Once, in front of his pupils, an art teacher asked one of them to imagine he should receive some hazelnuts poured out of a bag. The pupil obediently ...
Form
48 % Beauty
"Lange Nacht der Bilder" is an annual art exhibiton taking place in Lichtenberg, Berlin. On the last Friday in September Artists all over the district ...
Documenta 15
Seen in Kassel, Germany 2022 Muddled like smoke, plus, can’t provoke, noisy ...
Is photography art?
When I first visited an exhibition dedicated to photography as art, I was disappointed. The exhibition was hosted by a well-established photo ...
Judgement
You do not want to have prejudices nor do you want to be "judgemental". But how can you find your way in the art world without JUDGEMENT? There is ...
Knowing about Art
Sometimes people start a conversation by saying that they do not know – about art, or whatever subject in question. Regarding art, however, dealing ...
Art history
When you as a 13-year-old had your first history textbook and asked “WHY do we have to learn about those OLD times?” - you may have heard the standard ...
Connect?
In a book on African history the author (Jarle Siemensen) makes the following point: Sahara separates the surrounding countries, but also connects ...
Two kinds of happiness
In German there is the word Spaß, and of course the word Freude. In everyday talk you will hear the word Spaß (fun) a lot, whereas Freude (being glad) ...
Religious Art
The German-Jewish philosopher Moses Mendelssohn (1729-1786) held thinking philosophically for the best way of dealing with the challenges and the ...