Dercon so schnell geht.
Chris Dercon war höchst umstritten, doch im Frühjahr 2018 schien seine Intendanz an der Berliner Volksbühne gefestigt zu sein. Doch dann überraschte mich am Freitag, dem 13. April, eine ganz besondere Nachricht.
Against All Odds
The Georg Kolbe Museum in Berlin presents «The First Generation – Women Sculptors of Berlin Modernism» until 17th of June 2018. The exhibition shows the first famous female artists in the time of the Weimarer Republik – who are unfortunately somehow forgotten today. Here’s a little reminder of their artistic power.
Unfuck The Future!
Danish cities surely can be nice – but sometimes it’s even nicer to escape to the countryside. ARKEN Museum for Moderne Kunst in the south of Copenhagen makes a perfect destination for a day-trip, as it’s also located at the sea. Let’s go!
Balken im Auge
Die Ausstellung «Concepts of Visual Poetry Confronting Real Times» in Kassel portraitiert eine Generation von chinesischen Künstlern und Künstlerinnen aus Hangzhou, die eindringlich von Krisen und Konflikten erzählen und nicht nur mittels ihrer universellen Poesie ausdrucksstark von ihrer Zeitgenossenschaft zeugen.
Berlin Artweek 2017: Gerrit Frohne-Brinkmann at Galerie Noah Klink, Sarah Ancelle Schönfeld and Reto Pulfer at Bärenzwinger & «Festival of Future Nows 2017 → ∞» by Olafur Eliasson
Here are three carefully selected picks from this week’s Berlin Artweek 2017. By chance all of them include plants, refer to organisms and exhibit nature somehow – other connections surely can be found. Always remember: «The clearest way into the universe is through a forest wilderness» as John Muir put it. Berlin Artweek 2017 is in
Achievements & Activities & Berlin & Coexistence & Dance & Performance
Berlin has a vivid scene of performing and dancing artists who work in various forms and at diverse places – here are just two of many projects established in the city.
A Glimpse Inside The Exhibition Of documenta 14
Let’s focus on the 14th edition of documenta which is still on display in Kassel until September 2017.
A walk in the Park on the Ilm in Weimar retracing classical Johann Wolfgang von Goethe and the modernist Bauhaus
In Weimar’s valley of the river Ilm a park was created in the style of an English garden between 1778 and 1830. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe was initially involved in its creation, but withdraw from its further development. ⠀ The Park on the Ilm is part of the World Heritage Site «Classical Weimar» and features
«Art and Alphabet» at Hamburger Kunsthalle presents the ❤ of artists for type, lettertype, words and language
Hamburger Kunsthalle just opened a big groupshow under the title «Art and Alphabet» – a perfect match for a blog with the title «Parole, parole, parole…»!
Volksbühne in Berlin: No consensus – but bonus material galore
After 25 years director Frank Castorf has to stop working at Berlin theatre «Volksbühne am Rosa-Luxemburg-Platz» — more than a pardigm shift, but a warning to all of us and especially our politicians
Parole…
… macht eine kleine Pause. Deshalb in der Zwischenzeit: «Parole, Parole» gesungen von Sophie Rois und Matthias Matschke (im Orginal von Mina & Alberto Lupo) 2001 in der Volksbühne Berlin in der Inszenierung «10 Gebote» von Christoph Marthaler. Der letzte Vorhang ist noch nicht gefallen! ✊
Gallery Weekend Berlin 2017: Adam Pendleton, Donna Huanca, Luigi Presicce, Helga Paris, Jeongmoon Choi & Stefan Panhans
A selection of artists and their work shown at galleries, off-spaces, showrooms, municipal galleries and private collections in Berlin. Most of them will be on display for longer – check them out! Italian artist Luigi Presicce is finally exhibiting in Berlin for the first time, because luckily M+Project organized the exhibition «Nostalgia del Futuro» with the
Enjoy your life, Juergen Teller & Franconia!
Juergen Teller, who opens a show in April at Martin-Gropius-Bau in Berlin, was born in Erlangen where he has an exhibition at Kunstpalais Erlangen which is still on display there.