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INTERVIEW
August Zirner on Art, Origins, and the Life In Between

Part 5/6

Diaspora, Loss – and the Quiet Burden of History

14. June 2025

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Portrait of August Zirner holding a transverse flute, arms crossed, black background

The fifth part explores origin, memory, and how to deal with family history. Zirner speaks about his American roots, the loss of his father, cultural expropriation, and the responsibility to face...

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BOOKS
Life – Hollywood

Original title

31. July 2024

FILM, LITERATURE, PHOTO

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The two volumes of "Life - Hollywood" offer a comprehensive overview of the film industry from 1936 to 1972. Edited by Reuel Golden and supplemented by essays and captions by Lucy Sante, they shed...

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BOOKS
Galka Scheyer und die Blaue Vier

Galka Scheyer and the Blue Four

12. May 2024

ART, LITERATURE

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Galka Scheyer, born in 1889 to an upper middle-class Jewish family in Braunschweig, has received little attention in art history to date. Yet as an art dealer, she played an important role in the...

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Gio Ponti – A master of modern architecture

16. May 2023

GENERAL

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Walter Gropius – Architect of modernism

27. August 2022

GENERAL

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