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Underground
All that lies beneath the earth is mysterious, strange and ambivalent to us. Sometimes we associate it with something menacing, at other times with security and shelter. Using works of art – literature, painting, photography, videos and installations...
Armed and Dangerous
Design is a rarely mentioned, but significant aspect of weapons. Guns as designed products were the theme of an exhibition at the Frankfurt Museum Angewandte Kunst. What made this exhibition unique was how it presented the close connection between...
The Beast is the Sovereign
How do processes of profanation work? What happens when they are consciously shaped? Things become profane when they are taken out of their religious context and used in a way that ignores or contradicts their sacredness, thus appearing...
Unseen and Unheard
The Prinzhorn Collection is famous for its psychiatry-related artworks which date back to the mid-19th century. Regarded as a model for similar collections, the Prinzhorn Collection has undertaken pioneering steps in the examination and study of what...
...Under the Swastika
Nazi forced labour has been the subject of increasingly public attention in recent years. In most cases, news reports and research have focused on the forced labour used by larger companies. However, very little is known about how forced labour was...
Origins of the Silk Road
Die Ausstellung gab anhand von etwa 180 außergewöhnlich gut erhaltenen Funden aus Gräbern der Wüste Taklamakan im äußersten Westen der Volksrepublik China Zeugnis eines historisch beispiellosen Kulturtransfers von Zentralasien bis in den...
Vivarium and / or Mobile Naturalization Aid for Aliens on the Go!
Environmental debate concerning how best to deal with animals and plants in cities have much in common with the socio-political discourse regarding immigration. Terms, such as "alien species" and "biological invasion", suggest there is war raging in...
Where is the wind, when it is not blowing?
Mit der Erfindung des Buchdrucks, der die massenhafte Verbreitung von Texten und Bildern ermöglichte, entwickelte sich die Bildergeschichte schnell als eigenständige Kunstform, die sich weltlichen Themen zuwandte und eine große Popularität erlangte....
Signs against the War
In commemoration of the outbreak of the First World War one hundred years ago, the Lehmbruck Museum in Duisburg presented an exhibition of contemporary artwork which portrayed individuals exposed to military aggression around the world. The starting...
We Call It Ludwig
On 5 February 1976, Peter and Irene Ludwig signed an endowment contract with the city of Cologne which marked the beginning of the Museum Ludwig. The couple donated 350 works of modern art to the city on the condition that the new museum in the heart...