DW: Why did you think it was necessary to have two perspectives on one exhibition? And why did you choose Athens? Adam Szymczyk: I think we are living in a world that is becoming an increasingly complex place, a difficult place, and maybe it's the moment to abandon a single … [Read more...] about Documenta art director warns against nationalism
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More than just terror: Molenbeek opens a new art museum
"I've lived here in Molenbeek for 10 years, but I never expected that. It was a real shock," says Raphaël Cruyt, director and curator of the Millennium Iconoclast Museum of Art (MIMA) in the district of Molenbeek, looking back at the attacks that hit the Brussels metro and … [Read more...] about More than just terror: Molenbeek opens a new art museum
China’s Ai Weiwei pulls art from Danish exhibitions over asylum law
Outspoken artist Ai Weiwei announced his decision via social media, saying his works would no longer feature in exhibitions at the Aros museum in Aarhus and the Faurschou Foundation in Copenhagen. Ai, who resides in Berlin , told Associated Press he was "angry and surprised" to … [Read more...] about China’s Ai Weiwei pulls art from Danish exhibitions over asylum law
Post-9/11 art celebrated in ‘Age of Terror’ show in London
September 11, 2001 changed the course of history before the new millennium had barely begun. The terrorist attack carried out by al-Qaida killed more than 3,000 people and sparked a string of continuing wars across Afghanistan and the Middle East … [Read more...] about Post-9/11 art celebrated in ‘Age of Terror’ show in London
Gerard Mortier – thoroughly ‘an art person’
DW: Ms. Wagner, Gerard Mortier was one of the great innovators of music theater and simultaneously also an agitator. You knew him well. In your view, what defined his service to music theater and to the artistic scene as a whole? Nike Wagner: There's no doubt that Mortier was … [Read more...] about Gerard Mortier – thoroughly ‘an art person’