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Hitler’s takeover of Germany and its surrounding nations was not merely a military or genocidal feat. He wanted to completely overhaul the cultural fabric

Hospital diary … Tracey Emin, We All Bleed, 2020 Photograph: Image courtesy Tracey Emin (2020) Hospital diary … Tracey Emin, We All Bleed, 2020 Photograph: Image courtesy Tracey Emin (2020) Thu 13 May 2021 01.00 EDT Last modified on Thu 13 May 2021 10.40 EDT ‘I’m smiling and talking to you,” says Tracey Emin, sitting at her kitchen table. “But it’s not always like this.” We’ve been delaying this conversation until she finally felt well enough. She ha...

German Modernism at Stuttgarts Staatsgalerie Museum These powerful paintings and sculptures express the joys and beauty of the world as well as the horrors of World War I. May 02 2021 3:00 AM EDT The city of Stuttgart doesn’t generally come to mind when planning a jaunt to Germany. Berlin’s edgy nightclubs and rich history make it a must-see destination and of course, thousands travel to Munich for its famous annual Oktoberfest. But poor old Stuttgart isn’t usually on tourists...

In this series we pay tribute to the art we wish could visit — and hope to see once travel restrictions are lifted. The city of Stuttgart doesn’t generally come to mind when planning a jaunt to Germany. Berlin’s edgy nightclubs and rich history make it a must-see destination and of course, thousands travel to Munich for its famous annual Oktoberfest. But poor old Stuttgart isn’t usually on tourists’ radar and perhaps that’s why I love it. Stuttgart is Germany’s fourth largest met...

Five centuries of German and Austrian graphics on view at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts View of the exhibition GRAFIK! Five Centuries of German and Austrian Graphics. Photo MMFA, Denis Farley. MONTREAL .- For the first time, the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts is focusing an exhibition on the sweep of stylistic and cultural developments articulated in printmaking in Germany and Austria from the early history of the medium in the mid-15th century to modern times. GRAFIK! Five Centuries of Germa...

©robert napiorkowski/Shutterstock.com The National Museum of Modern Art at the Pompidou Centre in Paris is one of the world’s most important museums housed in one of the world’s most iconic buildings. This list includes just 15 of the museum’s tens of thousands of artworks by a diverse range of artists. Earlier versions of the descriptions of these paintings first appeared in 1001 Paintings You Must See Before You Die , edited by Stephen Farthing (2018). Writers’ names appear in pare...

For more than half a century, Alan Bowness was a leading public figure in the art world in Britain, predominantly as writer, lecturer, curator, administrator and philanthropist. He was the first trained art historian to become Director of the Tate Gallery, in London, where he made an invaluable and lasting contribution in the relatively short time that he held the post. Bowness was born in London in 1928, educated at University College School, London, following which he did his National ...

Letters from Adolf Hitlers father give rare glimpse into dictators upbringing Like father, like son — Adolf Hitlers father was also self-taught, smug and greatly overestimated himself, writes veteran Austrian historian Roman Sandgruber in a new book. Little was known about Alois Hitler, the father of Adolf Hitler, until now Previously unknown letters written by Adolf Hitlers father, Alois Hitler, shed light on the family origins of the Nazi dictator, reveals a new book that was published on...

The recent discovery in Munich of what are reported to be more than 1,500 major artworks confiscated or banned by the Nazis is a reminder of how totalitarian regimes tend to view art as so dangerous a potential adversary as any enemy army. In the case of the Nazis, that view was entirely in keeping with the central irony of the Third Reich's benighted rule, which claimed to be saving European civilization at the very moment it was destroying it. Today, the same irrational hatred and fear of...

The First Art Newspaper on the Net   The Orange Peel, a live music space that has been closed since March, in Asheville, N.C., Jan. 27, 2021. Tens of thousands of eligible music clubs, theaters, museums and other spaces may overwhelm a $15 billion grant fund run by the Small Business Administration. Mike Belleme/The New York Times. by Stacy Cowley (NYT NEWS SERVICE) .- In December, Congress created a $15 billion grant fund for clubs and performance spaces, recognizing that thousands of cultura...