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Anyone who writes knows: creating works is not easy. Photo: iStock/Astrid Gast When Goethe wrote the “West-Eastern Divan” in 1814/15, he was already in his mid-60s. He was inspired by…

Libertad or liberalism? The Goddess of Liberty, who led the French revolutionaries in 1830, wanted equality, justice and collectivity Photo: Eugene Delacroix Left means liberal, democratic, solidarity, or in short:…

A mural by Maurizio Cattelan adorns the facade of the women’s prison on the island of Guidecca. This year the “Holy Sea Pavilion” of the Venice Biennale is housed there.…

Klaus Steiniger Portugal 74 Carnation Revolution Chronicle of a departure towards freedom, progress and democracy. An exhibition by Peter Steiniger, Claudia Opitz and Sebastian Köpcke Franz-Mehring-Platz 1, 10243 Berlin www.muenzenbergforum.de/portugal-74…

The socialist German state presented itself with a broad program at the “Week of the GDR” in 1977. Photo: Repro On April 25, 2024, a small, joyful group gathers at…

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He likes hand-made speeches: Dieter Hallervorden will receive a Munich Carnival Prize in 2023. Photo: dpa Before they slip away completely in the media, because the time for television sketches…

With the Marxist-based semiotics of Lothar Kühnes and Wolfgang Heise, design could also be adequately taken into account in aesthetic theory for the first time. In the picture: a Hellerau…

Art remains: Brecht statue by Fritz Cremer in Berlin-Mitte. Photo: imago/Jürgen Ritter Goethe is wrong here!” The philologist Heinrich Düntzer put it this way (or something similar) in the century…

Ishmael Butler beim Riot Fest Music Festival in Chicago Photo: imago/Daniel DeSlover Shabazz Palaces play hip-hop that comes through the fog. Through the starry nebula. The duo was founded in…