Büdelsdorf Revisited - bye:myself at the NordArt 2018

(Updated August 2018)

The NordArt is a very nice art event - of course, not to be compared to the documenta, let alone the Biennial in Venice. But yes, they show a great variety of international art and has been one of the largest exhibitions of contemporary art in Europe. So I like it.

Apart from the annual changing exhibitions, some of the works - especially the sculptures in the gardens - stay for longer...like this NICHTS-sign - by the way, nichts means nothing and is therefore exactly the opposite of what you actually get to see at the Kunstwerk Carlshütte.

What I actually love about the NordArt is the location: Büdelsdorf! Even for German-speaking people, this name is quirky and fun and sounds like someplace for rednecks in gumboots clomping over the fields checking if the potatoes are good to harvest yet.

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Picture This: 7th Triennial of Photography in Hamburg

For the 7th time, a major exhibition of photography is being shown in Hamburg - and all the significant museums have chipped in with thoroughly conceptualized exhibitions, all wrapped around the central motto [BREAKING POINT. SEARCHING FOR CHANGE]

One of the containers from the section [ENTER] - presenting 15 artists with a strong social, political, and most of all ecological focus.

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The GalleryWeekend - and other themed weekends in Berlin

Yes, it's true: Berlin, Germany's capital city, is always worth a visit: The history and the stories, the Prussian traditions and the worldly scenes - hardly any other German city has such a variety of must-sees, must-visits - in brief: must-experience to offer to its visitors.

An additional, charming aspect of the GalleryWeekend are the cozy corners under blooming trees in the courtyards.  

Are you still waiting for the special occasion to finally go - or to come back again?

Well, Berlin makes a point by offering a row of special themed weeks, weekends, and 'long nights' - like the exciting GalleryWeekend that I just attended. The variety is huge so that everybody will find something he's enthusiastic about. Check it out in this post....and go pack your weekender!


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Reality in Black and White

I'm very much into art. After having seen trizillions of beautiful, alluring, enchanting works of arts, I enjoy it most when an exhibition - or even an individual artist - surprise me.

Soft strokes become sharp splinters.
Robert Longo Untitled (Bullet Hole in Window, January 7, 2015)
(Courtesy Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac © Robert Longo/ VG Bild-Kunst Bonn, 2018)

Last weekend, I got surprised by Robert Longo - he baffled me with reality in black and white.

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