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20/04/2025

Some of us spend the long Easter weekend visiting museums with family and friends. One of our favorites: the Kunstpalast in Düsseldorf — open today and tomorrow.
Current exhibition: MAMA—FROM MARY TO MERKEL
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To dive deeper into the museum’s vision and curatorial approach, we recommend our conversation with Dr. Felix Krämer, Director General and Artistic Director of the Kunstpalast, featured in Wunderkammer—Innovation and the Arts.

In a time when digital experiences and virtual realities are gaining ground, what makes the physical museum experience still relevant? Sepideh Honarbacht asked him just that. They talked about the power of standing before a real work of art, about the role of museums in society — and what the future may hold.

This is the first in a series of conversations in the Wunderkammer Art Salon.

Friend’s link in bio and story.


Photos:
1. Anne Domday/Kunstpalast
2, 3, 4. Exhibition views:
5. Sabrina Rothe/Kunstpalast

21/03/2025

Spring is finally here — and it’s time for a new playlist. You‘ll find „Butterfly“ by „Council for Fame and Glory“ on or follow the link in our story.

We are living in times of metamorphosis. In a literal and figurative sense, sunshine, summer rain and storms await us. Let’s enjoy the beauty and forget the gloom for a while.

With songs by John Hopkins, Khruangbin, Zaho de Sagazan, The Cure, Prince, Nilüfer Yanya, Billie Eilish, Maribou State, Caribou, Booka Shade, Natascha Polke, Bonobo, Arca and many more!

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Cover illustration: kkgas

30/10/2022

The Sunday Read
During the last months activists of .stopoil and have attacked oil paintings in museums with , or stuck themselves to their frames with superglue. While we support the activists‘ goals we disagree with their measures. In her opinion piece published in Wunderkammer — Innovation and the Arts explains why throwing food at art is stupid. And suggests five areas activists should focus on instead.

Link in Bio ⬆️ and in our story.
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Credit: Salvator Mundi with Tomato Soup was created with by Sepideh Honarbacht.

24/09/2022

Do you believe in the power of imagination? If so, don't miss the Biennale di Venezia, on view through November 27. "The Milk of Dreams" is masterfully curated by , a great storyteller. She has taken a book by surrealist Leonora Carrington as a starting point for the conception of the 59th art presentation in the lagoon city, creating a cosmos that links past, present and future, juxtaposing works by contemporary artists with those by well-known masters. In doing so, she manages to sensitize visitors to great themes of our time, such as the search for identity, the relationship between humans and machines, and also between man and the environment, without accusing or making visitors feel guilty. Strolling through Griardini and Arsenale, one moves as if intoxicated by a dream world of spatial installations, paintings, sculptures and audiovisual works, in which reality keeps flashing. The experience inspires reflection and discussion with friends.

Newly discovered:
Simone Leigh, Belkis Ayón (Background) (1)
Chiara Enzo (2)
Tatsuo Ikeda (3)
Delsey Morelos
Birgit Jürgenssen (4)

Some favorite pavilions:
Australia - Marco Fusitano
Brazil - Jonathas de Andrade
Germany - Maria Eichhorn
Slovenia - Marko Jakše (5)
Venezia - Paolo Fantin (6)
USA - Simone Leigh (7)

And away from the central exhibition venues of the Biennale check out these three highlights
Anish Kapoor at Gallerie dell' Academia and the Palazzo Vernier-Manfrin (8)
Anselm Kiefer at Palazzo Ducale (9)
Chun Kwang Young at Palazzo Contarini Polignac (10)

23/09/2022

09/09/2022

7 Deaths of Maria Callas
With this project, performance artist and drama queen Marina Abramović has realized a wish of her heart. She loves opera and Maria Callas in particular. The production is not essential for opera fans, but it is a must-see for fans of Marina Abramović. We revere her as one of the greatest living artists in the world. Some time ago we saw her opera production at the Deutsche Oper in Berlin. The artist was present—90 percent of the time lying motionless in a huge bed on stage. Seven sopranos performed the arias that made Maria Callas unforgettable. Aesthetic films showing tragic heroines run in the background: Desdemona is strangled by Otello, Carmen is first tied up, then stabbed by Don José, Lucia dies in madness, Norma goes into the fire. The scenes in the films are played by Marina Abramović herself, her counterpart is actor Willem Dafoe. At the very end, for the eighth death, Marina Abramović finally rises, strides through the imagined bedroom of Maria Callas, in the avenue George-Mandel No. 36 in Paris. Dramatic sentences spoken by Willem Dafoe can be heared. For the thunderous farewell applause after the eighth death on stage, that of Maria Callas, Abramović wears a gold tight-fitting palleted gown. She looks like the reincarnation of the greatest diva of all time, who died of a broken heart, they say.

The book accompanying the project is appropriately bound in red cloth, embossed with gold letters and contains the text written by Abramović and Petter Skavlan. The making-of was photographed by Marco Anelli. The book has been published by in 2020.

We did some research: Marina Abramović's production „7 Deaths of Maria Callas“ will be shown in Barcelona in March 2023. We hope you‘ll enjoy making travel plans this weekend.

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19/08/2022

It can be dumped – but it is still art
Why Documenta Fifteen is worth a visit, in spite of everything

was curious, but also skeptical, when she learned an Indonesian artists collective known as Ruangrupa would curate this summer’s Documenta 15 in the western German city of Kassel. It is the first time that the curator is not a single individual. With the show halfway over (it concludes Sept. 25), one thing is certain: that experiment has failed. Still, the Documenta is a key event for the world of contemporary art, and worth seeing if you get a chance.

Read the full article in Wunderkammer – Innovation and the Arts including key take-aways and some recommendations for your visit in Kassel.

Link in Story ⬆️
More essays in our Blog Wunderkammer — Innovation and the Arts on


Photo of ruruHaus in Kassel by

01/07/2022

Despite the negative press in recent days, you have to see . Why? Because there has never been a documenta like it. Five characteristics: 1. For the first time, a collective has curated the exhibition. 2. the focus is deliberately on the global south; the list of contributors illustrates the inclusive approach of the artistic directors, the Indonesian collective ruangrupa. 3. "established artists" are not exhibited. 4. documenta is not static, the contributions of the artists are meant to change. 5. the artists are present on site, interacting with the visitors in workshops, talks and performances.

The guiding theme of documenta fifteen is lumbung, the Indonesian expression for a communal rice barn with characteristic values such as community, sharing of resources and collaboration. A positive effect of this concept is that we are forced to change our perspective, which is shaped by the Western sense of art and aesthetics. The downside is a lack of conceptual clarity, levels of craftsmanship vary widely. However, documenta fifteen achieves its goal of providing impulses and stimulating discourse. Read more in our Blog Wunderkammer—Innovation and the Arts, soon🙂. Here are our must-sees:

Documenta Halle: entrance by Wajukuu Art Project (1), INSTAR space: drawings by Raychel Carriòn for Factografia Operativa (2)
Fridericianum: entrance by Dan Perjovsh; four films by Sada [regroup], mixed media “Out of Egypt” by Malgorzata Mirga-Tas (3); tower: “Paintings on Metal” by Selina Selman (4)
Othoneum, overall concept and display ikkibawiKrrr (5)
St. Kunigundis: overall concept Atis Rezistans | Ghetto Biennale, “The Floating Ghetto” by Studio Verve Architects (6)
Museum for Sepulchral Culture: “What is power?” by Erick Beltrán (7)
Hallenbad Ost: overall concept, prints, tapestry by Taring Padi (8), photo: Frank Sperling
Stadtmuseum: staging and films by FAFSWAG (9)
ruruHaus, basement: BeeDAO by ZK/U and KUNSTrePUBLIK (10)

all photos: , except (6) and (8) by Frank Sperling, courtesy documenta fifteen

16/02/2022

Liebe an der Fotografie interessierte Schreibende, diesen mit Eva Häberle in können wir sehr empfehlen.

FOTOGRAFIE-WORKSHOPS FÜR REDAKTEUR:INNEN
Schreibende im Journalismus oder in der Unternehmenskommunikation kommen kaum noch ohne Bilder aus. Eigene Beiträge selbst mit passenden Fotos zu illustrieren, setzt dabei technisch oft nicht viel mehr als ein Smartphone voraus. Wichtig ist es, den Blick zu schulen. Zu wissen, wie Bilder entstehen, die Geschichten erzählen, Portraits, die mit uns sprechen. Die Fotografin Eva Häberle ist eine Expertin für den besonderen Blick, die ihr Wissen gern und mit viel Spaß am Ausprobieren weitergibt. Dieses Jahr gibt es dazu auch wieder die Gelegenheit bei ihren intensiven Praxisworkshops für BEZIEHUNGSWEISE in Berlin-Mitte:

Presse- und Porträtfotografie – eine Einführung für Redakteur:innen,
19. – 20. Mai 2022, jeweils 09:00h – 17:00h,
Investition: €780 zzgl. MwSt.
Ermäßigter Preis für Freiberufler:innen und privat Zahlende: €580 zzgl. MwSt.

Die große Freiheit – Einführung in die Smartphone-Fotografie,
21. Mai 2022, 09:00h – 17:00h,
Investition: €390 zzgl. MwSt.
Ermäßigter Preis für Freiberufler:innen und privat Zahlende: €290 zzgl. MwSt.

Smartphone-Fotografie für Fortgeschrittene,
09. September 2022, 09:00h – 17:00h,
Investition: €390 zzgl. MwSt.
Ermäßigter Preis für Freiberufler:innen und privat Zahlende: €290 zzgl. MwSt.

Mehr Infos zu den Workshops unter www.beziehungsweise-seminare.de

Foto: Porträt-Collage unserer Dozentin Eva Häberle

17/02/2020

Multimediales Erzählen für in Unternehmen, Agenturen und Verlagen: Die Basics lernt ihr im bei Michael Hauri. Wie spinnt man visuell den roten Faden, findet die richtigen Einstellungen und das nötige Equipment? Antworten auf diese Fragen und ganz viel Praxis erwarten euch am 20. und 21. März bei Beziehungsweise.

Wir gehen in die Startlöcher für den nächsten Workshop in unserer Reihe "Neue Erzählformen". Wer am 19. und 20. März am Mobile Reporting Workshop mit Michael Hauri von 2470.media teilnehmen möchte, sollte sich schnell bei uns melden!

Sie texten und möchten mit gleicher Professionalität auch multimedial unterwegs sein? Der Journalist und Filmemacher Michael Hauri zeigt Ihnen, wie Sie mit einem leistungsfähigen Smartphone, etwas zusätzlichem technischen Equipment und Apps gute multimediale Geschichten erzählen. Sie lernen die Basics und ein paar Kniffe, die Ihnen helfen, eine spannende Dramaturgie zu entwickeln und schöne Ergebnisse zu erzielen.

Berliner Arbeitnehmer*innen können für diesen Workshop Bildungsurlaub beantragen. Wenn Sie Anspruch auf einen Bildungsprämien-Gutschein haben, besteht die Möglichkeit, diesen Workshop zum halben Preis zu besuchen.

Mehr Infos unter: www.beziehungsweise-kommunikation.de/de/seminare.html

Fotocredits: Tobias Albers Heinemann, Pixabay