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The Clown from “Uncanny Valley”
By Elodie Kalb
Who is it lying over there lost in reverie? In Ugo Rondinone’s work, the figure of the clown is a recurrent theme and represents a colorful,...
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Around the World with Rondinone
By Maja Lisewski
Magical mountains, rainbows and suns: Like few other artists, Ugo Rondinone somehow manages to bring everyday life to a halt with his simple, yet...
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Of Moons, Stars and Rockets
By Clara Nicolay & Dennis Bastian
The kids are the real stars in the exhibition LIFE TIME featuring Swiss artist Ugo Rondinone. They have painted thousands of pictures of the moon that...
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Soon at the Schirn: Aernout Mik
By Schirn Magazin
In his spatial and video installations, Aernout Mik examines the behavior and interaction of groups in society. As a premiere, his new work "Threshold...
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Rainbows in art
By Elena Schmidt
We take a look at ten particular rainbows in art: For modern and contemporary artists what began many centuries ago as an artistic reflection of a...
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Coming soon: Ugo Rondinone
By Schirn Magazin
From June 24 the Schirn will dedicate the first major survey exhibition in Germany to the Swiss artist Ugo Rondinone. A first insight.
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Meet Me in the Archive
By Carlotta Döhn
In the German Exile Archive 1933-1945 lie, (still) untold and wrapped in acid-free paper, the stories of people fleeing the National Socialists. A...
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Events around armor
By Moshtari Hilal und AVAH (Afghan Visual Arts and History) Collective
In 2015, artist Kubra Khademi took to the streets of Kabul for her performance “Armor,” wearing a metal breastplate that mimicked sculptured breasts...
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The Baumeister Archive at the Kunstmuseum Stuttgart
By Ilka Voermann
Artists’ estates are often an important port of call in the planning of exhibitions. We talk to Hadwig Goez, Head of the Baumeister Archive, about the...
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The influence of Nazi terminology on language
By Matthias Heine
After 1933, the Nazis established a specific vocabulary in a large number of areas. Author Matthias Heine turns his attention to the term...
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Artists turn to walking
By Deirdre Heddon, Maggie O’Neill, Clare Qualmann, Morag Rose, Harry Wilson
What is the significance and potential of walking for artistic practice in pandemic times? The team of the research project "Walking Publics / Walking...
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Walk(ing) – a search for traces
By Johanna Laub
What is left behind? The connection between walking and the traces it leaves is shown by artists whose practice incorporates moving by foot as a key...